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Ex. HI-055Report, Final statewide mask requirement ended in Hawaii March 26Ballotpedia News: Hawaii's statewide indoor mask requirement ended March 26, 2022 after 704 days, the last in the nationBallotpedia News (reporting the Governor's Mar. 8, 2022 announcement)HawaiiStateMar. 28, 2022Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ID-070Documenting Idaho's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia: Documenting Idaho's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia (secondary chronology)IdahoStateOct. 6, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-075Documenting Mississippi's path to recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021Ballotpedia Mississippi recovery timeline (newsletter entries April 2020 - June 2021)Ballotpedia (secondary tracker)MississippiStateJune 14, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-002School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic year (State reopening regimes, mid-year closures, return orders, monthly status)School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2020-2021 academic yearBallotpediaUnited States (fifty States)OtherJune 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-052Executive Order 1550EO 1549 extended to April 30, 2021; indoor arenas 75 percent; K-12 indoor extracurricular events 50 percentGovernor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 31, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-070Executive Order 2020-12Executive Order 2020-12 (directives to every South Dakotan, all employers, enclosed retail businesses that promote public gatherings…Governor Kristi NoemSouth DakotaStateApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-157State laws and orders barring school districts from requiring masks (2021)State bans on school mask mandates, 2021-22, and their litigation historyState legislatures and governorsArizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, UtahStateMay 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-026Executive Order 07.15.20.01Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 (suspending local face-covering mandates)Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateJuly 15, 20202020 Q3Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-028Executive Order 09.30.20.02Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateSept. 30, 20202020 Q4Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-034Executive Order 03.31.21.03Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 (ending the gathering ban and shelter-in-place)Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 31, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-058Executive Order 02.15.21.01Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateFeb. 15, 20212021 Q1Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SDF-006Temporary Restraining Order, On Fire Christian Center, Inc. v. Fischer, No. 3:20-cv-264-JRW (W.D. Ky. Apr. 11, 2020) (Doc. 6), reported at 453 F. Supp. 3d 901Temporary Restraining Order enjoining Louisville from enforcing any prohibition on drive-in church services at On Fire Christian CenterUnited States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (Walker, J.), documenting a prohibition issued by the Mayor of LouisvilleLouisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Kentucky (W.D. Ky.)CourtApr. 11, 20202020 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MO-021RSMo 67.265 (HB 271)Public health order for threat to public health by contagious disease, requirements, procedure (time limits and governing-body approval for…Missouri General Assembly (H.B. 271, 2021), approved by Governor Parson June 15, 2021MissouriStateJune 15, 20212021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MS-021Executive Order 1491Outdoor sports complexes, movie theaters and auditoriums, libraries and museums may reopen with limits from June 1, 2020Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMay 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-026Executive Order 1507County-specific measures in thirteen counties: employee screening, face coverings, retail masks, gatherings 10 indoor/20 outdoorGovernor Tate ReevesMississippi (Claiborne, DeSoto, Grenada, Harrison, Hinds, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Quitman, Rankin, Sunflower, Washington, Wayne Counties)StateJuly 10, 20202020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-051Executive Order 1549Repeal of the Safe Recovery Order and the county face-covering mandate; business rules become recommendations; school face coverings and…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateMar. 2, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MS-053Executive Order 1551Rescinding EO 1549 as amended by EO 1550; all business terms recommendations; school face coverings mandatory for the remainder of the…Governor Tate ReevesMississippiStateApr. 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NE-027Directed Health Measure Order 2020-LBHD-005Directed Health Measure Order 2020-LBHD-005 (first Phase IV order, from July 24, 2020)Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical OfficerNebraska (Loup Basin Public Health District: Blaine, Loup, Garfield, Wheeler, Custer, Valley, Greeley, Sherman and Howard Counties)StateJuly 23, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NV-038Declaration of Emergency Directive 044 (Transition to Local Control), Apr. 19, 2021, ss. 4, 5, 6Termination of statewide social distancing April 30, 2021; transition to county Local Plans May 1, 2021; Baseline Statewide Mitigation…Governor Steve SisolakNevadaStateApr. 19, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NV-054Senate Bill No. 4 (2020) (enrolled)Public accommodation facilities in counties of 100,000 or more: mandatory cleaning standards, transmission-limiting protocols, employee…Nevada Legislature (32nd Special Session), approved by Governor SisolakNevadaStateAug. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. OK-010Sixth Amended Executive Order 2020-07Sixth amended emergency declaration: 14-day quarantine for air travelers from the New York tri-State area, Washington, California and…Governor J. Kevin StittOklahomaStateMar. 29, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-022Emergency Executive Order 20-99 (Four Week Dial Back), as extended by EO 20-103 (Dec. 16, 2020)Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (organized youth and adult sports paused)Governor Tim WalzMinnesotaStateNov. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureGathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-040Executive Order 21-175Ensuring Parents' Freedom to Choose - Masks in SchoolsGovernor Ron DeSantisFloridaStateJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-078MDHHS Emergency Order: Gatherings and Face Mask Order of November 15, 2020 (in-person instruction at high schools and colleges suspended Nov. 18-Dec. 8, 2020; extended Dec. 7 to Dec. 20, 2020)Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Nov. 15, 2020)Director Robert Gordon, Michigan Department of Health and Human ServicesMichiganSector regulatorNov. 15, 20202020 Q4Business closureGathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-088A.R.S. 15-342.05 (prohibiting school districts and charter schools from requiring face coverings), effective Sept. 29, 2021; held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Arizona School Boards Ass'n v. State, Maricopa County Superior Court), affirmed Nov. 2, 2021 (Ariz.)HB 2898 school mask-mandate prohibition and its invalidationArizona Legislature (HB 2898, budget reconciliation, signed June 30, 2021); Maricopa County Superior Court (Cooper, J.)ArizonaStateJune 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read