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13,511 instruments indexed by The COVID Project: the orders of the fifty States and the District, forty metros, the federal layer and the agencies; the standing duties; the organizers' notices; the legal authorities. Filter by kind, State, limitation type, quarter and more; open the exhibit; download what you find.

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ExhibitInstrumentIssuerJurisdictionIssuedQuartersLimitationsGradeFile
Ex. KY-001Executive Order 2020-215State of Emergency (COVID-19)Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-040Executive Order 2020-245State of Emergency Relating to the Prohibition Against Price Gouging (renewing the implementation of KRS 367.372 et seq.)Governor Andy BeshearKentucky (Governor); State levelStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Supply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-057Executive Order 2020-267Conditional Commutation of Sentence: sentences of 186 inmates at higher risk for severe illness (non-violent, non-sexual Class C or D…Governor Andy BeshearKentucky (Governor; Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; Department of Corrections); State levelStateApr. 2, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Quarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-058Executive Order 2020-293Conditional Commutation of Sentence (second list of inmates nearing release or at higher medical risk), on the same conditions as EO…Governor Andy BeshearKentucky (Governor; Justice and Public Safety Cabinet; Department of Corrections); State levelStateApr. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Quarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-050Executive Order 2020-277State of Emergency Relating to Workers' CompensationGovernor Andy BeshearKentucky; Governor (workers' compensation order)StateApr. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-020Executive Order 2020-258Travel restrictions: Kentuckians directed not to travel out of State except for listed purposes; 14-day self-quarantine on return (extended…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KY-005Executive Order 2020-243State of Emergency: social distancing; state services by remote means; suspension of in-person-appearance statutesGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. KY-010Executive Order 2020-257State of Emergency: Healthy at Home (closure of all non-life-sustaining businesses; suspension of in-person government services and…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. KY-042Executive Order 2021-120State of Emergency: schools encouraged to offer in-person instruction by March 1, 2021; face coverings required of all students, educators…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateFeb. 23, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. KY-044Executive Order 2021-135State of Emergency (severe weather and flooding of Feb. 27, 2021) - NOT a COVID-19 instrumentGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateFeb. 28, 2021OtherPrimary source read
Ex. KY-045Executive Order 2021-212State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering orderGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 29, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. KY-048Executive Order 2021-326State of Emergency: face coverings (fully vaccinated persons exempt; masks still required of everyone on public transportation, in K-12…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMay 13, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. KY-052Executive Order 2021-585State of Emergency: face coverings required in all public and private preschool through grade 12 schools and in all child-care settings…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateAug. 10, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-07-018Executive Order 2020-246State of Emergency: closure of in-person retail businesses that are not life-sustainingGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Business closurePrimary source read
Ex. DUT-KY-018902 KAR 2:210E (new emergency administrative regulation)Covering the face in response to declared national or state public health emergencyCabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, Division of Epidemiology (Secretary Eric C. Friedlander; Governor Andy Beshear)KentuckyStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyBusiness closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-051Executive Order 2021-585State of Emergency: face coverings required indoors in all public and private preschool through grade 12 schools (including school buses)…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateAug. 10, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-126Executive Order of November 18, 2020 (reported as EO 2020-969) requiring all public and private K-12 schools to cease in-person instructionCessation of in-person instruction at all K-12 public and private schools from November 23, 2020; elementary schools in non-red counties may…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateNov. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-139Testing and vaccine program for employees of state-run health care facilities announced August 2, 2021, effective October 1, 2021Kentucky state-run health care facility employees: vaccination or twice-weekly testingGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateAug. 2, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. KY-008Executive Order 2020-246State of Emergency: closure of in-person retail businesses that are not life-sustainingGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Business closureWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-011Executive Order 2020-258State of Emergency Relating to Travel (residents instructed not to travel out of state; 14-day self-quarantine on return)Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. KY-013Executive Order 2020-266State of Emergency: travel by residents of other states into Kentucky restricted with 14-day quarantine; reemployment of retired state…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateApr. 2, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. KY-014Executive Order 2020-275State of Emergency: one adult shopper per household in life-sustaining retail; in-person solicitation ceasedGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateApr. 8, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-016Executive Order 2020-315State of Emergency Relating to Travel (quarantine request for persons entering Kentucky; entry bar on COVID-positive persons; travel orders…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMay 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. KY-017Executive Order 2020-323State of Emergency: Healthy at Work Phase I reopening (manufacturing, construction, dealerships, offices at 50 percent) under mandatory CHFS…Governor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMay 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. KY-022Executive Order 2020-586State of Emergency: face coverings required in public settingsGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read

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