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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. MET-BNA-055Substitute Ordinance: Face Covering/Mask Ordinance (new chapter under Title 9 of the Code of Ordinances)Face Covering/Mask OrdinanceCouncil of the City of MemphisCity of Memphis, TennesseeCityJune 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-082Rutherford County notice: Face Covering Order to be lifted September 22, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. CDTRutherford County Face Covering Order to be Lifted September 22, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. CDTRutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron (county news release)Rutherford County, TennesseeCountySept. 21, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. TN-075Declaration of Public Health Emergency by Rutherford County Mayor (extension of the July 20, 2020 face covering order)Declaration of Public Health Emergency: extension of the face covering order to September 30, 2020Rutherford County Mayor Bill KetronRutherford County, Tennessee (Murfreesboro)CountyAug. 29, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-062Shelby County Face Mask Health Order and DirectiveFace Mask Health Order and Directive (masks required countywide; businesses shall require them)Shelby County Health Department (Health Director and Health Officer)Shelby County, TennesseeCountyJuly 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-009Order 8 from the Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or MasksOrder 8 (mandatory face coverings for members of the public; supersedes Amended and Reinstated Order 4)Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of HealthNashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCountyJune 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-034Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-1COVID-19 Face Covering RegulationKnox County Board of HealthKnox County, TennesseeCountyJuly 1, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-021Executive Order No. 54An Order Providing Local Governments with Authority Concerning Face CoveringsGovernor Bill LeeTennesseeStateJuly 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read
Ex. TN-083Executive Order 1 by County Mayor (July 10, 2020); Executive Order 3 (Sept. 11, 2020); Executive Order 5 (Dec. 31, 2020)Sullivan County face covering executive orders (July 2020-early 2021)Sullivan County Mayor Richard VenableSullivan County, Tennessee (Kingsport, Bristol)CountyJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-020Executive Order No. 7Requirement that Face Coverings be Worn at Metropolitan Government BuildingsMayor John CooperMetropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson CountyCityMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-015Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. No. 20-14Constitutionality of Governmental Mandate to Wear Face CoveringsHerbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of TennesseeTennesseeStateJuly 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyFace-covering requirementStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. TN-069Directive No. 1 of the Hamilton County Health OfficerDirective No. 1: face coverings required indoors in all public and private buildings and outdoors when distancing cannot be maintainedHamilton County Health Officer (Paul Hendricks, M.D.), Hamilton County Health DepartmentHamilton County, Tennessee (Chattanooga)CountyJuly 10, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-070Directive No. 2 of the Hamilton County Health OfficerDirective No. 2: face coverings required (continuation)Hamilton County Health Officer (Paul Hendricks, M.D.); Office of the County Mayor (Jim Coppinger)Hamilton County, Tennessee (Chattanooga)CountySept. 8, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. TN-022Executive Order No. 55An Order to Facilitate and Respond to Continuing Effects of COVID-19 by Amending Prior Executive OrdersGovernor Bill LeeTennesseeStateJuly 31, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. TN-061Tennessee Pledge: Construction Worksites guidelinesTennessee Pledge: Construction WorksitesGovernor's Economic Recovery GroupTennesseeStateMay 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Workplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-006Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 58-2-107Emergency management powers of the governorTennessee General Assembly (codified statute); exercised by the GovernorTennesseeState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-007Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 58-2-120PenaltiesTennessee General Assembly (codified statute)TennesseeState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyPrimary source read

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