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Ex. ECO-C-035Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing for 14-day quarantine of travelers arriving in Montana from another State or country (described in the Governor's release of Mar. 30, 2020)Governor Bullock directs 14-day quarantine for travelers arriving in Montana from another state or countryGovernor Steve BullockMontanaStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-052Order of the Governor to Ensure the Efficient Allocation and Effective Use of Critical Medical ResourcesOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Ensure the Efficient Allocation and Effective Use of Critical Medical ResourcesGovernor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateApr. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-038Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland, Prohibiting Price Gouging (Mar. 23, 2020) (Order No. 20-03-23-03)Prohibiting retailers from increasing the sale or rental price of enumerated goods and services (food, fuel, medicine, medical supplies or…Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.Maryland (Governor); State levelStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Supply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-039Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland, Various Health Care Matters (Mar. 19, 2020) (Order No. 20-03-19-01)Establishment of health facilities (including decommissioned hospitals and State property for treatment, isolation and quarantine); resource…Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.Maryland (Governor; Secretary of Health); State levelStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersSupply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-019Minutes, Emergency Board Business Meeting held via videoconference, Mar. 20, 2020Minutes of the Emergency Board Business Meeting under the authority of the Governor's Proclamation of Emergency Disaster: adoption of…Texas State Board of PharmacyTexas State Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulatorMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersSupply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MD-043Order of the Governor No. 20-04-29-01, Amending and Restating the Order Dated April 5, 2020 Authorizing Various Actions Related to Nursing Homes and Other Health Care FacilitiesAmending and Restating the Order Dated April 5, 2020 Authorizing Various Actions Related to Nursing Homes and Other Health Care FacilitiesGovernor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateApr. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-043Joint Statement on Reports of Price-Gouging of Medical Supplies in TexasWarning that price gouging of medical supplies will be prosecuted; the Governor 'has the power to declare Chapter 418,' which 'will give the…Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken PaxtonTexas (Governor and Attorney General); State levelStateMar. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Supply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-007StatuteGovernor's orders in a catastrophic health emergency: seizure and rationing, medical examination, testing and vaccination, isolation and…Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies)MarylandState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-001Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990)ORS 433.004, 433.006, 433.010, 433.121, 433.128, 433.131, 433.138, 433.142, 433.156, 433.441, 433.442, 433.443, 433.452 and 433.990…Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition)OregonStateSept. 29, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. UT-009The Governor's Coronavirus Directive for Utah, "Stay Safe, Stay Home", Updated April 10, 2020Directive to the State of Utah: Stay Safe, Stay Home (Updated April 10, 2020)Governor Gary R. HerbertUtahStateApr. 10, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. WY-010Governor DirectiveStatewide Directive for Individuals Arriving in Wyoming from Another State or Country to Self-QuarantineGovernor Mark GordonWyomingStateApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. UT-004The Governor's Coronavirus Directive for Utah, "Stay Safe, Stay Home"Directive to the State of Utah: Stay Safe, Stay HomeGovernor Gary R. HerbertUtahStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MO-005RSMo 44.100Emergency powers of governorMissouri General Assembly (Revised Statutes of Missouri, chapter 44, Civil Defense / Emergency Management)MissouriStateAug. 28, 20082020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationWorkplace rulesSupply chainStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-27-024Report of the Higher Education Subcommittee, Reopen Connecticut (May 6, 2020; corrected version May 8, 2020)Framework of gating conditions for reopening Connecticut's colleges and universities (disease prevalence; testing supply and arrival testing…Office of Governor Ned Lamont, Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group, Higher Education Subcommittee (report to the Governor)ConnecticutStateMay 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-140CNMI COVID-19 Emergency Directives of 2020 (as of April 16, 2020)CNMI COVID-19 Emergency Directives of 2020 (consolidated)Governor Ralph DLG. Torres (through the COVID-19 Task Force and CHCC)Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Governor and Governor's COVID-19 Task ForceTerritorialApr. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. WV-001Proclamation (State of Emergency)A Proclamation by the Governor declaring a State of Emergency in all fifty-five countiesGovernor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-008WisDOT news release: Overweight permits for truckers hauling groceries extended (Mar. 26, 2020)Overweight permits for truckers hauling groceries extendedWisconsin Department of Transportation (implementing the Governor's declaration)Wisconsin (Department of Transportation; Governor's declaration)StateMar. 26, 20202020 Q2Supply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-131Second Amended Executive Order No. 2020-04Declaration of State of Public Health Emergency and Continued Declaration of State of Significant Emergency Establishing Response…Governor Ralph DLG. TorresCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - GovernorTerritorialMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-001Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseasesArk. Code Ann. 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases (State Board of Health: general supervision and control; direction and control of…General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5)ArkansasStateMar. 19, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-001G.L. c. 17, s. 2AEmergency powers of the Commissioner of Public Health upon the Governor's declaration of an emergency detrimental to the public healthGeneral Court (codified statute administered by the Commissioner of Public Health)MassachusettsStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-00122 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)MaineStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-004NMSA 1978, Sections 12-10A-5 (Declaring a state of public health emergency) and 12-10A-6 (Special powers during a public health emergency)Public Health Emergency Response Act: the Governor's declaration, the Secretary of Health's coordination of the response, and the special…Legislature of New Mexico (Public Health Emergency Response Act)New MexicoStateMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersSupply chainStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. PA-117Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020PLCB store closures and phased reopening (Mar. 17 - June 2020)Pennsylvania Liquor Control BoardPennsylvaniaSector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-004Executive Order No. 113 (2020)Authorizing the State Director of Emergency Management to take or use personal services and real or personal property, including medical…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew Jersey (Governor; State Director of Emergency Management / Superintendent of State Police); State levelStateApr. 2, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Supply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-130Amended Executive Order No. 2020-03Amended Executive Order No. 2020-03: Declaration of Price FreezeGovernor Ralph DLG. TorresCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - GovernorTerritorialMar. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Supply chainOtherPrimary source read