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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. 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. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-020Oregon OSHA Administrative Order 4-2021 (temporary): amendments to OAR 437-004-1115, COVID-19 Workplace Requirements for Employer-Provided Labor Housing, aligning with the Governor's June 30, 2021 lifting of general restrictionsAdopted temporary amendments to COVID-19 Workplace Requirements for Employer-Provided Labor Housing (letter and filing)Oregon OSHAOregon; Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business ServicesSector regulatorJune 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine 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. MET-RIV-017Protocol for Critical Infrastructure Workers: Designated by the Governor's Executive Order as essential to ensure continuity of functions critical to public health and safety (Rev. 02/17/2021)Protocol for Critical Infrastructure Workers (exposure, quarantine, work exclusion and isolation rules)Riverside County Department of Public Health (Public Health Officer)Riverside County, CaliforniaCountyFeb. 17, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-030Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2021-043Executive Order for the purposes of implementing measures to face the emergency caused by COVID-19 in Puerto Rico and repealing…Governor Pedro R. PierluisiPuerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - GovernorTerritorialJune 3, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-151Release: Quarantine protocols eased for those traveling to the CNMI who are fully vaccinatedQuarantine protocols eased for fully vaccinated travelers (May 15, 2021)Governor Ralph DLG. Torres / COVID-19 Task Force and CHCCCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Governor / COVID-19 Task ForceTerritorialMay 15, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-AL-004Ala. Code ch. 22-12 (Quarantine)Quarantine: enforcement by the State, counties and municipalities; State authority paramount; proclamation of quarantine by the Governor or…Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22, chapter 12)AlabamaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-029Boletin Administrativo Num. OE-2021-037Orden Ejecutiva para establecer las normas a seguir por los pasajeros que lleguen a Puerto Rico en vuelos procedentes de los Estados Unidos…Governor Pedro R. PierluisiPuerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - GovernorTerritorialMay 20, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-063Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Executive Order and ProclamationTwenty-Fifth Supplemental Order (Travel Restrictions and Operations; Marine Restrictions)Governor Albert Bryan Jr.U.S. Virgin Islands (territory) - GovernorTerritorialJuly 15, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-064Twenty-Sixth Supplemental Executive Order and ProclamationTwenty-Sixth Supplemental Order (Travel Screening Portal; vaccination card)Governor Albert Bryan Jr.U.S. Virgin Islands (territory) - GovernorTerritorialJuly 27, 20212021 Q3Travel and quarantineVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-074Declaration of Ongoing Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency (COVID-19), June 16, 2021Declaration of Ongoing Public Health Emergency (Code Blue)Governor Lemanu P. S. MaugaAmerican Samoa (unincorporated territory) - GovernorTerritorialJune 16, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-097Executive Order No. 2020-33Relative to the Utilization of Quarantine and Isolation to Combat the Spread of COVID-19Governor Lourdes A. Leon GuerreroGuam (unincorporated territory) - GovernorTerritorialSept. 20, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-104Executive Order No. 2021-13Relative to Amending Restrictions for Incoming Travelers and Quarantine Facilities, and Other Conditions During PCOR 3Governor Lourdes A. Leon GuerreroGuam (unincorporated territory) - GovernorTerritorialJune 16, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-107Executive Order No. 2021-15Relative to Extending the Public Health Emergency Declared to Respond to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Amending Restrictions for Incoming…Governor Lourdes A. Leon GuerreroGuam (unincorporated territory) - GovernorTerritorialJune 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-146Amendment to Directive 8 of the CNMI COVID-19 Emergency Directives modifying quarantine for all individuals entering the CommonwealthAmendment to Directive 8 (quarantine of all entrants; testing)Governor Ralph DLG. Torres / COVID-19 Task Force and CHCCCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Governor's COVID-19 Task ForceTerritorialJune 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-006Minn. Stat. ch. 12 (2020), Emergency ManagementEmergency Management Act: Governor's powers (§ 12.21), peacetime emergency declaration (§ 12.31 subd. 2), force and effect of orders (§…Minnesota Legislature (Minnesota Emergency Management Act of 1996, Minn. Stat. ch. 12, as amended)MinnesotaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-007Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 and § 41-3-15 (legislative reprint of 2022)Legislative reprint of the epidemic-control, isolation, quarantine and detainment provisions (the bill's proposed addition, Governor's…Legislature of Mississippi (House Bill 612, 2022 Regular Session, as introduced; died in committee Feb. 1, 2022)MississippiStateFeb. 1, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AL-050Twenty-seventh Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Extending the statewide Safer Apart health order and the public health emergencyPromulgation of the May 3, 2021 amended Safer Apart Order (to May 31, 2021); extension of the emergency from May 7 to July 6, 2021Governor Kay IveyAlabamaStateMay 3, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AZ-001StatutePublic health authority during state of emergency or state of war emergency; notices; appealsArizona Legislature (Arizona Revised Statutes, title 36, ch. 6, art. 9)ArizonaStateSept. 29, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-016Senate Bill 1159 (Hill), Stats. 2020, ch. 85, adding Labor Code sections 77.8, 3212.86, 3212.87 and 3212.88SB 1159: Workers' compensation: COVID-19: critical workers. Rebuttable presumption that an employee's COVID-19 illness or death arose out of…California Legislature; approved by Governor Gavin Newsom Sept. 17, 2020CaliforniaStateSept. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-030COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-1 (June 14, 2021) (library exhibit MA-054; cross-reference, not re-saved)Reissuance of fourteen public health emergency orders under the May 28, 2021 declaration (EMS continuity; long-term care control; face…Commissioner of Public Health, with the authorization of the Public Health Council (June 9, 2021) and the approval of the GovernorMassachusettsStateJune 14, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read