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Ex. NJ-050Executive Order No. 242 (2021)End of the general business restrictions: indoor public-space mask requirement lifted; six-foot capacity rules for dining and businesses…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMay 24, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff (supersedes the March 13, 2020 visitation guidance)Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff at long-term care and pediatric transitional care facilities effective Mar. 16, 2020…New Jersey Department of HealthNew Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)StateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Gathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-053Executive Directive No. 21-003Youth Summer Camps (2021 season: camps including residential and overnight camps must comply with the youth summer camp standards)Judith Persichilli, Commissioner of HealthNew Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)StateApr. 28, 20212021 Q2Gathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-022Memorandum: COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Expansion to Phase 1B Education and Childcare SectorsEligibility expansion: pre-K to grade 12 education workers and child-care workers effective Mar. 2, 2021; persons 16-64 with CDC-listed…Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of HealthNew Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)StateMar. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careHealth care ordersVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-040COVID-19 Child Care Standards pursuant to Executive Order No. 149 and Executive Directive No. 20-032 (revised May 26, 2021)Child Care Standards (all child care programs must comply from June 15, 2020: cohorts and stable staffing, screening, masks for staff…New Jersey Department of HealthNew Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)StateJune 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-087New Jersey COVID-19 travel advisory (joint tri-State advisory announced June 24, 2020; hub text last updated November 25, 2020)14-day self-quarantine advisory for travelers arriving from beyond the immediate region; New Jersey "strongly discourages all non-essential…Governor Philip D. Murphy / New Jersey Department of Health (State COVID-19 Information Hub, covid19.nj.gov)New JerseyStateNov. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-032Executive Order No. 175 (2020)Reopening of schools for in-person instruction for 2020-2021 subject to health and safety standards (six-foot distancing, mandatory face…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateAug. 13, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-079Executive Directive No. 21-004COVID-19 child care standards ("Updated COVID-19 Standards - Child Care Centers"), superseding ED 20-032 (Sept. 18, 2020) and the child care…Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of HealthNew JerseySector regulatorMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-014Executive Order No. 175 (2020)Reopening of schools for the 2020-2021 school year under mandatory health and safety standards; remote instruction where standards cannot be…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateAug. 13, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-006P.L. 2020, c. 17 (Senate Bill 2304)Earned sick leave usable for closures of the workplace, school or child care by order of a public official due to an epidemic or public…New Jersey Legislature; approved by Governor Murphy Mar. 25, 2020New Jersey; Legislature (Earned Sick Leave Law administered by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development)StateMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-019Executive Order No. 149 (2020)Resumption of child care services (June 15), youth day camps (July 6) and non-contact organized sports (June 22) under Department of Health…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMay 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-041Executive Order No. 214 (2021)2020-2021 school-year policies: graduation proficiency test waived; student growth data excluded from educator evaluation…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateJan. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-27-003Restart Standards for All New Jersey Institutions of Higher EducationMandatory health and safety standards for the resumption of in-person instruction and campus operations at every degree-granting institutionSecretary of Higher Education (Office of the Secretary of Higher Education), under Executive Order No. 155 para. 2New JerseyStateJune 18, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-21-010P.L. 2020, Chapter 27 (Assembly Bill No. 3904)An Act concerning flexible instruction days for public schools and approved private schools for students with disabilities and the payment…New Jersey Legislature (Senate and General Assembly); approved by Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateApr. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-009Tri-State incoming travel advisory (New Jersey implementation)14-day self-quarantine advisory for travelers from designated StatesNew Jersey Department of Health (with Governor Philip D. Murphy)New JerseyStateJune 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NJ-055Executive Order No. 251 (2021)Mandatory face masks in the indoor premises of all public, private and parochial preschool programs and elementary and secondary schools for…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateAug. 6, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-082Executive Directive No. 21-011 (5th Revision, August 21, 2025)Protocols for COVID-19 reporting for school settings (vaccination and testing data reporting under EOs 253 and 264)New Jersey Department of Health (Acting Commissioner Jeffrey A. Brown for the 2025 revision)New JerseySector regulatorSept. 14, 2021Schools and child careVaccination or testingOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NJ-088New Jersey COVID-19 travel advisory (hub text last updated April 28, 2021)Travel advisory limited to unvaccinated travelers: 7-day quarantine with a negative test or 10 days without; fully vaccinated travelers…New Jersey Department of Health (State COVID-19 Information Hub)New JerseyStateApr. 28, 20212021 Q2Travel and quarantineVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-108New Jersey COVID-19 travel advisory (hub text last updated May 25, 2021)"As of May 17, 2021, New Jersey's travel advisory is no longer in effect"New Jersey Department of Health (State COVID-19 Information Hub)New JerseyStateMay 25, 2021Travel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-014NJ TRANSIT press release, July 2, 2020: cash fares resume on board trains July 6, 2020 after temporary suspension as a COVID-19 precaution; full weekday rail and light rail service resumes July 6; bus service on regular weekday schedule since June 8; cash on buses to resume as protective barriers are installedCash Fares Resume on Trains Beginning July 6th - Cash Option Returns for Rail Customers Paying on Board Following Temporary Halt as COVID-19…New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ TRANSIT)New JerseyStateJuly 2, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-004New Jersey Executive Order 107 (Mar. 21, 2020; paras. 10-11 rescinded by EO 243 eff. June 4, 2021)Stay at home; closure of non-essential retail and of recreational and entertainment businesses; cancellation of gatherings; dine-in ban…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-007Executive Order No. 110 (2020)Child care centers to close April 1, 2020 unless certified as Emergency Child Care Centers serving children of essential persons exclusivelyGovernor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 25, 20202020 Q2Business closureSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-15-013Executive Order No. 149 (2020)Reopening of child care centers (June 15, 2020) and youth summer camps (July 6, 2020) under DOH COVID-19 Child Care and Youth Summer Camp…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMay 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Schools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-028Executive Order No. 175Reopening of schools for the 2020-2021 school year: in-person, hybrid or all-remote instruction; mandatory face coverings; full-time remote…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateAug. 13, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-029Executive Order No. 251Face coverings required in the indoor premises of all public, private and parochial preschool, elementary and secondary schools for the…Governor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateAug. 6, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read

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