The Record

The Orders Library

Name: The COVID Project Orders Library
Creator: The COVID Project

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.

Double quotes make a phrase ("stay at home"). An exhibit ID (TX-004) opens its record first.

The COVID Projectcovidproject.com/library

Filters:Search: health Gathering cap Alcohol and bars Events and venues Stay-at-home Clear all

2,067 instruments · showing 1–25

Sort Per page

Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-CMH-031	Stay at Home Advisory issued by Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public HealthStay at Home Advisory Issued by Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health	Columbus Public Health (Mysheika W. Roberts, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner) and Franklin County Public Health (Joe Mazzola, Health Commissioner)	City of Columbus and Franklin County, OhioCounty	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-009	K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021)65-201. County, city-county and multicounty units; local health officers; appointment, tenure, removal; laws applicable; review, amendment…	Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)	KansasState	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. IN-085	Bloomington Resolution 20-11 (passed 9-0, July 22, 2020) supporting the Monroe County Health Department Public Health Order of July 17, 2020, the Board of Health Public Health Regulation of July 21, 2020 and Mayor's Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020Monroe County face-covering order (effective July 17, 2020) and regulations on gathering size and service in bars, restaurants and…	Common Council of the City of Bloomington (Resolution 20-11), reciting orders of the Monroe County Health Department (July 17, 2020), the Monroe County Board of Health (regulation of July 21, 2020) and Mayor John Hamilton (Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020)	City of Bloomington and Monroe County, IndianaCity	July 22, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-047	Resolution and Renewal of Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance, Authorizing Enforcement (March 9, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules for unincorporated Travis County (March 4 to April 15, 2021) as…	Travis County Commissioners Court	Travis County, Texas (unincorporated areas)County	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-004	Ind. Code Title 16, Article 19, chapter 3: sections 16-19-3-4 (rules to protect the public health, including 'nuisances dangerous to public health' and 'the detection, reporting, prevention, and control of diseases'), 16-19-3-9 (quarantine), 16-19-3-10 (epidemics), 16-19-3-11 (abatement of conditions causative of disease), 16-19-3-12 (State enforcement within local jurisdictions in a public health emergency)State Department of Health: quarantine, epidemic-control, abatement and emergency-enforcement powers	Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2021 edition)	IndianaState	July 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SEA-052	Health Officer's Order No. 20-059: Order of the Health Officer on Events during Declaration of Public Health EmergencyHealth Officer's Order No. 20-059	Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Snohomish Health District	Snohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)County	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. VA-002	Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner, Declaration of Public Health Emergency, Order of Public Health Emergency One (Mar. 17, 2020), as amended Mar. 20, 2020Amended Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner Declaration of Public Health Emergency	Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver	VirginiaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. NE-105	Two Rivers Public Health Department Directed Health Measures 2020-001Two Rivers Public Health Department Directed Health Measures 2020-001	Two Rivers Public Health Department, Health Director	Two Rivers Public Health District (Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney and Phelps Counties; Kearney and Lexington)County	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-032	District Health Officer's determination refusing to allow gatherings or events of more than 250 persons in Washoe County for 30 daysHealth District Won't Allow Large Events of Over 250 Due to Lack of Adequate Health Infrastructure	District Health Officer Kevin Dick, Washoe County Health District	Washoe County, Nevada (Washoe County Health District)County	Oct. 8, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-001	18 V.S.A. sec. 126 (Health orders)Health orders	Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, Health; chapter 3, Department of Health)	VermontState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-002	Statute: Health and Safety Code, Division 105, Part 1, Chapter 3 (sections 120175-120250), duties of local health officers in communicable disease controlHealth and Safety Code sections 120175-120250: duty of each health officer to take measures necessary to prevent the spread of disease; duty…	California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)	CaliforniaState	Jan. 1, 1996	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008	DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020)Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster: Calls on Texans to stay home and limit gatherings to 10 people	Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.	TexasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-051	City of Pasadena Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier (Issued Jan. 27, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Jan. 28, 2021)Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier	Pasadena Health Officer	City of PasadenaCity	Jan. 27, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-002	K.S.A. 65-119, Duties of local boards of health and local health officers; contagious diseases (current text, as amended L. 2025, ch. 115, § 2)65-119. Duties of local boards of health and health officers; contagious diseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, when	Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)	KansasState	July 1, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-018	Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human ContactBoard of Health resolution: public health emergency; dine-in restaurants closed countywide; gatherings and direct-contact businesses limited…	Fulton County Board of Health	Fulton County, GeorgiaCounty	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-052	Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings and Select Sector Guidances and Public Health Protocols (Issued June 14, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. June 15, 2021)Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings and Select Sector Guidances and Public…	Pasadena Health Officer	City of PasadenaCity	June 14, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. NE-088	COVID-19 Directive Health Measures of April 3, 2020East Central District Health Department COVID-19 Directive Health Measures	East Central District Health Department (Board of Health and Health Director)	East Central District Health Department (Boone, Colfax, Nance and Platte Counties; Columbus)County	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. UT-054	Public Health Order (Stay Safe, Stay Home), Weber-Morgan Health DepartmentPublic Health Order, Weber-Morgan Health Department, Weber and Morgan Counties, Utah	Brian Bennion, Weber-Morgan Health Officer, Weber-Morgan Health Department	Weber and Morgan Counties, UtahCounty	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. CO-090	Amended Notice of Public Health Order (Standing Public Health Order Related to Events), Mar. 18, 2020, superseding the Mar. 13, 2020 orderStanding Public Health Order - Amended Notice of Public Health Order	Pitkin County Public Health Director (Standing Public Health Order)	Pitkin County, Colorado (including the City of Aspen and the towns within the County)County	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MI-005	MCL 333.2453, Epidemic; emergency order and procedures of local health officer; involuntary detentionPublic Health Code sec. 2453: epidemic emergency orders of local health officers	Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24, Local Health Departments)	MichiganState	Sept. 30, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-060	Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-LA-002	La. R.S. 40:5 (exclusive jurisdiction, control and authority of the state health officer and the office of public health)Exclusive jurisdiction of the state health officer and the office of public health to isolate or quarantine, to take such action as is…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-KC-074	Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders)Official chronology of the Clay County public health emergency orders of 2020	Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte	Clay County, Missouri (Clay County Public Health Center jurisdiction, outside Kansas City)County	Mar. 1, 2021		Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NM-036	Public Health Emergency Order of October 22, 2020 (retail 10 p.m. closing; rapid-response closures; certified-only indoor dining; State museums closed)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Acting Secretary of Health Billy J. Jimenez	New MexicoState	Oct. 22, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-001	Statute: 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)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read

Columbus Public Health (Mysheika W. Roberts, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner) and Franklin County Public Health (Joe Mazzola, Health Commissioner), Stay at Home Advisory issued by Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-031)
Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-009)
Common Council of the City of Bloomington (Resolution 20-11), reciting orders of the Monroe County Health Department (July 17, 2020), the Monroe County Board of Health (regulation of July 21, 2020) and Mayor John Hamilton (Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020), Bloomington Resolution 20-11 (passed 9-0, July 22, 2020) supporting the Monroe County Health Department Public Health Order of July 17, 2020, the Board of Health Public Health Regulation of July 21, 2020 and Mayor's Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020 (Ex. IN-085)
Travis County Commissioners Court, Resolution and Renewal of Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance, Authorizing Enforcement (March 9, 2021) (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-047)
Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2021 edition), Ind. Code Title 16, Article 19, chapter 3: sections 16-19-3-4 (rules to protect the public health, including 'nuisances dangerous to public health' and 'the detection, reporting, prevention, and control of diseases'), 16-19-3-9 (quarantine), 16-19-3-10 (epidemics), 16-19-3-11 (abatement of conditions causative of disease), 16-19-3-12 (State enforcement within local jurisdictions in a public health emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-004)
Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Snohomish Health District, Health Officer's Order No. 20-059: Order of the Health Officer on Events during Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-052)
Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner, Declaration of Public Health Emergency, Order of Public Health Emergency One (Mar. 17, 2020), as amended Mar. 20, 2020 (Ex. VA-002)
Two Rivers Public Health Department, Health Director, Two Rivers Public Health Department Directed Health Measures 2020-001 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. NE-105)
District Health Officer Kevin Dick, Washoe County Health District, District Health Officer's determination refusing to allow gatherings or events of more than 250 persons in Washoe County for 30 days (Oct. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-032)
Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, Health; chapter 3, Department of Health), 18 V.S.A. sec. 126 (Health orders) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-001)
California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel), Statute: Health and Safety Code, Division 105, Part 1, Chapter 3 (sections 120175-120250), duties of local health officers in communicable disease control (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-002)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D, DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-008)
Pasadena Health Officer, City of Pasadena Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier (Issued Jan. 27, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Jan. 28, 2021) (Ex. MET-LA-051)
Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.S.A. 65-119, Duties of local boards of health and local health officers; contagious diseases (current text, as amended L. 2025, ch. 115, § 2) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-002)
Fulton County Board of Health, Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human Contact (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-018)
Pasadena Health Officer, Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings and Select Sector Guidances and Public Health Protocols (Issued June 14, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. June 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-LA-052)
East Central District Health Department (Board of Health and Health Director), COVID-19 Directive Health Measures of April 3, 2020 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. NE-088)
Brian Bennion, Weber-Morgan Health Officer, Weber-Morgan Health Department, Public Health Order (Stay Safe, Stay Home), Weber-Morgan Health Department (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. UT-054)
Pitkin County Public Health Director (Standing Public Health Order), Amended Notice of Public Health Order (Standing Public Health Order Related to Events), Mar. 18, 2020, superseding the Mar. 13, 2020 order (Ex. CO-090)
Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24, Local Health Departments), MCL 333.2453, Epidemic; emergency order and procedures of local health officer; involuntary detention (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-005)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-060)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 40:5 (exclusive jurisdiction, control and authority of the state health officer and the office of public health) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-002)
Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte, Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-074)
Acting Secretary of Health Billy J. Jimenez, Public Health Emergency Order of October 22, 2020 (retail 10 p.m. closing; rapid-response closures; certified-only indoor dining; State museums closed) (Oct. 22, 2020) (Ex. NM-036)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition), Statute: 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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-001)

The Orders Library

Results