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Ex. DUT-MA-012St. 1950, c. 639 (the Civil Defense Act), ss. 1, 5, 7, 8, 8AAn Act to Provide for the Safety of the Commonwealth During the Existence of an Emergency Resulting from Disaster or from Hostile ActionGeneral Court; approved by the Governor July 20, 1950 (emergency law)MassachusettsStateJuly 20, 19502020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-003Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7301, General authority of GovernorGeneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateNov. 26, 19782020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-011Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g)Movement of People; Declaration of Local Disaster (control of movement of persons and occupancy of premises)Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418)TexasStateSept. 1, 19872020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NH-005RSA 141-C:16-bCancellation of EventsNew Hampshire General CourtNew HampshireStateJuly 7, 20082020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyGathering capEvents and venuesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-01564 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule)Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions: reporting duties; outbreak reporting; control measures; isolation, quarantine and placarding…West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature)West VirginiaStateJuly 12, 20132020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ID-001Idaho Code section 56-1003(7) (text as in force March 2020 through June 30, 2021)Powers and duties of the director: orders of isolation and quarantine; misdemeanor for violationIdaho Legislature (Idaho Code tit. 56, ch. 10, Department of Health and Welfare)IdahoStateJuly 1, 20162020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-002C.R.S. § 25-1.5-101(1)(a) (Powers and duties of department)Powers and duties of department - laboratory cash fund - reportColorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018)ColoradoStateOct. 1, 20182020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venuesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-006C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704 (The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitations)The governor and disaster emergencies - response - duties and limitationsColorado General Assembly (OLLS, Colorado Revised Statutes 2018)ColoradoStateOct. 1, 20182020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-015Ind. Code Title 10, Article 14 (2020 edition): section 10-14-3-34 (Offenses) as in force from the recodification of 2003 through April 14, 2021, with sections 10-14-3-11, -12 and -22Emergency Management and Disaster Law, 2020 edition: the Class B misdemeanor for knowing, intentional or reckless violation, recited in…Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2020 edition)IndianaStateApr. 14, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-055Minutes of the Board of Directors meeting of April 22, 2020No events since March 10, 2020 and none scheduled through June; contracts with OGS for use of the Center as an emergency warehouse and…Board of Directors of the New York Convention Center Operating CorporationNew York Convention Center Operating Corporation (Javits Center), New YorkStateApr. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureHealth care ordersEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-044Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19Mayor's proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelledMayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)City of Houston, TexasCityMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-001Declaration of Local EmergencyDeclaration of Local Emergency, Summit County, Utah (COVID-19)Summit County Manager Thomas C. FisherSummit County, UtahCountyMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationBusiness closureEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-021Salt Lake City Emergency Proclamation No. 2 of 2020Mayor's Exercise of Emergency Powers: Mass Gatherings prohibited; electronic public meetings; water serviceMayor Erin MendenhallSalt Lake City, UtahCityMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero)National Archives and Records Administration (all facilities nationwide, including the National Archives Museum and the Presidential Libraries)FederalMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-083DC DOC 'Coronavirus Prevention' page (as archived Mar. 28, 2020)All in-person visits, programming and volunteer activities suspended 'for the entirety of the Public Health Emergency'; modified movement…DC Department of Corrections (Director Quincy Booth)District of Columbia Department of Corrections; District (State-level) authorityStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled)TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat: Agency Approves Temporary Distance Learning, Cancels Events and MeetingsTexas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis)Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-009TDLR COVID-19 page, 'TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat' (TDLR Updates Mar. 13-Oct. 13, 2020, with the Governor's executive orders and waivers), as archived Oct. 16, 2020TDLR COVID-19 Information Page (updates through Oct. 13, 2020)Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationTexas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-032News release: NCEES responds to COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020 paper-and-pencil exam administration cancelled; all NCEES meetings Mar. 15-May 2 cancelled)NCEES responds to COVID-19 pandemicNCEESAll States; NCEESSector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-SC-005S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440Additional powers and duties of Governor during declared emergencyGeneral Assembly of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaStateJune 11, 20082020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. IL-002Executive Order 2020-04 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 2)Cancellation of gatherings of 1,000 or more; closure of the James R. Thompson Center; State employee sick leaveGovernor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-009Declaration of Emergency (Declaration of Disaster Emergency) of the City of PittsburghEmergency Declaration: Resolution providing for a Declaration of Emergency issued by the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh... as it pertains…Mayor William Peduto (ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Resolution 140 of 2020, March 17, 2020)City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-053City release of Mar. 12, 2020 announcing the emergency measures adopted at the Mar. 13, 2020 special meeting (local emergency declaration, Resolution 2020-0075; cancellation of special-event permits over 250 persons; eviction prohibition; small business loans)Sacramento City leaders announce emergency measures to help residents and businesses affected by COVID-19City of Sacramento (Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council; Director of Emergency Services)City of Sacramento, CaliforniaCityMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationEvents and venuesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-C-138No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628No Sail Order and Other Measures Related to Operations (cruise ships)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Director Robert R. Redfield)United StatesFederalMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Travel and quarantineEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-027CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further EmbarkationNo Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 24, 2020)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director)United States (all cruise ships in U.S. waters or intending to return; 250+ passenger capacity)FederalMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-018Declaration of Civil Emergency No. 2020-01 (Mar. 13, 2020, 14:30) and Emergency Order 2020-02 (measures effective Mar. 14, 2020: cancellation of City-permitted events of 250 or more; facility closures; suspension of meetings of 20 or more in City facilities; suspension of non-essential inspections)Vancouver City Manager issues Declaration of Civil Emergency related to COVID-19City Manager Eric HolmesCity of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)CityMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source