| Ex. MA-056 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Implementing Policies and Procedures for Restricting Visitor Access to Nursing Homes and Rest HomesOrder restricting visitors at nursing and rest homes | Commissioner of Public Health | MassachusettsState | Mar. 12, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076 | Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144)Persons diagnosed with, exposed to or symptomatic of coronavirus, persons asked to self-quarantine, and persons who had travelled to China… | Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts | Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-001 | Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of BostonDeclaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston | Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves | City of Boston (Suffolk County), MassachusettsCity | Mar. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-100 | Bulletin 2020-04Emergency Measures to Address and to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus): implementation of the Governor's telehealth order | Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance | Massachusetts; Division of InsuranceSector regulator | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054 | MBTA schedule revisions effective Mar. 17, 2020 (reduced subway, bus, Commuter Rail and ferry service under the COVID-19 emergency)MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17 | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak) | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Massachusetts; division of MassDOT)State | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. ECO-B-098 | MBTA notice, 'MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17' (Mar. 16, 2020)MBTA reduced service schedule effective March 17, 2020 ('Reductions in service support slowing spread of COVID-19, protect MBTA workforce… | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)State | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-057 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (hospital visitor restrictions)Order requiring hospitals to screen visitors and restrict visitation | Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel | MassachusettsState | Mar. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-090 | MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective March 17, 2020 until further noticeMBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17 (posted March 16, 2020) | MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak) | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston metropolitan transit)Sector regulator | Mar. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MA-058 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding non-essential elective invasive procedures (hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers)Order postponing non-essential elective invasive procedures | Commissioner of Public Health | MassachusettsState | Mar. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-01-071 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (March 15, 2020) (elective procedures)Order of the Commissioner of Public Health: Nonessential, Elective Invasive Procedures | Commissioner of Public Health (Department of Public Health), with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor | MassachusettsState | Mar. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-080 | Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travelEmergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Effective March 23, 2020 at 5:00 PM | Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health | Town of Provincetown (Barnstable County), MassachusettsCity | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-091 | MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travelMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (posted March 23, 2020) | MBTA | Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulator | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-021 | COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (library exhibit MA-008; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Assuring Continued Operation of Essential Services in the Commonwealth, Closing Certain Workplaces, and Prohibiting Gatherings of More… | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055 | MBTA service revisions of Mar. 23-25, 2020: Commuter Rail Reduced Service Schedule modified; all non-essential travel discouragedMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (targeted adjustments to Commuter Rail capacity effective Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2020) | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak) | Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-122 | Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020)Supplemental Emergency Order, March 30, 2020 | Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health) | Town and County of Nantucket, MassachusettsCity | Mar. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-056 | MBTA service revision effective Monday, Apr. 6, 2020 (Saturday-level bus schedules; modified subway and Commuter Rail service)MBTA Issues Service Revision Effective Monday, April 6 (updated Apr. 3, 2020) | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState | Apr. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Travel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-043 | News item republished by the Authority, ''Boston Hope' signals the newest field hospital set up in the city' (Apr. 9, 2020)Conversion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center into the 1,000-bed Boston Hope care facility | Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (republishing a WCVB report of the Governor's announcement) | Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center; Hynes Convention Center), Massachusetts (State authority)State | Apr. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureHealth care ordersEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-017 | Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2020An Act to Provide Liability Protections for Health Care Workers and Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic | General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker (emergency law) | MassachusettsState | Apr. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-057 | MBTA face-covering requirement effective May 6, 2020 (Executive Order for face coverings takes effect)Executive Order for Face Coverings Takes Effect Wednesday, May 6 | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (implementing the Governor's Order No. 31)State | May 5, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-024 | COVID-19 Order No. 31 (May 1, 2020) (library exhibit MA-016; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Requiring Face Coverings in Public Places Where Social Distancing Is Not Possible | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | May 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-BOS-092 | MBTA face-covering requirement for all customers effective May 6, 2020 (with rear-door boarding and disinfection protocols)Executive Order for Face Coverings Takes Effect Wednesday, May 6 (posted May 5, 2020) | MBTA (implementing COVID-19 Order No. 31) | Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulator | May 5, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-016 | COVID-19 Compliance Attestation Poster (English)Compliance attestation poster that every reopening business had to complete, sign and display: 'we have taken the following steps to comply… | Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development with the Department of Labor Standards and the Department of Public Health (Reopening Massachusetts, Phase I package) | MassachusettsState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-022 | COVID-19 Order No. 33 (May 18, 2020) (library exhibit MA-017; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Implementing a Phased Reopening of Workplaces and Imposing Workplace Safety Measures to Address COVID-19 | Governor Charles D. Baker (with DLS and DPH rules under s. 2) | MassachusettsState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-033 | Mandatory Safety Standards for Workplaces (Reopening Massachusetts, May 18, 2020), with the sector-specific workplace safety standards, protocol summaries and checklists issued under Order No. 33 s. 2 (May 2020 to May 2021)Mandatory Safety Standards for Workplaces: social distancing, hygiene protocols, staffing and operations, cleaning and disinfecting | Department of Labor Standards and Department of Public Health (with the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development), under COVID-19 Order No. 33, s. 2 | MassachusettsState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MA-060 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding the Scheduling and Performance of Urgent Elective Invasive ProceduresPhase I elective-procedure resumption order (attestation required) | Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel | MassachusettsState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |