| Ex. MT-085 | County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules | Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer | Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MT-003 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (school closure; nursing homes; social distancing; transportation; National Guard)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Mar. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-004 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (additional direction on school closures)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing additional direction related to school closures | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Mar. 19, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Schools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-007 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (closure extensions; social distancing; retail distancing; school closure extended)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 extending closures and updating social distancing requirements and guidance | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-008 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (operation of local government)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing measures for the operation of local government | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-024 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (relief of certain regulatory requirements; commercial carriers)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for relief of certain regulatory requirements | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Supply chainOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-011 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (limits on foreclosures, evictions and disconnections from service)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 providing measures to limit foreclosures, evictions, and disconnections from… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Mar. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Courts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MT-028 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 designating childcare an Essential Business and establishing operating requirements (cross-reference to Ex. MT-025)Childcare Directive: mandatory operating requirements | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Apr. 1, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Standing dutyCapacity limitSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-025 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (childcare designated essential; operating requirements)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 designating childcare an Essential Business and Operation and Activity and… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Apr. 1, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Capacity limitSchools and child careWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-026 | Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (state correctional and state-contracted correctional facilities)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 related to state correctional and state-contracted correctional facilities | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Apr. 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Courts and public officesQuarantine and isolationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-027 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (medical marijuana)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing measures related to the provision and regulation of medical… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Apr. 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-012 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (extending certain Directives through April 24, 2020)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and extending certain Directives through April 24, 2020 | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-013 | Phase One Directive (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing guidance for the phased reopening of Montana and establishing conditions for Phase One), with Appendix ADirective implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing guidance for the phased reopening of Montana and establishing… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Apr. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-014 | Phase Two Directive (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and establishing conditions for Phase Two), with AppendicesDirective implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and establishing conditions for Phase Two | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | May 19, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060 | Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam)In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana - Order adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana | Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices) | Montana; Supreme Court of Montana (bar admission)Court | June 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capCourts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-079 | Countywide face covering rule (masks in all indoor public spaces and businesses; employers to enforce)Missoula City-County Board of Health mask rule, adopted and effective July 9, 2020 | Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer | Missoula County, MontanaCounty | July 9, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-MT-024 | Face Covering Directive (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for the mandatory use of face coverings in certain settings) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-016)Face Covering Directive, secs. 2, 4 and 5 (business duty; exceptions; enforcement) | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | July 15, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-016 | Face Covering Directive (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for the mandatory use of face coverings in certain settings)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for the mandatory use of face coverings in certain settings | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | July 15, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-076 | Emergency face covering rule (countywide mask mandate), adopted July 2020; extended Jan. 20, 2021 (to Apr. 20, 2021) and April 2021 (to May 27, 2021); enforcement lifted by the Health Officer May 14, 2021Gallatin City-County Board of Health local face covering emergency rule | Gallatin City-County Board of Health; Matt Kelley, Health Officer | Gallatin County, MontanaCounty | July 17, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MT-036 | Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (offsite learning residency requirements)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and temporarily suspending school district residency requirements for offsite… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | July 31, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Schools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-017 | Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (mandatory face coverings in all K-12 schools)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for the mandatory use of face coverings in all K-12 schools | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Aug. 12, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-046 | Order of Health Officer August 18, 2020 (school-sanctioned sports and activities)Order of Health Officer August 18, 2020 | John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Aug. 18, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-037 | Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (licensure late fees; pharmacist vaccination; classroom face coverings)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020, waiving licensure renewal late fees for certain establishments, authorizing… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Aug. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-047 | Order of Health Officer September 3, 2020 (rescinding the Aug. 18 order; each County school to maintain a COVID-19 Plan)Order of Health Officer September 3, 2020 | John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Sept. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Schools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-048 | Order of Health Officer October 12, 2020 (12:30 a.m. close for bars and restaurants; 25-person gathering cap; masks and distancing required)Order of Health Officer, October 12, 2020 | John Felton, Local Public Health Officer, City-County of Yellowstone | Yellowstone County, MontanaCounty | Oct. 12, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | |