| Ex. NC-002 | Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-B-059 | Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-27-006 | UNC System Updates Guidance to Constituent Institutions (Mar. 17, 2020)Systemwide move to remote instruction for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester; reduced campus operations; students directed not to… | UNC System Interim President William L. Roper | North Carolina (UNC System; sixteen constituent institutions)State | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. NC-039 | Executive Order No. 119Facilitating Critical Motor Vehicle Operations and Delegating Authority to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to… | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Travel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ECO-B-060 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-039 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-004 | Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CLT-018 | Revised Joint Proclamation... Restricting Movement of All Individuals... to Stay at Their Place of Residence (Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order)Revised Joint Proclamation restricting movement of all individuals to stay at their place of residence except for essential services… | Chair George Dunlap, Mayor Vi Lyles and the six town mayors, in conjunction with the Emergency Management Coordinator and in consultation with the Public Health Director | Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Towns of Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill, Davidson, Huntersville and CorneliusCounty | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-CLT-051 | Proclamation of Emergency Restrictions (Stay-at-Home Proclamation) dated March 26, 2020Proclamation of Emergency Restrictions by the Chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners (stay at home) | Gregory D. Ford, Chairman, Wake County Board of Commissioners | Wake County, including by consent the City of Raleigh and the eleven Wake towns, and the Wake portions of the City of Durham and the Towns of Angier and ClaytonCounty | Mar. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-007 | Executive Order No. 130Meeting North Carolina's Health and Human Services Needs | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Apr. 8, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-034 | S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7COVID-19 Recovery Act (remote instruction for 2019-20; Remote Instruction Plans for 2020-21; DMV credential deadline extensions) | General Assembly of North Carolina | North CarolinaState | May 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Schools and child careCourts and public officesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-010 | Executive Order No. 138Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1 | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 5, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-041 | Executive Order No. 139Meeting North Carolina's Health and Human Services Needs (public health, Medicaid, child care and licensing provisions) | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 12, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-033 | S.L. 2021-4An Act to Provide Access to In-Person Learning for Students in North Carolina | General Assembly of North Carolina | North CarolinaState | Mar. 11, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Schools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-029 | Executive Order No. 215Lifting Certain COVID-19 Restrictions and Continuing Face Covering Requirements in Certain Settings | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | May 14, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-030 | Executive Order No. 220Extension of Executive Order No. 215 (face covering requirements in certain settings) | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | June 11, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-031 | Executive Order No. 224Implementing Measures to Address COVID-19 and Related Variants | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | July 29, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-072 | StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021StrongSchoolsNC: Public Health Toolkit (K-12) Interim Guidance | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services | North CarolinaSector regulator | Aug. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-032 | S.L. 2021-130, sec. 10An Act to Make Various Changes to Education Laws (Part X, Local Face Covering Policies) | General Assembly of North Carolina | North CarolinaState | Aug. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. NC-060 | Executive Order No. 234Providing Flexibility in Certain Health Assessments and Immunization Requirements Due to Impacts of the Pandemic | Governor Roy Cooper | North CarolinaState | Sept. 24, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Schools and child care | Primary source read | |