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Ex. DUT-PA-018Statute (Liquor Code, Act of Apr. 12, 1951, P.L. 90, No. 21, sec. 471)Liquor Code section 471, Revocation and Suspension of Licenses; FinesGeneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateApr. 12, 19512020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsStanding 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-PA-014Regulation (7 Pa. Code ch. 46, subch. H, sec. 46.1144)7 Pa. Code sec. 46.1144, Conditions of retention: responsibilities of the retail food facility operatorPennsylvania Department of AgriculturePennsylvaniaStateApr. 11, 20142020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-100PennDOT 'Coronavirus Statewide' operations page, updated 10:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020: all Driver License and Photo License Centers closed from close of business Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; driver licenses, photo IDs, learner's permits, CDLs, registrations, safety and emissions inspections and disability placards expiring Mar. 16-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; CDL downgrades for expired medical certificates paused under FMCSA waivers; driver exams through Apr. 3 cancelled; all district and county maintenance offices closed for two weeks; 'construction projects have been suspended in all counties until further notice'; rest areas and welcome centers closed statewide from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 17 with a list of reopened locations; motorcycle training clinics postponed; REAL ID issuance paused; Acting Secretary's order accepting electronic administrative-appeal filingsCoronavirus Statewide - PennDOT operational changes (Driver License Centers closed; expirations extended; maintenance offices closed…Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin GramianPennsylvania (statewide: Driver License and Photo License Centers; district and county maintenance offices; construction projects; rest areas and welcome centers)StateMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-014Emergency Order suspending door-to-door, public-event and in-person sales and marketing of competitive electric and natural gas supply (announced by press release of March 16, 2020)PUC Suspends Door-to-Door, In-Person Marketing Activities for Energy Suppliers During Governor's Proclamation of Disaster EmergencyPennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille (Emergency Order), Docket No. M-2020-3019254Pennsylvania (State public utility commission)Sector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-002Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-066Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden CountyFreeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020)Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)Camden County, New JerseyCountyMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-050Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020Operational Changes for Allegheny CountyAllegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web pageAllegheny County, PennsylvaniaCountyMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. PA-082Press release: Wolf Administration Orders Restaurants and Bars to Close Dine-In Service in Mitigation Counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery)Wolf Administration Orders Restaurants and Bars to Close Dine-In Service in Mitigation Counties to Stop Spread of COVID-19Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release)PennsylvaniaStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. PA-102PennDOT release (Mar. 16, 2020)PennDOT Closes All Driver, Photo License Centers, Extends Expiration Dates and Suspends Construction in Response to COVID-19Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)PennsylvaniaSector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All CasinosBoard instructs the six casinos still open to conclude all gaming activities and patron entry by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (the…Pennsylvania Gaming Control BoardPennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)Sector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positionsChild Care Centers - providers approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergencyPennsylvania DHS / OCDELPennsylvania; Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (child-care licensing)Sector regulatorMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-099PennDOT press release, Mar. 18, 2020: all PennDOT rest areas closed at midnight Mar. 17, 2020 under the Governor's mitigation guidance; 13 of 30 reopened for truck parking from Mar. 19, 2020 with portable toilets only; indoor facilities not reopenedPennDOT Reopens Select Rest Areas for Truck ParkingPennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin GramianPennsylvania (30 PennDOT rest areas statewide; 13 reopened for truck parking on I-79, I-80 and I-81)StateMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Business closurePrimary source read
Ex. PA-081Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the SpreadGov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in EffectGovernor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release)PennsylvaniaStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. PA-083DHS Coronavirus - Child Care page: list of child care providers approved by waiver to operate during the closure (archived Mar. 29, 2020)Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Child Care (Child Care Centers approved to operate)Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL)PennsylvaniaSector regulatorMar. 29, 20202020 Q2Business closureSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. PA-117Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020PLCB store closures and phased reopening (Mar. 17 - June 2020)Pennsylvania Liquor Control BoardPennsylvaniaSector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsSupply chainConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-067Amended and reissued state of emergency declaration (playgrounds; self-service food and beverage)Freeholders Amend State of Emergency Declaration (Mar. 18, 2020)Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)Camden County, New JerseyCountyMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-076PhilaPort COVID-19 Updates (page first published Mar. 25, 2020; updates through June 2, 2021)COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update: Updates on COVID-19 relating to the Port of PhiladelphiaPhilaPortPhilaPort (Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)StateMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. PA-002Order of the Governor Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020), sec. 1 and sec. 2Closure of all businesses that are not life sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020; list amended Mar. 20, 24, Apr. 20, May 19, 2020)Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health Rachel LevinePennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandatePrimary source read
Ex. PA-003Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life SustainingOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life SustainingSecretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.PennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. PA-004Pennsylvania life-sustaining business list (Mar. 19, 2020)Industry Operation Guidance (Life Sustaining Business list)Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health (incorporated into PA-002 and PA-003)PennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closurePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-140Orders of Mar. 19, 2020 closing businesses that are not life-sustaining, with the Industry Operation Guidance list ('Home Health Care Services - Yes - Elective procedures prohibited'; hospitals - Yes - elective procedures prohibited); DOH Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities' Responses to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020)Pennsylvania life-sustaining business orders and list (elective procedures prohibited); DOH ASF guidanceGovernor Tom Wolf and Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-08-012Industry Operation Guidance (Life-Sustaining Business list)Life-Sustaining Business list of March 19, 2020Governor Wolf and Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closurePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-09-007Industry Operation Guidance: Life-Sustaining Businesses list accompanying the Mar. 19, 2020 Orders closing all businesses that are not life sustainingLife-Sustaining Business list (version captured Mar. 20, 2020)Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health Rachel LevinePennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-11-021Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Life Sustaining Business list (Mar. 19, 2020 version)Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020)PennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closurePrimary source read