The Record
The Metros
Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville

The Metros

Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville

Name: Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville: local governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville file holds 76 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 65 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Tennessee file.

Code BNAState TennesseeFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 20, 2020 Ex. MET-BNA-001Orders reaching 2021 Q3 10Primary source read 65 Confirmed from a secondary source 11

Build the report for Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville Search the Library for Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville

The record in brief

ScopeTennessee metropolitan instruments: Nashville and Davidson County (Metropolitan Government; Metro Public Health Department Chief Medical Director orders; Mayor's executive orders); Memphis and Shelby County (City of Memphis mayoral executive orders and Face Covering ordinance; Shelby County Mayor's executive orders; Shelby County Health Department Health Directives, Health Orders and Face Mask Directives); Knoxville and Knox County (Knox County Health Department Health Officer orders and regulations; Knox County Board of Health regulations); and the three federal district-court injunctions of September 2021 that compelled school masking in Shelby, Knox and Williamson Counties. Statewide instruments are cited by name and date only.

Tennessee ran a county-driven regime. Six counties with locally run health departments (Shelby, Madison, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox and Sullivan) held independent authority under Tenn. Code Ann. sections 68-2-601, 68-2-603 and 68-2-609, and the Governor's Executive Order No. 30 (April 28, 2020) section 1(c) expressly preserved their power to issue orders more or less stringent than the statewide reopening. Each of the three metropolitan counties in this scope used that power with force of law, and each regime ran on its own calendar. 2020Q2. On the first day of the quarter every business in the metro area sat under a stay-home closure order: Nashville's Amended and Restated Order 3 (issued April 1, 2020; the original Order 3 of March 22, 2020 took effect 12:01 a.m. March 23, 2020) commanded that all businesses not performing essential services shall close their business facilities and prohibited gatherings of more than ten; Knox County's Health Officer order of March 23, 2020 (effective 12:01 a.m. EDT March 24, 2020) used the identical closure clause; Memphis Executive Order No. 03-2020 (March 23, 2020, effective 6:00 p.m. March 24, 2020) required all individuals to stay at their place of residence and closed businesses outside its Essential Activities list, and Shelby County Mayor Harris's executive order of March 24, 2020 did the same for the unincorporated county. Nashville extended its order to May 1 and then to May 10, 2020 and reopened in Phase One under Order 5 (effective May 11, 2020: gatherings of more than ten prohibited; hospitality, educational, sports and entertainment venues remained closed) and Phase Two under Order 6 (effective May 25, 2020: gatherings of more than 25 prohibited). Knox County reopened at 8:00 a.m. May 1, 2020 under a Health Officer order adopting Executive Orders 30 and 31 and the Knox County phased strategy, amended for Phase Two on May 22, 2020. Memphis reopened in Back to Business Phase 1 on May 4, 2020 (Executive Order No. 12-2020 and its May 5 amendment, Executive Order No. 13-2020, which subordinated the City's order to the Shelby County Health Directives) and Phase 2 at midnight May 19, 2020 (Executive Order No. 16-2020). Shelby County Health Directive No. 7 (June 22, 2020) kept every business not listed closed and capped retail, gyms and civic facilities at 50 percent of building occupancy. Nashville's Order 8 (June 28, 2020) made face coverings mandatory for members of the public at all times outside the listed exemptions, and Mayor Cooper's Executive Order No. 7 (May 18, 2020) required them in every Metro building. 2020Q3. The summer surge produced the most aggressive metropolitan orders in Tennessee. Nashville's Order 9 (July 2, 2020) paused Phase Three and returned the county to a hybrid Phase Two; its Amendment 3 (signed July 30, 2020) and Order 10 (August 7, 2020) closed every Limited Service Restaurant in Downtown and Midtown to the public through 11:59 p.m. August 16, 2020 and banned open containers in the Central Improvement District; Order 11 (August 15, 2020) governed the rest of the quarter with capacity, party-size and hours conditions. Knox County's Board of Health adopted Regulation 2020-1 (July 1, 2020), which required a face covering of every person twelve or older within six feet of a non-household member in any indoor public place; Regulation 2020-3 (July 29, 2020) closed bars; Regulation 2020-4 (August 5, 2020) reopened them with a 10:00 p.m. close; Regulations 2020-5 and 2020-6 (September 16, 2020) imposed an 11:00 p.m. alcohol curfew and a 25-person gathering ceiling. Shelby County's Face Mask Health Order and Directive (effective 6:00 p.m. July 3, 2020) required masks countywide and required every business to enforce the requirement; Health Directives Nos. 8 and 9 (July 8 and July 24, 2020) closed restaurants at 10:00 p.m., banned bar seating and standing, tied alcohol to seated food service and capped occupancy at 50 percent. Memphis's Face Covering/Mask Ordinance (passed June 16, 2020) added a municipal mandate. 2020Q4. Nashville moved to Phase Three under Order 12 (September 30, 2020) and then tightened it four times before year end (the Third Amended and Restated Order 12 of November 25, 2020 reduced crowd sizes to eight persons and imposed late-night closures that the Sixth Amended and Restated Order 12 of January 30, 2021 carried forward: service ended at 11:00 p.m. and premises closed to the public from midnight to 5:00 a.m.). Knox County's Regulation 2020-7 (November 25, 2020) capped restaurants at 50 percent and eight per table and closed them from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; Regulation 2020-8 (December 4, 2020) capped gatherings at ten persons. Shelby County's Health Directive No. 16 (December 21, 2020, effective 12:01 a.m. December 26, 2020) was a second Safer at Home order: all businesses except those listed were required to close their physical locations to the public, indoor dining fell to 25 percent with a 10:00 p.m. cutoff, retail and gyms to 50 percent, and Face Mask Directive No. 4 (same date) restated the countywide mask mandate. 2021Q1. Nashville's Sixth and Seventh Amended and Restated Orders 12 (January 30 and March 1, 2021) and Order 13 (March 24, 2021, effective March 26, 2021: crowd sizes above ten indoors or 25 outdoors prohibited; entertainment venues at 25 to 33 percent of ticketed capacity; premises closed 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.) and the Eleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 for Downtown and Midtown governed the whole quarter, with Order 8 masks throughout. Knox County's Regulations 2021-1, 2021-2 and 2021-3 kept a restaurant curfew (11:00 p.m., then midnight, then 1:00 a.m.) through April 22, 2021, and Regulation 2020-8 held gatherings to ten through March 18, 2021. Shelby County's Health Directive No. 18 (February 17, 2021, effective February 20, 2021) ended all food and beverage service at midnight, limited bar seating to fixed pairs six feet apart, capped food service at two hours, prohibited indoor dancing and incorporated Face Mask Directive No. 4. 2021Q2. Nashville's Amended and Restated Order 8 (April 9, 2021) restated the mask mandate; Order 14 (April 16, 2021) ran a modified Phase Four; Order 15 (issued May 13, effective 5:00 a.m. May 14, 2021) rescinded Order 14 and the Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10, and Order 16 (effective noon May 14, 2021) rescinded the mask order. Knox County's restaurant regulation expired April 22, 2021, the Board of Health was dissolved April 13, 2021, and the Health Department's own Face Covering Regulation 2021-1 (adopted April 12, 2021) ran by its terms until Executive Order 77 expired on April 28, 2021. Shelby County's directives continued. 2021Q3. Nashville and Knox County issued no general business orders in force July 1 through September 30, 2021. Shelby County did: in August 2021 the Health Department ordered universal indoor masking in every K-12 school, pre-kindergarten and daycare (recited in G.S. v. Lee), reimposed indoor masking countywide (Health Order No. 25), and continued it under Health Order No. 26 until Health Order No. 27 (October 27, 2021) converted the business requirement to a recommendation while keeping the school requirement. Three federal courts then made school masking compulsory by injunction: G.S. v. Lee (W.D. Tenn.; TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary injunction September 17, 2021) for Shelby County; S.B. v. Lee (E.D. Tenn.; preliminary injunction September 24, 2021, amended October 12, 2021) ordering the Knox County Board of Education to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect; and R.K. v. Lee (M.D. Tenn.; TRO September 24, 2021; preliminary injunction October 22, 2021) for Williamson County and the Franklin Special School District in the Nashville metropolitan area. Memphis extended its limited local state of emergency every seven days through the quarter (Executive Orders Nos. 25-2021 and 26-2021 exhibited).

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	April 1, 2020: Nashville under Amended and Restated Order 3 (Safer at Home; MET-BNA-002 original text; MET-BNA-003 extension) and Amended and Restated Order 1 (no on-premises food or beverage consumption; MET-BNA-001), with the Mayor's civil emergency extended weekly (MET-BNA-021); Knox County under the Health Officer's Safer at Home closure order of March 23, 2020 (MET-BNA-030); Memphis under Executive Order No. 03-2020 (MET-BNA-050) and unincorporated Shelby County under Mayor Harris's March 24, 2020 order (MET-BNA-051), with Shelby County Health Directive No. 3 controlling in any conflict (recited in MET-BNA-053).	June 30, 2020: Nashville under Amended and Restated Order 7 (Phase Three; MET-BNA-008), Order 8 face coverings (MET-BNA-009) and Mayor's Executive Order No. 7 (MET-BNA-020); Knox County under the Health Officer's reopening order adopting Executive Orders 30 and 31 as amended for Phase Two (MET-BNA-032, -033, -046), with Board of Health Regulation 2020-1 adopted the next day (MET-BNA-034); Shelby County under Health Directive No. 7 (MET-BNA-061: unlisted businesses remain closed; 50 percent occupancy for retail, gyms and civic facilities); Memphis Face Covering/Mask Ordinance passed June 16, 2020 (MET-BNA-055).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2020: Nashville under Amended and Restated Order 7 (MET-BNA-008) and Order 8 (MET-BNA-009), with Order 9 issued July 2 (MET-BNA-010); Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-1 adopted July 1 (MET-BNA-034); Shelby County under Health Directive No. 7 (MET-BNA-061), with the Face Mask Health Order effective July 3 (MET-BNA-062); Memphis ordinance (MET-BNA-055).	Knox County under Regulations 2020-1 (masks; MET-BNA-034), 2020-5 (11:00 p.m. alcohol curfew; MET-BNA-037) and 2020-6 (25-person gatherings; MET-BNA-038); Memphis state of emergency extended weekly (MET-BNA-056 chain).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Knox County under Regulations 2020-1 and 2020-5 as extended (MET-BNA-034, -037); Memphis Executive Order No. 46-2020 chain (MET-BNA-056).	Knox County under Regulations 2020-1 (MET-BNA-034), 2020-7 (restaurants 50 percent, eight per table, closed 10:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m.; MET-BNA-039) and 2020-8 (ten-person gatherings; MET-BNA-040), with Resolution 2020-C guidance (MET-BNA-044); Shelby County under Health Directive No. 16 Safer at Home (MET-BNA-071) and Face Mask Directive No. 4 (MET-BNA-072).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	January 1, 2021: same instruments as December 31, 2020 (Nashville Fifth Amended and Restated Order 12 and Order 8; Knox Regulations 2020-1, 2020-7, 2020-8; Shelby Health Directive No. 16 and Face Mask Directive No. 4).	March 31, 2021: Nashville under Order 13 (MET-BNA-019), Eleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 (MET-BNA-026) and Order 8 (MET-BNA-009); Knox County under Regulation 2020-1 (MET-BNA-034) and Regulation 2021-3 (1:00 a.m. restaurant and event-venue close; MET-BNA-042); Shelby County under Health Directive No. 18 (MET-BNA-073) and Face Mask Directive No. 4 (MET-BNA-072); Memphis Executive Order No. 8-2021 chain (MET-BNA-057).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	April 1, 2021: same instruments as March 31, 2021.	June 30, 2021: Nashville, none (Orders 15 and 16 of May 14, 2021, MET-BNA-024 and -025, ended every MPHD order); Knox County, none (Regulation 2021-3 expired April 22, 2021; KCHD Regulation 2021-1 expired with Executive Order 77 on April 28, 2021; Resolution 2021-A guidance, MET-BNA-045); Memphis limited local state of emergency extended weekly (predecessors of MET-BNA-058).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2021: Nashville, none; Knox County, none; Memphis limited local state of emergency (MET-BNA-058 issued July 13 in the weekly chain); CDC conveyance mask order on WeGo, MATA and KAT (by name).	Knox County Schools mask mandate compelled by the S.B. v. Lee preliminary injunction of September 24, 2021 (MET-BNA-080, -083); Williamson County and Franklin Special School District mask policies enforced without opt-out under the R.K. v. Lee TRO of September 24, 2021 (MET-BNA-081); Memphis limited local state of emergency (successors to MET-BNA-059); Governor's Executive Orders Nos. 83 and 84 by name; Nashville and Knox County general business orders, none.

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

May 14, 2021

2021-05-14 (Nashville); 2021-04-22 and 2021-04-28 (Knox County); none before 2021-09-30 (Shelby County)

Instrument Nashville and Davidson County: Order 15 from the Interim Chief Medical Director (issued May 13, 2021; effective 5:00 a.m. CDT May 14, 2021), rescinding Order 14 (April 16, 2021, as amended May 7, 2021) and the Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10 (April 16, 2021), and Order 16 (effective noon CDT May 14, 2021), rescinding Amended and Restated Order 8 (April 9, 2021). Knox County: Board of Health Regulation 2021-3 expired by its terms at the end of April 22, 2021; the Board of Health was dissolved April 13, 2021; Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1 (face coverings) ran until the expiration of Executive Order 77 on April 28, 2021. Shelby County: no end within the period; Health Department directives and orders (including countywide and school indoor mask requirements reimposed in August 2021) remained in force through September 30, 2021.

What remained in force

After May 14, 2021 in Nashville: the Board of Health's Declaration of Public Health Emergency of March 15, 2020 and the Mayor's weekly civil-emergency extensions (EMER predicate); no MPHD business order. After April 28, 2021 in Knox County: guidance only (KCHD Resolution 2021-A, April 23, 2021). In Shelby County throughout: the Health Department's directive chain (Nos. 19-24, spring and summer 2021), Face Mask Directive successors, Health Orders Nos. 25 and 26 (August-October 2021), the City of Memphis limited local state of emergency extended weekly (Executive Orders Nos. 25-2021, 26-2021 and successors), and, from September 3 and 17, 2021, the federal injunction in G.S. v. Lee compelling enforcement of the school mask order. Across the metro area: Governor's Executive Order No. 83 (August 6, 2021, state of emergency continued) and Executive Order No. 84 (August 16, 2021, parental opt-out from school mask requirements) by name; the CDC conveyance mask order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) on WeGo, MATA and KAT transit and at BNA and MEM airports.

The State and the local orders

Tennessee did not preempt the six locally run county health departments during the period. Executive Order No. 30 (April 28, 2020) section 1(c) preserved their authority to issue orders more or less stringent than the statewide reopening; Executive Orders Nos. 38 (May 22, 2020), 50 (June 29, 2020), 63 (September 29, 2020), 67 (October 30, 2020), 70 (December 20, 2020), 73 (December 22, 2020) and 77 (February 26, 2021) repeated the reservation, and Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1 (April 12, 2021) recites Executive Order No. 38's delegation and the Attorney General's Opinion No. 20-07 (April 27, 2020) confirming that local health officers confronting an epidemic have the power and the obligation to establish appropriate control measures. Executive Order No. 80 (April 27, 2021) ended the mask authority the Governor had delegated to the other 89 county mayors; the six health-department counties (Davidson, Shelby, Knox among them) kept theirs, and Shelby County used it again in August 2021. Executive Order No. 84 (August 16, 2021) did not preempt local school mask requirements; it created a parental opt-out, and three federal district courts enjoined its enforcement in Shelby County (G.S. v. Lee, September 17, 2021), Knox County (S.B. v. Lee, September 24, 2021) and Williamson County (R.K. v. Lee, September 24, 2021). The General Assembly's Public Chapter 6 of the Third Extraordinary Session (signed November 12, 2021), which barred local mask mandates and stripped the six county health departments of independent COVID-19 authority, took effect after the period and confirms that until then those departments held that authority. Metro Nashville and Knox County chose to end their own orders (May 14, 2021 and April 22-28, 2021); no State instrument ended them.

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (9)

MET-BNA-058 Memphis Executive Order No. 25-2021 (July 13, 2021): limited local state of emergency extended seven days (EMER predicate)
MET-BNA-059 Memphis Executive Order No. 26-2021 (July 20, 2021) and its weekly successors through September 30, 2021 (EMER predicate)
MET-BNA-078 Shelby County Health Order No. 26 (September 2021): indoor and school mask requirements continued.
MET-BNA-084 G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552 (W.D. Tenn.): TRO September 3, 2021 and preliminary injunction September 17, 2021 barring enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Shelby County and restoring the Health Department's school mask order
MET-BNA-080 and MET-BNA-083 S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317 (E.D. Tenn.): preliminary injunction September 24, 2021 (amended October 12, 2021) ordering the Knox County Board of Education to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect and enjoining Executive Order No. 84 in Knox County
MET-BNA-081 R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.): TRO September 24, 2021 enjoining Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County and ordering Williamson County Schools and the Franklin Special School District to enforce their mask policies without exception
Tennessee Executive Order No. 83 (August 6, 2021): state of emergency continued
Tennessee Executive Order No. 84 (August 16, 2021): parental opt-out from school mask requirements, enjoined in Shelby, Knox and Williamson Counties
CDC Order Requiring Face Masks on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (January 29, 2021), as applied to WeGo Public Transit, MATA, KAT, Nashville International Airport and Memphis International Airport (by name; FED-A)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Nashville no on-premises consumption from 8:00 p.m. March 20, 2020 (MET-BNA-001); Phase One and Two capacity steps May 11 and May 25, 2020 (MET-BNA-006, -007); Phase Three June 22-29, 2020 (MET-BNA-008); Order 9 paused Phase Three July 3, 2020 (MET-BNA-010); Downtown and Midtown Limited Service Restaurants closed to the public through August 16, 2020 (MET-BNA-012); Order 11 hours and party limits from August 17, 2020 (MET-BNA-013); eight-person crowd limit, 11:00 p.m. service cutoff and midnight closure through winter (MET-BNA-015, -017); Order 13 from March 26, 2021 (seated bar service only; entry ends 1:00 a.m.; closed 2:00-5:00 a.m.; MET-BNA-019, -026); all rescinded May 14, 2021 (MET-BNA-024). Knox: closed March 24, 2020 (MET-BNA-030); bars closed July 29-August 20, 2020 (MET-BNA-035); 10:00 p.m. close August 5, 2020 (MET-BNA-036); 11:00 p.m. alcohol curfew September 18-November 30, 2020 (MET-BNA-037); 50 percent, eight per table, 10:00 p.m. close November 2020-February 4, 2021 (MET-BNA-039); 11:00 p.m., midnight, then 1:00 a.m. curfews January 29-April 22, 2021 (MET-BNA-041, -042). Shelby: closed for on-site consumption March 19, 2020 (Memphis EO 01-2020, recited in MET-BNA-056); reopened with six-person tables and bar areas as table seating June 22, 2020 (MET-BNA-061); 10:00 p.m. close and no bar seating July 8 and July 26, 2020 (MET-BNA-063, -064); indoor dining 25 percent, 90-minute limit, 10:00 p.m. cutoff December 26, 2020-January 22, 2021 (MET-BNA-071); midnight cutoff, fixed paired bar seats, two-hour limit, no indoor dancing from February 20, 2021 (MET-BNA-073).

Retail

closed as non-essential in all three counties March 23-24, 2020 (MET-BNA-002, -030, -050, -051); Nashville Phase One and Two reopening at reduced occupancy May 11 and 25, 2020 (MET-BNA-006, -007); 75 percent of store occupancy under the Order 12 family and Order 13 (MET-BNA-017, -019); Shelby retail and grocery at 50 percent of building occupancy from June 22, 2020 (MET-BNA-061) and again December 26, 2020-January 22, 2021 (MET-BNA-071, -074); Knox retail under the May 1, 2020 phased strategy (MET-BNA-032, -033).

Personal care

Nashville and Knox closure orders directed hair, nail, massage, tattoo, tanning and waxing businesses to close except when medically necessary (MET-BNA-002 section 2; MET-BNA-030 section 2); Nashville reopened them by appointment in Phase One and at 100 percent of occupancy with masks under Order 13 (MET-BNA-019); Shelby County allowed them by appointment only during the December 26, 2020 Safer at Home period (MET-BNA-071).

Fitness and entertainment

Memphis EO 01-2020 closed gyms March 19, 2020 and EO 02-2020 closed entertainment and recreational establishments March 21, 2020 (recited in MET-BNA-050, -056); Nashville Order 5 kept hospitality, educational, sports and entertainment venues closed through May 24, 2020 (MET-BNA-006); Nashville entertainment venues at 30 percent of building occupancy in January 2021 and 25 percent (indoor) or 33 percent (outdoor) of ticketed capacity with MPHD approval from March 26, 2021 (MET-BNA-017, -019); Shelby gyms and health clubs at 50 percent of building occupancy (MET-BNA-061, -071); Knox event venues added to the 1:00 a.m. curfew March 18-April 22, 2021 (MET-BNA-042).

Worship and gatherings

Nashville gatherings above ten prohibited March 23-May 24, 2020 and above 25 from May 25, 2020 (MET-BNA-002, -006, -007); crowd sizes above eight prohibited except places of worship in winter 2020-21 (MET-BNA-015, -017); above ten indoors or 25 outdoors from March 26, 2021 (MET-BNA-019); Knox gatherings limited to 25 persons per 900 square feet September 18, 2020 (MET-BNA-038) and ten persons per 360 square feet December 2020-March 18, 2021 (MET-BNA-040); Shelby events required rescheduling or Health Department approval December 26, 2020-January 22, 2021 (MET-BNA-071) and large-scale festivals, fairs, parades and sporting events remained regulated under Health Directive No. 18 (MET-BNA-073); Memphis EO 13-2020 left places of worship to the Governor's orders (MET-BNA-053).

Offices and telework

Nashville Safer at Home confined businesses outside the essential-services list to work performed from residents' own homes (MET-BNA-002 section 2); Order 6 encouraged shift work and telecommuting to the maximum extent possible (MET-BNA-007 p. 13); Memphis EO 13-2020 strongly urged all employers to allow and equip employees to telework (MET-BNA-053 para. 13); Shelby Health Directive No. 16 directed employers to implement telecommuting as much as feasible and prohibited any symptomatic employee at a workplace (MET-BNA-071 paras. 3-4).

Dental and elective health care

governed by the Governor's Executive Orders Nos. 18 and 25 (by name); Shelby Health Directive No. 7 deferred to State uniformity for certain dental or medical practices and procedures (MET-BNA-061 p. 12) and Tenn. Code Ann. Title 63 licensees followed industry-specific COVID-19 standards.

Hospitals and long-term care

Shelby Health Directives Nos. 7, 16 and 18 incorporated the Tennessee Department of Health long-term-care visitation guidance as mandatory conditions (MET-BNA-061 p. 26; -071; -073); federal CMS and OSHA instruments by name (FED-A).

Construction

treated as critical infrastructure under the CISA list incorporated by Nashville Order 3 section 3 and the Knox and Memphis orders (MET-BNA-002, -030, -050); subject to the Nashville, Knox and Shelby mask mandates on job sites indoors (MET-BNA-009, -034, -062).

Manufacturing

continued as critical infrastructure under the same CISA incorporation; subject to the employer mask, screening and distancing conditions of the health directives (MET-BNA-061, -071 safety measures) and the Knox and Nashville mask regulations (MET-BNA-034, -009).

Schools

Shelby Health Directive No. 7 regulated graduation ceremonies (outdoor only, 50 percent fixed seating; MET-BNA-061 p. 14); Nashville Amended and Restated Order 8 required face coverings in K-12 school buildings (MET-BNA-023 section 3(d)); Shelby County Health Department ordered universal indoor school masking in August 2021 (MET-BNA-077) and federal courts compelled masking in Shelby, Knox and Williamson County schools in September 2021 (MET-BNA-080 through -084).

Child care

Shelby Health Directive No. 16 kept daycare open with priority for children of parents working in essential services (MET-BNA-071 p. 5); the August 2021 Shelby directive extended universal indoor masking to daycare facilities (MET-BNA-077, recited in MET-BNA-080 at 15).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Shelby Health Directive No. 7 kept hotels and commercial lodges at 50 percent occupancy (MET-BNA-061 p. 27); Nashville Amended and Restated Order 1 permitted room service only for food and beverage (MET-BNA-001).

Real estate

showings and closings fell under the Safer at Home closure orders and their exceptions March 23-May 10, 2020 (MET-BNA-002, -030, -050); no metro-level real-estate-specific instrument after May 2020.

Courts and public offices

Mayor Cooper's Executive Order No. 7 required face coverings in every Metro building (MET-BNA-020); Shelby Health Directive No. 18 authorized the Health Department to close all or part of the courthouse if safety measures were not observed and required compliance by court staff and contractors (MET-BNA-073 p. 17); Tennessee Supreme Court administrative orders by name.

Travel and quarantine

no metro travel-quarantine order; Shelby Health Directives required isolation of positive cases and quarantine of contacts under the Department's contact-tracing program (MET-BNA-064, -071, -073); CDC conveyance order on transit and airports by name.

Masks

Nashville Order 4 advisory May 1-31, 2020 (MET-BNA-005); Mayor's Executive Order No. 7 in Metro buildings from May 18, 2020 (MET-BNA-020); Order 8 mandatory from June 28, 2020 (MET-BNA-009), restated April 9, 2021 (MET-BNA-023), rescinded noon May 14, 2021 (MET-BNA-025); Knox Board of Health Regulation 2020-1 from July 1, 2020 (MET-BNA-034) replaced by KCHD Regulation 2021-1 April 13-28, 2021 (MET-BNA-043); Shelby Face Mask Health Order from 6:00 p.m. July 3, 2020 (MET-BNA-062), Face Mask Directive No. 4 from December 21, 2020 (MET-BNA-072), reimposed August 2021 and continued under Health Orders Nos. 25 and 26 (MET-BNA-076, -078), converted to a recommendation for businesses October 27, 2021 (MET-BNA-075); Memphis Face Covering/Mask Ordinance June 16, 2020 (MET-BNA-055).

Vaccination mandates

none issued by these metro governments during the period; Shelby Health Order No. 27 (October 27, 2021, post-period) required unmasked teaching demonstrations to be performed only by vaccinated or negatively tested teachers (MET-BNA-075); federal instruments by name (FED-A).

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 8Stay-at-home 11Business closure 19Telework mandate 3Capacity limit 33Gathering cap 32Face-covering requirement 37Schools and child care 10Health care orders 2Curfew and hours 26Alcohol and bars 30Events and venues 23Courts and public offices 2Workplace rules 24Vaccination or testing 1Quarantine and isolation 3Other 4

Instrument

2020 Q2

2020 Q3

2020 Q4

2021 Q1

2021 Q2

2021 Q3

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Ex. MET-BNA-086 Executive Order No. 6Mayor John Cooper · Mar. 18, 2020

Executive Order No. 6

Ex. MET-BNA-001 Amended and Restated Order 1 from the Chief Medical DirectorDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Mar. 20, 2020

Amended and Restated Order 1…

Ex. MET-BNA-002 Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director: Safer at Home OrderDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Mar. 23, 2020

Order 3 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-030 Knox County Health Department Safer at Home OrderDr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health… · Mar. 24, 2020

Knox County Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-050 Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 03-2020Mayor Jim Strickland · Mar. 24, 2020

Civil Emergency Proclamation…

Ex. MET-BNA-051 Declaration of Local State of Emergency and Executive Order by Mayor…Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris · Mar. 24, 2020

Declaration of Local State…

Ex. MET-BNA-052 Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 06-2020Mayor Jim Strickland · Apr. 6, 2020

Civil Emergency Proclamation…

Ex. MET-BNA-021 Third Extension of Executive Order No. 6Mayor John Cooper · Apr. 8, 2020

Third Extension of Executive…

Ex. MET-BNA-003 First Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Apr. 21, 2020

First Extension of Amended…

Ex. MET-BNA-031 Knox County Health Department Order extending Safer at HomeDr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health… · Apr. 26, 2020

Knox County Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-004 Amendment and Second Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Apr. 30, 2020

Amendment and Second…

Ex. MET-BNA-005 Order 4 from the Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or MasksDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · May 1, 2020

Order 4 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-032 Knox County Health Department Order adopting Executive Orders 30 and…Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Director… · May 1, 2020

Knox County Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-033 Knox County Community Strategy for a Phased ReopeningKnox County Health Department (adopted by the… · May 1, 2020

Knox County Community…

Ex. MET-BNA-053 Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 13-2020Mayor Jim Strickland · May 5, 2020

Civil Emergency Proclamation…

Ex. MET-BNA-006 Order 5 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase One ReopeningDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · May 11, 2020

Order 5 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-020 Executive Order No. 7Mayor John Cooper · May 18, 2020

Executive Order No. 7

Ex. MET-BNA-054 Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 16-2020Mayor Jim Strickland · May 19, 2020

Civil Emergency Proclamation…

Ex. MET-BNA-007 Order 6 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two ReopeningDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · May 25, 2020

Order 6 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-046 Knox County Community Strategy for a Phased Reopening, Phase Two…Knox County Health Department · May 26, 2020

Knox County Community…

Ex. MET-BNA-055 Substitute Ordinance: Face Covering/Mask Ordinance (new chapter under…Council of the City of Memphis · June 16, 2020

Substitute Ordinance: Face…

Ex. MET-BNA-061 Shelby County Health Directive No. 7Shelby County Health Department (Alisa… · June 22, 2020

Shelby County Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-009 Order 8 from the Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or MasksDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · June 28, 2020

Order 8 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-008 Amended and Restated Order 7 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · June 29, 2020

Amended and Restated Order 7…

Ex. MET-BNA-010 Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Modifications…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · July 3, 2020

Order 9 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-034 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-1Knox County Board of Health · July 3, 2020

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-062 Shelby County Face Mask Health Order and DirectiveShelby County Health Department (Health Director… · July 3, 2020

Shelby County Face Mask…

Ex. MET-BNA-063 Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 8Shelby County Health Department · July 8, 2020

Shelby County Health Order…

Ex. MET-BNA-047 Amendment 1 of Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director (with Amendment…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · July 17, 2020

Amendment 1 of Order 9 from…

Ex. MET-BNA-064 Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 9Shelby County Health Department · July 26, 2020

Shelby County Health Order…

Ex. MET-BNA-011 Amendment 3 of Order 9 from the Chief Medical DirectorDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · July 31, 2020

Amendment 3 of Order 9 from…

Ex. MET-BNA-035 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-3Knox County Board of Health · Aug. 2, 2020

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-036 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-4Knox County Board of Health · Aug. 7, 2020

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-012 Order 10 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Additional…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Aug. 8, 2020

Order 10 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-013 Order 11 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Aug. 17, 2020

Order 11 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-037 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-5Knox County Board of Health · Sept. 18, 2020

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-038 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-6Knox County Board of Health · Sept. 18, 2020

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-014 Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three ReopeningDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Oct. 1, 2020

Order 12 from the Chief…

Ex. MET-BNA-056 Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 46-2020Mayor Jim Strickland · Oct. 6, 2020

Executive Order Extending…

Ex. MET-BNA-048 Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Oct. 30, 2020

Amended and Restated Order…

Ex. MET-BNA-027 Second Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Nov. 20, 2020

Second Amended and Restated…

Ex. MET-BNA-039 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-7Knox County Board of Health · Nov. 27, 2020

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-015 Third Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Nov. 30, 2020

Third Amended and Restated…

Ex. MET-BNA-040 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-8Knox County Board of Health · Dec. 6, 2020

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-028 Fourth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Dec. 13, 2020

Fourth Amended and Restated…

Ex. MET-BNA-044 Knox County Board of Health Resolution 2020-CKnox County Board of Health · Dec. 16, 2020

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-072 Shelby County Face Mask Directive No. 4Shelby County Health Department (Health Director… · Dec. 21, 2020

Shelby County Face Mask…

Ex. MET-BNA-071 Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 16: Formal Issuance of…Shelby County Health Department (Alisa… · Dec. 26, 2020

Shelby County Health Order…

Ex. MET-BNA-074 Summary of Safer at Home Health Directive No. 16 and Face Mask…Shelby County Health Department · Dec. 26, 2020

Summary of Safer at Home…

Ex. MET-BNA-016 Fifth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorDr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Dec. 31, 2020

Fifth Amended and Restated…

Ex. MET-BNA-041 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-1Knox County Board of Health · Jan. 29, 2021

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-017 Sixth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director…Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director… · Jan. 31, 2021

Sixth Amended and Restated…

Ex. MET-BNA-073 Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 18Shelby County Health Department · Feb. 20, 2021

Shelby County Health Order…

Ex. MET-BNA-018 Seventh Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Interim Chief Medical…Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical… · Mar. 1, 2021

Seventh Amended and Restated…

Ex. MET-BNA-057 Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 8-2021Mayor Jim Strickland · Mar. 16, 2021

Executive Order Extending…

Ex. MET-BNA-042 Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-3Knox County Board of Health · Mar. 18, 2021

Knox County Board of Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-019 Order 13 from the Interim Chief Medical DirectorDr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical… · Mar. 26, 2021

Order 13 from the Interim…

Ex. MET-BNA-026 Eleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 from the Interim Chief Medical…Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical… · Mar. 26, 2021

Eleventh Amended and…

Ex. MET-BNA-023 Amended and Restated Order 8 from the Interim Chief Medical Director…Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical… · Apr. 9, 2021

Amended and Restated Order 8…

Ex. MET-BNA-043 Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Officer… · Apr. 13, 2021

Knox County Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-022 Order 14 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Modified Phase Four…Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical… · Apr. 16, 2021

Order 14 from the Interim…

Ex. MET-BNA-045 Knox County Health Department Resolution 2021-AKnox County Health Department · Apr. 23, 2021

Knox County Health…

Ex. MET-BNA-024 Order 15 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: ReopeningDr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical… · May 14, 2021

Order 15 from the Interim…

Ex. MET-BNA-025 Order 16 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Rescinding Amended…Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical… · May 14, 2021

Order 16 from the Interim…

Ex. MET-BNA-058 Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 25-2021Mayor Jim Strickland · July 13, 2021

Executive Order Extending…

Ex. MET-BNA-059 Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 26-2021Mayor Jim Strickland · July 20, 2021

Executive Order Extending…

Ex. MET-BNA-076 Shelby County Health Order No. 25Shelby County Health Department · Aug. 27, 2021

Shelby County Health Order…

Ex. MET-BNA-084 G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting…Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District… · Sept. 3, 2021

G.S. v. Lee, No.…

Ex. MET-BNA-080 S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended…Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District… · Sept. 24, 2021

S.B. v. Lee, No.…

Ex. MET-BNA-081 R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and…United States District Court for the Middle… · Sept. 24, 2021

R.K. v. Lee, No.…

Ex. MET-BNA-083 S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum…Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District… · Oct. 12, 2021

S.B. v. Lee, No.…

Ex. MET-BNA-082 R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and…United States District Court for the Middle… · Oct. 22, 2021

R.K. v. Lee, No.…

Ex. MET-BNA-075 Shelby County Health Order No. 27Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph… · Oct. 27, 2021

Shelby County Health Order…

All instruments

Every record in the Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville file, in the order it took effect. Filter by quarter and by limitation type; sort by any column; open the exhibit ID for the record and the operative words, or the file where The COVID Project holds it.

Showing 76 of 76 instrumentsThe Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville records in the Library →

Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. MET-BNA-086	Executive Order No. 6Declaration of a State of Civil Emergency arising from the COVID-19 epidemic	Mayor John Cooper	City	Mar. 18, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-001	Amended and Restated Order 1 from the Chief Medical DirectorAmended and Restated Order 1 (bars and restaurants: no on-premises consumption)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department	County	Mar. 20, 2020	May 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-002	Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director: Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order (closure of businesses not performing essential services; gatherings of more than ten…	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department	County	Mar. 23, 2020	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 270 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-030	Knox County Health Department Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order (closure of businesses not performing essential services)	Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health Officer and Health Director, Knox County Health Department	County	Mar. 24, 2020	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-050	Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 03-2020Regarding Safer at Home Directive and Closure of Non-Essential Services and Businesses	Mayor Jim Strickland	City	Mar. 24, 2020	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 5.0 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-051	Declaration of Local State of Emergency and Executive Order by Mayor Lee HarrisExecutive Order Regarding a Safer at Home Directive and the Closure of Non-Essential Services and Businesses…	Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris	County	Mar. 24, 2020	May 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 904 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-052	Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 06-2020Extension of the Safer at Home Order to April 21, 2020	Mayor Jim Strickland	City	Apr. 6, 2020	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 5.4 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-021	Third Extension of Executive Order No. 6Extension of the State of Civil Emergency related to the COVID-19 Epidemic (declared March 18, 2020)	Mayor John Cooper	City	Apr. 8, 2020	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 46 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-003	First Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director, Safer at Home OrderFirst Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 (Safer at Home extended to May 1, 2020)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Apr. 21, 2020	May 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 352 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-031	Knox County Health Department Order extending Safer at HomeSafer at Home Extension Order (April 26-30, 2020)	Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health Officer	County	Apr. 26, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 981 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-004	Amendment and Second Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical DirectorAmendment and Second Extension of Order 3 (Safer at Home extended beyond May 1, 2020)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Apr. 30, 2020	May 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 395 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-005	Order 4 from the Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or MasksOrder 4 (cloth face coverings: businesses shall require employee masks; public directed to wear them)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	May 1, 2020	May 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 165 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-032	Knox County Health Department Order adopting Executive Orders 30 and 31 and the Knox County phased reopeningReopening Order (Phase One; effective 8:00 a.m. EDT May 1, 2020)	Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Director and Health Officer	County	May 1, 2020	May 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 422 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-033	Knox County Community Strategy for a Phased ReopeningPhased Reopening Strategy (Phase One conditions by sector)	Knox County Health Department (adopted by the Health Officer's order of May 1, 2020)	County	May 1, 2020	May 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 422 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-053	Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 13-2020Amending the Safer at Home Order: Back to Business Phase 1 (supersedes Executive Order No. 12-2020)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City	May 5, 2020	May 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 4.4 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-006	Order 5 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase One ReopeningOrder 5 (Phase One: gatherings above ten prohibited; hospitality, educational, sports and entertainment venues…	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	May 11, 2020	May 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 484 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-020	Executive Order No. 7Requirement that Face Coverings be Worn at Metropolitan Government Buildings	Mayor John Cooper	City	May 18, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 113 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-054	Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 16-2020Back to Business Phase 2 (supersedes Executive Order No. 13-2020)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City	May 19, 2020	June 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 513 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-007	Order 6 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two ReopeningOrder 6 (Phase Two: gatherings above 25 prohibited; sector conditions; face coverings per Amended Order 4)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	May 25, 2020	June 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 724 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-046	Knox County Community Strategy for a Phased Reopening, Phase Two AmendmentPhase Two Amendment (May 22, 2020; Phase Two conditions from May 26, 2020)	Knox County Health Department	County	May 26, 2020	June 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 519 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-055	Substitute Ordinance: Face Covering/Mask Ordinance (new chapter under Title 9 of the Code of Ordinances)Face Covering/Mask Ordinance	Council of the City of Memphis	City	June 16, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-061	Shelby County Health Directive No. 7Health Directive No. 7 (Back to Business: unlisted businesses remain closed; 50 percent occupancy for retail…	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer)	County	June 22, 2020	July 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 406 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-009	Order 8 from the Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or MasksOrder 8 (mandatory face coverings for members of the public; supersedes Amended and Reinstated Order 4)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	June 28, 2020	Apr. 9, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 307 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-008	Amended and Restated Order 7 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three ReopeningAmended and Restated Order 7 (Phase Three; Order 7 issued June 22, 2020, amended and restated June 29, 2020)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	June 29, 2020	Aug. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 883 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-010	Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Modifications: ReopeningOrder 9 (Phase Three paused; hybrid Phase Two; bars closed; restaurant and gathering limits)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	July 3, 2020	Aug. 16, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 287 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-034	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-1COVID-19 Face Covering Regulation	Knox County Board of Health	County	July 3, 2020	Apr. 13, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 291 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-062	Shelby County Face Mask Health Order and DirectiveFace Mask Health Order and Directive (masks required countywide; businesses shall require them)	Shelby County Health Department (Health Director and Health Officer)	County	July 3, 2020	Dec. 21, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 258 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-063	Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 8Health Order and Directive No. 8 (restaurants close at 10:00 p.m.; 50 percent occupancy; State sector…	Shelby County Health Department	County	July 8, 2020	July 26, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 322 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-047	Amendment 1 of Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director (with Amendment 2, July 24, 2020)Order 9 Amendments 1 and 2 (revising Sections 4 and 5 of Amended and Restated Order 7 and adding Section 14)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	July 17, 2020	July 31, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-064	Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 9Health Order and Directive No. 9 (no bar seating or standing; alcohol only with food to seated customers…	Shelby County Health Department	County	July 26, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 370 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-011	Amendment 3 of Order 9 from the Chief Medical DirectorOrder 9 Amendment 3 (revising Sections 4, 5 and 14 of Amended and Restated Order 7: food service, bars, hours)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	July 31, 2020	Aug. 16, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 216 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-035	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-3COVID-19 Bar Closure Regulation (Limited Service Restaurants closed)	Knox County Board of Health	County	Aug. 2, 2020	Aug. 20, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 155 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-036	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-4COVID-19 Bar Early Closure Regulation (bars reopen; 10:00 p.m. close; replaces Regulation 2020-3)	Knox County Board of Health	County	Aug. 7, 2020	Sept. 18, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 171 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-012	Order 10 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Additional ModificationsOrder 10 (Downtown and Midtown: Limited Service Restaurants closed to the public through August 16, 2020…	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Aug. 8, 2020	Aug. 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 427 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-013	Order 11 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Modifications: ReopeningOrder 11 (Phase Two with Modifications; capacity, party-size and hours conditions by sector)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Aug. 17, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 911 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-037	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-5COVID-19 Alcohol Service Curfew Regulation (restaurants and bars serving alcohol close at 11:00 p.m.)	Knox County Board of Health	County	Sept. 18, 2020	Oct. 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 191 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-038	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-6COVID-19 Social Gathering Regulation (25 persons; one person per 900 square feet)	Knox County Board of Health	County	Sept. 18, 2020	Oct. 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 197 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-014	Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three ReopeningOrder 12 (Phase Three; Nashville moved to Phase Three October 1, 2020)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Oct. 1, 2020	Oct. 30, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-056	Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 46-2020Extension of the City of Memphis State of Emergency (declared March 17, 2020)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City	Oct. 6, 2020	Oct. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 180 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-048	Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorAmended and Restated Order 12 (first restatement of Phase Three)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Oct. 30, 2020	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-027	Second Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorSecond Amended and Restated Order 12	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Nov. 20, 2020	Nov. 30, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-039	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-7COVID-19 Restaurant Occupancy Limitation and Early Closure Regulation (50 percent occupancy; eight per table…	Knox County Board of Health	County	Nov. 27, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 310 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-015	Third Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three ReopeningThird Amended and Restated Order 12 (winter tightening: crowd sizes reduced; late-night closure; capacity…	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Nov. 30, 2020	Dec. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-040	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-8COVID-19 Social Gathering Limitation Regulation (ten persons; one per 360 square feet)	Knox County Board of Health	County	Dec. 6, 2020	Jan. 1, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 214 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-028	Fourth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorFourth Amended and Restated Order 12	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Dec. 13, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-044	Knox County Board of Health Resolution 2020-CSafer at Home Guidance Resolution (winter 2020 advisory)	Knox County Board of Health	County	Dec. 16, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Primary source read	PDF 110 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-072	Shelby County Face Mask Directive No. 4Face Mask Directive No. 4 (masks required for residents, visitors, services and businesses; businesses shall…	Shelby County Health Department (Health Director and Health Officer)	County	Dec. 21, 2020	Feb. 20, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 267 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-071	Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 16: Formal Issuance of Safer at HomeHealth Directive No. 16, Safer at Home (all businesses except those listed required to close physical…	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer)	County	Dec. 26, 2020	Jan. 22, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 333 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-074	Summary of Safer at Home Health Directive No. 16 and Face Mask Directive No. 4Department summary: retail 50 percent; indoor dining 25 percent; gyms 50 percent; four-week Safer at Home…	Shelby County Health Department	County	Dec. 26, 2020	Jan. 22, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 120 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-016	Fifth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical DirectorFifth Amended and Restated Order 12 (in force December 31, 2020 through January 31, 2021)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-041	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-1COVID-19 Restaurant Occupancy Limitation and Early Closure Regulation (11:00 p.m. close)	Knox County Board of Health	County	Jan. 29, 2021	Feb. 18, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 229 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-017	Sixth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three ReopeningSixth Amended and Restated Order 12 (eight-person crowd limit; 50 percent capacity; 11:00 p.m. service cutoff…	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Jan. 31, 2021	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 367 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-073	Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 18Health Directive No. 18 (food and beverage service ends at midnight; fixed paired bar seats; two-hour limit…	Shelby County Health Department	County	Feb. 20, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 420 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-018	Seventh Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Interim Chief Medical DirectorSeventh Amended and Restated Order 12 (in force March 1-25, 2021)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Mar. 1, 2021	Mar. 26, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-057	Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 8-2021Extension of the City of Memphis State of Emergency (March 16, 2021)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City	Mar. 16, 2021	Mar. 23, 2021	2021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 98 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-042	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-3COVID-19 Restaurant and Event Venue Occupancy Limitation and Early Closure Regulation (1:00 a.m. close…	Knox County Board of Health	County	Mar. 18, 2021	Apr. 22, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 248 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-019	Order 13 from the Interim Chief Medical DirectorOrder 13 (crowd sizes above ten indoors or 25 outdoors prohibited; seated bar service only; entry ends 1:00…	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Mar. 26, 2021	Apr. 16, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 339 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-026	Eleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Phase Three with ModificationsEleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 (Downtown and Midtown conditions: party size 10 indoors/25 outdoors…	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Mar. 26, 2021	Apr. 16, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 493 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-023	Amended and Restated Order 8 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or MasksAmended and Restated Order 8 (face coverings; businesses shall require; K-12 schools shall require)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Apr. 9, 2021	May 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 225 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-043	Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1COVID-19 Face Covering Regulation (Health Department regulation replacing Board of Health Regulation 2020-1)	Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Officer and Knox County Health Director	County	Apr. 13, 2021	Apr. 28, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 637 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-022	Order 14 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Modified Phase Four (amended May 7, 2021), with Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10Order 14 (Modified Phase Four) and Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10 (Downtown and Midtown)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	County	Apr. 16, 2021	May 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-045	Knox County Health Department Resolution 2021-ACOVID-19 Business Guidelines Resolution (post-regulation guidance)	Knox County Health Department	County	Apr. 23, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 604 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-024	Order 15 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: ReopeningOrder 15 (rescinding Order 14 and Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10; end of Nashville's business orders)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	County	May 14, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 112 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-025	Order 16 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Rescinding Amended and Restated Order 8, Cloth Face Coverings or Masks GuidanceOrder 16 (rescinding the face-covering order effective noon May 14, 2021)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	County	May 14, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 106 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-058	Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 25-2021Extension of the Limited Local State of Emergency (July 13, 2021)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City	July 13, 2021	July 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 769 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-059	Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 26-2021Extension of the Limited Local State of Emergency (July 20, 2021)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City	July 20, 2021	July 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 751 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-076	Shelby County Health Order No. 25Health Order No. 25 (August 2021: countywide indoor mask requirement reimposed; Executive Order No. 84 treated…	Shelby County Health Department	County	Aug. 27, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.5 MB
Ex. MET-BNA-084	G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62)Fee order reciting the Shelby County school-mask injunction history (TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary…	Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge	Court	Sept. 3, 2021	Dec. 10, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 254 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-080	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate with immediate…	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Court	Sept. 24, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 548 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-081	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021)TRO: Governor Lee enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County; Williamson County…	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Court	Sept. 24, 2021	Oct. 22, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 256 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-083	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021)Order granting in part the motion to alter or amend: exemptions permitted under Policy C-240; injunction…	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Court	Oct. 12, 2021	not dated		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 347 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-082	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Executive Order No. 84, as extended by Executive Order No. 89, enjoined in Williamson…	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Court	Oct. 22, 2021	not dated		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 304 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-075	Shelby County Health Order No. 27Health Order No. 27 (effective October 27, 2021 until November 30, 2021; supersedes Health Order No. 26…	Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director)	County	Oct. 27, 2021	Nov. 30, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 433 KB
Ex. MET-BNA-060	Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)	County	—	June 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-077	Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence)School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)	Shelby County Health Department	County	—	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-BNA-078	Shelby County Health Order No. 26Health Order No. 26 (September-October 2021: indoor mask requirements in businesses and schools continued)	Shelby County Health Department	County	—	Oct. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
No instruments match the filter. Clear a quarter or a limitation type to widen it.

Effective and end dates are the record's derived dates; an instrument whose end the record does not date is marked as such. Sorting and filtering happen on this page; the counts on the pills and chips follow the filter you have set.

The State

The local orders of Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville ran inside the statewide regime. The State file holds the governor's orders, the health department's rules and the courts' emergency orders that reached the same businesses. All fifty States and the District →

TennesseeTN · 86 instruments · 11 in force in 2021 Q3General restrictions ended Jan. 31, 2021.

Mayor John Cooper, Executive Order No. 6 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-086)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department, Amended and Restated Order 1 from the Chief Medical Director (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-001)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department, Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director: Safer at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-002)
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health Officer and Health Director, Knox County Health Department, Knox County Health Department Safer at Home Order (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-030)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 03-2020 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-050)
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, Declaration of Local State of Emergency and Executive Order by Mayor Lee Harris (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-051)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 06-2020 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-052)
Mayor John Cooper, Third Extension of Executive Order No. 6 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-021)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, First Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director, Safer at Home Order (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-003)
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health Officer, Knox County Health Department Order extending Safer at Home (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-031)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Amendment and Second Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-004)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 4 from the Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or Masks (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-005)
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Director and Health Officer, Knox County Health Department Order adopting Executive Orders 30 and 31 and the Knox County phased reopening (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-032)
Knox County Health Department (adopted by the Health Officer's order of May 1, 2020), Knox County Community Strategy for a Phased Reopening (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-033)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 13-2020 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-053)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 5 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase One Reopening (May 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-006)
Mayor John Cooper, Executive Order No. 7 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-020)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 16-2020 (May 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-054)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 6 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two Reopening (May 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-007)
Knox County Health Department, Knox County Community Strategy for a Phased Reopening, Phase Two Amendment (May 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-046)
Council of the City of Memphis, Substitute Ordinance: Face Covering/Mask Ordinance (new chapter under Title 9 of the Code of Ordinances) (June 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-055)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 7 (June 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-061)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 8 from the Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or Masks (June 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-009)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Amended and Restated Order 7 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three Reopening (June 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-008)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Modifications: Reopening (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-010)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-1 (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-034)
Shelby County Health Department (Health Director and Health Officer), Shelby County Face Mask Health Order and Directive (July 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-062)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 8 (July 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-063)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Amendment 1 of Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director (with Amendment 2, July 24, 2020) (July 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-047)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 9 (July 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-064)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Amendment 3 of Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director (July 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-011)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-3 (July 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-035)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-4 (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-036)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 10 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Additional Modifications (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-012)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 11 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Modifications: Reopening (Aug. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-013)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-5 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-037)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-6 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-038)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three Reopening (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-014)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 46-2020 (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-056)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-048)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Second Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-027)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-7 (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-039)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Third Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three Reopening (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-015)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-8 (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-040)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Fourth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Dec. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-028)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Resolution 2020-C (Dec. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-044)
Shelby County Health Department (Health Director and Health Officer), Shelby County Face Mask Directive No. 4 (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-072)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 16: Formal Issuance of Safer at Home (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-071)
Shelby County Health Department, Summary of Safer at Home Health Directive No. 16 and Face Mask Directive No. 4 (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-074)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Fifth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-016)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-1 (Jan. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-041)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Sixth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three Reopening (Jan. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-017)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 18 (Feb. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-073)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Seventh Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Interim Chief Medical Director (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-018)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 8-2021 (Mar. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-057)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-3 (Mar. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-042)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 13 from the Interim Chief Medical Director (Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-019)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Eleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Phase Three with Modifications (Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-026)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Amended and Restated Order 8 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or Masks (Apr. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-023)
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Officer and Knox County Health Director, Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1 (Apr. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-043)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 14 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Modified Phase Four (amended May 7, 2021), with Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10 (Apr. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-022)
Knox County Health Department, Knox County Health Department Resolution 2021-A (Apr. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-045)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 15 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Reopening (May 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-024)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 16 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Rescinding Amended and Restated Order 8, Cloth Face Coverings or Masks Guidance (May 14, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-025)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 25-2021 (July 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-058)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 26-2021 (July 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-059)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 25 (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-076)
Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge, G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62) (Ex. MET-BNA-084)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-080)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-081)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-083)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-082)
Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director), Shelby County Health Order No. 27 (Oct. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-075)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-060)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence) (Ex. MET-BNA-077)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 26 (Ex. MET-BNA-078)