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Third quarter of 2020

July 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020. This page sets out what was in force on its 92 days: the count of instruments, the States with an order in force on the first and last day, the analysis of the quarter, the partial-suspension test applied to it, and every instrument the Library holds for it.

Orders in force

The quarter in numbers

3,675instruments in force in the quarterorders in the Library that carry 2020 Q3
51States with an order in force on July 1, 2020State, county, city and court orders, of 51 jurisdictions
51States with an order in force on Sept. 30, 2020State, county, city and court orders, of 51 jurisdictions
51States with a stay-at-home, closure, capacity, gathering or curfew order in force on July 1, 2020State, county and city orders of those five types, court orders not counted: 50 by a State order, 1 by a county or city order alone. 51 on Sept. 30, 2020 (51 by a State order).
537federal instruments in the quarter438 in force on the first day, 443 on the last

An order counts as in force from its effective date to its recorded end date; an order without a recorded end date is counted for 120 days after it took effect.

The map

Orders in force, State by State

Alabama: 19 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Alaska: 23 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Arizona: 45 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Arkansas: 15 orders in force on July 1, 2020 California: 110 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Colorado: 24 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Connecticut: 26 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Delaware: 22 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Florida: 81 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Georgia: 25 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Hawaii: 20 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Idaho: 10 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Illinois: 38 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Indiana: 32 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Iowa: 8 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Kansas: 16 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Kentucky: 38 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Louisiana: 14 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Maine: 23 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Maryland: 49 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Massachusetts: 44 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Michigan: 41 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Minnesota: 42 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Mississippi: 9 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Missouri: 43 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Montana: 23 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Nebraska: 20 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Nevada: 20 orders in force on July 1, 2020 New Hampshire: 24 orders in force on July 1, 2020 New Jersey: 65 orders in force on July 1, 2020 New Mexico: 17 orders in force on July 1, 2020 New York: 59 orders in force on July 1, 2020 North Carolina: 18 orders in force on July 1, 2020 North Dakota: 28 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Ohio: 61 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Oklahoma: 6 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Oregon: 41 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Pennsylvania: 63 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Rhode Island: 14 orders in force on July 1, 2020 South Carolina: 12 orders in force on July 1, 2020 South Dakota: 27 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Tennessee: 23 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Texas: 69 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Utah: 21 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Vermont: 22 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Virginia: 12 orders in force on July 1, 2020 West Virginia: 25 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Wisconsin: 18 orders in force on July 1, 2020 Wyoming: 10 orders in force on July 1, 2020 District of Columbia: 9 orders in force on July 1, 2020 District of Columbia: 9 orders in force on July 1, 2020
51States with an order in force on July 1, 2020
1,581 State and local orders in force

Each State is colored by the State, county, city and court orders in the Library in force there on the day shown. The federal layer, in force in every State on every day (438 instruments on July 1, 2020), is not on the map. Hover for the count and the limitation types; click a State to open it.

In plain terms: the summer of 2020 was not a return to normal. It was a quarter of conditions. Every business that reopened did so under an order that fixed its capacity, its spacing, its hours and its protocols, and in July the bars, indoor dining rooms, gyms and indoor worship spaces of the Sun Belt, the West Coast and Michigan were closed a second time. Travelers from as many as thirty-five States were quarantined for fourteen days on arrival in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Chicago and Hawaii. Most schools opened remote or hybrid. Every nursing home came under a federal testing rule on September 2, and the federal eviction order took effect two days later. If your business claimed the credit for the third quarter of 2020, this page names those instruments by number and date and sets the sentence the IRS uses in its letters beside them.

The conclusion for the quarter

During the third quarter of 2020, orders from appropriate governmental authorities limiting commerce, travel and group meetings due to COVID-19 caused a temporary interruption and, for the re-closed functions, termination of a more than nominal portion of the operations of employers in every industry throughout the United States. The orders were the reopening frameworks that fixed the capacity, spacing, hours, protocol and masking and exposure-control conditions of every reopened premises; the July re-closures of bars, indoor dining, gyms and indoor worship in the Sun Belt and on the West Coast; the traveler quarantines of eighteen States, the District and Chicago; the health-care and residential-care conditions; and the federal entry, border, leave and eviction instruments. That is the law of the quarter under CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I) (the "Suspension Clause"), and it is the record the Internal Revenue Service (the "Service") is measured against.

The orders in force

The federal layer

Nothing in the federal travel or workplace layer changed, and the finance and health layers tightened (see The Nation Under Orders). Proclamation 10052 barred the temporary workforce from June 24; the land-border prohibitions were renewed on July 22, August 21 and September 23; consular processing resumed only post by post from July 14; the paid-leave mandate ran to the year's end under the Department of Labor's revised rule of September 16; every certified nursing home came under the federal testing condition on September 2; and the CDC's order halting residential evictions took effect on September 4.1

The States: a quarter of conditions and re-closures

Every reopened premises operated under a binding reopening framework: Connecticut's Sector Rules under Executive Order 7ZZ (June 16, 2020); New York's Interim Guidance ceilings; New Jersey's Executive Orders 158, 173 and 183; Pennsylvania's Targeted Mitigation Orders of July 15; Massachusetts' Orders 43, 45 and 46; Rhode Island's Safe Activities regulation; Vermont's Amended and Restated Executive Order 01-20 (June 15, 2020); Michigan's Executive Order 2020-160; Minnesota's Executive Order 20-74 (June 5, 2020); Illinois' Phase 4 under Executive Order 2020-43 (June 26, 2020); Ohio's Director's orders; Kentucky's Healthy at Work requirements under Executive Order 2020-323; Virginia's Phase Three under Executive Order 67 and its Emergency Temporary Standard, 16VAC25-220, from July 27; North Carolina's Phase 2 under Executive Order 141; Maryland's Order 20-06-10-01; the District's Phase Two; Texas's Executive Order GA-28; Colorado's Safer at Home; Nevada's Phase Two; Washington's Safe Start phases; and Oregon's Executive Order 20-27.2

Bars, indoor dining, gyms and indoor worship were re-closed by July orders in Texas (Executive Order GA-28, June 26), Florida (the alcohol regulator's Emergency Order 2020-09, June 26), Arizona (Executive Order 2020-43, June 29), California (the State Public Health Officer's order of July 13), Louisiana (Proclamation 89 JBE 2020, July 11), Michigan (Executive Orders 2020-143 and 2020-160), Nevada (Directive 027, July 10), Kentucky (the Cabinet for Health and Family Services' order of July 28), New Jersey (Executive Order 158 of June 29, 2020, pausing the July 2 indoor-dining reopening indefinitely) and Pennsylvania (July 15), and by county orders in Los Angeles, Allegheny, Dallas, San Diego, Sacramento, Anchorage, Marion and Honolulu, whose Second Stay At Home / Work From Home Order of August 25 closed the island again.3

Statewide masking and exposure-control mandates, with duties on the employer to enforce them on customers, reached thirty-three jurisdictions by October 1: Texas's Executive Order GA-29 from July 3; Kentucky's Executive Order 2020-586 from July 10; Louisiana's Proclamation 89 JBE 2020 from July 13; Minnesota's Executive Order 20-81 from July 25; Indiana's Executive Order 20-37 from July 27; Alabama's amended order of July 15; Arkansas's Executive Order 20-43 from July 20; Kansas's Executive Order 20-52 from July 3; and the orders of Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Montana, Oregon and Michigan.4 The summer traveler quarantines of New York (Executive Order 205 from June 25), Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts (Order 45 from August 1), Chicago (from July 6), New Mexico, the District, Hawaii, Alaska, Kansas and Vermont attached fourteen-day exclusions to arrivals from as many as thirty-five States.5 The courts kept juries suspended in most States and re-closed in several. By the Kaiser Family Foundation's file of October 1, 2020, eighteen jurisdictions were imposing new restrictions, eleven had imposed new gathering limits, and bars were newly closed in nine and under new limits in seven.6

How the orders reached every function of an employer

The premises functions operated at 25 to 66 percent of capacity under spacing, party-size, appointment and masking and exposure-control conditions, and were re-closed outright in the Sun Belt, on the West Coast and in Michigan for the bar, indoor-dining, fitness and indoor-worship functions. The workforce was kept from work by remote and hybrid school orders in most States, by quarantine orders on exposed persons that the State workplace standards converted into exclusion duties, and by traveler quarantines that removed for fourteen days any employee who crossed a designated State line. The office remained under telework mandates in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Minnesota, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut's 50 percent rule and Washington's Proclamation 20-46. The customer base was quarantined at every destination on the tri-State list. Trade shows, conventions and events remained barred or capped in every State. The supply chain ran through the restart conditions of every closure State, the monthly border renewals and the Defense Production Act allocation. Consular processing resumed only post by post, and Proclamation 10052 barred the temporary workforce.7 The Interconnected Economy traces each of those mechanisms through the instruments; the industry analyses apply them function by function.

The finding, in the statute's terms

The Suspension Clause asks whether "the operation of the trade or business ... is fully or partially suspended during the calendar quarter due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings (for commercial, social, religious, or other purposes) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)."8 In Tri-State Memorial Hospital v. United States, No. 2:25-cv-0181-TOR, ECF No. 38 (E.D. Wash. May 28, 2026) (Tri-State), the court held that "a 'partial suspension' is a temporary delay, interruption, or termination of a portion an employer's business."9 Measured by those words, the record of the quarter is this.

During the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2020 and ending September 30, 2020, orders from appropriate governmental authorities limiting commerce, travel and group meetings due to COVID-19 caused a temporary interruption and, for the re-closed functions, termination of a more than nominal portion of the operations of employers in every industry throughout the United States. The orders were, namely, the reopening frameworks that fixed the capacity, spacing, hours, protocol and masking and exposure-control conditions of every reopened premises (Ex. NJ-034, Ex. PA-016, Ex. MA-025, Ex. RI-021, Ex. MI-040, Ex. OH-035, Ex. MD-013, Ex. DC-079, Ex. CO-028, Ex. NV-017, Ex. WA-035, Ex. OR-020, Connecticut's Executive Order 7ZZ, New York's Interim Guidance for Office-Based Work, Vermont's Amended and Restated Executive Order 01-20, Minnesota's Executive Order 20-74, Illinois' Executive Order 2020-43, Kentucky's Executive Order 2020-323, Virginia's Executive Order 67 and Emergency Temporary Standard, North Carolina's Executive Order 141, Texas's Executive Order GA-28 and their counterparts on the State pages); the July re-closures (Ex. FL-036, Ex. AZ-022, Ex. MI-036, Ex. NV-022, Ex. KY-025, Ex. NJ-027, Ex. MET-LA-009, Ex. MET-PIT-004, Ex. MET-HNL-019, Texas's GA-28, California's order of July 13, 2020 and Louisiana's Proclamation 89 JBE 2020); the statewide masking and exposure-control orders of thirty-three jurisdictions (Ex. OH-030, Ex. WV-041, Ex. WI-009, Ex. PA-015, Ex. CO-031, Ex. MT-016, Ex. OR-025, Ex. MI-039, Texas's GA-29, Kentucky's Executive Order 2020-586, Minnesota's Executive Order 20-81, Indiana's Executive Order 20-37, Alabama's order of July 15, 2020, Arkansas's Executive Order 20-43 and Kansas's Executive Order 20-52); the traveler quarantines (Ex. NY-006, Ex. CT-023, Ex. MA-025, Ex. MET-CHI-019, Ex. NM-024, Ex. DC-081, Ex. HI-003, Ex. AK-012); the health-care and residential-care conditions (Ex. FED-092, Ex. FED-168, Ex. FED-154, Ex. NJ-084, Ex. NJ-085, Ex. WA-032, Minnesota's Executive Order 20-51); the paid-leave mandate (Ex. FED-170, Ex. FED-172); the eviction order (Ex. FED-022); and the entry, border and consular instruments (Ex. FED-211, Ex. FED-220, Ex. FED-221, Ex. FED-222, Ex. FED-243, Ex. FED-244, Ex. FED-245). They did so by holding every reopened premises to a fraction of its capacity on fixed conditions, by re-closing the bar, indoor-dining, fitness and indoor-worship functions across the Sun Belt and the West Coast, by quarantining the traveler at every destination on the tri-State list, by keeping the schools remote and the workforce excludable, and by conditioning every health-care, consular, border and court transaction.

What the Service's letters say about this quarter

There were no government orders related to COVID-19 in effect during the quarter which could have fully or partially suspended your trade or business.10

For the third quarter of 2020 the sentence describes a quarter that did not occur. On July 1, 2020 every reopened premises in the country operated under a binding framework, and within the following four weeks Texas's Executive Order GA-28 (June 26), Florida's Emergency Order 2020-09 (Ex. FL-036), Arizona's Executive Order 2020-43 (Ex. AZ-022), California's order of July 13, Michigan's Executive Order 2020-143 (Ex. MI-036), Nevada's Directive 027 (Ex. NV-022), New Jersey's Executive Order 158 (Ex. NJ-027) and Pennsylvania's order of July 15 (Ex. PA-016) closed bars, indoor dining, gyms or indoor worship a second time. New York's Executive Order 205 (Ex. NY-006), Connecticut's Executive Order 7III (Ex. CT-023), Massachusetts' Order 45 (Ex. MA-025) and Chicago's Public Health Order 2020-10 (Ex. MET-CHI-019) quarantined arrivals from as many as thirty-five States; the CDC's eviction order took effect September 4 (Ex. FED-022); every certified nursing home came under the federal testing rule on September 2 (Ex. FED-092); and Proclamation 10052 and the border prohibitions ran on every day (Ex. FED-211, Ex. FED-220, Ex. FED-243). On October 1, 2020 eighteen jurisdictions were imposing new restrictions (Ex. LAW-231). The sentence cannot be squared with a single one of those instruments.

  1. Proclamation 10052 (June 22, 2020; effective June 24, 2020) (Ex. FED-211); DHS, Notifications of Temporary Travel Restrictions, United States-Canada and United States-Mexico, of July 22, Aug. 21 and Sept. 23, 2020 (Ex. FED-220, Ex. FED-221, Ex. FED-222, Ex. FED-243, Ex. FED-244, Ex. FED-245); Department of State, Phased Resumption of Routine Visa Services (July 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-328); Wage and Hour Division, Revised Temporary Rule, Paid Leave Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-172); CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020), 42 C.F.R. § 483.80(h) (Ex. FED-092, Ex. FED-168); CMS, QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-154); CDC, Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions To Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19 (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. FED-022). ↩
  2. Connecticut Sector Rules (Ex. CT-079, Ex. CT-080, Ex. CT-082, Ex. CT-083, Ex. CT-084, Ex. CT-085); New York (Ex. NY-032, Ex. NY-033); New Jersey Executive Orders 158, 173 and 183 (Ex. NJ-027, Ex. NJ-031, Ex. NJ-034); Pennsylvania (Ex. PA-016, Ex. PA-017, Ex. PA-015); Massachusetts Orders 43, 45 and 46 (Ex. MA-023, Ex. MA-025, Ex. MA-026); Rhode Island (Ex. RI-021, Ex. RI-069); Michigan Executive Orders 2020-143, 2020-153 and 2020-160 (Ex. MI-036, Ex. MI-039, Ex. MI-040); Ohio (Ex. OH-035, Ex. OH-030); Kentucky (Ex. KY-021); Maryland (Ex. MD-013); the District (Ex. DC-079); Colorado (Ex. CO-028, Ex. CO-031); Nevada (Ex. NV-017, Ex. NV-019); Washington (Ex. WA-035, Ex. WA-037); Oregon (Ex. OR-020, Ex. OR-025); Arizona (Ex. AZ-024); Connecticut Executive Order 7ZZ (June 16, 2020); Vermont Amended and Restated Executive Order 01-20 (June 15, 2020); Minnesota Emergency Executive Order 20-74 (June 5, 2020); Illinois Executive Order 2020-43 (June 26, 2020); Kentucky Executive Order 2020-323 (May 8, 2020); Virginia Executive Order 67 (June 30, 2020) and 16VAC25-220 (emergency temporary standard, July 15, 2020; effective July 27, 2020); North Carolina Executive Order 141 (May 20, 2020) and 147 (June 24, 2020); Texas Executive Order GA-28 (June 26, 2020); California State Public Health Officer Order of Aug. 28, 2020 (Blueprint for a Safer Economy). ↩
  3. Texas Executive Order GA-28 (June 26, 2020; restaurants to 50 percent from June 29, 2020); Florida DBPR Emergency Order 2020-09 (June 26, 2020) (Ex. FL-036); Arizona Executive Order 2020-43 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. AZ-022); California State Public Health Officer Order of July 13, 2020; Louisiana Proclamation 89 JBE 2020 (July 11, 2020; effective July 13, 2020); Michigan Executive Orders 2020-143 (July 1, 2020) and 2020-160 (Ex. MI-036, Ex. MI-040); Nevada Declaration of Emergency Directive 027 (July 10, 2020) (Ex. NV-022); Kentucky CHFS Order of July 28, 2020 (Ex. KY-025); New Jersey Executive Order 158 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. NJ-027); Pennsylvania Order of the Secretary of Health Directing Mitigation Measures (July 15, 2020) (Ex. PA-016); the county orders (Ex. MET-LA-009, Ex. MET-PIT-004, Ex. MET-DFW-022, Ex. MET-SAN-012, Ex. MET-SAC-007, Ex. AK-073, Ex. MET-IND-022, Ex. MET-HNL-019). ↩
  4. Texas Executive Order GA-29 (July 2, 2020; effective July 3, 2020); Kentucky Executive Order 2020-586 (July 9, 2020); Louisiana Proclamation 89 JBE 2020; Minnesota Emergency Executive Order 20-81 (July 22, 2020); Indiana Executive Order 20-37 (July 24, 2020); Alabama Order of the State Health Officer as amended July 15, 2020; Arkansas Executive Order 20-43 (July 16, 2020); Kansas Executive Order 20-52 (July 2, 2020); Ohio (Ex. OH-030); West Virginia (Ex. WV-041); Wisconsin (Ex. WI-009); Pennsylvania (Ex. PA-015); Colorado (Ex. CO-031); Montana (Ex. MT-016); Oregon (Ex. OR-025); Michigan Executive Order 2020-153 (Ex. MI-039). ↩
  5. New York Executive Order 205 (June 24, 2020; effective June 25, 2020) (Ex. NY-006); Connecticut Executive Order 7III (July 21, 2020) (Ex. CT-023); Massachusetts COVID-19 Order No. 45 (July 24, 2020; effective Aug. 1, 2020) (Ex. MA-025); Chicago Public Health Order No. 2020-10 (July 2, 2020; effective July 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-CHI-019); New Mexico (Ex. NM-024); the District (Ex. DC-081); Hawaii (Ex. HI-003); Alaska (Ex. AK-012). ↩
  6. Kaiser Family Foundation, State COVID-19 Data and Policy Actions, State Social Distancing Actions (file of Oct. 1, 2020) (Ex. LAW-231). ↩
  7. Ex. ECO-B-028, Ex. ECO-B-049, Ex. ECO-B-045 (the school orders); Ex. NY-006, Ex. CT-023, Ex. MA-025 (the quarantines); Ex. NJ-004, Ex. MI-040, Ex. RI-021, Minnesota Executive Order 20-74, Maine Executive Order 55 FY 19/20 (May 29, 2020), Connecticut DECD Sector Rules for Offices (May 8, 2020) and Washington Proclamation 20-46 (Apr. 13, 2020) (the telework and office rules); Ex. FED-220, Ex. FED-221, Ex. FED-222, Ex. FED-211, Ex. FED-328 (the border, entry and consular instruments). ↩
  8. CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I), 134 Stat. at 348 (Ex. LAW-001). The clause is quoted from the Statutes at Large. ↩
  9. Tri-State, ECF No. 38, at 9 ("a 'partial suspension' is a temporary delay, interruption, or termination of a portion an employer's business. The language is plain."). Pins are the order's own pages, which equal the ECF pages. ↩
  10. The Service's form language on the suspension prong in Letters 105C issued since 2024. See Opening Br. at 11-12 (the opening brief of the appellant in Stenson Tamaddon, LLC v. IRS, No. 25-4217 (9th Cir. Sept. 17, 2025)) (record examples of letters and Forms 886-A deciding claims on the Notice, 2-ER-102, 3-ER-396). ↩

Partial suspension in this quarter

Every analytical page of The COVID Project applies the same five steps. Here they are applied to the third quarter of 2020, with the Library's own counts and instruments.

  1. The order

    3,675 orders from appropriate governmental authorities carry this quarter in the Library: 3,138 from States, counties, cities, courts and regulators and 537 from the federal layer. Each names its issuer, its instrument, its dates and its source, and where the file is held, the exhibit opens from the record. Three of them, of different kinds:

    • Governor John C. Carney, Twenty-Third Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (June 30, 2020) (Ex. DE-027) State: Delaware Business closureCapacity limitSchools and child careAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther
    • Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 06.29.20.02 (June 29, 2020) (Ex. GA-025) State: Georgia Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
    • CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(h) testing; 482.42(e) hospital reporting) and QSO-20-38-NH (Aug. 26, 2020; revised through Sept. 23, 2022) (Ex. FED-168) Federal: United States (Medicare and Medicaid LTC facilities) Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
  2. The function of the business it reached

    Each record tags the functions of a business the instrument reached. Among this quarter's orders, the six cross-cutting functions appear this often:

    • CB the customer base 1,292
    • WF workforce availability 1,000
    • HR hiring and staffing 642
    • OP office and administration 373
    • SC supply chain 318
    • MK marketing and events 167

    The industry pages carry the function codes of each of the twenty-seven industries and apply this step to them; the report builder applies it to your own State, metro and industry.

  3. The change it compelled

    The operative words of the first example above, as the record holds them:

    § A: 'Notwithstanding the provisions of the Twenty-First Modification and the Phase 2 Reopen Plan, effective July 3, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. E.D.T., the following additional restrictions shall apply to taprooms and bar service in [the designated beach-area zip codes]': establishments 'may open the bar to prepare drinks to be brought to diners seated at tables' only; 'All patrons must wear face coverings upon [entering and exiting and while] placing and receiving an order'; reservations required; 'dance floors, arcade/bar game areas, pool tables' closed. Recital: 'on June 8, 2020 the Delaware courts…

    Governor John C. Carney, Twenty-Third Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (June 30, 2020) (Ex. DE-027). Every record page shows the full operative words verbatim and the enforcement provision.

  4. The quarter

    On July 1, 2020, the quarter's first day, 51 of the 51 jurisdictions had a State, county, city or court order in force and 2,479 orders were in force at every level nationally. On Sept. 30, 2020, its last day, 51 jurisdictions had such an order in force and 2,754 orders were in force nationally. The federal layer was in force on every day of the quarter (438 instruments on the first day, 443 on the last). The Notice's own Q&A-22 treats an employer suspended for part of a quarter as suspended for the quarter.

    These counts follow the Library's in-force rule: an order counts from its effective date to its recorded end date, and an order without a recorded end date is counted for 120 days after it took effect.

  5. The statute's answer

    the operation of the trade or business described in clause (i) is fully or partially suspended during the calendar quarter due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings (for commercial, social, religious, or other purposes) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

    CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I); I.R.C. § 3134(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I) (the Suspension Clause)

    A partial suspension is a temporary delay, interruption or termination of a portion of an employer's operations, and "due to" asks only whether the suspension would have occurred but for the orders (Tri-State Memorial Hospital v. United States). Nothing in the statute asks whether the business was essential, stayed open, could telework, or served customers who were themselves under orders. Where an order in force in this quarter reached a function of a business and compelled a change in it, the operation was partially suspended in this quarter due to that order.

    Read the test and the method · The statute, element by element · The Service's sentences, answered

Instruments in force in this quarter

3,675 orders carry this quarter: 1,142 took effect within it, 2,461 were in force from an earlier date, 63 are dated after Sept. 30, 2020 but carry the quarter in the record, and 9 carry no date. The table shows the first 100 that took effect within it, by date; the Library holds them all.Open in the LibraryDownload the list (CSV)Download the exhibits (ZIP, by State)

By limitation type

StartExhibitJurisdictionInstrumentTypes
July 1, 2020Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-102United States; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (federal)
Federal
Interim final rule, Treatment of Certain COVID-19 Related Loss Mitigation Options Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) (Regulation X), 85 Fed. Reg. 39055 (June 30, 2020) (Docket CFPB-2020-0021; RIN 3170-AA99)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Other
July 1, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-052Florida (State business and alcoholic-beverage regulator)
Sector regulator
DBPR Amended Emergency Order 2020-09
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Secretary Halsey Beshears
Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-026New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)
State
Executive Directive No. 20-022
Judith Persichilli, R.N., B.S.N., M.A., Commissioner of Health
Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesOther
July 1, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-026Utah (UTA system-wide)
Sector regulator
UTA notice, June 30, 2020, 'Understanding UTA's Face Covering Requirement': from July 1, 2020 all riders and employees required to wear face coverings while on the system until further notice, 'in compliance with the Salt Lake County Health Order issued on June 26, 2020'; exemptions for children under 2 and medical conditions; enforcement by information and education, masks provided; signage and announcements
Utah Transit Authority (UTA)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-011Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - Governor
Territorial
Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-048
Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced
Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. DE-027Delaware
State
Twenty-Third Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency
Governor John C. Carney
Business closureCapacity limitSchools and child careAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther
July 1, 2020Ex. ECO-C-019New Mexico
State
Executive Order 2020-054
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
July 1, 2020Ex. FED-343United States (mortgage servicers)
Federal
Treatment of Certain COVID-19 Related Loss Mitigation Options Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) (Regulation X) (interim final rule), 85 Fed. Reg. 39055 (June 30, 2020)
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Other
July 1, 2020Ex. GA-025Georgia
State
Executive Order 06.29.20.02
Governor Brian P. Kemp
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MA-072Massachusetts
Court
Court System Response to COVID-19 (guide) listing the SJC and Trial Court orders
Supreme Judicial Court and Executive Office of the Trial Court (index page of the Massachusetts Court System)
Courts and public offices
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-ATL-011City of Savannah, Georgia
City
Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or Masks (June 30, 2020)
Mayor Van R. Johnson II
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-HOU-020Harris County, Texas
County
Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings
County Judge Lina Hidalgo
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-KC-034Jackson County, Missouri (except Kansas City)
County
Order of the Health Director (Phase 2.5 of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan) (face coverings)
Health Director Bridgette Shaffer
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-LA-007Los Angeles County Public Health Jurisdiction
County
Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community, Moving the County into Stage 3 (Revised Order Issued July 1, 2020)
County of Los Angeles Health Officer
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-MIA-073City of Miami, Florida
City
City of Miami Order No. 20-17, Local Emergency Measures (Non-Compliance of Establishments; Penalty)
City Manager Arthur Noriega V
Business closureWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-MKE-056City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
City
Order #4, COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee (June 26, 2020) (Moving Milwaukee Forward Safely Phase 4)
City of Milwaukee, acting through its Commissioner of Health (Jeanette Kowalik, Commissioner)
Capacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-MKE-057City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
City
Media release: The City of Milwaukee Moves Forward into Phase 4 of its COVID-19 Orders (June 26, 2020)
Milwaukee Health Department
Capacity limitGathering cap
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-MSY-054Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana (unincorporated)
County
Proclamation Number 10 CLS 2020
Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng
Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-PHX-029Maricopa County, Arizona (Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority; City of Phoenix Public Transit Department)
Sector regulator
Valley Metro COVID-19 rider face-covering requirement and service reductions (page 'COVID-19 updates: face coverings required')
Valley Metro (Boards of Directors) and Phoenix City Council (service actions)
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-PHX-042Maricopa County, Arizona (Valley Metro)
Sector regulator
Valley Metro rider face-covering requirement effective July 1, 2020 (post 'Wear a mask while riding Valley Metro', April 2021)
Valley Metro Boards of Directors (rider face-covering requirement), as stated in Valley Metro's April 2021 post
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-PIT-042Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Port Authority service area)
Sector regulator
Face Coverings requirement for riders and employees; passenger capacity limits (agency COVID-19 page)
Port Authority of Allegheny County
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-RIV-014California (order addressed to Riverside County)
State
State Public Health Officer Order for Riverside County (July 1, 2020) closing bars and indoor operations of listed sectors
State Public Health Officer Sonia Y. Angell, M.D., California Department of Public Health
Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-RIV-065City of Palm Springs, Riverside County, California
City
Supplemental Order Strengthening Face Covering Regulations (July 1, 2020)
City of Palm Springs (City Manager as Director of Emergency Services)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-SAN-010San Diego County, California
County
Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations (signed June 30, 2020; effective July 1, 2020)
Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer; Emergency Regulations by the Director of Emergency Services
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-SAT-031Bexar County, Texas
County
Executive Order NW-12
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-SAT-032City of San Antonio, Texas
City
Fifth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19
Mayor Ron Nirenberg
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. MET-TPA-072Pasco County, Florida
County
Amendment to the Order Requiring Face Coverings (exempting children in daycare and childcare facilities)
County Administrator Dan Biles
Face-covering requirement
July 1, 2020Ex. MI-036Michigan
State
Executive Order 2020-143
Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars
July 1, 2020Ex. MI-037Michigan
State
2020 PA 124 (Enrolled Senate Bill 942)
Michigan Legislature (2020 PA 124, approved by the Governor)
Alcohol and barsOther
July 1, 2020Ex. MI-038Michigan
State
2020 PA 127
Michigan Legislature (2020 PA 127, approved by the Governor)
Courts and public officesOther
July 1, 2020Ex. NE-057Nebraska
State
Executive Order 20-29
Governor Pete Ricketts
Other
July 1, 2020Ex. NH-062New Hampshire
Sector regulator
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities (July 1, 2020)
DHHS Division of Public Health Services, Bureau of Infectious Disease Control
Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation
July 1, 2020Ex. NM-024New Mexico
State
Executive Order 2020-054
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
July 1, 2020Ex. OR-022Oregon
State
Executive Order 20-29
Governor Kate Brown (as Superintendent of Public Instruction and under emergency powers)
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. PA-015Pennsylvania
State
Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. SEC-06-028New Mexico
State
Executive Order 2020-054
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
July 1, 2020Ex. SEC-06-047Florida
Sector regulator
DBPR Amended Emergency Order 2020-09 (filed July 1, 2020, File 2020-03764)
Florida DBPR (Secretary Halsey Beshears)
Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. SEC-11-059New Mexico
State
Executive Order 2020-054
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
July 1, 2020Ex. SEC-12-078United States (State bar admission authorities)
Sector regulator
NCBE, July 2020 Bar Exam: Jurisdiction Information (as of July 1, 2020)
National Conference of Bar Examiners (compilation of State supreme court and board of law examiners orders)
Other
July 1, 2020Ex. SEC-15-018New Jersey
State
Executive Order No. 155 (2020)
Governor Philip D. Murphy
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. SEC-27-003New Jersey
State
Restart Standards for All New Jersey Institutions of Higher Education
Secretary of Higher Education (Office of the Secretary of Higher Education), under Executive Order No. 155 para. 2
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
July 1, 2020Ex. VA-014Virginia
State
Executive Order 67 and Order of Public Health Emergency Seven
Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. VT-089Vermont
State
Governor's release, Governor Phil Scott Expands Trusted Travel Policy
Office of Governor Phil Scott (official release); ACCD under Amended and Restated EO 01-20 § 11 and Addendum 1 ¶ 3
Capacity limitTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
July 1, 2020Ex. WA-039Washington
State
Proclamation 20-25.5
Governor Jay Inslee
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. WV-040West Virginia
State
Executive Order 49-20
Governor Jim Justice
Business closureGathering capEvents and venues
July 1, 2020Ex. WY-020Wyoming
State
Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
July 1, 2020Ex. WY-021Wyoming
State
Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist
Gathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-019New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (State casino regulator)
Sector regulator
Order Reinstating Certificates of Operation of Certain Casinos and Retail Sports Wagering Operations
Division of Gaming Enforcement, Director David L. Rebuck
Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-022New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (State casino regulator), adopting the Casino Association of New Jersey plan by order
Sector regulator
Atlantic City Casino Industry Summary Plan of Reopening Protocols
Casino Association of New Jersey, Inc. (with AtlantiCare Health System and UNITE HERE Local 54); adopted by the Division of Gaming Enforcement
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-046Mississippi Gaming Commission (State charitable-gaming regulator)
Sector regulator
Industry Letter No. 2020-04
Mississippi Gaming Commission, Executive Director Allen Godfrey
Capacity limitFace-covering requirement
July 2, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-051Washington; Department of Labor and Industries
Sector regulator
Emergency rule WAC 296-800-14035, CR-103E Rule-making Order AO20-16 (readoption adopted July 2, 2020; WSR 20-16-054 filed July 28, 2020)
Department of Labor and Industries
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. AL-025Alabama
State
Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): remote meetings of nonprofit corporations; extending the public health emergency
Governor Kay Ivey
Emergency declarationOther
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-CLT-006Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Town of Matthews
County
Amended Joint Proclamation - Board agenda draft ('Amended Proclamation Final.2.docx')
Board of County Commissioners (Manager's Report item 20-6271)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-CMH-015City of Whitehall, Ohio (Franklin County)
City
Proclamation by the Mayor: Proclamation and Issuing Executive Orders July 2, 2020 (face coverings)
Kim Maggard, Mayor
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-DFW-071Collin County, Texas
County
Proclamation of the County Judge (July 2, 2020)
Collin County Judge Chris Hill
Gathering cap
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-MIA-090City of Miami Beach, Florida
City
City of Miami Beach notice: 'City curfew at 12:30 am and restaurants must close at midnight for dine-in and take-out' (amendments effective July 2, 2020)
City of Miami Beach (public notice of amended emergency measures)
Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-MKE-010Dane County and City of Madison, Wisconsin
County
Emergency Order #7
Janel Heinrich, Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County
Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-PDX-001City of Portland, Oregon
City
Extension of Emergency Declaration Through July 16, 2020 (In the Matter of the Local Emergency Within the City of Portland Declared on March 12, 2020)
Mayor Ted Wheeler
Emergency declaration
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-PDX-040Clark County, Washington
County
Clark County held in Phase 2 by the statewide two-week pause of July 2, 2020 (Phase 3 application of June 26 not acted on); statewide requirement from July 7, 2020 that all businesses refuse service to customers not wearing face coverings
Governor Jay Inslee (statewide pause and business face-covering requirement); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick)
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-RIV-029San Bernardino County, California
County
Order of the Health Officer of the County of San Bernardino for the Control of COVID-19 (July 1, 2020) repealing the May 29, 2020 order
Acting Public Health Officer Erin Gustafson, M.D., MPH; Gary McBride, Director of Emergency Services; County Counsel Michelle D. Blakemore
Face-covering requirementOther
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-RIV-030California (order addressed to San Bernardino County)
State
State Public Health Officer Order for San Bernardino County, July 2, 2020
State Public Health Officer and Director Sonia Y. Angell, M.D., MPH, California Department of Public Health
Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-SAC-006Sacramento County, California
County
Order of the Health Officer Directing Closure of Certain Activities, July 2, 2020
Sacramento County Public Health Officer (Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS)
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-SLC-013Summit County, Utah
County
Joint Public Health Order 2020-08 (Amended)
Summit County Health Officer, County Council and County Manager
Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. MET-SLC-072Salt Lake County, Utah
County
Public Health Order 2020-12
Salt Lake County Mayor Jennifer Wilson and Health Department Executive Director Gary Edwards
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. MS-025Mississippi
State
Executive Order 1505
Governor Tate Reeves
Capacity limitGathering cap
July 2, 2020Ex. NE-058Nebraska
State
Executive Order 20-30
Governor Pete Ricketts
Courts and public offices
July 2, 2020Ex. OK-063Tulsa, Oklahoma
City
Executive Order No. 2020-13 (Replacing Executive Order 2020-10)
Mayor G.T. Bynum
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 2, 2020Ex. SEC-07-013New Jersey
State
Executive Order No. 157 (2020)
Governor Philip D. Murphy
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-047Mississippi Gaming Commission (State gaming regulator)
Sector regulator
Industry Letter No. 2020-05
Mississippi Gaming Commission (Chairman Al Hopkins, Commissioners Jerry Griffith and Tom Gresham)
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061Texas; Board of Law Examiners (agency of the Supreme Court of Texas)
Court
Board of Law Examiners 'All Announcements' page (archived Oct. 18, 2020): Supreme Court order cancelling the July 2020 in-person exam, in-person Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam with hotel-room assignments, remote Oct. 5-6, 2020 exam, acceptance of remote scores of 270 from other UBE jurisdictions (Aug. 24, 2020)
Texas Board of Law Examiners
Gathering capCourts and public officesOther
July 3, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-052North Carolina (Hatteras-Ocracoke passenger ferry)
State
NCDOT release, July 2, 2020: Ocracoke Express passenger ferry resumes July 3, 2020 after final approval of Senate Bill 750; passengers limited to 96 ('about half of what the vessel's certificate of occupancy allows'); face coverings strongly encouraged; groups six feet apart; no refreshments
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division (with State health officials)
Capacity limitTravel and quarantine
July 3, 2020Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-012Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - Governor
Territorial
Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-052
Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
July 3, 2020Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-004Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) - tribal government
Tribal
Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-016
Navajo Department of Health, Navajo Office of Environmental Health and Protection Program
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCurfew and hours
July 3, 2020Ex. AL-024Alabama
State
Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended June 30, 2020 (Safer at Home)
State Health Officer Scott Harris
Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
July 3, 2020Ex. AR-008Arkansas
State
Executive Order 20-41
Governor Asa Hutchinson
Face-covering requirement
July 3, 2020Ex. IN-033Indiana
State
Executive Order 20-35
Governor Eric J. Holcomb
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. KS-029Kansas
State
Governor's release: 'Governor Laura Kelly Announces Masks Must be Worn Statewide'
Office of the Governor (press release)
Face-covering requirement
July 3, 2020Ex. KS-030Kansas
State
Executive Order 20-52 (typed text, 39 Kan. Reg. No. 27A, July 2, 2020, pp. 911-913; issue also carries EOs 20-49, 20-50, 20-51)
Governor Laura Kelly (Executive Order 20-52), published by the Secretary of State
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. KS-067Kansas
Court
Administrative Order 2020-PR-090
Kansas Supreme Court
Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-AUS-010City of Austin, Texas
City
Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20200702-017
Mayor Steve Adler
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-BNA-010Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
County
Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Modifications: Reopening
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-BNA-034Knox County, Tennessee
County
Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-1
Knox County Board of Health
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-BNA-062Shelby County, Tennessee
County
Shelby County Face Mask Health Order and Directive
Shelby County Health Department (Health Director and Health Officer)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-BOS-057City of Somerville, Massachusetts
City
Emergency Order Extending Business Closure
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)
Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-CLE-005City of Cleveland, Ohio
City
Amended Proclamation of Civil Emergency of July 3, 2020 (mask mandate, 50 percent capacity, gathering enforcement, sanitization)
Mayor Frank G. Jackson
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-CMH-016City of Dublin, Ohio (Franklin, Delaware and Union Counties; principally Franklin)
City
Executive Order: Face Covering Requirements Within the City of Dublin
Dana L. McDaniel, City Manager
Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-CMH-017City of Grandview Heights, Ohio (Franklin County)
City
Amended Proclamation of State of Emergency Regarding Masks
Greta M. Kearns, Mayor
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-CMH-025City of Bexley, Ohio (Franklin County)
City
Revised emergency orders requiring face coverings in indoor areas accessible to the public (approved June 26, 2020; effective July 3, 2020) and the City-wide face covering requirements effective July 30, 2020 (City release of July 24, 2020)
City of Bexley (Mayor Ben Kessler's revised emergency orders, approved by City Council 5-1 at a special meeting on June 26, 2020)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-HOU-021Harris County, Texas
County
Outdoor Gatherings Order
County Judge Lina Hidalgo
Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-KC-060Johnson County, Kansas
County
BOCC affirmation of Kansas Executive Order 20-52 (July 2, 2020) and Briefing Sheet 200917-014 (Sept. 17, 2020)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County (motion of July 2, 2020, 4-2-1); briefing sheet by Interim Chief Counsel Cynthia Dunham (Sept. 17, 2020)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-MIA-011Miami-Dade County, Florida
County
Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 26-20
County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez
Business closureCapacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-MIA-012Miami-Dade County, Florida
County
Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 27-20
County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez
Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-MIA-042Broward County, Florida
County
Broward County Administrator's Emergency Order 20-19
Acting County Administrator Monica Cepero (for County Administrator Bertha Henry)
Business closureWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-MSY-073City of Baton Rouge - Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana (excluding the Cities of Baker, Central and Zachary)
County
Executive Order No. SWB 2020-07-01 (dated July 3, 2020; signed July 1, 2020)
Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome
Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-PHL-007City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
City
Modified Green Phase Order
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-PIT-002Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
County
ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Order of July 2, 2020 (Order of the Director to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director
Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-PIT-003Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
County
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding ACHD COVID-19 Control Measure Orders (June 28th and July 2nd)
Allegheny County Health Department
Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-STL-012City of St. Louis, Missouri
City
Health Commissioner's Order No. 11 (Face Coverings)
Fredrick Echols, M.D., Director of Health and Hospitals/Health Commissioner
Face-covering requirement
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-STL-058St. Louis County, Missouri
County
Order Requiring Members of the Public and Employees to Wear Face Coverings
St. Louis County Department of Public Health (Acting Director Dr. Emily Doucette)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
July 3, 2020Ex. MET-STL-102St. Louis County, Missouri
County
Order Requiring Members of the Public and Employees to Wear Face Coverings (July 2, 2020) (web posting)
St. Louis County Department of Public Health (Acting Director Dr. Emily Doucette)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules

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