First quarter of 2021

The conclusion for the quarter

During the first quarter of 2021, orders from appropriate governmental authorities limiting commerce, travel and group meetings due to COVID-19 caused a temporary interruption and, in the named regions, termination of a more than nominal portion of the operations of employers in every industry throughout the United States. The orders were the winter orders in force on January 1 and their stepped successors in force on March 31; the rebuilt federal layer of January and February 2021 (the federal workplace order, the 25 percent occupancy ceiling, the conveyance mask order, the inbound-testing order and Proclamation 10143); the court orders; and the State workplace standards. 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 winter orders and their stepped successors

The quarter opened under every winter instrument of the fourth quarter of 2020. The relaxations were partial and late. Maine's closing hour ended February 1; Massachusetts' curfew ended January 25 and its 25 percent caps February 8; New Jersey's curfew ended February 5 and its caps rose to 35 and then 50 percent on February 5 and March 19; New York City's indoor dining reopened at 25 percent on February 12; Connecticut's caps ended March 19; Rhode Island's 40 percent cap ended February 25; Pennsylvania's telework mandate ended only on April 4; Vermont's two-household gathering rule ended March 12; California's Regional order lifted January 25 and its tiers resumed; Washington's regional Phase 1 gave way to Healthy Washington; Michigan's indoor dining reopened at 25 percent on February 1; Illinois' Tier 3 stepped down between January 15 and February 4; Minnesota's caps stepped on January 10 and March 15; Iowa's measures ended February 7; North Dakota's January 18; Nebraska's caps January 30; Indiana's February 1; Ohio's February 11; Kansas's March 24 and 31; Wisconsin's March 31 (by court); Texas's Executive Order GA-34 took effect March 10; Mississippi's measures ended March 3; South Carolina's March 1 and 5; Oklahoma's March 12; Maryland's capacity limits March 12; Wyoming's March 16; Arizona's March 25; Montana's January 15 and February 12; Idaho's February 2; Arkansas's February 26 (masks March 31); Tennessee's statewide gathering cap January 31.¹

The country on March 31 and April 5, 2021

On March 31, 2021 every State in the Northeast still had capacity, gathering or masking and exposure-control orders in force, and five still had a telework mandate or office cap. By the Library's count the winter orders or their stepped successors were in force in thirty-seven jurisdictions. On April 5, 2021, by the Kaiser Family Foundation's file of that date, twenty-five jurisdictions had non-essential premises open only with limits, twenty-six had gathering caps, twenty-two had restaurant service limits, thirty-one had statewide face-covering and exposure-control requirements, and forty-nine had emergency declarations in force.²

The federal layer rebuilt

The federal layer was rebuilt in January and February 2021: Proclamation 10143 (January 25); Executive Order 13991 and the 25 percent occupancy ceiling of OMB Memorandum M-21-15 (January 20 and 24); Executive Orders 13998 and 13999 (January 21); the global pre-departure testing order (January 26); the CDC conveyance mask order and the Transportation Security Administration's directives (February 1); the Federal Railroad Administration's Emergency Order No. 32 (March 1); the Coast Guard's port face-covering and exposure-control requirement; the Department of Defense's travel restrictions, reissued "until further notice" on March 15; the border renewals of January 19, February 23 and March 19; the CDC eviction extensions to March 31 and June 30; the agency moratoria to June 30; OSHA's National Emphasis Program (March 12); and, on March 11, 2021, Congress's re-enactment of the Suspension Clause for the third and fourth quarters of 2021.³

How the orders reached every function of an employer

The premises functions remained closed or capped at 10 to 50 percent on January 1 in most of the country, and at 25 to 50 percent on March 31 in the Northeast, on the West Coast, in the upper Midwest and in Colorado, Kentucky, Nevada and the District. The office remained under telework mandates in Pennsylvania (to April 4), New Jersey (to June 4), Minnesota (to April 14), Michigan (under the MIOSHA rules to May 24), Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and the District, and every federal workplace and every contractor's federal site was held to 25 percent occupancy and masked. The workforce commuted under a federal masking and exposure-control order from February 1 and returned to classrooms only on State-set dates in the ten States that ordered a return. The customer base remained under the winter caps and under the travel quarantines to March 19 (Connecticut), March 22 (Massachusetts) and April 1 (New York). The supply chain ran through the State workplace standards, the entry proclamations, the monthly border renewals, the testing order, the FEMA rule and the scarce-materials designation. The health-care counterparties remained under the winter postponement orders to their stepped expiry (Texas to March 10; Massachusetts to March 1; Iowa to February 7; California's surge order to February 5; Indiana to April 5) and under the federal testing and visitation conditions. The courts kept juries suspended into the spring (the Northern District of Illinois to April 5; the District of New Jersey to June 1; the District of Arizona from January 11).⁴ 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)."⁵ 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."⁶ Measured by those words, the record of the quarter is this.

During the calendar quarter beginning January 1, 2021 and ending March 31, 2021, orders from appropriate governmental authorities limiting commerce, travel and group meetings due to COVID-19 caused a temporary interruption and, in the named regions, termination of a more than nominal portion of the operations of employers in every industry throughout the United States on every day of the quarter. The orders were, namely, the winter orders in force on January 1 and their stepped successors in force on March 31 (Ex. CA-055, Ex. WA-056, Ex. WA-064, Ex. OR-035, Ex. MI-062, Ex. MI-063, Ex. MI-064, Ex. MN-035, Ex. MN-037, Ex. IL-034, Ex. PA-022, Ex. PA-031, Ex. NY-039, Ex. NY-040, Ex. NY-041, Ex. NJ-042, Ex. NJ-044, Ex. MA-040, Ex. MA-043, Ex. CT-037, Ex. RI-035, Ex. VT-037, Ex. ME-051, Ex. NH-032, Ex. CO-038, Ex. CO-057, Ex. NM-047, Ex. NM-049, Ex. NV-032, Ex. KY-045, Ex. DC-016, Ex. DE-034, Ex. VA-026, Ex. NC-026, Ex. OH-041, Ex. IN-051, Ex. IA-034, Ex. MT-021, Ex. WY-050, Ex. HI-018, Ex. AK-075, Ex. MET-LA-013, Ex. MET-BOS-017, Ex. MET-PHL-012, Ex. MET-STL-075, Ex. MET-CHI-046, Ex. MET-DEN-009, and, by name, California's Regional Stay at Home Order (December 3, 2020, lifted January 25, 2021) and its Blueprint for a Safer Economy order (August 28, 2020), Illinois' Executive Order 2020-73 (November 18, 2020), Connecticut's Executive Order 10A (February 8, 2021), Maryland's Order 21-03-09-01 (March 9, 2021), North Carolina's Executive Order 204 (March 23, 2021), Kansas's Executive Order 20-68 (November 18, 2020), Texas's Executive Orders GA-32 (October 7, 2020) and GA-34 (March 2, 2021) and Idaho's Stage 3 Stay Healthy Guidelines (February 2, 2021)); the rebuilt federal layer (Ex. FED-207, Ex. FED-060, Ex. FED-270, Ex. FED-061, Ex. FED-042, Ex. FED-020, Ex. FED-050, Ex. FED-053, Ex. FED-054, Ex. FED-055, Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-014, Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-033 (context), Ex. FED-280, Ex. FED-227, Ex. FED-228, Ex. FED-229, Ex. FED-250, Ex. FED-251, Ex. FED-252, Ex. FED-023, Ex. FED-024, Ex. FED-353, Ex. FED-363, Ex. FED-082, Ex. FED-174); the court orders (Ex. FED-296, Ex. FED-305, Ex. FED-306, Ex. ECO-C-060, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-034); and the State workplace standards (Ex. SEC-10-043, Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-062, Ex. SEC-09-013, Ex. SEC-10-054, Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-002, Ex. SEC-10-039, Virginia's permanent standard, 16VAC25-220 (January 13, 2021; effective January 27, 2021), and the MIOSHA Emergency Rules of October 14, 2020). They did so by holding the premises functions closed or capped through the winter and at 25 to 50 percent on the quarter's last day in more than a third of the country, by keeping the office under telework mandates and the federal workplace at 25 percent, by placing every commute under airborne-transmission controls and conditioning every commute and every international arrival by federal order, and by keeping the schools, courts, borders and health-care counterparties under order.

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.⁷

1. Ex. MA-044, Ex. MA-045, Ex. NJ-042, Ex. NJ-044, Ex. NY-040, Ex. NY-041, Ex. CT-037, Ex. RI-035, Ex. PA-033, Ex. VT-039, Ex. WA-056, Ex. MI-064, Ex. IL-034, Ex. MN-035, Ex. MN-037, Ex. ND-074, Ex. NE-026, Ex. IN-053, Ex. OH-044, Ex. WI-021, Ex. SC-032, Ex. OK-039, Ex. WY-050, Ex. AZ-037, Ex. MT-021, Ex. TN-030; Maine COVID-19 Prevention Checklist, Seated Food and Drink Service (as of Dec. 16, 2020); California State Public Health Officer Order of Aug. 28, 2020 (Blueprint for a Safer Economy); Iowa Proclamation of Disaster Emergency of Feb. 5, 2021; Kansas Senate Bill 40 (Mar. 24, 2021); Texas Executive Order GA-34 (Mar. 2, 2021; effective Mar. 10, 2021); Mississippi Executive Order 1549 (Mar. 2, 2021); South Carolina Executive Order 2021-12 (Mar. 5, 2021); Maryland Order 21-03-09-01 (Mar. 9, 2021); Idaho Stage 3 Stay Healthy Guidelines (Feb. 2, 2021); Arkansas Executive Order 21-03 (Feb. 26, 2021). ↩
2. Kaiser Family Foundation, State COVID-19 Data and Policy Actions, State Social Distancing Actions (file of Apr. 5, 2021) (Ex. LAW-233). The count of thirty-seven jurisdictions is the Library's, instrument by instrument. ↩
3. Proclamation 10143, 86 Fed. Reg. 7467 (Jan. 25, 2021) (Ex. FED-207); Executive Order 13991 (Jan. 20, 2021) and OMB Memorandum M-21-15 (Jan. 24, 2021) (Ex. FED-060, Ex. FED-270); Executive Orders 13998 and 13999 (Jan. 21, 2021) (Ex. FED-061, Ex. FED-062); CDC Amended Order, Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result (Jan. 25, 2021; effective Jan. 26, 2021) (Ex. FED-041, Ex. FED-042); CDC, Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (Feb. 3, 2021; effective 11:59 p.m. Feb. 1, 2021) (Ex. FED-020); TSA Security Directives SD 1582/84-21-01, SD 1542-21-01 and Emergency Amendment EA 1546-21-01 (Jan. 31, 2021; effective Feb. 1, 2021) (Ex. FED-050, Ex. FED-053, Ex. FED-054, Ex. FED-055); FRA Emergency Order No. 32, 86 Fed. Reg. 11888 (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-014); Coast Guard bulletins (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-031, Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-033) (context); Secretary of Defense Memorandum of Mar. 15, 2021 (Ex. FED-280); DHS, Notifications of Temporary Travel Restrictions of Jan. 19, Feb. 23 and Mar. 19, 2021 (Ex. FED-227, Ex. FED-228, Ex. FED-229, Ex. FED-250, Ex. FED-251, Ex. FED-252); CDC eviction orders of Jan. 29 and Mar. 29, 2021 (Ex. FED-023, Ex. FED-024); FHFA release of Feb. 25, 2021 and HUD Mortgagee Letter 2021-05 (Ex. FED-353, Ex. FED-363); OSHA, DIR 2021-01 (CPL 03), National Emphasis Program - COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. FED-082); American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub. L. 117-2, § 9651, 135 Stat. 4, 177 (Mar. 11, 2021) (Ex. FED-174). ↩
4. The telework mandates and office caps: Ex. PA-022, Ex. PA-031, Ex. NJ-004, Ex. MN-037, Ex. CT-087, Ex. NY-008, Ex. RI-032, Ex. DC-015, Ex. DC-016, and the MIOSHA Emergency Rules (Oct. 14, 2020; remote-work rule removed May 24, 2021); the federal workplace: Ex. FED-060, Ex. FED-270; the commute: Ex. FED-020; the school-return orders: Ex. IA-045, Ex. OR-039, Ex. AZ-035, Ex. NH-034, Ex. WV-062, Ex. NC-033, Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-068, Ex. NV-033; the travel quarantines: Ex. CT-034, Ex. MA-025, Ex. NY-047; the hospital postponements: Ex. TX-026, Ex. TX-024, Ex. MA-066, Ex. IA-034, Ex. CA-026, Ex. IN-048, and Iowa's Proclamation of Feb. 5, 2021; the courts: Ex. FED-296, Ex. FED-305, Ex. FED-306, Ex. ECO-C-060. ↩
5. CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I), 134 Stat. at 348 (Ex. LAW-001), extended to wages paid before July 1, 2021 by the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, Pub. L. 116-260, div. EE, § 207(a)(1), 134 Stat. at 3062. The clause is quoted from the Statutes at Large. ↩
6. 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. ↩
7. 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 first quarter of 2021, with the Library's own counts and instruments.

1. The order

   3,342 orders from appropriate governmental authorities carry this quarter in the Library: 2,850 from States, counties, cities, courts and regulators and 492 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 Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 12.30.20.02 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-031) State: Georgia Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
   • Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson, Emergency Order EO-17 (Easing Up Order) (Dec. 29, 2020) (Ex. AK-075) City: Municipality of Anchorage Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
   • President Joseph R. Biden, Jr, Executive Order 13991 (Jan. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-060) Federal: United States (federal buildings and lands; federal employees and on-site contractors) Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules

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 1,101
   • WF workforce availability 935
   • HR hiring and staffing 556
   • OP office and administration 296
   • SC supply chain 264
   • MK marketing and events 156

   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:

   "Gathering" shall mean more than fifty (50) persons [within six feet at a Single Location]... III. SHELTERING IN PLACE... That all residents and visitors of the State of Georgia who meet the following criteria for higher risk of severe illness as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are required to Shelter [in Place within their homes or places of residence]

   Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 12.30.20.02 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. GA-031). Every record page shows the full operative words verbatim and the enforcement provision.

4. The quarter

   On Jan. 1, 2021, the quarter's first day, 51 of the 51 jurisdictions had a State, county, city or court order in force and 2,432 orders were in force at every level nationally. On Mar. 31, 2021, its last day, 51 jurisdictions had such an order in force and 2,445 orders were in force nationally. The federal layer was in force on every day of the quarter (380 instruments on the first day, 432 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

3,342 orders carry this quarter: 724 took effect within it, 2,560 were in force from an earlier date, 49 are dated after Mar. 31, 2021 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

• Emergency declaration 428
• Stay-at-home 106
• Business closure 416
• Telework mandate 248
• Capacity limit 764
• Gathering cap 738
• Face-covering requirement 1,017
• Travel and quarantine 396
• Schools and child care 292
• Health care orders 543
• Curfew and hours 214
• Alcohol and bars 349
• Events and venues 381
• Courts and public offices 503
• Workplace rules 1,095
• Vaccination or testing 59
• Quarantine and isolation 363
• Supply chain 140
• Standing duty 6
• Operating condition 14
• Other 837

Start	Exhibit	Jurisdiction	Instrument	Types
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-019	United States (President; 48 States including Idaho and Minnesota, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands) Federal	Memorandum of December 3, 2020, 85 Fed. Reg. 78945 (Dec. 8, 2020) President Donald J. Trump	Emergency declarationOther
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-046	Colorado; Division of Labor Standards and Statistics, Department of Labor and Employment Sector regulator	Wage Protection Rules, 7 CCR 1103-7 (adopted Nov. 10, 2020; effective Jan. 1, 2021), Rules 2.6-2.7 and 3 (HFWA paid sick leave and public health emergency leave) Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor Standards and Statistics	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. AK-075	Municipality of Anchorage City	Emergency Order EO-17 (Easing Up Order) Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. CA-065	California State	Assembly Bill 685 (2020) California Legislature; Governor Newsom (approved)	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. GA-031	Georgia State	Executive Order 12.30.20.02 Governor Brian P. Kemp	Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. MET-DEN-093	Jefferson County, Colorado County	Third Amended Public Health Order 20-009 Limiting Gatherings; Rescinding Order 20-007 Executive Director, JCPH (Mark B. Johnson)	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. MET-MSP-015	City of Minneapolis City	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-21 Mayor Jacob Frey	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. MET-PHL-011	City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City	Amended Fall/Winter Order Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted as an emergency Board of Health regulation Jan. 6, 2021	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child care
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. MET-PHL-036	City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City	Third Supplemental Gatherings Order Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	Gathering capEvents and venues
Jan. 1, 2021	Ex. MET-PIT-027	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) Court	Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (December 3, 2020) Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Courts and public offices
Jan. 2, 2021	Ex. AR-066	Arkansas State	ADH Directive Regarding Indoor Venues, revision effective January 2, 2021 (until March 1, 2021 unless extended) Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Jan. 2, 2021	Ex. MET-NYC-030	New York City City	Emergency Executive Order No. 172 Mayor Bill de Blasio	Emergency declaration
Jan. 3, 2021	Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-052	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission State	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission action of July 21, 2020 approving 2021 toll increases and new TOLL BY PLATE rates, reciting the June 2020 permanent conversion to all-electronic tolling and the COVID-19 deferral of Act 44 payments Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission	Other
Jan. 3, 2021	Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-071	American Samoa (unincorporated territory) - Governor Territorial	Declaration of Ongoing Public Health and State of Emergency (COVID-19), January 3, 2021 Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 3, 2021	Ex. MN-034	Minnesota State	Emergency Executive Order 20-104 Governor Tim Walz	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirement
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-113	New York - Governor (Executive Order) implementing the Department of Health's vaccine program State	Executive Order No. 202.88, Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency Andrew M. Cuomo, Governor of the State of New York	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chain
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-035	Mescalero Apache Tribe (New Mexico) - tribal government Tribal	Executive Order 20-16 President Gabe Aguilar, Mescalero Apache Tribe	Capacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. CO-038	Colorado Sector regulator	Fourth Amended Public Health Order 20-36 CDPHE, Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. IN-051	Indiana State	Executive Order 20-53 Governor Eric J. Holcomb	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. KY-037	Kentucky State	Executive Order 2020-1041 Governor Andy Beshear	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. MET-HOU-030	Harris County, Texas County	Amended Order by the County Judge of Harris County (Temporarily controlling the occupancy of a premises) County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Courts and public offices
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. MET-IND-039	Marion County, Indiana County	Public Health Order 39-2020 MCPHD, Virginia A. Caine, M.D.	Capacity limitSchools and child care
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. MET-IND-041	Marion County, Indiana County	Public Health Order 41-2020 MCPHD, Virginia A. Caine, M.D.	Capacity limitSchools and child care
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. MET-PHX-039	City of Tucson, Arizona (Sun Tran, Sun Link, Sun Van, Sun Shuttle) Sector regulator	Face Coverings Required on Transit Vehicles (City ordinance approved Jan. 4, 2021; Mayor's proclamation) Tucson Mayor and Council (Jan. 4, 2021 transit safety ordinance) and Mayor Regina Romero (proclamation), as posted by Sun Tran	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. MET-SAC-059	Sacramento County, California Court	News release of Dec. 14, 2020 on the Amended Standing Order Regarding Criminal Trials and Pretrial Assignments (orders of Dec. 8 and Dec. 11, 2020; changes effective Jan. 4, 2021) Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)	Courts and public offices
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. MET-STL-064	St. Louis County, Missouri County	Food Establishment and Bar Operating Guidelines (effective January 4, 2021) St. Louis County Department of Public Health	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules
Jan. 4, 2021	Ex. MET-STL-104	St. Louis County, Missouri County	Amended Safer At Home Order (effective January 4, 2021) St. Louis County Department of Public Health	Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Jan. 5, 2021	Ex. AR-025	Arkansas Court	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 1 (per curiam) Supreme Court of Arkansas	Courts and public offices
Jan. 5, 2021	Ex. CA-026	California State	State Public Health Officer Order of January 5, 2021 (Hospital Surge) State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon	Health care orders
Jan. 5, 2021	Ex. DC-047	District of Columbia Sector regulator	DC Health, Updated Phase Two Construction Sites Guidance (January 5, 2021) DC Health	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Jan. 5, 2021	Ex. IL-058	Illinois Sector regulator	Secretary of State release (Jan. 4, 2021) Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
Jan. 5, 2021	Ex. MET-BOS-016	City of Boston, Massachusetts City	City of Boston announcement extending the modified Phase 2 Step 2 restrictions for at least three more weeks Mayor Martin J. Walsh (announcing continuation of the BPHC order of Dec. 14, 2020)	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars
Jan. 5, 2021	Ex. TX-028	Texas State	Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declaration Governor Greg Abbott	Emergency declaration
Jan. 6, 2021	Ex. CA-068	California State	Travel Advisory (updated January 6, 2021) California Department of Public Health	Travel and quarantine
Jan. 6, 2021	Ex. MT-070	Cascade County (Great Falls), Montana County	Board of Health Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2021 (continuing the Board's Oct. 28, 2020 Order and the Health Officer's Nov. 20, 2020 Order) Cascade City-County Board of Health (record of Board action; Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer)	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hours
Jan. 6, 2021	Ex. OH-102	Ohio State	Sixth Amended Director's Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health	Health care orders
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. AZ-073	Navajo Nation Tribal	Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-001 Navajo Department of Health	Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hours
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. MA-041	Massachusetts State	COVID-19 Order No. 60 Governor Charles D. Baker	Capacity limitGathering cap
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. MET-MSP-035	City of Saint Paul City	Emergency Executive Order 2021-3 Mayor Melvin Carter III	Other
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. MET-TPA-013	Hillsborough County, Florida County	Order of the County Administrator Extending the State of Local Emergency (Extension #43) County Administrator Bonnie M. Wise under Ordinance 20-15	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. MT-054	Yellowstone County, Montana County	Order of Health Officer January 7, 2021 (rescinding all prior local public health officer orders) John Felton, Local Public Health Officer, City-County of Yellowstone	Other
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. ND-071	North Dakota State	Executive Order 2021-01 Governor Doug Burgum	Courts and public officesOther
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. NE-063	Nebraska Sector regulator	Executive Order 21-01 Governor Pete Ricketts	Health care ordersVaccination or testing
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. SD-028	South Dakota State	Executive Order 2021-01 Governor Kristi Noem	Other
Jan. 7, 2021	Ex. SEC-04-075	Ohio State	Sixth Amended Director's Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions Director of Health, Ohio Department of Health	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-015	United States (Federal Railroad Administration) Federal	Notice, 86 Fed. Reg. 1573 (Jan. 8, 2021), Docket FRA-2021-0001 Federal Railroad Administration	Emergency declarationOther
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-032	United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary) Federal	Order 2021-1-2, Order to Show Cause, Docket DOT-OST-2020-0037 (served Jan. 8, 2021) U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary	Travel and quarantineOther
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-060	Washington State Department of Health (State agency) Sector regulator	Emergency rule WSR 21-03-012, readopting WAC 246-358-002 Washington State Department of Health	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-061	Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (State agency) Sector regulator	Emergency rule WSR 21-03-013, readopting WAC 296-307-16102 Washington State Department of Labor and Industries	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-059	Washington; Department of Labor and Industries with the Department of Health Sector regulator	Emergency rule WAC 296-307-16102 readoption, CR-103E Rule-making Order AO21-01 (adopted Jan. 8, 2021) Department of Labor and Industries	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-020	Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - Governor Territorial	Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2021-010 Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. DE-034	Delaware State	Fifth Revision to the Twenty-Seventh Modification (Omnibus Modification) Governor John C. Carney	Stay-at-homeCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. IA-034	Iowa State	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to February 6, 2021) Governor Kim Reynolds	Emergency declarationTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. IL-079	Illinois State	Executive Order 2021-01 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 71) Governor JB Pritzker	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOther
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. MET-MSY-018	City of New Orleans, Louisiana City	City of New Orleans Health Department Guidelines for COVID-19 Reopening: Modified Phase One, January 6, 2021 New Orleans Health Department under the May 15, 2020 Mayoral Proclamation	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. NC-024	North Carolina State	Executive Order No. 188 Governor Roy Cooper	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. ND-072	North Dakota State	Executive Order 2020-43.4 Governor Doug Burgum	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. NM-048	New Mexico State	Executive Order 2021-001 Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham	Emergency declaration
Jan. 8, 2021	Ex. SEC-20-034	Washington State	Emergency rule WSR 21-03-012, chapter 246-358 WAC Department of Health (with Department of Labor and Industries)	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 9, 2021	Ex. WY-041	Wyoming State	Nineteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2 Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Jan. 10, 2021	Ex. MN-035	Minnesota State	Emergency Executive Order 21-01 Governor Tim Walz	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Jan. 10, 2021	Ex. SD-043	South Dakota Court	COVID-19 Response: orders currently approved (index, January 2021 version) South Dakota Unified Judicial System	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-100	Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department) State	Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Testing of State of Michigan Nursing Home Inspectors (LARA) Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS	Travel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. DC-020	District of Columbia State	Mayor's Order 2021-004 Mayor Muriel Bowser	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limit
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. ECO-C-060	United States (D. Ariz.) Court	General Order 21-02 (supersedes General Order 20-40) U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (Chief Judge G. Murray Snow)	Courts and public offices
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. LA-064	Louisiana Court	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of January 11, 2021 Supreme Court of Louisiana	Capacity limitCourts and public offices
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. MET-DEN-009	City and County of Denver, Colorado City	Public Health Order upon Denver's return to Level Orange: prohibiting spectators at non-professional sporting events, prohibiting league sports, and setting an alcohol cut-off (replaces the Dec. 1, 2020 order) Executive Director, DDPHE (Robert M. McDonald)	Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. MET-DEN-040	City and County of Denver, Colorado City	Same instrument as Ex. MET-DEN-009 as posted in Denver's public-orders folder ('ddphe-pho-36-level-orange-1.12.2021') Executive Director, DDPHE	Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. MET-ORL-042	Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Orange and Osceola Counties) Court	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-06 Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. NE-064	Nebraska (all public bodies) State	Executive Order 21-02 Governor Pete Ricketts	Gathering capCourts and public offices
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. NJ-041	New Jersey State	Executive Order No. 214 (2021) Governor Philip D. Murphy	Schools and child careOther
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. SC-065	South Carolina Court	Order re In-Person Proceedings in Circuit, Family, Probate, and Master-in-Equity (2021-01-06-01; as amended Jan. 8, 2021, 2021-01-08-01) Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty	Courts and public offices
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. WA-056	Washington State	Proclamation 20-25.12 Governor Jay Inslee	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. WA-104	Washington State	Eating and Drinking Establishments COVID-19 Requirements (Phases 1-3; archived version updated June 2, 2021) Governor Jay Inslee (Office of the Governor), requirements incorporated by reference in Proclamation 20-25 et seq.	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. WA-107	Washington State	Indoor Entertainment COVID-19 Requirements (Phases 1-3; archived version updated June 2, 2021; changes February 18 and March 24, 2021) Governor Jay Inslee (Office of the Governor), requirements incorporated by reference in Proclamation 20-25 et seq.	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Jan. 11, 2021	Ex. WV-056	West Virginia State	Executive Order 2-21 Governor Jim Justice	Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues
Jan. 12, 2021	Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-088	United States; Small Business Administration with the Department of the Treasury (federal) Federal	Interim final rule, Business Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loans, 86 Fed. Reg. 3712 (Jan. 14, 2021) (RIN 3245-AH63) Small Business Administration in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury	Other
Jan. 12, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-053	Washington; Department of Labor and Industries Sector regulator	Emergency rule WAC 296-800-14035, CR-103E Rule-making Order AO21-02 (adopted Jan. 12, 2021) implementing Proclamation 20-25.12 (Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery) Department of Labor and Industries	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Jan. 12, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063	All U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory for the February 2021 bar examination Court	February 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction (table last updated Jan. 12, 2021): Feb. 23-24, 2021 examination administered remotely in 41 jurisdictions (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WI and LA on Feb. 9), with the courts' order dates in the announcements National Conference of Bar Examiners	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther
Jan. 12, 2021	Ex. MET-CLT-005	Mecklenburg County County	Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive To Protect Mecklenburg County Residents From COVID-19 Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Public Health Director	Stay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 12, 2021	Ex. MET-LAS-016	Clark County, Nevada (Eighth Judicial District) Court	Administrative Order 21-01 (Extending the 'Pause' in Response to COVID-19) Chief Judge Linda Marie Bell and Chief Justice James W. Hardesty	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Jan. 12, 2021	Ex. MET-MSY-044	Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans; First and Second City Courts Court	COVID 19 Order 2021 - January 12 Chief Judges of the Civil District Court and the First and Second City Courts	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-056	New York Convention Center Operating Corporation (Javits Center), New York State	Minutes of the Board of Directors meeting of January 27, 2021 (approved Mar. 10, 2021) Board of Directors of the New York Convention Center Operating Corporation	Business closureHealth care ordersEvents and venues
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. LA-026	Louisiana State	Proclamation 6 JBE 2021 Governor John Bel Edwards	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. MET-BAL-069	Anne Arundel County, Maryland County	Executive Order No. 41, Restating, Revising and Clarifying Certain Restrictions County Executive Steuart Pittman	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. MET-KC-020	Kansas City, Missouri City	Twelfth Amended Order 20-01 Mayor Quinton Lucas	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. MET-MKE-017	Dane County and City of Madison, Wisconsin County	Emergency Order #12 Janel Heinrich, Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. MET-SAC-010	Sacramento County, California County	Order of the Health Officer, Jan. 13, 2021 (exit from Regional Stay at Home; Purple Tier 1) Sacramento County Public Health Officer (Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS)	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursEvents and venues
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. MT-019	Montana State	Executive Order No. 2-2021 Governor Greg Gianforte	Emergency declaration
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. OK-035	Oklahoma State	Ninth Amended Executive Order 2020-20 Governor J. Kevin Stitt	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. OK-068	Tulsa, Oklahoma City	Ordinance No. 24516 Tulsa City Council (adopted Jan. 13, 2021) and Mayor G.T. Bynum	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Jan. 13, 2021	Ex. OK-069	Tulsa, Oklahoma City	Ordinance No. 24517 Tulsa City Council (adopted Jan. 13, 2021) and Mayor G.T. Bynum	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther
Jan. 14, 2021	Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-056	Department of Defense (all Components; contractor populations; DIB) Federal	Department of Defense COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution Policy (Jan. 14, 2021) Deputy Secretary of Defense	Vaccination or testingSupply chain
Jan. 14, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-021	New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department) State	Memorandum: COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Expansion to Phase 1B Persons Aged 65 and Older and to Phase 1B Persons Aged 16 and Older with a High-Risk Chronic Medical Condition Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	Health care ordersVaccination or testing
Jan. 14, 2021	Ex. MET-KC-040	Jackson County, Missouri (except Kansas City and Independence) County	Amended Order (Jan. 13, 2021) County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Jan. 14, 2021	Ex. MT-039	Montana State	Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 by modifying state laws to address the consequences of COVID (Jan. 14, 2021) Governor Greg Gianforte	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesSupply chainOther
Jan. 14, 2021	Ex. RI-033	Rhode Island State	Executive Order 21-04 Governor Gina M. Raimondo	Schools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Jan. 14, 2021	Ex. TX-062	Texas Court	Thirty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9004 Supreme Court of Texas	Gathering capCourts and public offices
Jan. 15, 2021	Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-033	United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary) Federal	Order 2021-1-5, Final Order, Docket DOT-OST-2020-0037 (served Jan. 15, 2021) U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary	Travel and quarantineOther
Jan. 15, 2021	Ex. AK-026	Alaska State	Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency Governor Mike Dunleavy	Emergency declaration

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