The States

Kentucky

Name: Kentucky: governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The Kentucky file holds 73 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 72 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 208 records in the Library resolve to Kentucky in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code KYFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. KY-003End of general restrictions June 11, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 20Primary source read 72 Confirmed from a secondary source 1

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The record in brief

Kentucky's regime was statewide, executive-branch driven and dense from March 16, 2020 through June 11, 2021, and it was re-tightened twice (July-August 2020 and November 20-December 13, 2020). The predicate is Executive Order 2020-215 (March 6, 2020), declared under KRS Chapter 39A, ratified by the General Assembly in 2020 SB 150 (Acts ch. 73, March 30, 2020), upheld by the Supreme Court of Kentucky in Beshear v. Acree (Nov. 12, 2020), extended by 2021 HJR 77 (March 30, 2021) and by 2021 Special Session HJR 1 (Sept. 7, 2021) through January 15, 2022. 2020 Q2 (with the March 13-31 run-up): the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) closed dine-in food and beverage service at 5 p.m. March 16 (KY-003), closed all public-facing businesses that encourage congregation at 5 p.m. March 18 (KY-004), prohibited all mass gatherings on March 19 (KY-006); the Governor directed state agencies to conduct business remotely and suspended in-person-appearance statutes (EO 2020-243, KY-005), closed all non-life-sustaining in-person retail at 8 p.m. March 23 (EO 2020-246, KY-008), ordered every non-life-sustaining business to cease operations at 8 p.m. March 26 (EO 2020-257, Healthy at Home, KY-010, construed 'broadly to prohibit in-person work that is not necessary to protect or sustain life', with professional-services firms required to implement telecommuting 'to the fullest extent possible'), suspended in-person government services and evictions (same order), instructed residents not to travel out of state and imposed 14-day quarantines on return (EO 2020-258, KY-011; extended to inbound travelers by EO 2020-266, KY-013), limited life-sustaining retail to one adult shopper per household (EO 2020-275, KY-014), and CHFS ordered all non-emergent, non-urgent medical, surgical and dental care to cease as of March 18 (KY-009). Reopening (Healthy at Work) began with health care on April 27 (KY-015), then EO 2020-323 (May 8, KY-017) reopened manufacturing, construction, dealerships and offices (50 percent of employees) on May 11 under mandatory CHFS 'Requirements' (KY-019, KY-065, KY-066), retail at 33 percent on May 20 (KY-064), restaurants at 33 percent on May 22, salons on May 25, gyms and theaters at 33 percent on June 1 (KY-069), child care in groups of ten on June 15 (KY-070), and on June 29 CHFS raised restaurants, bars and venues to 50 percent (KY-021). The travel orders were replaced on May 6 by a quarantine request (EO 2020-315, KY-016). 2020 Q3: the statewide face-covering mandate took effect at 5 p.m. July 10 (EO 2020-586, KY-022) and was renewed every thirty days through June 11, 2021 (KY-028, KY-030, KY-031, KY-036, KY-038, KY-039, KY-043, KY-045, KY-047); CHFS cut social gatherings to ten people on July 20 (KY-023), issued a 14-day quarantine travel advisory (KY-024), closed bars and cut restaurants to 25 percent indoors on July 28 (KY-025, KY-072), and reopened them at 50 percent with a 10 p.m. last call and 11 p.m. close on August 11 (KY-026, KY-073). Health-care visitor limits, screening, masking and 30 percent reserved hospital capacity continued under the September 10, 2020 CHFS order (KY-029). The Supreme Court of Kentucky stayed every injunction against these orders on July 17, 2020 and sustained them on November 12, 2020 (KY-032). 2020 Q4: the winter re-tightening (EO 2020-968, KY-033) closed indoor dining, capped gyms at 33 percent, venues at 25 people per room and offices at 33 percent with a telework mandate from 5 p.m. November 20 through 11:59 p.m. December 13, and EO 2020-969 (KY-034) put every K-12 school in remote instruction from November 23 (middle and high schools through January 4, 2021); indoor dining resumed December 14 at 50 percent with an 11 p.m. service cutoff and midnight closing; the courts postponed jury trials to February 1, 2021 and required facial coverings in court facilities (KY-035, KY-063). 2021 Q1: masks, 50 percent capacity and the office telework rule continued; the General Assembly enacted HB 1, SB 1 and SB 2 over vetoes on February 2, 2021 (KY-040, KY-041), the Franklin Circuit Court enjoined them in March, HJR 77 (March 30, KY-046) ratified EO 2020-215 for 90 days and terminated every other unlisted order (also enjoined), capacity rose to 60 percent for eighteen industries on March 1 (KY-018 is the April 19, 2021 minimum requirements carrying the 60 percent and telework rules), and schools were ordered to in-person instruction by March 1 with universal masking (EO 2021-120, KY-042). 2021 Q2: 75 percent capacity from May 28; vaccinated persons exempt from masks from May 13 (EO 2021-326, KY-048); EO 2021-386 (June 11, 1 p.m., KY-049) rescinded the Healthy at Home and Healthy at Work orders and every capacity rule, keeping masks in health care, long-term care and public transportation. 2021 Q3: the state of emergency remained in force every day of the quarter; EO 2021-386's residual mask rules ran to September 7; masks were required in all state office buildings from late July; universal masking and a staff vaccination-or-testing rule were imposed in state-run health facilities from August 3 (CHFS announcement); EO 2021-585 (August 10, 4 p.m., KY-052) required masks in every public and private preschool-12 school and child-care setting; the Kentucky Board of Education's 702 KAR 1:195E (filed August 12, KY-053) and CHFS's 902 KAR 2:213E (filed August 12, KY-054) imposed the same rules by regulation; Cameron v. Beshear (August 21, KY-055) directed dissolution of the injunction against the 2021 legislation; HJR 1 (September 7, KY-056) terminated every un-extended executive order and extended EO 2020-215, EO 2020-243's remote-services directives and dozens of cabinet and board orders to January 15, 2022; SB 1 (Acts ch. 4, veto overridden September 9, KY-057) nullified both mask regulations and left masking to districts; the courts' AO 2021-27 and 2021-28 (August 9, KY-058, KY-059) governed court access and jury trials throughout the quarter.

The six quarters

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

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2020: state of emergency (KY-001); dine-in closed (KY-003); public-facing businesses closed (KY-004); mass gatherings prohibited (KY-006); non-life-sustaining retail closed (KY-008); all non-life-sustaining businesses closed and in-person government services suspended (KY-010); elective procedures ceased (KY-009); out-of-state travel barred with 14-day quarantine (KY-011); state services remote (KY-005); courts on emergency footing (KY-002); SB 150 in force (KY-012).	June 30, 2020: emergency continues; Healthy at Work phases in force with mandatory CHFS requirements: manufacturing, construction, offices at 50 percent (KY-017, KY-019, KY-065, KY-066), retail 33 percent (KY-064), restaurants and bars 50 percent from June 29 (KY-021), gyms 33 percent (KY-069), child care groups of ten (KY-070), worship 33 percent (KY-067), gatherings capped at 50; quarantine request for inbound travelers (KY-016); health care under CHFS directives (KY-015, KY-029 bundle).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2020: the June 30 posture above; statewide mask mandate followed on July 10 (KY-022).	Sept. 30, 2020: mask mandate renewed by EO 2020-750 (KY-028); restaurants and bars 50 percent, 10 p.m. last call, 11 p.m. close (KY-026, KY-073); social gatherings capped at 10 (KY-023); travel quarantine advisory (KY-024); health-care visitor, screening, masking and 30 percent capacity rules (KY-029); all Healthy at Work requirements in force; courts under Supreme Court COVID orders.
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Oct. 1, 2020: same as Sept. 30; mask renewed Oct. 6 (KY-030).	Dec. 31, 2020: mask mandate (KY-038); indoor dining 50 percent with 11 p.m. service cutoff and midnight close (Dec. 10 announcement implementing KY-033's expiry); gyms, venues 50 percent; offices 50 percent with telework mandate for all able to work from home; K-12 middle and high schools remote through Jan. 4, 2021 (KY-034); Healthy at School mandatory from Jan. 4 (KY-037); jury trials postponed to Feb. 1, 2021 and facial coverings in court facilities (KY-035, KY-063).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Jan. 1, 2021: same as Dec. 31, 2020.	Mar. 31, 2021: mask mandate (KY-045); 60 percent capacity for bars, restaurants, offices, venues and fourteen other industries since Mar. 1; office telework rule; school masking and in-person recommendation (KY-042); HB 1, SB 1, SB 2 and HJR 77 enacted but enjoined (KY-040, KY-041, KY-046, KY-055 at 3-5); jury trials resume only after May 1 (KY-062).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2021: as Mar. 31; minimum requirements of Apr. 19 carry 60 percent (events of 1,000 or fewer), 50 percent (larger), mandatory masks and telework (KY-018).	June 30, 2021: EO 2021-386 (June 11) has rescinded capacity and general mask rules (KY-049); state of emergency continues; masks required in health care, long-term care and public transportation; courts: masks not required for the vaccinated, jury trials at judge's discretion (KY-050).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2021: state of emergency (KY-001, kept by KY-049 para. 5); masks in health care, long-term care and transit (KY-049 para. 4); court AO 2021-16/17 (KY-050); CHFS testing and health-care directives; HB 1, SB 1, SB 2, HJR 77 enjoined pending appeal.	Sept. 30, 2021: state of emergency extended to Jan. 15, 2022 by HJR 1 (KY-056); EO 2020-243 remote-services directives to state agencies extended by HJR 1 sec. 2(8); cabinet and board orders extended by HJR 1 secs. 3-4; HB 1's least-restrictive rule and SB 1's KRS 39A.090 thirty-day limit operative (KY-040, KY-041, KY-055); school and child-care masking by local board policy after SB 1 (KY-057); court AO 2021-27/28 (KY-058, KY-059); federal transit, CMS and OSHA rules.

The end of general restrictions

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

End of general restrictions

June 11, 2021

2021-06-11 (effective 1:00 p.m.)

Instrument Executive Order 2021-386 (Gov. Beshear, June 11, 2021), rescinding EOs 2020-243, 2020-257, 2020-323, 2020-396, 2020-398, 2020-881, 2020-1041 and 2021-326, all CHFS implementing orders and the Healthy at Work requirements (Ex. KY-049)

What remained in force

The state of emergency under EO 2020-215 (kept 'in place' by EO 2021-386 para. 5 and extended by 2021 SS HJR 1 to January 15, 2022); face coverings required for any person on planes, buses, trains and other public transportation and in transportation hubs, in any health-care setting and in any long-term-care setting (EO 2021-386 para. 4); the Supreme Court of Kentucky's administrative orders on court facilities and proceedings (AO 2021-16/17 to Aug. 9, 2021; AO 2021-27/28 thereafter); CHFS health-care directives and testing orders; the sector boards' and cabinets' orders later ratified by HJR 1; from July 29-30, 2021 masks in all state office buildings; from Aug. 3, 2021 universal masking in state-run health-care facilities; from Aug. 10, 2021 EO 2021-585 (school and child-care masks) and from Aug. 12, 2021 702 KAR 1:195E and 902 KAR 2:213E, all ended by HJR 1 (Sept. 7) and SB 1 (Sept. 9), after which school masking continued district by district and health-care masking under federal rules.

Preemption of local orders

Kentucky did not bar local orders during 2020. The Governor's and CHFS orders expressly delegated to local health departments 'the authority to take all necessary measures to implement this Order' (CHFS orders of Mar. 16, 17 and 19, 2020; EO 2020-257 para. 6), and EO 2020-586 para. 7 'encouraged' local governments to adopt its requirements; local health departments (KRS ch. 212) and the consolidated governments of Louisville and Lexington issued their own instruments. The General Assembly's 2021 legislation is the preemption layer: HB 1 (Acts ch. 3, Feb. 2, 2021) provides that 'No state or local agency shall enforce restrictions related to the state of emergency impacting the ability of the entities listed in this subsection to remain open and fully operational for in-person services that exceed current applicable guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the executive branch, whichever is least restrictive' (sec. 1(1)(c)); SB 1 (Acts ch. 6) added KRS 39A.100(4)-(5) barring 'any governmental entity' from restricting the right to peaceably assemble or to worship in person; both were enjoined by the Franklin Circuit Court from March 2021 until the Supreme Court's Aug. 21, 2021 mandate (Cameron v. Beshear) and were therefore operative for the balance of Q3 2021. 2021 SS SB 1 (Acts ch. 4, Sept. 9, 2021) nullified the statewide school and child-care mask regulations and vested masking decisions in local school boards, so local school-district mask policies, not State orders, governed from Sept. 10, 2021.

Third quarter of 2021

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

In force (14)

KY-001 EO 2020-215 state of emergency (every day of the quarter; extended to Jan. 15, 2022 by KY-056)
KY-049 EO 2021-386 para. 4 masks in health care, long-term care and public transportation (July 1 - Sept. 7, 2021)
Masks required for all employees and visitors in all state office buildings regardless of vaccination status (Governor's direction announced July 29, 2021; verified_secondary)
Universal masking in all state-run health-care facilities from Aug. 3, 2021 and vaccination by Oct. 1, 2021 or twice-weekly testing for staff and contractors in state-operated facilities (CHFS, announced Aug. 2, 2021; verified_secondary)
KY-052 EO 2021-585 masks in all public and private preschool-12 schools and child-care settings (4 p.m. Aug. 10 - Sept. 7, 2021)
KY-053 702 KAR 1:195E face coverings in public school facilities (filed Aug. 12 - nullified Sept. 9, 2021 by KY-057)
KY-054 902 KAR 2:213E face coverings in child-care centers (filed Aug. 12 - nullified Sept. 9, 2021 by KY-057)
KY-050 AO 2021-16 and AO 2021-17 (court facilities and proceedings; July 1 - Aug. 9, 2021)
KY-058 AO 2021-27 and KY-059 AO 2021-28 (Aug. 9, 2021 onward: remote proceedings encouraged, judges may require masks and limit courtroom numbers, jury trials conditioned, eviction cases held in abeyance 14 days after initial hearing)
KY-056 HJR 1 (Sept. 7, 2021 onward): EO 2020-215; EO 2020-243 (state agencies to provide services by mail, Internet, phone or video and extend licenses and deadlines); EO 2020-220, 2020-265, 2020-266 (in part), 2020-277, 2021-665, 2021-666; CHFS orders of July 8, Aug. 8 and Aug. 18, 2021; Department of Insurance order of Mar. 18, 2020; DFI guidance; Board of Dentistry order of Apr. 17, 2020; Board of Barbering order; Board of Nursing memoranda; Labor Cabinet UI orders; 201 KAR 8:505E; 2020 SB 150 provisions (KY-012) to Jan. 15, 2022
KY-040 HB 1 (least-restrictive-guidance rule) and KY-041 SB 1 (KRS 39A.090 thirty-day limit) operative after KY-055 (Aug. 21, 2021)
KY-057 2021 SS SB 1 (Sept. 9, 2021): districts adopt own masking, quarantine and test-to-stay policies; remote-instruction days authorized
KY-061 2021 SS SB 2 (Sept. 9, 2021): long-term-care visitation, monoclonal antibody centers, paramedic staffing flexibility
Local: Louisville Metro, Lexington-Fayette and Northern Kentucky instruments

Sector chronology

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

Restaurants and bars

Dine-in and on-premises alcohol closed 5 p.m. Mar. 16, 2020 (KY-003); carryout alcohol permitted Mar. 19 (KY-007) and by SB 150 sec. 1(7) (KY-012); reopened May 22, 2020 at 33 percent plus outdoor; 50 percent June 29 (KY-021); bars closed and restaurants 25 percent indoors July 28-Aug. 10 (KY-025, KY-072); 50 percent with 10 p.m. last call and 11 p.m. close from Aug. 11 (KY-026, KY-073); indoor service closed 5 p.m. Nov. 20-Dec. 13, 2020 (KY-033 para. 4); 50 percent, 11 p.m. cutoff, midnight close from Dec. 14; 60 percent Mar. 1, 2021; 75 percent May 28; unrestricted June 11, 2021 (KY-049).

Retail

Non-life-sustaining in-person retail closed 8 p.m. Mar. 23, 2020, curbside and delivery only (KY-008 with its NAICS list: showrooms closed, clothing, furniture, sporting goods, florists, jewelry closed); one adult per household in life-sustaining stores from Apr. 8 (KY-014); reopened May 20, 2020 at 33 percent (KY-064); masks for customers from July 10 (KY-022); 50 percent Dec. 14, 2020; 60 percent Mar. 1, 2021; 75 percent May 28; unrestricted June 11, 2021.

Personal care

Salons, spas, nail salons closed 5 p.m. Mar. 18, 2020 (KY-004); reopened May 25, 2020 at 33 percent by appointment; 50 percent from July 10 under v3.0 requirements (KY-071); masks throughout; unrestricted June 11, 2021.

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms, theaters, concert venues, sporting facilities closed 5 p.m. Mar. 18, 2020 (KY-004); gyms and theaters reopened June 1, 2020 at 33 percent (KY-069); venues 50 percent June 29 (KY-021); gyms 33 percent and venues 25 people per room Nov. 20-Dec. 13, 2020 with group classes prohibited (KY-033 paras. 6-7); 50 percent Dec. 14; 60 percent Mar. 1, 2021; 75 percent May 28; unrestricted June 11, 2021.

Hotels and short-term rentals

Hotels and motels permitted 'to the extent used for lodging and delivery or carry-out food services' (EO 2020-257 para. 1(r)); meeting, banquet and event space closed as venues until June 29, 2020 (50 percent), 25 people per room Nov. 20-Dec. 13, 2020, 50 percent Dec. 14, 60 percent Mar. 1, 2021, 75 percent May 28, unrestricted June 11, 2021; inbound-traveler quarantine order Apr. 3-May 6, 2020 (KY-013) then request (KY-016) and advisory (KY-024).

Offices and telework

EO 2020-257 para. 1(o): 'Professional services firms must implement telecommuting and remote work to the fullest extent possible, and should only use in-person interaction to support Minimum Basic Operations or where telecommuting is impossible' (Mar. 26, 2020); EO 2020-323 reopened offices May 11, 2020 at 50 percent of in-person employees (KY-017 para. 2(f)) with the CHFS requirement that 'Employees who are currently able to perform their job duties via telework should continue to telework' and 'no more than 50% of employees are physically present in the office on any given day' (KY-019); Nov. 20-Dec. 13, 2020: 'All professional services and other office-based businesses must mandate that all employees who are able to work from home do so, and close their businesses to the public when possible. Any office that remains open must ensure that no more than 33% of employees are physically present in the office any given day' (KY-033 para. 8); 50 percent with the work-from-home mandate from Dec. 14; 60 percent Mar. 1, 2021; minimum requirements of Apr. 19, 2021: 'Employees able to perform their job duties via telework (phone or internet) should do so as much as possible' (KY-018); rescinded June 11, 2021.

Manufacturing

Critical-product manufacturing permitted under EO 2020-257 para. 1(p); all other manufacturing ceased Mar. 26 and reopened May 11, 2020 under EO 2020-323 para. 2(a) (KY-017) and the Manufacturing, Distribution and Supply Chain requirements v1.2 (KY-065); rescinded June 11, 2021.

Construction

Designated life-sustaining and permitted to continue under EO 2020-257 para. 1(h) (KY-010) subject to social distancing; from May 11, 2020 subject to the mandatory Construction requirements v1.1 (KY-066) and minimum requirements; rescinded June 11, 2021.

Real estate

Real-estate, appraisal and title services classed as professional services permitted only with telecommuting to the fullest extent possible (EO 2020-257 para. 1(o)); Real Estate Authority orders ratified by HJR 77; residential evictions suspended Mar. 26-Aug. 24, 2020 (KY-010 para. 5, KY-017 para. 7, KY-027) with 30-day notice and meet-and-confer rules thereafter; court eviction dockets suspended (KY-002) and later held in abeyance (KY-059); offices at 50 percent from May 11, 2020 (KY-019).

Hospitals and long-term care

Elective procedures ceased Mar. 18, 2020 (KY-009); phased resumption Apr. 27-May 27 with 'at least 30% bed capacity' reserved and pre-procedure testing (KY-029); visitor bans then one visitor per patient (KY-029 para. 15-16); long-term-care visitation under CHFS guidance and CMS; universal masking in state-run health facilities and staff vaccination-or-testing from Aug. 3, 2021; masks in health-care and long-term-care settings required by EO 2021-326 and EO 2021-386 through Sept. 7, 2021; SB 2 (KY-061) long-term-care visitation rights from Sept. 9, 2021.

Dental and elective health care

All non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other health-care practice ceased close of business Mar. 18, 2020 (KY-009); outpatient services, clinics, PT, optometry and dental offices (with enhanced aerosol protections) resumed Apr. 27 (KY-015); outpatient surgery May 6; inpatient surgery 50 percent May 13 and full volume May 27 (KY-029 bundle); waiting rooms eliminated, screening, universal masking, 14-day PPE supply and visitor limits continued under the Sept. 10, 2020 order (KY-029); Board of Dentistry order of Apr. 17, 2020 ratified through Jan. 15, 2022 (KY-046, KY-056).

Schools

In-person classes ceased by recommendation Mar. 16, 2020 and remained closed through the 2019-20 year; KDE Healthy at School guidance; all K-12 schools ordered remote from Nov. 23, 2020, middle and high schools through Jan. 4, 2021, elementary reopening Dec. 7 outside red counties (KY-034); Healthy at School expectations mandatory from Jan. 4, 2021 with virtual options and high-risk staff accommodations (KY-037); in-person instruction by Mar. 1, 2021 with universal masking (KY-042); masks in all schools Aug. 10, 2021 (KY-052) and 702 KAR 1:195E Aug. 12 (KY-053); nullified by SB 1 Sept. 9, 2021 (KY-057), which authorizes district masking, quarantine and test-to-stay policies and remote days.

Child care

Centers ordered closed by Mar. 20, 2020 (CHFS directive; recited in Governor's release of Mar. 17); reopened June 15, 2020 with a maximum group size of ten (KY-070); regular group sizes restored Mar. 15, 2021; masks for all staff, visitors and children age two and older from Aug. 10, 2021 (KY-052) and 902 KAR 2:213E Aug. 12 (KY-054); nullified Sept. 9, 2021 (KY-057).

Worship and gatherings

All mass gatherings prohibited Mar. 19, 2020 (KY-006, faith-based events named); in-person worship resumed May 20, 2020 at 33 percent (KY-067); gatherings of 10 from May 22, 50 from June 29, back to 10 on July 20 (KY-023); indoor social gatherings capped at 8 people from 2 households Nov. 20-Dec. 13, 2020 (KY-033 para. 5); worship exempt from the 25-person venue cap; caps lifted June 11, 2021; SB 1 (KY-041) bars restrictions on in-person worship from Aug. 21, 2021.

Courts and public offices

Supreme Court AO 2020-08 cancelled in-person civil and criminal dockets Mar. 16-Apr. 10, 2020 (KY-002); all in-person government services suspended Mar. 26 (KY-010 para. 7), state offices reopened May 18, 2020 at 33 percent (KY-068); driver-licensing offices closed Mar. 18, 2020 with 90-day license extensions and remote renewals (KY-020); jury trials postponed to Feb. 1, 2021 and facial coverings in court facilities from Nov. 30, 2020 (KY-035, KY-063); jury trials resume after May 1, 2021 (KY-062); vaccinated exempt May 18, 2021 (KY-050); Aug. 9, 2021 orders (KY-058, KY-059); state agencies' remote-services directive extended to Jan. 15, 2022 (KY-056 sec. 2(8)).

Travel and quarantine

Residents 'instructed not to travel into any other state' except for work, supplies, care or court order, with 14-day self-quarantine on return (EO 2020-258, Mar. 30, 2020, KY-011); inbound out-of-state residents restricted and quarantined Apr. 3 (KY-013); replaced May 6 by a 14-day quarantine request and entry bar on COVID-positive persons (KY-016); travel ban 'expiring' May 22, 2020; 14-day quarantine advisory for travel to states above 15 percent positivity July 20, 2020 (KY-024); state-employee out-of-state travel suspended Mar. 13, 2020.

Face coverings

Employees masked under Healthy at Work from May 11, 2020; public mandate 5 p.m. July 10, 2020 (EO 2020-586, KY-022) renewed by EOs 2020-651 (Aug. 8), 2020-750 (Sept. 4), 2020-856 (Oct. 6), 2020-931 (Nov. 4), 2020-996 (Dec. 3), 2020-1056 (Dec. 29), 2021-070 (Jan. 30), 2021-134 (Feb. 26), 2021-212 (Mar. 29), 2021-312 (May 6); vaccinated exempt 5 p.m. May 13, 2021 (KY-048); general mandate ended 1 p.m. June 11, 2021 with health-care, long-term-care and transit masks kept (KY-049); state office buildings July 29, 2021; schools and child care Aug. 10-Sept. 9, 2021 (KY-052, KY-053, KY-054); court facilities Nov. 30, 2020-May 18, 2021 (KY-063, KY-050).

Vaccination mandates

No statewide health-care-worker or State-employee vaccination mandate; CHFS required staff and contractors in state-operated health-care facilities to be vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021 or tested at least twice weekly (announced Aug. 2, 2021; verified_secondary); 2021 SS SB 2 (KY-061) directs vaccine promotion and creates a single vaccination permitting form.

Standing duties

The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of Kentucky that stood before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. They are the reason nothing an employer did under the orders was voluntary. Read the Kentucky duties →

Kentucky law imposed, throughout the six quarters, five standing duties that made the pandemic protocols compulsory for every employer and every operator of premises open to the public. First, the communicable-disease statutes commanded the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to act: KRS 214.020, in the text in force from March 6, 2020 to February 1, 2021, provided that when the Cabinet 'believes that there is a probability that any infectious or contagious disease will invade this state, it shall take such action and adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as it deems efficient in preventing the introduction or spread' of the disease and 'shall establish and strictly maintain quarantine and isolation at such places as it deems proper' (Ex. DUT-KY-009 sec. 22 (prior text in brackets); Ex. KY-032 at 82 n.61); KRS 211.180(1) directed the Cabinet to 'enforce the administrative regulations promulgated by the secretary' for the 'Detection, prevention, and control of communicable diseases' (Ex. DUT-KY-003); KRS 211.025 made it the Cabinet's duty to 'enforce all public health laws' and 'do all other things reasonably necessary to protect and improve the health of the people' (quoted in Ex. KY-032 at 82 n.62). The Cabinet's standing control regulations turned those commands on persons and premises: 902 KAR 2:050 requires the local health department or the Cabinet, whenever a person 'has been implicated as a possible reservoir or possible source of infection of any communicable disease,' to 'employ such measures as are necessary to secure adequate isolation, restriction of employment or other control procedures,' and, for implicated property, 'adequate cleaning, disinfection, or other control procedures necessary to insure cessation of transmission' (Ex. DUT-KY-006 secs. 1-2); 902 KAR 2:030 requires local health departments to inspect premises 'in a condition conducive to the spread of any communicable disease,' to 'Establish and maintain quarantine, isolation or other measures as required by law' and to 'Introduce such other measures... as are necessary because of widespread infection or threatened epidemic' (Ex. DUT-KY-020 sec. 1). Local health departments held the statutory power to 'Issue written orders directed to the owner or occupant of any property, or to any person, firm, or corporation whatever, commanding... compliance with applicable public health laws of this state and all regulations of the Cabinet' and to seek mandatory or prohibitory injunctions (KRS 212.245(5)-(6), Ex. DUT-KY-005), and Louisville's health department used that power to close businesses in the first weeks (Ex. MET-SDF-027). Failure to comply with a Cabinet regulation or order is an offense for every day of noncompliance (KRS 211.990(2), Ex. DUT-KY-004); violation of a local board's regulation carries a fine for each day (KRS 212.990(2), Ex. DUT-KY-016); willful violation of a Cabinet regulation under KRS 214.020 is a Class B misdemeanor (KRS 214.990(2) as amended February 2, 2021, Ex. DUT-KY-002). Second, the emergency-management chapter gave every order 'the full force of law' (KRS 39A.180(2), Ex. DUT-KY-007; the 2020 text quoted in Ex. KY-032 at 57) and directed 'The law enforcement authorities of the state and of its counties, urban-counties, charter counties, and cities' to 'enforce the written orders and administrative regulations issued pursuant to KRS Chapters 39A to 39F' (KRS 39A.180(4)); violation of any order under the chapter was a Class A misdemeanor (up to twelve months and $500, KRS 532.090(1), 534.040(2)(a)) until 2021 Senate Bill 1 substituted fines of $100 and $250 effective February 2, 2021 (KRS 39A.990, Ex. DUT-KY-008; the struck words 'guilty of a Class A misdemeanor' appear in Ex. KY-041 sec. 6), and Senate Bill 1 was itself enjoined from March 3 to August 21, 2021 (Exs. KY-041, KY-055). The Cabinet's own emergency regulation of August 7, 2020 made the business the enforcer: 'Any owner, operator, or employer of a business or other public-facing entity who violates this administrative regulation by permitting an individual on the premises who is not wearing a face covering... shall be fined... The business may also be subject to an order requiring immediate closure,' with enforcement by 'the Labor Cabinet, the Department for Public Health, another state regulatory agency, and each local health department' (902 KAR 2:210E sec. 3, Ex. DUT-KY-018; its predecessor 902 KAR 2:190E is quoted in Ex. KY-032 at 84-85). Third, Kentucky's own occupational safety and health act, a federally approved State plan, bound every employer to 'furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm' and to 'comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter' (KRS 338.031(1), Ex. DUT-KY-010), on pain of civil penalties of up to $7,000 per serious violation and $70,000 per willful or repeated violation (KRS 338.991, Ex. DUT-KY-011); the Kentucky standards board adopted the federal general-industry standards by reference (803 KAR 2:300, Ex. DUT-KY-013; Subparts I and J through 803 KAR 2:308 and 2:309) and, on July 20, 2021, adopted OSHA's COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard for every covered Kentucky employer: 'an employer shall comply with 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, Subpart U' (803 KAR 2:330E sec. 2, Ex. DUT-KY-012). The Healthy at Work regime wrote the Labor Cabinet into enforcement: the requirements documents told restaurants and bars that those 'who fail to follow these requirements of the Executive Order will be subject to a fine and may also be subject to an order from a local health department or the Labor Cabinet requiring immediate closure' (Ex. KY-073), and every entity that failed to comply 'can be reported to KYSAFER at 833-KYSAFER or kysafer.ky.gov' (Ex. KY-018; Ex. DUT-KY-019). Fourth, the General Assembly's 2021 liability shield protected only the compliant: 'an owner who follows any executive action to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 declared emergency' does not 'Assume responsibility, or incur liability, for any alleged injury, loss, or damage to persons or property arising from a COVID-19 claim,' where 'Executive action' means 'All orders and guidelines related to a COVID-19 declared emergency issued by the Governor or any state agency, the President of the United States or any federal agency, or a local governmental agency' and 'Industry-specific guidelines... adopted by a state agency that govern the industry' (2021 SB 5, Acts ch. 205, sec. 1(1)(d), (2), law April 11, 2021, retroactive to March 6, 2020, Ex. DUT-KY-014). Fifth, the Kentucky Food Code kept every retail food establishment under a permit that 'shall be suspended immediately upon notice to the permit holder without a hearing if... The cabinet has reason to believe that an imminent public health hazard exists' (902 KAR 45:005 sec. 7(2), Ex. DUT-KY-015), the vehicle by which the Cabinet's March 16, 2020 dine-in closure and its restaurant protocols were enforced. The Governor's orders wrote these duties into the pandemic regime in terms: every business permitted to operate 'must follow, to the fullest extent practicable, social distancing and hygiene guidance from the CDC and the Kentucky Department of Public Health. Failure to do so is a violation of this Order, and could subject said business to closure or additional penalties as authorized by law' (Ex. KY-010 para. 3); 'All entities shall implement and comply with the minimum requirements for all entities pursuant to subsequent Orders of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services' (Ex. KY-017 para. 3); and the Commonwealth's own FAQ told employers that 'each industry sector will have a list of requirements that they must meet in order to safely reopen. If a business fails to comply with those requirements, it will not be able to reopen' (Ex. DUT-KY-019). The Supreme Court of Kentucky upheld the whole structure in November 2020, holding that KRS 214.020, 211.025 and 211.180(1) 'provide a rational basis for the face covering and the social distancing measure' and that the orders 'shall have full force of law' upon filing (Ex. KY-032 at 57, 82).

The question these duties answer

Whether the measures employers took beyond the four corners of the emergency orders were 'voluntary' within Notice 2021-20 Q&A-14, or were compelled by standing legal duties.

By character

6 Order penalty
6 Statutory duty
2 Statutory authority
2 Workplace duty
1 Covid workplace rule
1 Guidance incorporated
1 Liability shield condition
1 Sanitary code duty

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Ex. DUT-KY-001 Ex. DUT-KY-002 Ex. DUT-KY-003 Ex. DUT-KY-004 Ex. DUT-KY-005 Ex. DUT-KY-006 Ex. DUT-KY-007 Ex. DUT-KY-008 Ex. DUT-KY-009 Ex. DUT-KY-010 Ex. DUT-KY-011 Ex. DUT-KY-012 Ex. DUT-KY-013 Ex. DUT-KY-014 Ex. DUT-KY-015 Ex. DUT-KY-016 Ex. DUT-KY-017 Ex. DUT-KY-018 Ex. DUT-KY-019 Ex. DUT-KY-020

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

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Ex. KY-001 Executive Order 2020-215Governor Andy Beshear · Mar. 6, 2020

Executive Order 2020-215

Ex. KY-002 Administrative Order 2020-08Supreme Court of Kentucky (Chief Justice John D.… · Mar. 16, 2020

Administrative Order 2020-08

Ex. KY-003 CHFS Order of March 16, 2020 (Food and Beverage Order)Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · Mar. 16, 2020

CHFS Order of March 16, 2020…

Ex. KY-004 CHFS Order of March 17, 2020 (Public-Facing Businesses Order)Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · Mar. 18, 2020

CHFS Order of March 17, 2020…

Ex. KY-005 Executive Order 2020-243Governor Andy Beshear · Mar. 18, 2020

Executive Order 2020-243

Ex. KY-009 CHFS Directive of March 23, 2020 (Elective Procedures)Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · Mar. 18, 2020

CHFS Directive of March 23…

Ex. KY-006 CHFS Order of March 19, 2020 (Mass Gatherings Order)Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · Mar. 19, 2020

CHFS Order of March 19, 2020…

Ex. KY-007 ABC Order effective March 19, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.Public Protection Cabinet, Department of… · Mar. 19, 2020

ABC Order effective March…

Ex. KY-008 Executive Order 2020-246Governor Andy Beshear · Mar. 23, 2020

Executive Order 2020-246

Ex. KY-060 DFI Guidance on Relief: Temporary Relief for Registrants Affected by…Public Protection Cabinet, Department of… · Mar. 24, 2020

DFI Guidance on Relief…

Ex. KY-010 Executive Order 2020-257Governor Andy Beshear · Mar. 26, 2020

Executive Order 2020-257

Ex. KY-011 Executive Order 2020-258Governor Andy Beshear · Mar. 30, 2020

Executive Order 2020-258

Ex. KY-012 2020 Senate Bill 150, Acts ch. 73 (2020 Ky. Acts 310)Kentucky General Assembly (2020 Regular… · Mar. 30, 2020

2020 Senate Bill 150, Acts…

Ex. KY-013 Executive Order 2020-266Governor Andy Beshear · Apr. 2, 2020

Executive Order 2020-266

Ex. KY-014 Executive Order 2020-275Governor Andy Beshear · Apr. 8, 2020

Executive Order 2020-275

Ex. KY-015 CHFS Order of April 27, 2020 (Healthcare Reopening Phase I)Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · Apr. 27, 2020

CHFS Order of April 27, 2020…

Ex. KY-016 Executive Order 2020-315Governor Andy Beshear · May 6, 2020

Executive Order 2020-315

Ex. KY-067 Healthy at Work Requirements for Places of Worship, Version 1.1Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · May 9, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-017 Executive Order 2020-323Governor Andy Beshear · May 11, 2020

Executive Order 2020-323

Ex. KY-019 Healthy at Work Requirements for Office-Based Businesses, Version 1.0Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · May 11, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-065 Healthy at Work Requirements for Manufacturing, Distribution and…Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · May 11, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-066 Healthy at Work Requirements for Construction, Version 1.1Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · May 11, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-068 Healthy at Work Requirements for Government Offices and Agencies…Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · May 18, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-064 Healthy at Work Requirements for Retail, Version 1.0Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · May 20, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-020 KYTC Official Order No. 112204 (May 28, 2020)Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (Secretary Jim… · May 28, 2020

KYTC Official Order No.…

Ex. KY-069 Healthy at Work Requirements for Fitness Centers, Version 1.1Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · June 1, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-070 Healthy at Work Requirements for Child Care Facilities, Version 1.0Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · June 8, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-021 CHFS Order of June 29, 2020 with attached Requirements for Restaurants…Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · June 29, 2020

CHFS Order of June 29, 2020…

Ex. KY-051 902 KAR 2:210ECabinet for Health and Family Services… · July 9, 2020

902 KAR 2:210E

Ex. KY-022 Executive Order 2020-586Governor Andy Beshear · July 10, 2020

Executive Order 2020-586

Ex. KY-071 Healthy at Work Requirements for Barbers, Hair Salons and…Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · July 10, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-023 CHFS Order of July 20, 2020 (amending the Mass Gatherings Order)Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · July 20, 2020

CHFS Order of July 20, 2020…

Ex. KY-024 DPH Travel Advisory of July 20, 2020Kentucky Department for Public Health… · July 20, 2020

DPH Travel Advisory of July…

Ex. KY-025 CHFS Order of July 28, 2020 (amending the Food and Beverage Order)Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · July 28, 2020

CHFS Order of July 28, 2020…

Ex. KY-072 Healthy at Work Requirements for Restaurants (down to 25 percent…Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · July 28, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-026 CHFS Order of August 10, 2020 (amending the Food and Beverage Order)…Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · Aug. 11, 2020

CHFS Order of August 10…

Ex. KY-027 Executive Order 2020-700Governor Andy Beshear · Aug. 25, 2020

Executive Order 2020-700

Ex. KY-028 Executive Order 2020-750Governor Andy Beshear · Sept. 4, 2020

Executive Order 2020-750

Ex. KY-029 CHFS Order of September 10, 2020 further modifying the March 23, 2020…Cabinet for Health and Family Services… · Sept. 10, 2020

CHFS Order of September 10…

Ex. KY-073 Healthy at Work Requirements for Restaurants and Bars, Version 5.3Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · Sept. 15, 2020

Healthy at Work Requirements…

Ex. KY-030 Executive Order 2020-856Governor Andy Beshear · Oct. 6, 2020

Executive Order 2020-856

Ex. KY-031 Executive Order 2020-931Governor Andy Beshear · Nov. 4, 2020

Executive Order 2020-931

Ex. KY-032 Beshear v. Acree, No. 2020-SC-0313-OA (Ky. Nov. 12, 2020), reported at…Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.) · Nov. 12, 2020

Beshear v. Acree, No.…

Ex. KY-033 Executive Order 2020-968Governor Andy Beshear · Nov. 20, 2020

Executive Order 2020-968

Ex. KY-034 Executive Order 2020-969Governor Andy Beshear · Nov. 23, 2020

Executive Order 2020-969

Ex. KY-035 Administrative Order 2020-72 (Amended)Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.) · Nov. 30, 2020

Administrative Order 2020-72…

Ex. KY-063 Administrative Order 2020-71 (Amended)Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.) · Nov. 30, 2020

Administrative Order 2020-71…

Ex. KY-036 Executive Order 2020-996Governor Andy Beshear · Dec. 3, 2020

Executive Order 2020-996

Ex. KY-038 Executive Order 2020-1056Governor Andy Beshear · Dec. 29, 2020

Executive Order 2020-1056

Ex. KY-037 Executive Order 2020-1041Governor Andy Beshear · Jan. 4, 2021

Executive Order 2020-1041

Ex. KY-039 Executive Order 2021-070Governor Andy Beshear · Jan. 30, 2021

Executive Order 2021-070

Ex. KY-040 2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14)Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular… · Feb. 2, 2021

2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch.…

Ex. KY-041 2021 Senate Bill 1, Acts ch. 6 (2021 Ky. Acts 17)Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular… · Feb. 2, 2021

2021 Senate Bill 1, Acts ch.…

Ex. KY-042 Executive Order 2021-120Governor Andy Beshear · Feb. 23, 2021

Executive Order 2021-120

Ex. KY-043 Executive Order 2021-134Governor Andy Beshear · Feb. 26, 2021

Executive Order 2021-134

Ex. KY-044 Executive Order 2021-135Governor Andy Beshear · Feb. 28, 2021

Executive Order 2021-135

Ex. KY-045 Executive Order 2021-212Governor Andy Beshear · Mar. 29, 2021

Executive Order 2021-212

Ex. KY-046 2021 House Joint Resolution 77, Acts ch. 168 (2021 Ky. Acts 1059)Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular… · Mar. 30, 2021

2021 House Joint Resolution…

Ex. KY-062 Administrative Order 2021-07 (Amended)Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.) · Apr. 1, 2021

Administrative Order 2021-07…

Ex. KY-018 Healthy at Work Minimum Requirements for All Entities (version…Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy… · Apr. 19, 2021

Healthy at Work Minimum…

Ex. KY-047 Executive Order 2021-312Governor Andy Beshear · May 6, 2021

Executive Order 2021-312

Ex. KY-048 Executive Order 2021-326Governor Andy Beshear · May 13, 2021

Executive Order 2021-326

Ex. KY-050 Administrative Order 2021-16 (Amended)Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.) · May 18, 2021

Administrative Order 2021-16…

Ex. KY-049 Executive Order 2021-386Governor Andy Beshear · June 11, 2021

Executive Order 2021-386

Ex. KY-058 Administrative Order 2021-27 (Amended)Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.) · Aug. 9, 2021

Administrative Order 2021-27…

Ex. KY-059 Administrative Order 2021-28 (Amended)Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.) · Aug. 9, 2021

Administrative Order 2021-28…

Ex. KY-052 Executive Order 2021-585Governor Andy Beshear · Aug. 10, 2021

Executive Order 2021-585

Ex. KY-053 702 KAR 1:195EKentucky Board of Education (Chair Lu Young)… · Aug. 12, 2021

702 KAR 1:195E

Ex. KY-054 902 KAR 2:213ECabinet for Health and Family Services… · Aug. 12, 2021

902 KAR 2:213E

Ex. KY-055 Cameron v. Beshear, No. 2021-SC-0107-I (Ky. Aug. 21, 2021)Supreme Court of Kentucky (VanMeter, J., for the… · Aug. 21, 2021

Cameron v. Beshear, No.…

Ex. KY-056 2021 Special Session House Joint Resolution 1, Acts ch. 1Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special… · Sept. 7, 2021

2021 Special Session House…

Ex. KY-057 2021 Special Session Senate Bill 1, Acts ch. 4Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special… · Sept. 9, 2021

2021 Special Session Senate…

Ex. KY-061 2021 Special Session Senate Bill 2, Acts ch. 5Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special… · Sept. 10, 2021

2021 Special Session Senate…

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. KY-001	Executive Order 2020-215State of Emergency (COVID-19)	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Mar. 6, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 164 KB
Ex. KY-002	Administrative Order 2020-08In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr.)	Court	Mar. 16, 2020	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 102 KB
Ex. KY-003	CHFS Order of March 16, 2020 (Food and Beverage Order)Order restricting food and beverage sales to carry-out, delivery and drive-thru	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Acting Secretary Eric Friedlander; Commissioner Steven Stack) with the Public Protection Cabinet, Alcoholic Beverage Control	State	Mar. 16, 2020	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 88 KB
Ex. KY-004	CHFS Order of March 17, 2020 (Public-Facing Businesses Order)Order closing public-facing businesses that encourage congregation	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	State	Mar. 18, 2020	June 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 122 KB
Ex. KY-005	Executive Order 2020-243State of Emergency: social distancing; state services by remote means; suspension of in-person-appearance…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Mar. 18, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 122 KB
Ex. KY-009	CHFS Directive of March 23, 2020 (Elective Procedures)Directive that all non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other health-care…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Acting Secretary Friedlander as Governor's designee; Commissioner Stack)	State	Mar. 18, 2020	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 92 KB
Ex. KY-006	CHFS Order of March 19, 2020 (Mass Gatherings Order)Order prohibiting all mass gatherings	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	State	Mar. 19, 2020	July 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 142 KB
Ex. KY-007	ABC Order effective March 19, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.Order permitting carry-out, drive-thru and delivery sales of alcoholic beverages by on-premises licensees	Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Secretary Kerry B. Harvey)	Sector regulator	Mar. 19, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 61 KB
Ex. KY-008	Executive Order 2020-246State of Emergency: closure of in-person retail businesses that are not life-sustaining	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Mar. 23, 2020	May 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 198 KB
Ex. KY-060	DFI Guidance on Relief: Temporary Relief for Registrants Affected by the COVID-19 OutbreakRelief from physical-signature and in-person requirements for broker-dealers, investment advisers and their…	Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Financial Institutions (Commissioner Charles A. Vice)	Sector regulator	Mar. 24, 2020	Jan. 15, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 135 KB
Ex. KY-010	Executive Order 2020-257State of Emergency: Healthy at Home (closure of all non-life-sustaining businesses; suspension of in-person…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Mar. 26, 2020	May 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 394 KB
Ex. KY-011	Executive Order 2020-258State of Emergency Relating to Travel (residents instructed not to travel out of state; 14-day self-quarantine…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Mar. 30, 2020	May 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 90 KB
Ex. KY-012	2020 Senate Bill 150, Acts ch. 73 (2020 Ky. Acts 310)An Act relating to the state of emergency in response to COVID-19 and declaring an emergency	Kentucky General Assembly (2020 Regular Session); signed by Governor Beshear	State	Mar. 30, 2020	Jan. 15, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 48 KB
Ex. KY-013	Executive Order 2020-266State of Emergency: travel by residents of other states into Kentucky restricted with 14-day quarantine…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Apr. 2, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read	PDF 215 KB
Ex. KY-014	Executive Order 2020-275State of Emergency: one adult shopper per household in life-sustaining retail; in-person solicitation ceased	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Apr. 8, 2020	May 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 81 KB
Ex. KY-015	CHFS Order of April 27, 2020 (Healthcare Reopening Phase I)Order modifying the March 23, 2020 elective-procedure directive: resumption of non-urgent outpatient services…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	State	Apr. 27, 2020	Sept. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 122 KB
Ex. KY-016	Executive Order 2020-315State of Emergency Relating to Travel (quarantine request for persons entering Kentucky; entry bar on…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	May 6, 2020	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 96 KB
Ex. KY-067	Healthy at Work Requirements for Places of Worship, Version 1.1Requirements for Places of Worship (in-person services from May 20, 2020 at 33 percent of building occupancy)	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 9, 2020 amending the Mass Gatherings Order)	State	May 9, 2020	June 11, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 397 KB
Ex. KY-017	Executive Order 2020-323State of Emergency: Healthy at Work Phase I reopening (manufacturing, construction, dealerships, offices at 50…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	May 11, 2020	June 11, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 260 KB
Ex. KY-019	Healthy at Work Requirements for Office-Based Businesses, Version 1.0Requirements for Office-Based Businesses (finance and accounting, legal, insurance, engineering, architecture…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order implementing EO 2020-323)	State	May 11, 2020	Dec. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 193 KB
Ex. KY-065	Healthy at Work Requirements for Manufacturing, Distribution and Supply Chain Businesses, Version 1.2Requirements for Manufacturing, Distribution and Supply Chain Businesses	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 11, 2020)	State	May 11, 2020	June 11, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 158 KB
Ex. KY-066	Healthy at Work Requirements for Construction, Version 1.1Requirements for Construction	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 11, 2020)	State	May 11, 2020	June 11, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 246 KB
Ex. KY-068	Healthy at Work Requirements for Government Offices and Agencies, Version 1.1Requirements for Government Offices and Agencies (state offices reopened May 18, 2020 for limited in-person…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements under EO 2020-396 and the CHFS order of May 18, 2020)	State	May 18, 2020	June 11, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 625 KB
Ex. KY-064	Healthy at Work Requirements for Retail, Version 1.0Requirements for Retail (33 percent occupancy; telework for able employees; employee gatherings of ten…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 20, 2020)	State	May 20, 2020	June 11, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 302 KB
Ex. KY-020	KYTC Official Order No. 112204 (May 28, 2020)Declaration of emergency: circuit clerks authorized to renew driver's licenses, permits and identification…	Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (Secretary Jim Gray)	Sector regulator	May 28, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	TXT 4 KB
Ex. KY-069	Healthy at Work Requirements for Fitness Centers, Version 1.1Requirements for Fitness Centers (33 percent occupancy; appointment-based services; telework for office staff)	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of June 1, 2020)	State	June 1, 2020	July 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 300 KB
Ex. KY-070	Healthy at Work Requirements for Child Care Facilities, Version 1.0Requirements for Child Care Facilities (maximum group size of ten children; screening; masking)	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements; child care reopened June 15, 2020 by CHFS order)	State	June 8, 2020	Mar. 15, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 229 KB
Ex. KY-021	CHFS Order of June 29, 2020 with attached Requirements for Restaurants and Bars (v1.1), Venues and Event Spaces, Public Swimming and Bathing Facilities and Youth SportsOrder amending the March 16 Food and Beverage Order and March 17 Public-Facing Businesses Order: bars, venues…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Friedlander; Commissioner Stack)	State	June 29, 2020	July 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
Ex. KY-051	902 KAR 2:210EEmergency administrative regulation: face coverings (implementing EO 2020-586)	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	State	July 9, 2020	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. KY-022	Executive Order 2020-586State of Emergency: face coverings required in public settings	Governor Andy Beshear	State	July 10, 2020	May 13, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 245 KB
Ex. KY-071	Healthy at Work Requirements for Barbers, Hair Salons and Cosmetologists, Version 3.0Requirements for Barbers, Hair Salons, Cosmetologists (50 percent occupancy; appointment only; telework for…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 25, 2020 as amended)	State	July 10, 2020	June 11, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 624 KB
Ex. KY-023	CHFS Order of July 20, 2020 (amending the Mass Gatherings Order)Order limiting gatherings to 10 people	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	State	July 20, 2020	Dec. 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 63 KB
Ex. KY-024	DPH Travel Advisory of July 20, 2020Advisory for recent travelers to states reporting COVID-19 positivity of 15 percent or more: 14-day…	Kentucky Department for Public Health (Commissioner Steven Stack)	State	July 20, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 93 KB
Ex. KY-025	CHFS Order of July 28, 2020 (amending the Food and Beverage Order)Order closing bars for on-site consumption and limiting restaurants to 25 percent indoor capacity for fourteen…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	State	July 28, 2020	Aug. 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 113 KB
Ex. KY-072	Healthy at Work Requirements for Restaurants (down to 25 percent capacity), Version 4.0Requirements for Restaurants (25 percent of maximum permitted occupancy indoors; party size ten; telework for…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of July 28, 2020, KY-025)	State	July 28, 2020	Aug. 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 157 KB
Ex. KY-026	CHFS Order of August 10, 2020 (amending the Food and Beverage Order) with Requirements for Restaurants and BarsOrder permitting bars to resume on-site service and restaurants and bars to operate at 50 percent with a 10…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health	State	Aug. 11, 2020	Sept. 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 99 KB
Ex. KY-027	Executive Order 2020-700State of Emergency Relating to Evictions (suspension of residential evictions for nonpayment rescinded Aug.…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Aug. 25, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 137 KB
Ex. KY-028	Executive Order 2020-750State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order (EO 2020-586 as renewed by EO 2020-651 of Aug. 8, 2020)	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Sept. 4, 2020	Oct. 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 154 KB
Ex. KY-029	CHFS Order of September 10, 2020 further modifying the March 23, 2020 directives (bundled with the Apr. 27, May 1, May 8 and May 27, 2020 health-care orders)Health-care directives: surgical volume, pre-procedure testing, 30 percent reserved bed capacity, 14-day PPE…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Friedlander; Commissioner Stack)	State	Sept. 10, 2020	June 11, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read	PDF 505 KB
Ex. KY-073	Healthy at Work Requirements for Restaurants and Bars, Version 5.3Requirements for Restaurants and Bars (50 percent occupancy; party size ten; dine-in service discontinued by…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of Aug. 10, 2020, KY-026, as updated)	State	Sept. 15, 2020	Dec. 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 252 KB
Ex. KY-030	Executive Order 2020-856State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Oct. 6, 2020	Nov. 4, 2020	2020 Q4	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 99 KB
Ex. KY-031	Executive Order 2020-931State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Nov. 4, 2020	Dec. 3, 2020	2020 Q4	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 160 KB
Ex. KY-032	Beshear v. Acree, No. 2020-SC-0313-OA (Ky. Nov. 12, 2020), reported at 615 S.W.3d 780Opinion upholding the Governor's COVID-19 emergency declaration and orders under KRS ch. 39A	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	Court	Nov. 12, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 525 KB
Ex. KY-033	Executive Order 2020-968State of Emergency: winter restrictions (indoor dining closed; gatherings 8 people/2 households; gyms 33…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Nov. 20, 2020	Dec. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 892 KB
Ex. KY-034	Executive Order 2020-969State of Emergency: all public and private K-12 schools to remote instruction from Nov. 23, 2020	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Nov. 23, 2020	Dec. 7, 2020	2020 Q4	Schools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 581 KB
Ex. KY-035	Administrative Order 2020-72 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Court Proceedings	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	Court	Nov. 30, 2020	Jan. 6, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 172 KB
Ex. KY-063	Administrative Order 2020-71 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Health and Safety Requirements (facial…	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	Court	Nov. 30, 2020	Jan. 6, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 158 KB
Ex. KY-036	Executive Order 2020-996State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Dec. 3, 2020	Dec. 29, 2020	2020 Q4	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 158 KB
Ex. KY-038	Executive Order 2020-1056State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Dec. 29, 2020	Jan. 30, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 179 KB
Ex. KY-037	Executive Order 2020-1041State of Emergency: schools (Healthy at School safety expectations mandatory; virtual options; high-risk…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Jan. 4, 2021	Feb. 23, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 130 KB
Ex. KY-039	Executive Order 2021-070State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Jan. 30, 2021	Feb. 26, 2021	2021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 173 KB
Ex. KY-040	2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14)An Act relating to reopening the economy in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in response to the state of emergency…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto	State	Feb. 2, 2021	Jan. 31, 2022	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 25 KB
Ex. KY-041	2021 Senate Bill 1, Acts ch. 6 (2021 Ky. Acts 17)An Act relating to emergencies and declaring an emergency (KRS 39A.020, 39A.090, 39A.100, 39A.180, 39A.280…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto	State	Feb. 2, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 177 KB
Ex. KY-042	Executive Order 2021-120State of Emergency: schools encouraged to offer in-person instruction by March 1, 2021; face coverings…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Feb. 23, 2021	June 11, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 131 KB
Ex. KY-043	Executive Order 2021-134State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Feb. 26, 2021	Mar. 29, 2021	2021 Q1	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 143 KB
Ex. KY-044	Executive Order 2021-135State of Emergency (severe weather and flooding of Feb. 27, 2021) - NOT a COVID-19 instrument	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Feb. 28, 2021	not dated		Other	Primary source read	PDF 60 KB
Ex. KY-045	Executive Order 2021-212State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Mar. 29, 2021	May 6, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 180 KB
Ex. KY-046	2021 House Joint Resolution 77, Acts ch. 168 (2021 Ky. Acts 1059)A Joint Resolution ratifying emergency executive orders and declaring an emergency (EO 2020-215 and listed…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto	State	Mar. 30, 2021	Mar. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read	PDF 26 KB
Ex. KY-062	Administrative Order 2021-07 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Court Proceedings (jury trials may resume…	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	Court	Apr. 1, 2021	May 18, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 155 KB
Ex. KY-018	Healthy at Work Minimum Requirements for All Entities (version effective April 19, 2021)Minimum Requirements for All Entities	Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by CHFS orders under EO 2020-323)	State	Apr. 19, 2021	June 11, 2021	2021 Q2	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 474 KB
Ex. KY-047	Executive Order 2021-312State of Emergency: renewal of the face-covering order	Governor Andy Beshear	State	May 6, 2021	May 13, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 120 KB
Ex. KY-048	Executive Order 2021-326State of Emergency: face coverings (fully vaccinated persons exempt; masks still required of everyone on…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	May 13, 2021	June 11, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 69 KB
Ex. KY-050	Administrative Order 2021-16 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Health and Safety Requirements (masks no…	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	Court	May 18, 2021	Aug. 9, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 138 KB
Ex. KY-049	Executive Order 2021-386State of Emergency: rescission of Healthy at Home, Healthy at Work, capacity and general face-covering orders…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	June 11, 2021	Sept. 7, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 98 KB
Ex. KY-058	Administrative Order 2021-27 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Health and Safety Requirements (Delta…	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	Court	Aug. 9, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 153 KB
Ex. KY-059	Administrative Order 2021-28 (Amended)In re: Kentucky Court of Justice Response to COVID-19 Emergency: Court Proceedings (jury trials conditioned on…	Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	Court	Aug. 9, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 126 KB
Ex. KY-052	Executive Order 2021-585State of Emergency: face coverings required in all public and private preschool through grade 12 schools and…	Governor Andy Beshear	State	Aug. 10, 2021	Sept. 7, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 185 KB
Ex. KY-053	702 KAR 1:195EFace Coverings in School Facilities (new emergency administrative regulation, with the Board's Statement of…	Kentucky Board of Education (Chair Lu Young); Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (Secretary Jacqueline Coleman); approved by Governor Beshear	State	Aug. 12, 2021	Sept. 9, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 4.3 MB
Ex. KY-054	902 KAR 2:213EChildcare standards for covering the face in response to declared national or state public health emergency…	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Friedlander); approved by Governor Beshear	State	Aug. 12, 2021	Sept. 9, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 1.4 MB
Ex. KY-055	Cameron v. Beshear, No. 2021-SC-0107-I (Ky. Aug. 21, 2021)Opinion affirming in part, reversing in part and remanding with instructions to dissolve the Franklin Circuit…	Supreme Court of Kentucky (VanMeter, J., for the Court)	Court	Aug. 21, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 215 KB
Ex. KY-056	2021 Special Session House Joint Resolution 1, Acts ch. 1A Joint Resolution extending emergency executive actions and declaring an emergency (EO 2020-215 and listed…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special Session); signed by Governor Beshear	State	Sept. 7, 2021	Jan. 15, 2022	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 38 KB
Ex. KY-057	2021 Special Session Senate Bill 1, Acts ch. 4An Act relating to the delivery of education and care for children and declaring an emergency (902 KAR 2:213E…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special Session), enacted over the Governor's veto	State	Sept. 9, 2021	Jan. 15, 2022	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 226 KB
Ex. KY-061	2021 Special Session Senate Bill 2, Acts ch. 5An Act relating to COVID-19 emergency actions (long-term-care visitation, monoclonal antibody administration…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special Session), enacted over the Governor's veto	State	Sept. 10, 2021	Jan. 15, 2022	2021 Q3	Health care ordersVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read	PDF 190 KB
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Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-215 (Mar. 6, 2020) (Ex. KY-001)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Chief Justice John D. Minton, Jr.), Administrative Order 2020-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. KY-002)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Acting Secretary Eric Friedlander; Commissioner Steven Stack) with the Public Protection Cabinet, Alcoholic Beverage Control, CHFS Order of March 16, 2020 (Food and Beverage Order) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. KY-003)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Order of March 17, 2020 (Public-Facing Businesses Order) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. KY-004)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-243 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. KY-005)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Acting Secretary Friedlander as Governor's designee; Commissioner Stack), CHFS Directive of March 23, 2020 (Elective Procedures) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. KY-009)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Order of March 19, 2020 (Mass Gatherings Order) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. KY-006)
Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (Secretary Kerry B. Harvey), ABC Order effective March 19, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. KY-007)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-246 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. KY-008)
Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Financial Institutions (Commissioner Charles A. Vice), DFI Guidance on Relief: Temporary Relief for Registrants Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. KY-060)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-257 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. KY-010)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-258 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. KY-011)
Kentucky General Assembly (2020 Regular Session); signed by Governor Beshear, 2020 Senate Bill 150, Acts ch. 73 (2020 Ky. Acts 310) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. KY-012)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-266 (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. KY-013)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-275 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. KY-014)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Order of April 27, 2020 (Healthcare Reopening Phase I) (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. KY-015)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-315 (May 6, 2020) (Ex. KY-016)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 9, 2020 amending the Mass Gatherings Order), Healthy at Work Requirements for Places of Worship, Version 1.1 (May 9, 2020) (Ex. KY-067)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-323 (May 8, 2020) (Ex. KY-017)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order implementing EO 2020-323), Healthy at Work Requirements for Office-Based Businesses, Version 1.0 (May 11, 2020) (Ex. KY-019)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 11, 2020), Healthy at Work Requirements for Manufacturing, Distribution and Supply Chain Businesses, Version 1.2 (May 11, 2020) (Ex. KY-065)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 11, 2020), Healthy at Work Requirements for Construction, Version 1.1 (May 11, 2020) (Ex. KY-066)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements under EO 2020-396 and the CHFS order of May 18, 2020), Healthy at Work Requirements for Government Offices and Agencies, Version 1.1 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. KY-068)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 20, 2020), Healthy at Work Requirements for Retail, Version 1.0 (May 20, 2020) (Ex. KY-064)
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (Secretary Jim Gray), KYTC Official Order No. 112204 (May 28, 2020) (Ex. KY-020)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of June 1, 2020), Healthy at Work Requirements for Fitness Centers, Version 1.1 (June 1, 2020) (Ex. KY-069)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements; child care reopened June 15, 2020 by CHFS order), Healthy at Work Requirements for Child Care Facilities, Version 1.0 (June 8, 2020) (Ex. KY-070)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Friedlander; Commissioner Stack), CHFS Order of June 29, 2020 with attached Requirements for Restaurants and Bars (v1.1), Venues and Event Spaces, Public Swimming and Bathing Facilities and Youth Sports (Ex. KY-021)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, 902 KAR 2:210E (July 9, 2020) (Ex. KY-051)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-586 (July 9, 2020) (Ex. KY-022)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of May 25, 2020 as amended), Healthy at Work Requirements for Barbers, Hair Salons and Cosmetologists, Version 3.0 (July 10, 2020) (Ex. KY-071)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Order of July 20, 2020 (amending the Mass Gatherings Order) (Ex. KY-023)
Kentucky Department for Public Health (Commissioner Steven Stack), DPH Travel Advisory of July 20, 2020 (Ex. KY-024)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Order of July 28, 2020 (amending the Food and Beverage Order) (Ex. KY-025)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of July 28, 2020, KY-025), Healthy at Work Requirements for Restaurants (down to 25 percent capacity), Version 4.0 (July 28, 2020) (Ex. KY-072)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health, CHFS Order of August 10, 2020 (amending the Food and Beverage Order) with Requirements for Restaurants and Bars (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. KY-026)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-700 (Aug. 24, 2020) (Ex. KY-027)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-750 (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. KY-028)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Friedlander; Commissioner Stack), CHFS Order of September 10, 2020 further modifying the March 23, 2020 directives (bundled with the Apr. 27, May 1, May 8 and May 27, 2020 health-care orders) (Sept. 10, 2020) (Ex. KY-029)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by the CHFS order of Aug. 10, 2020, KY-026, as updated), Healthy at Work Requirements for Restaurants and Bars, Version 5.3 (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. KY-073)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-856 (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. KY-030)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-931 (Nov. 4, 2020) (Ex. KY-031)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Beshear v. Acree, No. 2020-SC-0313-OA (Ky. Nov. 12, 2020), reported at 615 S.W.3d 780 (Ex. KY-032)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-968 (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. KY-033)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-969 (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. KY-034)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Administrative Order 2020-72 (Amended) (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. KY-035)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Administrative Order 2020-71 (Amended) (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. KY-063)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-996 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. KY-036)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-1056 (Dec. 29, 2020) (Ex. KY-038)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2020-1041 (Dec. 18, 2020) (Ex. KY-037)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-070 (Jan. 30, 2021) (Ex. KY-039)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto, 2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14) (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. KY-040)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto, 2021 Senate Bill 1, Acts ch. 6 (2021 Ky. Acts 17) (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. KY-041)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-120 (Feb. 23, 2021) (Ex. KY-042)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-134 (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. KY-043)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-135 (Feb. 28, 2021) (Ex. KY-044)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-212 (Mar. 29, 2021) (Ex. KY-045)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto, 2021 House Joint Resolution 77, Acts ch. 168 (2021 Ky. Acts 1059) (Mar. 30, 2021) (Ex. KY-046)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Administrative Order 2021-07 (Amended) (Feb. 25, 2021) (Ex. KY-062)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Healthy at Work requirements incorporated by CHFS orders under EO 2020-323), Healthy at Work Minimum Requirements for All Entities (version effective April 19, 2021) (Apr. 19, 2021) (Ex. KY-018)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-312 (May 6, 2021) (Ex. KY-047)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-326 (May 13, 2021) (Ex. KY-048)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Administrative Order 2021-16 (Amended) (May 18, 2021) (Ex. KY-050)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-386 (June 11, 2021) (Ex. KY-049)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Administrative Order 2021-27 (Amended) (Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. KY-058)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.), Administrative Order 2021-28 (Amended) (Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. KY-059)
Governor Andy Beshear, Executive Order 2021-585 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. KY-052)
Kentucky Board of Education (Chair Lu Young); Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (Secretary Jacqueline Coleman); approved by Governor Beshear, 702 KAR 1:195E (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. KY-053)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (Secretary Friedlander); approved by Governor Beshear, 902 KAR 2:213E (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. KY-054)
Supreme Court of Kentucky (VanMeter, J., for the Court), Cameron v. Beshear, No. 2021-SC-0107-I (Ky. Aug. 21, 2021) (Ex. KY-055)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special Session); signed by Governor Beshear, 2021 Special Session House Joint Resolution 1, Acts ch. 1 (Sept. 7, 2021) (Ex. KY-056)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special Session), enacted over the Governor's veto, 2021 Special Session Senate Bill 1, Acts ch. 4 (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. KY-057)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Special Session), enacted over the Governor's veto, 2021 Special Session Senate Bill 2, Acts ch. 5 (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. KY-061)