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Ex. CA-003Executive Order N-25-20Executive Order N-25-20 (residents to heed public-health directives; remote public meetings; unemployment and tax relief)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MA-002COVID-19 Order No. 1Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, s. 20Governor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MD-098Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020) Extending Certain Licenses, Permits, RegistrationsExtending Certain Licenses, Permits, Registrations, and Other Governmental Authorizations, and Authorizing Suspension of Legal Time…Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. IL-002Executive Order 2020-04 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 2)Cancellation of gatherings of 1,000 or more; closure of the James R. Thompson Center; State employee sick leaveGovernor JB PritzkerIllinoisStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MD-038Order of the Governor (Mar. 16, 2020), Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19Temporarily Prohibiting Evictions of Tenants Suffering Substantial Loss of Income Due to COVID-19Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. RI-004Executive Order 20-05Third Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Public Meetings and Public Records RequestsGovernor Gina M. RaimondoRhode IslandStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-002Suspension of Texas Open Meetings Act provisions (Gov't Code ch. 551)Governor Abbott Allows Virtual And Telephonic Open Meetings To Maintain Government TransparencyGovernor Greg Abbott (at the request of the Office of the Attorney General)TexasStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. WA-011Proclamation 20-15 (Mar. 16, 2020) and WA-025 (Proclamation 20-41, Apr. 3, 2020)Department of Licensing (waiver of in-person driver-licensing requirements; office closures)Governor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-104MDTA news release, Mar. 17, 2020: statewide all-electronic (cashless) tolling at all MDTA facilities from 3:00 p.m. Mar. 17, 2020 until further notice; all E-ZPass Maryland Customer Service Centers (including those at MVA branches) closed from Mar. 18, 2020 until further notice; video tolling at cash rates; grace periods for discount plans, Notices of Toll Due and citations; outreach events postponedMDTA Implements All-Electronic Tolling Statewide in Response to COVID-19 - Cashless Tolling at All MDTA Facilities Begins 3 p.m. Today…Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA)Maryland (all MDTA toll facilities: JFK Memorial Highway (I-95), Fort McHenry Tunnel, Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, Bay Bridge, Nice/Middleton Bridge; E-ZPass Customer Service Centers statewide)StateMar. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-105MDTA news release, Mar. 27, 2020: E-ZPass Customer Service Centers closed until further notice; discount-plan expirations extended; Notices of Toll Due and civil penalties paused, and MVA registration referrals and collections held, until 30 days after the state of emergency is lifted; all-electronic tolling continues statewide; Maryland House and Chesapeake House travel plazas open with food for carry-out onlyUpdate for MDTA Toll Facility Customers During COVID-19 State of Emergency - E-ZPass Discount Plans & Notices of Toll Due Extended…Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA)Maryland (all MDTA toll facilities; I-95 travel plazas)StateMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. CA-006Executive Order N-29-20Executive Order N-29-20 (public meetings by teleconference; CalFresh and other program flexibilities)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AL-004First Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)Rescheduling the March 31, 2020 primary runoff; ratifying the closure of all K-12 public schools; Open Meetings Act relief; emergency…Governor Kay IveyAlabamaStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ID-016Proclamation suspending the in-person attendance requirement of the Idaho Open Meetings ActProclamation (Idaho Code § 74-203(5) suspension)Governor Brad LittleIdahoStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. KY-005Executive Order 2020-243State of Emergency: social distancing; state services by remote means; suspension of in-person-appearance statutesGovernor Andy BeshearKentuckyStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-081Executive Order No. 106Moratorium on removals of residents pursuant to evictions or foreclosures during the COVID-19 emergencyGovernor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. KS-003House Substitute for Senate Bill No. 102An act concerning courts; relating to extension or suspension of deadlines or time limitations to secure the health and safety of court…Kansas LegislatureKansasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. NJ-003Executive Order No. 106 (2020)Moratorium on removals of individuals due to evictions or foreclosuresGovernor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-13-047Executive Order No. 106Moratorium on removals of individuals from residential properties as the result of eviction or foreclosure proceedingsGovernor Philip D. MurphyNew JerseyStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WV-007Executive Order 7-20 (Mar. 19, 2020), sec. 14; WV-067 (EO 23-21, July 20, 2021)Suspension of regulatory statutes for the duration of the State of Emergency (medical licensure and telemedicine, physician assistants…Governor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-087P.L. 2020, Chapter 10 (Assembly Bill No. 3849)An Act concerning the availability of government records during periods of emergency and amending P.L.2001, c.404New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; approved by Governor Philip D. MurphyNew Jersey (Legislature; every public-records custodian)StateMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NC-039Executive Order No. 119Facilitating Critical Motor Vehicle Operations and Delegating Authority to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to…Governor Roy CooperNorth CarolinaStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-073Illinois Tollway home page (captured Mar. 28, 2020): all toll collection handled via I-PASS, E-ZPass and the online payment portal 'as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus'; in-person Customer Service Centers and the Customer Call Center closed until further notice; overweight and over-dimension truck permits online only; 'Special Authorization: Movement of Loads in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic'Illinois Tollway to Implement All-Electronic Tolling as Precaution Against Spread of Coronavirus; Everything Customers Need to Know…Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (Illinois Tollway)Illinois (Tri-State, Jane Addams, Reagan, Veterans Memorial and Route 390 Tollways; Chicago region)StateMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesSupply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NV-008Declaration of Emergency Directive 006Suspension of Open Meeting Law physical-location and public-attendance requirementsGovernor Steve SisolakNevadaStateMar. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-052Executive Order No. 7KProtection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Remote Notarization, Suspension of Non-Critical Probate Court…Governor Ned LamontConnecticutStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. WV-010Executive Order 10-20Suspension of regulatory statutes (election administration; registered nurse and APRN licensure, CRNA supervision, prescriptive authority…Governor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read