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Ex. DUT-OR-001	Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990)ORS 433.004, 433.006, 433.010, 433.121, 433.128, 433.131, 433.138, 433.142, 433.156, 433.441, 433.442, 433.443, 433.452 and 433.990…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-002	Statute: ORS chapter 431A (Public Health Programs and Activities), sections 431A.005-431A.015: definitions of 'public health law' and 'public health measure'; power of the Oregon Health Authority and local public health administrators to enforce public health laws, with civil penalties; public health actions of the Public Health DirectorORS 431A.005, 431A.010 and 431A.015: enforcement of public health laws by administrative order, civil penalty of up to $500 a day per…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2019 Edition, as captured by the Wayback Machine Oct. 17, 2020)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-003	Statute: ORS chapter 431 (State and Local Administration and Enforcement of Health Laws), sections 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: the Oregon Health Authority's supervision of 'all matters relating to the preservation of life and health,' its duty and the local public health administrators' duty to enforce every public health law, and their power to restrain violations by injunctionORS 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: general powers and duties of the Oregon Health Authority; enforcement of public health…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-004	Statute: ORS chapter 401 (Emergency Management and Services), the emergency-management act: declaration of a state of emergency (401.165); the Governor's police powers (401.168); rules and orders on commodities, services, industrial plants, labor and child care (401.188); the force of law of emergency rules and orders (401.192); the offense of violating them (401.990)ORS 401.165, 401.168, 401.175, 401.188, 401.192 and 401.990: the Governor's emergency powers, the 'full force and effect of law' of…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-005	SDCL ch. 34-16, Nuisances and Health Hazards (§§ 34-16-1, 34-16-2, 34-16-5, 34-16-19 to 34-16-21)Act endangering public health as misdemeanor; release of disease germs as felony; access of health officers to places where a source of…	South Dakota Legislature (codified statute)	South DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054	Office of the Professions memorandum, 'What Is Telepractice?' (COVID-19 telepractice guidance for Title VIII licensees, posted on the Office's COVID-19 page)COVID-19 Telepractice Memo: definition of telepractice; New York law applied to telepractice; standards and competencies; requirements…	New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Deputy Commissioner for the Professions)	New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (licensing authority under Title VIII of the Education Law for medicine, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology, social work, mental-health practitioners, massage therapy and veterinary medicine); State levelSector regulator		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-051	Emergency Order 2020-01Emergency Order suspending and tolling money services business license renewal deadlines	Russell C. Weigel III, Commissioner, Office of Financial Regulation	Florida; Office of Financial Regulation (State banking, consumer finance and securities regulator)Sector regulator		2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-081	Bulletin 2021-01-BT/CUProtection of Stimulus Funds and Employee Assistance Payments	Anita G. Fox, Director	Michigan; Department of Insurance and Financial ServicesSector regulator		2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-067	Emergency Rule Establishing a New Temporary Emergency Child Care Permit (26 TAC ch. 745, Subchapter X) (spring 2020)Emergency Rule Establishing New Temporary Emergency Child Care Permit	Texas HHSC	Texas; HHSC Child Care RegulationSector regulator		2020 Q2	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-081	Important Notice N-20-2Announcement Regarding Relief from Certain Filing and Payment Deadlines due to the Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19	New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Commissioner Michael Schmidt	New York (Department of Taxation and Finance)Sector regulator		2020 Q22020 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AK-064	Safe Anchorage: Roadmap to Reopening the Municipality of Anchorage (v.2)Safe Anchorage roadmap (phases, allowable activities, protective measures, risk metrics)	Mayor Ethan Berkowitz (Municipality of Anchorage)	Municipality of AnchorageCity		2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-017	Sullivan v. Romero, order of dismissal (Pulaski Cnty. Cir. Ct., Oct. 2020); appeal No. CV-20-721 dismissed on appellants' motion (Ark. Apr. 2021)Sullivan v. Romero: eighteen legislators' challenge to forty-three Department of Health COVID-19 directives (Mar. 13-Aug. 21, 2020) as rules…	Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas (Judge Wendell Griffen); Supreme Court of Arkansas (No. CV-20-721)	ArkansasCourt		2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-LA-003	La. R.S. 40:6 (violations of the Sanitary Code; penalties; injunction; civil fines)Penalties for violating the Sanitary Code: criminal fines and imprisonment (up to two years for isolation or quarantine violations)…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-015	La. R.S. 14:329.7 (violations; penalties)Penalty for violating the emergency orders of R.S. 14:329.1 to 329.8: fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to six months, or both; hard labor…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 14, Criminal Law)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-021	No COVID-19 civil-liability shield or immunity statute for businesses was enacted in Minnesota in 2020 or 2021Absence of a COVID-19 liability shield (2020-2021)	Minnesota Legislature (91st and 92nd Legislatures, 2020-2021 regular and special sessions)	MinnesotaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-009	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-1State Board of Health to adopt rules defining and classifying communicable diseases and establishing reporting, monitoring and preventive…	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23)	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-015	Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7Local civil emergencies: officer's powers after proclamation (closing of retail liquor stores; discontinuance of sales; 'such other orders…	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17, Local Civil Emergencies); the chief administrative officer of every municipality as the officer empowered	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-016	Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9Local civil emergencies: sanctions (misdemeanor for violating the chief administrative officer's orders)	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17)	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-002	N.J.S.A. 26:4-2, Powers of State department and local board (communicable disease control)Powers of State department and local board	New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937; amended L.2005, c.222, s.31; L.2012, c.17, s.337)	New JerseyState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-003	N.J.S.A. 26:4-129, Liability to penalties in general (with 26:4-130, proceedings for recovery)Liability to penalties in general	New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937)	New JerseyState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-005	N.J.S.A. 26:1A-10, Violation of State Sanitary Code, penaltyViolation of State Sanitary Code, penalty	New Jersey Legislature (L.1947, c. 177, s. 10; amended L.1953, c. 26; L.1993, c. 55)	New JerseyState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-016	N.J.S.A. 26:3-46, Abatement of nuisances (with 26:3-31 ordinance powers, 26:3-45 power to define nuisance, 26:3-64 rule-making, 26:3-70 penalty up to $500)Abatement of nuisances	New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937)	New JerseyState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NV-002	Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990NRS Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)	Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of health	NevadaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NV-005	Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 193 (Criminality Generally), NRS 193.150 and 193.151NRS Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)	Nevada Legislature	NevadaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NV-006	Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 202 (Crimes Against Public Health and Safety), NRS 202.450, 202.470, 202.480, 202.595NRS Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)	Nevada Legislature	NevadaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read

Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-001)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2019 Edition, as captured by the Wayback Machine Oct. 17, 2020), Statute: ORS chapter 431A (Public Health Programs and Activities), sections 431A.005-431A.015: definitions of 'public health law' and 'public health measure'; power of the Oregon Health Authority and local public health administrators to enforce public health laws, with civil penalties; public health actions of the Public Health Director (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-002)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 431 (State and Local Administration and Enforcement of Health Laws), sections 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: the Oregon Health Authority's supervision of 'all matters relating to the preservation of life and health,' its duty and the local public health administrators' duty to enforce every public health law, and their power to restrain violations by injunction (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-003)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 401 (Emergency Management and Services), the emergency-management act: declaration of a state of emergency (401.165); the Governor's police powers (401.168); rules and orders on commodities, services, industrial plants, labor and child care (401.188); the force of law of emergency rules and orders (401.192); the offense of violating them (401.990) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-004)
South Dakota Legislature (codified statute), SDCL ch. 34-16, Nuisances and Health Hazards (§§ 34-16-1, 34-16-2, 34-16-5, 34-16-19 to 34-16-21) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-005)
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Deputy Commissioner for the Professions), Office of the Professions memorandum, 'What Is Telepractice?' (COVID-19 telepractice guidance for Title VIII licensees, posted on the Office's COVID-19 page) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054)
Russell C. Weigel III, Commissioner, Office of Financial Regulation, Emergency Order 2020-01 (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-051)
Anita G. Fox, Director, Bulletin 2021-01-BT/CU (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-081)
Texas HHSC, Emergency Rule Establishing a New Temporary Emergency Child Care Permit (26 TAC ch. 745, Subchapter X) (spring 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-067)
New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Commissioner Michael Schmidt, Important Notice N-20-2 (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-081)
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz (Municipality of Anchorage), Safe Anchorage: Roadmap to Reopening the Municipality of Anchorage (v.2) (Ex. AK-064)
Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas (Judge Wendell Griffen); Supreme Court of Arkansas (No. CV-20-721), Sullivan v. Romero, order of dismissal (Pulaski Cnty. Cir. Ct., Oct. 2020); appeal No. CV-20-721 dismissed on appellants' motion (Ark. Apr. 2021) (Ex. DUT-AR-017)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 40:6 (violations of the Sanitary Code; penalties; injunction; civil fines) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-003)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 14, Criminal Law), La. R.S. 14:329.7 (violations; penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-015)
Minnesota Legislature (91st and 92nd Legislatures, 2020-2021 regular and special sessions), No COVID-19 civil-liability shield or immunity statute for businesses was enacted in Minnesota in 2020 or 2021 (Ex. DUT-MN-021)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23), Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-1 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-009)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17, Local Civil Emergencies); the chief administrative officer of every municipality as the officer empowered, Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-015)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17), Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-016)
New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937; amended L.2005, c.222, s.31; L.2012, c.17, s.337), N.J.S.A. 26:4-2, Powers of State department and local board (communicable disease control) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NJ-002)
New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937), N.J.S.A. 26:4-129, Liability to penalties in general (with 26:4-130, proceedings for recovery) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NJ-003)
New Jersey Legislature (L.1947, c. 177, s. 10; amended L.1953, c. 26; L.1993, c. 55), N.J.S.A. 26:1A-10, Violation of State Sanitary Code, penalty (standing) (Ex. DUT-NJ-005)
New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937), N.J.S.A. 26:3-46, Abatement of nuisances (with 26:3-31 ordinance powers, 26:3-45 power to define nuisance, 26:3-64 rule-making, 26:3-70 penalty up to $500) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NJ-016)
Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of health, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-002)
Nevada Legislature, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 193 (Criminality Generally), NRS 193.150 and 193.151 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-005)
Nevada Legislature, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 202 (Crimes Against Public Health and Safety), NRS 202.450, 202.470, 202.480, 202.595 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-006)

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