| Ex. MT-085 | County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules | Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer | Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MT-006 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (hospital surge capacity; procurement; patient transfer)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for measures to ease the procurement of medical supplies and… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care ordersSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-024 | Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (relief of certain regulatory requirements; commercial carriers)Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for relief of certain regulatory requirements | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Supply chainOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-079 | Countywide face covering rule (masks in all indoor public spaces and businesses; employers to enforce)Missoula City-County Board of Health mask rule, adopted and effective July 9, 2020 | Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer | Missoula County, MontanaCounty | July 9, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MT-076 | Emergency face covering rule (countywide mask mandate), adopted July 2020; extended Jan. 20, 2021 (to Apr. 20, 2021) and April 2021 (to May 27, 2021); enforcement lifted by the Health Officer May 14, 2021Gallatin City-County Board of Health local face covering emergency rule | Gallatin City-County Board of Health; Matt Kelley, Health Officer | Gallatin County, MontanaCounty | July 17, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MT-037 | Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (licensure late fees; pharmacist vaccination; classroom face coverings)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020, waiving licensure renewal late fees for certain establishments, authorizing… | Governor Steve Bullock | MontanaState | Aug. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-084 | Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeksCascade City-County Health Officer Order of November 20, 2020, as continued and amended | Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments) | Cascade County, MontanaCounty | Nov. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MT-060 | Memorandum of the Chief Justice, December 21, 2020: Updated Judicial Branch Covid-19 ProtocolsUpdated Judicial Branch Covid-19 Protocols, December 21, 2020 | Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of Montana | Montana (statewide judiciary)Court | Dec. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MT-016 | Mont. Code Ann. 27-1-1608 (SB 65 sec. 8)Limitation on requirements | Montana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, Ch. 2, L. 2021 | MontanaState | Feb. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementVaccination or testingOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-021 | Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 (Feb. 12, 2021; rescinding and replacing all prior directives)Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 | Governor Greg Gianforte | MontanaState | Feb. 12, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Telework mandateHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MT-081 | Board of Health revision of COVID-19 mitigation requirements (Feb. 18, 2021): mask mandate retained; event capacities raised from 25 to 50 indoor and 100 outdoor; general business capacity limits removed except where needed for distancing; fitness facilities, pools, worship, personal care, restaurants and bars permitted with modificationsMissoula City-County Board of Health revision of Feb. 18, 2021 | Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer | Missoula County, MontanaCounty | Feb. 18, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MT-082 | Rescission of the Missoula County mask mandate (masks recommended in five settings)Missoula County mask mandate rescission, May 10, 2021 | Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Missoula City-County Health Department (under the Board's April 2021 direction) | Missoula County, MontanaCounty | May 10, 2021 | 2021 Q2 | Face-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MT-061 | Memorandum of the Chief Justice, May 17, 2021: Updated Judicial Branch Covid-19 ProtocolsUpdated Judicial Branch Covid-19 Protocols, May 17, 2021 | Chief Justice Mike McGrath, Supreme Court of Montana | Montana (statewide judiciary)Court | May 17, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Primary source read | |