The Record

The Orders Library

Name: The COVID Project Orders Library
Creator: The COVID Project

13,511 instruments indexed by The COVID Project: the orders of the fifty States and the District, forty metros, the federal layer and the agencies; the standing duties; the organizers' notices; the legal authorities. Filter by kind, State, limitation type, quarter and more; open the exhibit; download what you find.

Double quotes make a phrase ("stay at home"). An exhibit ID (TX-004) opens its record first.

The COVID Projectcovidproject.com/library

Filters:State: Minnesota Emergency declaration Standing duty Clear all

32 instruments · showing 1–25

Sort Per page

Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MN-010	Minn. R. 5206.0600 (Employee Right-to-Know: Infectious Agents)Employee Right-to-Know Standard, Infectious Agents: employers' duty to evaluate the workplace for recognized infectious agents and to train…	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), Employee Right-to-Know standard under Minn. Stat. § 182.653, subds. 4a-4e, and § 182.655	MinnesotaState	Jan. 18, 2014	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-011	Minn. R. 4626.0045 (Food Code § 2-201.12, Exclusions and Restrictions)Minnesota Food Code: the person in charge shall exclude or restrict ill food employees	Minnesota Department of Health (Minnesota Food Code, Minn. R. ch. 4626, under Minn. Stat. §§ 31.101, 31.11, 144.05, 144.07, 144.08, 144.12, 157.011)	MinnesotaState	Jan. 2, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-012	Minn. R. 4626.1795 (Food Code § 8-404.11, Ceasing Operations and Emergency Reporting)Minnesota Food Code: licensee shall immediately discontinue operations on an imminent health hazard	Minnesota Department of Health (Minnesota Food Code, Minn. R. ch. 4626)	MinnesotaState	Jan. 2, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-040	'Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information' page: closure of recreation centers and program buildings and cancellation of all classes, programs and events (captured Apr. 2, 2020)Recreation centers and program buildings closed to the public; all classes, programs and events cancelled through May 3, 2020	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (Superintendent Al Bangoura; Board of Commissioners)	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Minnesota (independent park board)City	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MN-001	Emergency Executive Order 20-01Declaring a Peacetime Emergency and Coordinating Minnesota's Strategy to Protect Minnesotans from COVID-19	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-022	Declaration of Local Emergency (March 15, 2020), continued June 8, 2020Extending City of Saint Paul Emergency Declaration COVID-19, June 8, 2020 (reciting the March 15, 2020 declaration and Res 20-550 of March…	Mayor Melvin Carter III; Saint Paul City Council (consent)	City of Saint PaulCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-001	Mayoral Declaration of Local Public Health EmergencyMayoral Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency (COVID-19)	Mayor Jacob Frey	City of Minneapolis, MinnesotaCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-021	Emergency Executive Orders compendium (City page)City of Saint Paul Emergency Executive Orders 2020-1 through 2022-18 and the emergency declaration continuations (full text as published by…	Mayor Melvin Carter III (Office of the Mayor; Saint Paul Emergency Management)	City of Saint Paul, MinnesotaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-046	Board declaration of continued local emergency (special meeting March 17, 2020) and closure of county libraries and service centersHennepin County COVID-19 response: 'Declaring continued local emergency'; libraries and service centers closed through April 10, 2020	Hennepin County Board of Commissioners (as recorded on the County's COVID-19 response page)	Hennepin County, MinnesotaCounty	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MSP-048	Board State of Emergency declaration (March 17, 2020); suspension of non-emergency walk-up servicesRamsey County to suspend non-emergency walk-up services through March 23 (release of March 16, 2020)	Ramsey County Board of Commissioners; Ramsey County (County release)	Ramsey County, MinnesotaCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MN-020	DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020)MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance	MinnesotaState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MSP-016	Resolution 2020R-075Approving and extending the Mayor's Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency resulting from imminent health conditions caused by the…	Minneapolis City Council	City of MinneapolisCity	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-014	MNOSHA, Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations (COVID-19), as posted by April 6, 2020Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA)	MinnesotaState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MN-013	Emergency Executive Order 20-35Extending the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency Declared in Executive Order 20-01	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MN-020	Emergency Executive Order 20-54, Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020)Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-017	Resolution amending Resolution 2020R-075 (January 15, 2021)Amending Resolution 2020R-075: ratifying Emergency Regulations 2020-20 and 2020-21 and extending the regulations in force	Minneapolis City Council	City of MinneapolisCity	Jan. 15, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MN-040	Emergency Executive Order 21-24Extending the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency Declared in Executive Order 20-01	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	June 14, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-018	Resolution 2021R-177Amending Resolution 2020R-075 to extend the period of the declared Local Public Health Emergency and to provide for the phased termination…	Minneapolis City Council	City of MinneapolisCity	July 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MN-041	Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 12, article 2, section 23Termination of Peacetime Emergency (in 'An act relating to state government operation; appropriating money...')	Minnesota Legislature (92nd Legislature, 2021 First Special Session), S.F. No. 2, signed by Governor Tim Walz June 30, 2021, 7:29 p.m.	MinnesotaState	June 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-019	Resolution 2021R-261Amending Resolution 2020R-075: extending the Local Public Health Emergency to November 7, 2021 (Delta variant)	Minneapolis City Council	City of MinneapolisCity	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-043	Extending City of Saint Paul Emergency Declaration COVID-19, August 31, 2021Continuation of the local emergency (Delta variant; Ramsey County in the CDC 'high' transmission category; more than 80 Executive Orders)	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City of Saint PaulCity	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-020	Resolution amending Resolution 2020R-075 (September 10, 2021)Amending Resolution 2020R-075: ratifying Emergency Regulation 2021-5 (COVID-19 Testing and Proof of Vaccination Policy for City employees)…	Minneapolis City Council	City of MinneapolisCity	Sept. 10, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-018	Snell v. Walz, No. A21-0626 (Minn. May 10, 2024), 6 N.W.3d 458Snell v. Walz (Snell II): the Emergency Management Act authorizes the declaration of a peacetime emergency in response to a pandemic; no…	Supreme Court of Minnesota (Moore, III, J.; Anderson, J., concurring; Procaccini, J., took no part)	MinnesotaCourt	May 10, 2024	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-009	Minn. R. 5205.0010 (current text, published October 30, 2025)Adoption of Federal Occupational Safety and Health Standards by Reference (29 C.F.R. parts 1904, 1910 and others, with the listed Federal…	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), by rule under Minn. Stat. § 182.655	MinnesotaState	Oct. 30, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-001	Minn. Stat. § 144.12, subd. 1 (2020)Regulation, Enforcement, Licenses, Fees: Commissioner of Health's power to control communicable disease, disinfection and quarantine of…	Minnesota Legislature (codified; administered by the Commissioner of Health)	MinnesotaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), Employee Right-to-Know standard under Minn. Stat. § 182.653, subds. 4a-4e, and § 182.655, Minn. R. 5206.0600 (Employee Right-to-Know: Infectious Agents) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-010)
Minnesota Department of Health (Minnesota Food Code, Minn. R. ch. 4626, under Minn. Stat. §§ 31.101, 31.11, 144.05, 144.07, 144.08, 144.12, 157.011), Minn. R. 4626.0045 (Food Code § 2-201.12, Exclusions and Restrictions) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-011)
Minnesota Department of Health (Minnesota Food Code, Minn. R. ch. 4626), Minn. R. 4626.1795 (Food Code § 8-404.11, Ceasing Operations and Emergency Reporting) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-012)
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (Superintendent Al Bangoura; Board of Commissioners), 'Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information' page: closure of recreation centers and program buildings and cancellation of all classes, programs and events (captured Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-040)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-01 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-001)
Mayor Melvin Carter III; Saint Paul City Council (consent), Declaration of Local Emergency (March 15, 2020), continued June 8, 2020 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-022)
Mayor Jacob Frey, Mayoral Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-001)
Mayor Melvin Carter III (Office of the Mayor; Saint Paul Emergency Management), Emergency Executive Orders compendium (City page) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-021)
Hennepin County Board of Commissioners (as recorded on the County's COVID-19 response page), Board declaration of continued local emergency (special meeting March 17, 2020) and closure of county libraries and service centers (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-046)
Ramsey County Board of Commissioners; Ramsey County (County release), Board State of Emergency declaration (March 17, 2020); suspension of non-emergency walk-up services (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-048)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance, DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MN-020)
Minneapolis City Council, Resolution 2020R-075 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-016)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA), MNOSHA, Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations (COVID-19), as posted by April 6, 2020 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-014)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-35 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-013)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-54, Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-020)
Minneapolis City Council, Resolution amending Resolution 2020R-075 (January 15, 2021) (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-MSP-017)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 21-24 (June 14, 2021) (Ex. MN-040)
Minneapolis City Council, Resolution 2021R-177 (July 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-MSP-018)
Minnesota Legislature (92nd Legislature, 2021 First Special Session), S.F. No. 2, signed by Governor Tim Walz June 30, 2021, 7:29 p.m, Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 12, article 2, section 23 (June 30, 2021) (Ex. MN-041)
Minneapolis City Council, Resolution 2021R-261 (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-MSP-019)
Mayor Melvin Carter III, Extending City of Saint Paul Emergency Declaration COVID-19, August 31, 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-MSP-043)
Minneapolis City Council, Resolution amending Resolution 2020R-075 (September 10, 2021) (Sept. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-MSP-020)
Supreme Court of Minnesota (Moore, III, J.; Anderson, J., concurring; Procaccini, J., took no part), Snell v. Walz, No. A21-0626 (Minn. May 10, 2024), 6 N.W.3d 458 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-018)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), by rule under Minn. Stat. § 182.655, Minn. R. 5205.0010 (current text, published October 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-009)
Minnesota Legislature (codified; administered by the Commissioner of Health), Minn. Stat. § 144.12, subd. 1 (2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-001)

The Orders Library

Results