The Metros

Kansas City

Name: Kansas City: local governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The Kansas City file holds 80 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 59 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Missouri file and the Kansas file.

Code KCStates Missouri, KansasFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MET-KC-026Orders reaching 2021 Q3 19Primary source read 58 Confirmed from a secondary source 22

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The record in brief

ScopeKansas City, Missouri (Mayor Quinton Lucas emergency orders and City Council mask ordinances); Jackson County, Missouri (County Executive Frank White, Jr., Health Director Bridgette Shaffer and Emergency Management Coordinator health orders; County Legislature resolutions); Clay County Public Health Center; Platte County Health Department; Independence, Missouri (own health department); Johnson County, Kansas (Board of County Commissioners sitting as Board of Health; Local Health Officer Dr. Joseph LeMaster); Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas (Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner; UG Commission); the 16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County) administrative orders; the Missouri and Kansas statutes that later limited local orders (RSMo 67.265 as enacted by HB 271 (2021); Kansas 2020 Special Session HB 2016; Kansas 2021 SB 40). Statewide Missouri and Kansas instruments are cited by name and date only.

The Kansas City metropolitan area was governed from March 2020 through the third quarter of 2021 by a coordinated set of local orders issued by the four 'Core 4' jurisdictions (Kansas City, Missouri; Jackson County, Missouri; Johnson County, Kansas; the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas) together with the Clay County Public Health Center, the Platte County Health Department and the Independence Health Department, in a two-State region where neither State imposed a statewide mask order in Missouri or a durable statewide business regime after mid-2020, so the local instruments were the operative limits on commerce, travel and group meetings for nearly the whole period. 2020 Q2 (with the March 13-31 run-up): Jackson County proclaimed a state of emergency on March 12, 2020, capped gatherings at 250 on March 13, at 50 on March 15 (Executive Order 20-05) and, on March 17 (Executive Order 20-06), defined a 'Group Event' as any gathering of 10 or more at any restaurant, tavern, professional, social, cultural, entertainment or other special event and prohibited all Group Events and all School Operations absent an approved mitigation plan; Johnson County's Board of Health Order 001-20 (March 19) closed all restaurants, bars, taverns, clubs and movie theatres to the public and prohibited gatherings of more than ten; the 16th Circuit suspended jury impanelment from March 16 (Administrative Order 2020-053) and barred whole classes of persons from the courthouse (2020-059). On March 21 the Core 4 announced a metro-wide stay-at-home regime effective 12:01 a.m. March 24, 2020; Jackson County's Stay at Home Order (March 22; effective March 24 to April 24, 11:59 p.m.) directed every individual outside Kansas City to stay home except for essential activities, ordered all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibited all non-essential gatherings 'of any number of individuals' and confined child care to stable groups of ten; Kansas City's Second Amended Order 20-01, the Johnson and Wyandotte Local Health Officer orders and the Clay and Platte orders imposed the same regime on the same day (Johnson and Wyandotte were folded into Kansas EO 20-16 from March 30). Jackson County's Amended Stay at Home Order (April 16) 'clarifies, strengthens, and extends' the order; the 16th Circuit extended its stay-at-home operations order through May 15 (2020-073). Reopening began May 11, 2020: Jackson County's Phase One order (May 12, effective May 11 to May 31) kept mass gatherings of ten or more prohibited, required every business open to the public to complete and post a Social Distancing Protocol, and kept gyms closed until May 18; Kansas City's Fourth Amended Order (May 6) imposed the '10/10/10' rule; Johnson and Wyandotte reopened under phased Local Health Officer orders on May 11 (Wyandotte keeping dine-in closed and hotels at 25 percent); Clay County's orders ran the same course. Phase Two (June 1) kept retail at 25 or 10 percent occupancy in Clay County and 50 percent in Jackson County; the 16th Circuit kept jury trials cancelled through July 31 (2020-079, 2020-096). 2020 Q3: on June 29 to July 3 every Core 4 jurisdiction imposed a mask order (Kansas City's Ninth Amended Order June 29; Wyandotte effective June 30; Jackson County's Phase 2.5 Order of July 1 requiring all persons over five 'present at any business or public accommodation' to wear a face covering and restaurants and bars to 50 percent occupancy; Johnson County affirming Kansas EO 20-52 on July 2, effective July 3; Clay County's mask order effective July 19 and extended August 21 'until further notice'; Platte County's masks from July 16). Those orders ran through the quarter (Jackson County August 21 and October 2 Phase 2.5 orders; Kansas City's Tenth Amended Order). 2020 Q4: on November 13 the six regional health directors issued a joint advisory and every jurisdiction re-tightened within a week: Johnson County Board of Public Health Order 002-20 (effective November 16; gatherings capped at 50 or 50 percent; midnight closing and four-hour closure for bars and restaurants; venues over 2,000 barred from events; fairs, festivals and parades prohibited; enforcement by Resolution 108-20 with fines up to $500); Jackson County's Amended Order (November 18, effective November 20; 50 percent occupancy; 10:00 p.m. closing; parties of ten; gatherings over ten require a Gathering Protocol approved seven business days in advance); Kansas City's Eleventh Amended Order (November 20) and the Clay (November 23) and Platte (November 23) orders to the same effect. 2021 Q1: the regime was re-imposed and extended in January (Jackson County January 13; Kansas City Twelfth Amended Order January 13; Clay January 14; Platte January 16; Johnson County extended Order 002-20 on January 28 to March 31), relaxed in late February (Johnson County removed curfews February 25; Jackson County February 26; Kansas City Thirteenth Amended Order February 19; Clay February 21; Platte February 22), and, in Johnson County, replaced on March 25 by the Local Health Officer's countywide mask-and-distancing order (effective March 26 through April 30, 2021) after Kansas SB 40 revoked the Governor's orders as of March 31. 2021 Q2: masks remained mandatory in every jurisdiction through April (Jackson County April 8 and April 30 orders lifted capacity limits but kept masks and required businesses to 'deny entry to and refuse to serve' the unmasked); Johnson County let its order expire at midnight April 30 (Resolution 032-21); Kansas City and Jackson County lifted masks on May 14, 2021; Wyandotte, Clay and Platte followed in May. The Kansas state of disaster emergency expired June 15, 2021; Missouri's EO 21-07 emergency ran to August 31, 2021; Kansas City's Sixth Amended Proclamation of a state of emergency ran to August 31, 2021. 2021 Q3: the Delta wave brought the orders back. Kansas City's Order 21-01 (signed July 30; effective 12:01 a.m. August 2; expiring August 28) required masks 'at indoor places of public accommodations'; Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210694 (passed August 19) rescinded and replaced it through September 23, 2021 at 3:00 p.m., with a $25 to $500 fine or up to six months' imprisonment and suspension of the certificate of occupancy for violators; Ordinance 210853 (passed September 23) carried the requirement to October 7, 2021 at 11:59 p.m., and Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210903 (October 7) to November 4, 2021, when Ordinance 210902 narrowed it to schools and school buses. Jackson County's Health Order of August 6, 2021 (effective 12:01 a.m. August 9; expiring September 7 under RSMo 67.265) required every person five and older to wear a face covering in places of public accommodation; the County Legislature extended it by Resolution 20749 (August 30) to October 7, Resolution 20781 (October 4) to November 7 and Resolution 20806 (November 1) to November 22, and ended it by Resolution 20814 on November 12, 2021. Johnson County's Board of Health Order 001-21 (August 5; effective August 9, 2021 through May 31, 2022) required masks in every public and private school building serving grade six or below and on every school bus. The Unified Government adopted an indoor mask order on August 5, 2021 (8-2), effective through September 16, extended on September 9 to November 18, 2021, with its local emergency extended to December 16, 2021. The Missouri Attorney General sued Kansas City (August 3, 2021) and Jackson County (August 19, 2021) in the Jackson County Circuit Court; neither order was enjoined during the quarter, and both were in force on September 30, 2021. In Kansas, SB 40 exposed every county and school order to expedited judicial review; a Johnson County District Court judgment (July 2021) held SB 40's review provisions unconstitutional and the Kansas Supreme Court stayed that judgment on August 24, 2021, restoring the review procedure while the Johnson County school order remained in force.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Kansas City 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 →	Stay-at-home orders in force metro-wide: Jackson County Stay at Home Order (eff. Mar. 24-Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-027); Kansas City Second Amended Order 20-01 (eff. Mar. 24) (Ex. MET-KC-013, secondary); Kansas EO 20-16 statewide stay-home (Mar. 30-May 3) superseding the Johnson and Wyandotte LHO orders (Exs. MET-KC-059, -069, secondary); Clay and Platte stay-home orders eff. Mar. 24 (Exs. MET-KC-074, -075, -076); Jackson County EO 20-06 Group Event and School Operations prohibition (Ex. MET-KC-026); 16th Circuit AO 2020-064 (court operations; jury impanelment suspended) (Ex. MET-KC-052); Missouri DHSS 'Stay Home Missouri' order (Apr. 6-May 3) statewide.	Phase Two orders in force: Jackson County Phase Two Order (June 1, 2020) with 50 percent occupancy, Social Distancing Protocol posting and gathering limits (Ex. MET-KC-033); Kansas City Seventh Amended Order (May 31; 50 percent occupancy) (Ex. MET-KC-016, secondary); Clay County Order 06152020 (50 percent; gatherings 250) (Ex. MET-KC-075); Johnson and Wyandotte phased LHO orders (Exs. MET-KC-070, secondary); 16th Circuit AO 2020-096 cancelling all jury trials through July 31, 2020 (Ex. MET-KC-056); Kansas Ad Astra Phase 3 statewide.
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Jackson County Phase 2.5 Order (July 1, 2020): masks for all persons over five at any business or public accommodation, 50 percent occupancy, gatherings at 50 percent indoor capacity (Ex. MET-KC-034); Kansas City Ninth Amended Order (June 29; masks) (Ex. MET-KC-017, secondary); Wyandotte LHO mask order (eff. June 30) (Ex. MET-KC-071, secondary); Clay County Order 07012020 (Ex. MET-KC-075); 16th Circuit AO 2020-096 (jury trials cancelled through July 31) (Ex. MET-KC-056).	Jackson County Phase 2.5 Order (Aug. 21, 2020) masks and 50 percent occupancy (Ex. MET-KC-036); Kansas City Tenth Amended Order (masks; taverns 50 percent) (Ex. MET-KC-018, secondary); Kansas EO 20-52 masks affirmed in Johnson County July 2, 2020 (Ex. MET-KC-060) and in force in Wyandotte; Clay County order extended Aug. 21 'until further notice' incl. masks (Ex. MET-KC-074); Platte County Amended Order (July 16; masks) (Ex. MET-KC-076, secondary).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Jackson County Phase 2.5 Order (Oct. 2, 2020; masks; 50 percent capacity; gatherings over 100 require protocol) (Ex. MET-KC-037); Kansas City Tenth Amended Order (Ex. MET-KC-018, secondary); Kansas EO 20-52 in Johnson and Wyandotte; Clay and Platte mask orders.	Re-tightened orders in force: Jackson County Amended Order (Dec. 14, 2020) continuing the Nov. 20 regime (50 percent; 10:00 p.m.; parties of ten; gatherings over ten by approved protocol) (Exs. MET-KC-038, -039); Kansas City Eleventh Amended Order (Nov. 20) (Ex. MET-KC-019, secondary); Johnson County Board of Public Health Order 002-20 (eff. Nov. 16, 2020-Jan. 31, 2021; gatherings 50 or 50 percent; midnight curfew; venues over 2,000 barred; Res. 108-20 fines) (Exs. MET-KC-061, -062); Wyandotte Nov. 2020 restrictions (Ex. MET-KC-072, secondary); Clay Order 11172020 (eff. Nov. 23) and Platte Amended Order (eff. Nov. 23) (Exs. MET-KC-075, -076); Kansas EO 20-68 masks statewide.
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Same regime as Dec. 31, 2020 in every jurisdiction (Exs. MET-KC-039, -019, -061, -062, -072, -075, -076).	Jackson County Amended Order (Feb. 26, 2021; masks; distancing; Phase One Safer-at-Home Plan) (Ex. MET-KC-041); Kansas City Thirteenth Amended Order (Feb. 19; masks; distancing; capacity limits lifted) (Ex. MET-KC-021, secondary); Johnson County Order 002-20 as amended Feb. 25 (curfews removed) through Mar. 31 (Ex. MET-KC-063) and the LHO's Mar. 25 order (masks and 6-foot distancing in every public space and business; personal-services by appointment only) effective Mar. 26 (Exs. MET-KC-064, -065); Wyandotte mask order and 50 percent capacity (Ex. MET-KC-072, secondary); Clay Order 02212021 and Platte Amended Order (Feb. 22) (Exs. MET-KC-075, -076); Kansas SB 40 signed Mar. 24 revoking EO 20-52/20-68 as of Mar. 31 (Ex. MET-KC-080).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Jackson County Amended Order (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-041) (superseded Apr. 9 by the Apr. 8 order, Ex. MET-KC-042); Kansas City Thirteenth Amended Order (Ex. MET-KC-021, secondary); Johnson County LHO order (Mar. 26-Apr. 30) (Ex. MET-KC-064); Wyandotte, Clay and Platte mask orders (Exs. MET-KC-072, -075, -076); Kansas EO 21-14 masks (Apr. 1) statewide.	No general local business, capacity or mask order in force in any of the seven jurisdictions (Kansas City and Jackson County lifted May 14, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-044); Johnson County Apr. 30 (Ex. MET-KC-066); Wyandotte, Clay and Platte in May 2021). In force: Kansas City Sixth Amended Proclamation of emergency (to Aug. 31, 2021) (recited in Ex. MET-KC-002); Missouri EO 21-07 (Mar. 26, 2021; to Aug. 31, 2021 as written; terminated Aug. 27, 2021 by EO 21-09, which continued the state of emergency to Dec. 31, 2021); Johnson County local disaster emergency (Ex. MET-KC-067 recital); RSMo 67.265 (from June 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-078); the CDC conveyance mask order on RideKC and school buses; Missouri Supreme Court operational directives on court operations.
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	No general local business or mask order in force on July 1, 2021; the Kansas City and Missouri emergency proclamations, the Johnson County local disaster emergency, RSMo 67.265 and the federal transit mask order were in force.	Mask orders in force on September 30, 2021: Kansas City Ordinance 210853 (passed Sept. 23; masks at indoor places of public accommodation; expiring Oct. 7, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.; $25-$500 fine, up to six months, certificate-of-occupancy suspension) (Ex. MET-KC-006) with the 67.265 report of Sept. 15 (Ex. MET-KC-007); Jackson County Health Order of Aug. 6, 2021 (eff. Aug. 9; face covering for all persons five and older in places of public accommodation) as extended by Resolution 20749 (Aug. 30) to Oct. 7, 2021 (Exs. MET-KC-045, -046); Johnson County Board of Health Order 001-21 (eff. Aug. 9, 2021-May 31, 2022; masks in all public and private school buildings through grade six and on all school buses) (Exs. MET-KC-067, -068); Unified Government indoor mask order (Aug. 5, 2021) as extended Sept. 9 to Nov. 18, 2021, with the UG local emergency extended to Dec. 16, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-073, secondary); the Attorney General's suits pending without injunction (Ex. MET-KC-081, secondary).

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Kansas City, 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

May 14, 2021

2021-05-14 (Kansas City and Jackson County); 2021-04-30 (Johnson County); May 2021 (Wyandotte, Clay, Platte)

Instrument Kansas City: Mayor's announcement lifting the indoor mask order (May 14, 2021, noon), and, for eastern Jackson County, the County's Announcement Rescinding the Current Health Order Dated April 30, 2021 (May 14, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-044); Johnson County: expiration of the Local Health Officer's March 25, 2021 order at 11:59 p.m. April 30, 2021 and Resolution 032-21 (Ex. MET-KC-066).

What remained in force

The Kansas City Sixth Amended Proclamation of a state of emergency (to August 31, 2021); Missouri EO 21-07 (Mar. 26, 2021; terminated Aug. 27, 2021 by EO 21-09, which continued the state of emergency to Dec. 31, 2021); the Johnson County state of local disaster emergency (declared March 19, 2020, renewed May 28, 2020, 'remains in place' as recited August 5, 2021); the federal CDC conveyance mask order on all RideKC and school transportation; and, from August 2, 2021 (Kansas City), August 5-9, 2021 (Wyandotte; Johnson County schools) and August 9, 2021 (Jackson County), the Delta-wave mask orders, which were in force on September 30, 2021 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Wyandotte County and every Johnson County school building through grade six.

The State and the local orders

Missouri: no statewide preemption during 2020; Missouri never issued a statewide mask order and after June 15, 2020 imposed no statewide business, gathering or travel restriction, so the Kansas City, Jackson, Clay, Platte and Independence orders were the operative limits. HB 271 (L. 2021), enacting RSMo 67.265 effective June 15, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-078), limited any local order that 'directly or indirectly closes, partially closes, or places restrictions on the opening of or access to any one or more business organizations, churches, schools, or other places of public or private gathering' to thirty calendar days in a 180-day period unless extended by a simple-majority vote of the governing body (and to twenty-one days by two-thirds vote outside a chapter 44 emergency), required a supporting report before issuance, and gave governing bodies the power to terminate any order by simple majority. Every Q3 2021 Kansas City and Jackson County instrument was issued under and complied with that statute (the Kansas City Health Department's reports of July 30, August 18, September 15 and October 5, 2021 (Exs. MET-KC-004, -005, -007, -009) are the 67.265 reports; the Jackson County resolutions of August 30, October 4 and November 1, 2021 (Exs. MET-KC-046 to -048) are the 67.265 extensions). The Attorney General's suits against Kansas City (filed August 3, 2021) and Jackson County (filed August 19, 2021) in the Jackson County Circuit Court did not produce an injunction during Q3 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-081, secondary). The Cole County Circuit Court's judgment in Robinson v. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (November 22, 2021) post-dates the period and is not relied on. Kansas: 2020 Special Session HB 2016 (signed June 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-079) let a board of county commissioners adopt orders 'less stringent than' a statewide executive order, made Governor Kelly's mask order EO 20-52 (July 2, 2020) effective in a county only if the board did not opt out, and amended K.S.A. 65-202 to subject local health officer orders to board review; Johnson County affirmed EO 20-52 on July 2, 2020 (4-2-1) and the Unified Government kept its own mask order, so the mask regime applied in both counties without interruption from July 3, 2020. SB 40 (2021) (signed March 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-080) revoked all COVID-19 executive orders as of March 31, 2021, required board-of-county-commissioners approval of local health officer orders and created expedited judicial review of county and school-district orders; the Johnson County Local Health Officer's March 25, 2021 order was issued and approved under that regime and expired April 30, 2021, and the Board of Health's school order 001-21 (August 5, 2021) was challenged under SB 40 in the Johnson County District Court (M.M.C., September 2021) while the Kansas Supreme Court's August 24, 2021 stay restored SB 40's review procedure (Ex. MET-KC-082, secondary). The Kansas state of disaster emergency expired June 15, 2021.

Third quarter of 2021

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

In force (12)

MET-KC-001 Kansas City Order 21-01 (signed July 30, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Aug. 2; expired 12:01 a.m. Aug. 28, 2021 by rescission and replacement Aug. 19) (secondary; terms recited verbatim in Ex. MET-KC-002)
MET-KC-002 / MET-KC-003 Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210694 (passed Aug. 19, 2021; masks at indoor places of public accommodation; expired Sept. 23, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.)
MET-KC-004 / MET-KC-005 / MET-KC-007 Kansas City Health Department reports under RSMo 67.265 (July 30, Aug. 18, Sept. 15, 2021)
MET-KC-006 Ordinance No. 210853 (passed Sept. 23, 2021; masks at indoor places of public accommodation; expired Oct. 7, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.)
MET-KC-012 Kansas City Sixth Amended Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency (in effect to Aug. 31, 2021) (secondary; recited in Ex. MET-KC-002)
MET-KC-045 Jackson County Health Order (Aug. 6, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Aug. 9, 2021; masks for all persons five and older in places of public accommodation; expiring Sept. 7, 2021 under RSMo 67.265)
MET-KC-046 Jackson County Legislature Resolution 20749 (Aug. 30, 2021) extending the mask order to Oct. 7, 2021
MET-KC-067 / MET-KC-068 Johnson County Board of Health Order 001-21 (Aug. 5, 2021; effective Aug. 9, 2021 through May 31, 2022; masks in all K-6 school buildings and on all school buses; enforced by each school board)
MET-KC-073 Unified Government of Wyandotte County indoor mask order (adopted Aug. 5, 2021, 8-2; effective through Sept. 16, 2021; extended Sept. 9, 2021 to Nov. 18, 2021; local emergency extended to Dec. 16, 2021) (secondary)
MET-KC-078 RSMo 67.265 (effective June 15, 2021) governing the duration, reporting and extension of every Missouri local order in the quarter
MET-KC-080 Kansas SB 40 (2021) governing board approval and judicial review of every Kansas local order in the quarter; Kansas Supreme Court stay of Aug. 24, 2021 restoring SB 40 review (MET-KC-082, secondary)
Statewide (cite by name): Missouri EO 21-07 (Mar. 26, 2021) state of emergency, terminated Aug. 27, 2021 by EO 21-09, which continued the state of emergency to Dec. 31, 2021 (in force on Sept. 30, 2021); federal CDC conveyance mask order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) on RideKC, KC Streetcar and school transportation through the quarter; Missouri Supreme Court operational directives (court operations)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Kansas City, 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

Closed to dine-in Mar. 17-19, 2020 (Jackson EO 20-06 Group Event ban; Johnson Order 001-20 closure effective immediately) and under the Mar. 24 stay-home orders; dine-in resumed May 11, 2020 with 10-person parties and 6-foot tables (Johnson, Jackson Phase One) but not in Wyandotte (carryout only in Phase 1); 50 percent occupancy from June 1 (Phase Two) and under Kansas City's Seventh Amended Order (May 31); masks for staff and patrons from June 29-July 3, 2020; 50 percent occupancy, 10:00 p.m. closing (Kansas City, Jackson, Clay, Platte) or midnight closing with four-hour closure (Johnson) and parties of ten from Nov. 16-23, 2020; midnight closing from Jan. 13-16, 2021; curfews lifted Feb. 19-26, 2021; capacity limits lifted Apr. 8-9 (Jackson) with masking of seated patrons; all lifted May 2021; masks for all patrons and staff indoors again Aug. 2 (KC), Aug. 5-6 (Wyandotte), Aug. 9 (Jackson), 2021 through Sept. 30 and beyond.

Retail

Non-essential retail closed at physical locations Mar. 24-May 10, 2020 (Jackson Stay at Home Order § 2; Kansas City; Johnson; Wyandotte; Clay; Platte); reopened May 11 under the 10/10/10 rule (Kansas City) and Social Distancing Protocol posting (Jackson); 25 percent (under 10,000 sq. ft.) or 10 percent occupancy in Clay County June 1-15; 50 percent occupancy June-Nov. 2020 and again Nov. 2020-Feb./Apr. 2021; masks required of employees and customers from June 29-July 19, 2020 to May 2021 and Aug. 2-9, 2021 onward; businesses 'shall deny entry to and refuse to serve' unmasked customers (Jackson Nov. 18, 2020 and Apr. 30, 2021 orders).

Personal care

Closed Mar. 24-May 10, 2020; reopened May 11 (Jackson; Kansas City) or later (Wyandotte, Johnson salons after May 18); masks and distancing rules from July 2020; Johnson County Order 002-20 (Nov. 16, 2020) and the Mar. 25, 2021 LHO order required salons, barbers, nail salons, tattoo parlors and dentists to serve only pre-scheduled or online/text check-in customers.

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms and theatres closed Mar. 19-May 17, 2020 (Johnson Order 001-20 closed movie theatres; Jackson Phase One reopened gyms only at 12:01 a.m. May 18); 50 percent capacity and masks from Nov. 20, 2020; Johnson County barred venues with attendance over 2,000 from hosting events and closed fitness locker rooms Nov. 16, 2020-Feb./Mar. 2021; fairs, festivals, carnivals and parades prohibited in Johnson County Nov. 16, 2020-Mar. 2021; full capacity with masks Apr. 2021; masks again Aug. 2021.

Hotels and short-term rentals

Hotels and motels treated as 'residences' under the stay-home orders (Jackson § m); Wyandotte Phase 1 (May 11, 2020) capped hotels at 25 percent; Kansas City's convention and hotel functions subject to the gathering caps and Council direction on health protocols (Res. 200398, May 21, 2020).

Offices and telework

All businesses ordered to 'cease non-essential operations at physical locations' Mar. 24-May 10, 2020, with 'Minimum Basic Operations' limited to maintaining inventory, security, payroll and 'facilitat[ing] employees... being able to continue to work remotely' (Jackson Stay at Home Order § l); every business open to the public required to complete and post a Social Distancing Protocol from May 11, 2020 (Jackson), including that 'everyone who can carry out their work duties from home has been directed to do so'; Kansas City orders required employers to accommodate employees' health and child-care concerns (Seventh and Tenth Amended Orders) and to keep occupant records for visits over ten minutes (Eleventh Amended Order); masks in every workspace shared with others (Jackson July 1, 2020: not required only 'inside a solitary, enclosed workspace'); Johnson County Order 002-20 and the Mar. 25, 2021 order required masks of employees 'in any room or enclosed area where other people... are present'.

Manufacturing

Non-essential manufacturing ordered to cease operations at physical locations Mar. 24-May 10, 2020 (Jackson Stay at Home Order § 2; Kansas City Second Amended Order); Wyandotte Phase 1 (May 11, 2020) reopened manufacturing and logistics with distancing; masks in all shared workspaces from July 2020.

Construction

Treated as essential (infrastructure projects) in the Core 4 announcement of Mar. 21, 2020 and the stay-home orders, subject to Social Distancing Requirements; permit and inspection functions ran under closed public offices (Johnson County Administration Building closed to the public Mar.-June 2020; Kansas City Ordinance 200226 suspended in-person neighborhood meetings for zoning applications during the emergency, Ex. MET-KC-011).

Real estate

Professional services permitted only 'when necessary to assist in compliance with legally mandated activities' Mar. 24-May 10, 2020 (Jackson § k.xx); Kansas City Ordinance 200226 suspended in-person meeting requirements for zoning applications (Apr. 5, 2020); recorder and clerk functions ran under the 16th Circuit and county building closures.

Hospitals and long-term care

Regional Health Directors' Nov. 13, 2020 advisory recited in every Nov. 2020-Feb. 2021 order (acute-care beds 'dangerously low'; ICU 'imminent risk of incapacity'); Johnson County orders exempted hospitals and long-term care from the gathering caps while requiring masks; Jackson County required proof of vaccination or weekly testing of County staff from Sept. 30, 2021 (secondary, KCUR Aug. 4, 2021).

Dental and elective health care

Missouri DHSS and Kansas EO 20-16 governed elective procedures statewide (cite by name); Johnson County orders treated dentists as businesses that 'intrinsically require staff... to be within less than 6 feet' and, from Nov. 16, 2020, limited them to pre-scheduled appointments; masks required of patients obtaining health-care services (Johnson Mar. 25, 2021 § III.1.b).

Schools

Jackson County EO 20-06 (Mar. 17, 2020) prohibited all 'School Operations' (public, chartered, private or parochial) absent an approved mitigation plan; Johnson County LHO orders closed schools Mar. 2020 (recited in Order 001-20); Kansas EO 20-07 closed Kansas school buildings for the 2019-20 year (statewide); Clay County issued school reopening guidance Aug. 5, 2020 and permitted schools to open with precautions Aug. 24, 2020; Johnson County Order 002-20 exempted schools from gathering caps; Johnson County Board of Health Order 001-21 required masks in every K-6 school building and school bus Aug. 9, 2021-May 31, 2022; Kansas City Ordinance 210902 (Nov. 4, 2021) required masks in all K-12 school buildings and buses (post-period).

Child care

Permitted only to serve exempt workers, in stable groups of ten or fewer, no mixing, one provider per group (Jackson Stay at Home Order § k.xxi, Mar. 24-May 10, 2020); Johnson County orders exempted licensed child care from gathering caps.

Worship and gatherings

Gatherings capped at 250 (Mar. 13), 50 (Mar. 15) and 10 (Mar. 17-19) in Jackson and Johnson Counties; 'all non-essential gatherings of any number of individuals' prohibited Mar. 24-May 10, 2020; mass gatherings of ten or more prohibited in Phase One (May 11-31); 50 percent of venue capacity July-Oct. 2020; gatherings over 100 required a 72-hour protocol (Jackson Oct. 2, 2020); gatherings over ten required Director approval or a 7-business-day Gathering Protocol Nov. 20, 2020-Apr. 8, 2021 (Jackson; Kansas City; Clay; Platte); Johnson County 50 or 50 percent Nov. 16, 2020-Mar. 2021 (religious institutions exempt from the cap but subject to masking); no gathering caps after Apr.-May 2021; masks at indoor gatherings Aug.-Nov. 2021.

Courts and public offices

16th Circuit: jury impanelment suspended and trials continued from Mar. 16, 2020 (AO 2020-053); courthouse entry barred to travelers, exposed and symptomatic persons from Mar. 16 (AO 2020-059); court operations restricted and jurors suspended Mar. 24-Apr. 24 (AO 2020-064), extended through May 15 (AO 2020-073); phased reopening May 18 (AO 2020-084); all jury trials cancelled through July 3 (AO 2020-079) and July 31, 2020 (AO 2020-096); statewide Missouri Supreme Court operational directives thereafter; Johnson County Administration Building closed to the public Mar. 2020-June 11, 2020 (BOCC agendas); Johnson County motor-vehicle offices by reservation only from May 11, 2020 (secondary).

Travel and quarantine

Stay-home orders Mar. 24-May 10, 2020 confined travel to essential purposes; Kansas EO 20-16 and the Kansas DHE travel-quarantine list (statewide; cite by name); masks required 'when using public transportation, taxis or ride-sharing services' (Jackson July 1, 2020; Johnson Mar. 25, 2021); CDC conveyance order from Feb. 1, 2021 on RideKC.

Face coverings

Kansas City June 29, 2020-May 14, 2021 and Aug. 2, 2021-Nov. 4, 2021 (schools to 2022); Jackson County July 1, 2020-May 14, 2021 and Aug. 9-Nov. 12, 2021; Johnson County July 3, 2020 (EO 20-52 affirmed)-Apr. 30, 2021 and K-6 schools Aug. 9, 2021-May 31, 2022; Wyandotte June 30, 2020-May 2021 and Aug. 5/6, 2021-Nov. 18, 2021; Clay County July 19, 2020-Aug. 23, then Aug. 21, 2020 'until further notice' to May 2021; Platte County July 16, 2020-May 2021.

Vaccination mandates

No local vaccination-proof order for public accommodations in the metro; Jackson County required its own full- and part-time staff to show proof of full vaccination or test weekly from Sept. 30, 2021 (secondary); Kansas City Resolution 210852 (introduced Sept. 16, 2021) directed a mandatory vaccination policy for the City workforce consistent with the federal rules (introduction verified; adoption not verified).

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Kansas City 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.

Emergency declaration 8Stay-at-home 10Business closure 14Telework mandate 4Capacity limit 23Gathering cap 39Face-covering requirement 38Travel and quarantine 2Schools and child care 9Curfew and hours 10Alcohol and bars 8Events and venues 5Courts and public offices 8Workplace rules 33Quarantine and isolation 1Other 14

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Ex. MET-KC-012 Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency (Mar. 12, 2020) and…Mayor Quinton Lucas · Mar. 12, 2020

Proclamation Declaring a…

Ex. MET-KC-023 Emergency Proclamation (Mar. 12, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item…County Executive Frank White, Jr. · Mar. 12, 2020

Emergency Proclamation (Mar.…

Ex. MET-KC-024 Amendment to COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020)County Executive Frank White, Jr. · Mar. 13, 2020

Amendment to COVID-19 State…

Ex. MET-KC-025 Executive Order 20-05County Executive Frank White, Jr. · Mar. 15, 2020

Executive Order 20-05

Ex. MET-KC-050 Administrative Order 2020-053Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · Mar. 16, 2020

Administrative Order…

Ex. MET-KC-051 Administrative Order 2020-059 (Amended)Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · Mar. 16, 2020

Administrative Order…

Ex. MET-KC-026 Executive Order 20-06 (corrected Mar. 18, 2020)County Executive Frank White, Jr. · Mar. 17, 2020

Executive Order 20-06…

Ex. MET-KC-057 Public Health Board Order No. 001-20Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County… · Mar. 19, 2020

Public Health Board Order…

Ex. MET-KC-013 Second Amended Order 20-01 (stay at home)Mayor Quinton Lucas (with the Director of… · Mar. 24, 2020

Second Amended Order 20-01…

Ex. MET-KC-027 Stay at Home Order (Legistar Health Orders item 002, 'Health Order…County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Mar. 24, 2020

Stay at Home Order (Legistar…

Ex. MET-KC-052 Administrative Order 2020-064Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · Mar. 24, 2020

Administrative Order…

Ex. MET-KC-058 Core 4 joint announcement of metro-wide stay-at-home orders (Mar. 21…The Core 4 chief elected officers and medical… · Mar. 24, 2020

Core 4 joint announcement of…

Ex. MET-KC-059 Local Health Officer stay-at-home order (Mar. 22, 2020)Local Health Officer Dr. Joseph LeMaster · Mar. 24, 2020

Local Health Officer…

Ex. MET-KC-069 Local Health Officer stay-at-home order (Mar. 22, 2020)Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner (Unified… · Mar. 24, 2020

Local Health Officer…

Ex. MET-KC-075 Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order…Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary… · Mar. 24, 2020

Clay County Public Health…

Ex. MET-KC-076 Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar.…Platte County Health Department (Director Mary… · Mar. 24, 2020

Platte County Health…

Ex. MET-KC-011 Ordinance No. 200226 (authenticated as passed Apr. 5, 2020)Council of Kansas City, Missouri · Apr. 5, 2020

Ordinance No. 200226…

Ex. MET-KC-014 Third Amended Order 20-01Mayor Quinton Lucas · Apr. 16, 2020

Third Amended Order 20-01

Ex. MET-KC-028 Amended Stay at Home OrderCounty Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Apr. 16, 2020

Amended Stay at Home Order

Ex. MET-KC-053 Administrative Order 2020-073Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · Apr. 16, 2020

Administrative Order…

Ex. MET-KC-054 Administrative Order 2020-079Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · May 4, 2020

Administrative Order…

Ex. MET-KC-015 Fourth Amended Order 20-01 ('10/10/10' reopening rule)Mayor Quinton Lucas · May 6, 2020

Fourth Amended Order 20-01…

Ex. MET-KC-029 Emergency Declaration (May 11, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 004)County Executive Frank White, Jr. · May 11, 2020

Emergency Declaration (May…

Ex. MET-KC-030 Amended Order (Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan)County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · May 11, 2020

Amended Order (Phase One of…

Ex. MET-KC-031 Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan, Phase IJackson County Health Department · May 11, 2020

Eastern Jackson County…

Ex. MET-KC-070 Local Health Officer phased reopening order ('ReStart WyCo' Phase 1)…Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner · May 11, 2020

Local Health Officer phased…

Ex. MET-KC-055 Administrative Order 2020-084Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · May 18, 2020

Administrative Order…

Ex. MET-KC-032 Emergency Declaration (May 27, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 006)County Executive Frank White, Jr. · May 27, 2020

Emergency Declaration (May…

Ex. MET-KC-016 Seventh Amended Order 20-01Mayor Quinton Lucas · May 31, 2020

Seventh Amended Order 20-01

Ex. MET-KC-033 Order of the Health Director (Phase Two of the Eastern Jackson County…Health Director Bridgette Shaffer · June 1, 2020

Order of the Health Director…

Ex. MET-KC-056 Administrative Order 2020-096Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit · June 5, 2020

Administrative Order…

Ex. MET-KC-079 House Bill No. 2016 (2020 Special Session) (enrolled)Kansas Legislature, 2020 Special Session… · June 9, 2020

House Bill No. 2016 (2020…

Ex. MET-KC-017 Ninth Amended Order 20-01 (face coverings)Mayor Quinton Lucas · June 29, 2020

Ninth Amended Order 20-01…

Ex. MET-KC-071 Local Health Officer face-covering order (effective June 30, 2020)Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner · June 30, 2020

Local Health Officer…

Ex. MET-KC-034 Order of the Health Director (Phase 2.5 of the Eastern Jackson County…Health Director Bridgette Shaffer · July 1, 2020

Order of the Health Director…

Ex. MET-KC-060 BOCC affirmation of Kansas Executive Order 20-52 (July 2, 2020) and…Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County… · July 3, 2020

BOCC affirmation of Kansas…

Ex. MET-KC-018 Tenth Amended Order 20-01Mayor Quinton Lucas · July 12, 2020

Tenth Amended Order 20-01

Ex. MET-KC-035 Resolution No. 20465 (adopted July 27, 2020)Jackson County Legislature · July 27, 2020

Resolution No. 20465…

Ex. MET-KC-036 Order of the Health Director (Phase 2.5, Aug. 21, 2020)Health Director Bridgette Shaffer · Aug. 21, 2020

Order of the Health Director…

Ex. MET-KC-037 Health Order (Phase 2.5, Oct. 2, 2020)Health Director Bridgette Shaffer · Oct. 9, 2020

Health Order (Phase 2.5…

Ex. MET-KC-061 Johnson County Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County… · Nov. 16, 2020

Johnson County Board of…

Ex. MET-KC-062 Resolution No. 108-20Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County · Nov. 19, 2020

Resolution No. 108-20

Ex. MET-KC-019 Eleventh Amended Order 20-01Mayor Quinton Lucas · Nov. 20, 2020

Eleventh Amended Order 20-01

Ex. MET-KC-038 Amended Order (Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home…County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Nov. 20, 2020

Amended Order (Phase One of…

Ex. MET-KC-072 Local Health Officer order re-tightening restrictions (November 2020)…Local Health Officer / UG Board of Commissioners · Nov. 25, 2020

Local Health Officer order…

Ex. MET-KC-039 Amended Order (Dec. 14, 2020)County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Dec. 14, 2020

Amended Order (Dec. 14…

Ex. MET-KC-020 Twelfth Amended Order 20-01Mayor Quinton Lucas · Jan. 13, 2021

Twelfth Amended Order 20-01

Ex. MET-KC-040 Amended Order (Jan. 13, 2021)County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Jan. 14, 2021

Amended Order (Jan. 13…

Ex. MET-KC-021 Thirteenth Amended Order 20-01Mayor Quinton Lucas · Feb. 19, 2021

Thirteenth Amended Order…

Ex. MET-KC-063 Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20 as amended Feb. 25, 2021…Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County… · Feb. 25, 2021

Board of Public Health Order…

Ex. MET-KC-041 Amended Order (Feb. 26, 2021)County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Feb. 26, 2021

Amended Order (Feb. 26…

Ex. MET-KC-074 Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of…Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary… · Mar. 1, 2021

Clay County Public Health…

Ex. MET-KC-080 Senate Bill No. 40 (2021) (enrolled)Kansas Legislature (2021 Senate Bill No. 40)… · Mar. 25, 2021

Senate Bill No. 40 (2021)…

Ex. MET-KC-064 Public Health Order of the Johnson County Local Health Officer (Mar.…Local Health Officer Joseph LeMaster, M.D.… · Mar. 26, 2021

Public Health Order of the…

Ex. MET-KC-065 Public Health Order of the Johnson County Local Health Officer (Mar.…Local Health Officer Joseph LeMaster, M.D. · Mar. 26, 2021

Public Health Order of the…

Ex. MET-KC-042 Amended Order (Apr. 8, 2021)County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Apr. 9, 2021

Amended Order (Apr. 8, 2021)

Ex. MET-KC-043 Amended Order (Apr. 30, 2021) (masks)County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Apr. 30, 2021

Amended Order (Apr. 30…

Ex. MET-KC-066 Resolution No. 032-21 (Apr. 29, 2021)Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County · May 1, 2021

Resolution No. 032-21 (Apr.…

Ex. MET-KC-044 Announcement Rescinding the Current Health Order Dated April 30, 2021County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · May 14, 2021

Announcement Rescinding the…

Ex. MET-KC-078 RSMo § 67.265 (Public health order for threat to public health by…Missouri General Assembly (H.B. 271, 101st Gen.… · June 15, 2021

RSMo § 67.265 (Public health…

Ex. MET-KC-004 Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (July 30…Kansas City Health Department (Frank E.… · July 30, 2021

Report Supporting Order for…

Ex. MET-KC-001 Order 21-01Mayor Quinton Lucas · Aug. 2, 2021

Order 21-01

Ex. MET-KC-081 State ex rel. Schmitt v. City of Kansas City (filed Aug. 3, 2021) and…Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt… · Aug. 3, 2021

State ex rel. Schmitt v.…

Ex. MET-KC-073 Unified Government indoor mask order (Aug. 5, 2021), extended Sept. 9…UG Board of Commissioners (8-2) on the Local… · Aug. 6, 2021

Unified Government indoor…

Ex. MET-KC-045 Health Order (Aug. 6, 2021) ('Renewed Public Health Order')County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health… · Aug. 9, 2021

Health Order (Aug. 6, 2021)…

Ex. MET-KC-067 Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County… · Aug. 9, 2021

Johnson County Board of…

Ex. MET-KC-068 Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21 (executed, journalized…Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County… · Aug. 9, 2021

Johnson County Board of…

Ex. MET-KC-005 Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Aug. 18…Kansas City Health Department (Frank E.… · Aug. 18, 2021

Report Supporting Order for…

Ex. MET-KC-002 Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210694 (legislation text)Council of Kansas City, Missouri (Mayor Quinton… · Aug. 19, 2021

Committee Substitute for…

Ex. MET-KC-003 Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210694 (authenticated as…Council of Kansas City, Missouri · Aug. 19, 2021

Committee Substitute for…

Ex. MET-KC-082 Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District…Johnson County District Court (Judge David… · Aug. 24, 2021

Butler v. Shawnee Mission…

Ex. MET-KC-046 Resolution No. 20749 (adopted Aug. 30, 2021)Jackson County Legislature (Legislators Jalen… · Aug. 30, 2021

Resolution No. 20749…

Ex. MET-KC-007 Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Sept. 15…Kansas City Health Department (Frank E.… · Sept. 15, 2021

Report Supporting Order for…

Ex. MET-KC-006 Ordinance No. 210853 (authenticated as passed Sept. 23, 2021)Council of Kansas City, Missouri · Sept. 23, 2021

Ordinance No. 210853…

Ex. MET-KC-047 Resolution No. 20781 (adopted Oct. 4, 2021)Jackson County Legislature · Oct. 4, 2021

Resolution No. 20781…

Ex. MET-KC-009 Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Oct. 5…Kansas City Health Department (Frank E.… · Oct. 5, 2021

Report Supporting Order for…

Ex. MET-KC-008 Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210903 (authenticated as passed…Council of Kansas City, Missouri · Oct. 7, 2021

Committee Substitute for…

Ex. MET-KC-048 Resolution No. 20806 (adopted Nov. 1, 2021)Jackson County Legislature · Nov. 1, 2021

Resolution No. 20806…

Ex. MET-KC-010 Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210902 (authenticated as passed…Council of Kansas City, Missouri · Nov. 4, 2021

Committee Substitute for…

Ex. MET-KC-049 Resolution No. 20814 (adopted Nov. 12, 2021)Jackson County Legislature · Nov. 12, 2021

Resolution No. 20814…

All instruments

Every record in the Kansas City file, in the order it took effect. Filter by quarter and by limitation type; sort by any column; open the exhibit ID for the record and the operative words, or the file where The COVID Project holds it.

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. MET-KC-012	Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency (Mar. 12, 2020) and amendments through the Sixth Amended ProclamationProclamation of a state of emergency in Kansas City, Missouri due to COVID-19, as amended	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	Mar. 12, 2020	Aug. 31, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-023	Emergency Proclamation (Mar. 12, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 001)Proclamation of a State of Emergency for Jackson County due to the public health threat caused by the spread…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	County	Mar. 12, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 175 KB
Ex. MET-KC-024	Amendment to COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020)Amendment to the Mar. 12, 2020 proclamation: Large Group Events of 250 or more prohibited; emergency through…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	County	Mar. 13, 2020	Mar. 15, 2020		Emergency declarationGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 63 KB
Ex. MET-KC-025	Executive Order 20-05Amendment to COVID-19 State of Emergency: emergency extended to at least May 15, 2020; 'Large Group Event'…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	County	Mar. 15, 2020	Mar. 17, 2020		Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 82 KB
Ex. MET-KC-050	Administrative Order 2020-053In re: COVID-19 - suspension of jury impanelment and continuance of jury trials for the weeks of March 16 and…	Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit	Court	Mar. 16, 2020	Mar. 27, 2020		Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 28 KB
Ex. MET-KC-051	Administrative Order 2020-059 (Amended)In re: COVID-19 Notice - persons barred from entering the Jackson County Courthouse and its Divisions	Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit	Court	Mar. 16, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 126 KB
Ex. MET-KC-026	Executive Order 20-06 (corrected Mar. 18, 2020)Amendment to COVID-19 State of Emergency: 'Group Event' (10 or more) and all 'School Operations' prohibited…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	County	Mar. 17, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 126 KB
Ex. MET-KC-057	Public Health Board Order No. 001-20Emergency public health order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the County: large public gatherings…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman)	County	Mar. 19, 2020	Apr. 2, 2020		Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 96 KB
Ex. MET-KC-013	Second Amended Order 20-01 (stay at home)Order directing all individuals in Kansas City to stay at home except for essential activities and closing…	Mayor Quinton Lucas (with the Director of Health)	City	Mar. 24, 2020	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-027	Stay at Home Order (Legistar Health Orders item 002, 'Health Order Effective March 24, 2020')Order directing all individuals living in Jackson County, Missouri, except Kansas City, Missouri, to stay at…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer, MPH; County Administrator and Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	Mar. 24, 2020	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 543 KB
Ex. MET-KC-052	Administrative Order 2020-064In re: Court Operations During COVID-19 Stay at Home/Shelter in Place Order	Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit	Court	Mar. 24, 2020	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 107 KB
Ex. MET-KC-058	Core 4 joint announcement of metro-wide stay-at-home orders (Mar. 21, 2020)CORE 4 partners announce that beginning Tuesday, March 24, residents will be directed to stay at home except…	The Core 4 chief elected officers and medical directors (joint release)	County	Mar. 24, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closure	Primary source read	PDF 308 KB
Ex. MET-KC-059	Local Health Officer stay-at-home order (Mar. 22, 2020)Order directing Johnson County residents to stay at home except for essential activities; non-essential…	Local Health Officer Dr. Joseph LeMaster	County	Mar. 24, 2020	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-069	Local Health Officer stay-at-home order (Mar. 22, 2020)Order directing Wyandotte County residents to stay at home except for essential activities; non-essential…	Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner (Unified Government Public Health Department)	County	Mar. 24, 2020	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-075	Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021Clay County public health emergency orders, March 2020 - February 2021	Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac	County	Mar. 24, 2020	May 3, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-076	Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021Platte County public health orders, March 2020 - February 2021	Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency	County	Mar. 24, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-011	Ordinance No. 200226 (authenticated as passed Apr. 5, 2020)Suspending the requirement for an in-person meeting as set forth in Section 88-505-12 of the City Code during…	Council of Kansas City, Missouri	City	Apr. 5, 2020	Dec. 31, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 70 KB
Ex. MET-KC-014	Third Amended Order 20-01Extending the Kansas City stay-at-home order to May 15, 2020	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	Apr. 16, 2020	May 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-028	Amended Stay at Home OrderAmended Stay at Home Order directing all individuals living in Jackson County, except Kansas City, to stay at…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	Apr. 16, 2020	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 1005 KB
Ex. MET-KC-053	Administrative Order 2020-073Extension - Court Operations During COVID-19 Stay at Home/Shelter in Place Order	Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit	Court	Apr. 16, 2020	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 271 KB
Ex. MET-KC-054	Administrative Order 2020-079Continued Cancellation of Jury Trials Resulting from Impact of COVID-19 (through July 3, 2020)	Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit	Court	May 4, 2020	July 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 89 KB
Ex. MET-KC-015	Fourth Amended Order 20-01 ('10/10/10' reopening rule)Phase one reopening: businesses limited to 10 percent of occupancy or 10 persons and required to keep records…	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	May 6, 2020	May 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-029	Emergency Declaration (May 11, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 004)Declaration continuing the COVID-19 state of emergency in Jackson County	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	County	May 11, 2020	May 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 79 KB
Ex. MET-KC-030	Amended Order (Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan)Amended Order directing all individuals living in, and businesses or entities operating in, Jackson County…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	May 11, 2020	May 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 257 KB
Ex. MET-KC-031	Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan, Phase IRecovery plan with business-by-business criteria and recommendations for Phase One	Jackson County Health Department	County	May 11, 2020	May 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 23 MB
Ex. MET-KC-070	Local Health Officer phased reopening order ('ReStart WyCo' Phase 1) (May 11, 2020)Phase 1 reopening: manufacturing and logistics open with distancing; restaurants carry-out and curbside only…	Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner	County	May 11, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-055	Administrative Order 2020-084Updated Court Operations upon Re-Opening of Courthouses	Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit	Court	May 18, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 110 KB
Ex. MET-KC-032	Emergency Declaration (May 27, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 006)Declaration continuing the COVID-19 state of emergency in Jackson County	County Executive Frank White, Jr.	County	May 27, 2020	Aug. 6, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 659 KB
Ex. MET-KC-016	Seventh Amended Order 20-01Phase two: all businesses limited to 50 percent occupancy; six-foot spacing; employer accommodations	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	May 31, 2020	June 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-033	Order of the Health Director (Phase Two of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan)Order directing all individuals living in, and businesses or entities operating in, Jackson County, Missouri…	Health Director Bridgette Shaffer	County	June 1, 2020	July 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.1 MB
Ex. MET-KC-056	Administrative Order 2020-096Continued Cancellation of Jury Trials Resulting from Impact of COVID-19 (through July 31, 2020)	Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit	Court	June 5, 2020	July 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 67 KB
Ex. MET-KC-079	House Bill No. 2016 (2020 Special Session) (enrolled)An Act concerning governmental response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas... relating to the state of…	Kansas Legislature, 2020 Special Session; approved by Governor Kelly June 8, 2020	State	June 9, 2020	June 15, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Primary source read	PDF 295 KB
Ex. MET-KC-017	Ninth Amended Order 20-01 (face coverings)Requiring face coverings for all employees and visitors in areas requiring close contact in places of public…	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	June 29, 2020	July 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-071	Local Health Officer face-covering order (effective June 30, 2020)Order requiring face coverings in public places in Wyandotte County	Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner	County	June 30, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-034	Order of the Health Director (Phase 2.5 of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan) (face coverings)Order directing all individuals living in, and businesses or entities operating in, Jackson County, Missouri…	Health Director Bridgette Shaffer	County	July 1, 2020	Aug. 21, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 3.2 MB
Ex. MET-KC-060	BOCC affirmation of Kansas Executive Order 20-52 (July 2, 2020) and Briefing Sheet 200917-014 (Sept. 17, 2020)Kansas Governor Kelly's Executive Order No. 20-52 issued July 2, 2020 (extended to October 15, 2020) regarding…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County (motion of July 2, 2020, 4-2-1); briefing sheet by Interim Chief Counsel Cynthia Dunham (Sept. 17, 2020)	County	July 3, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 45 KB
Ex. MET-KC-018	Tenth Amended Order 20-01Continuing the mask requirement and the 50 percent tavern limit; employer accommodations; occupant records…	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	July 12, 2020	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-035	Resolution No. 20465 (adopted July 27, 2020)A Resolution expressing the support of the Legislature for Jackson County's current masking order relating to…	Jackson County Legislature	County	July 27, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 102 KB
Ex. MET-KC-036	Order of the Health Director (Phase 2.5, Aug. 21, 2020)Phase 2.5 of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan (continued): face coverings; 50 percent capacity…	Health Director Bridgette Shaffer	County	Aug. 21, 2020	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 2.6 MB
Ex. MET-KC-037	Health Order (Phase 2.5, Oct. 2, 2020)Phase 2.5 of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan: face coverings; 50 percent capacity; gatherings over…	Health Director Bridgette Shaffer	County	Oct. 9, 2020	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 1013 KB
Ex. MET-KC-061	Johnson County Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20Public health order applicable within the entirety of Johnson County: physical distancing; mass gatherings…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health	County	Nov. 16, 2020	Jan. 31, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.0 MB
Ex. MET-KC-062	Resolution No. 108-20A Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, Kansas to establish noncompliance with a…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County	County	Nov. 19, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 1.2 MB
Ex. MET-KC-019	Eleventh Amended Order 20-01Restaurants, taverns and venues limited to 50 percent capacity and 10:00 p.m. closing; masks in all indoor…	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	Nov. 20, 2020	Jan. 13, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-038	Amended Order (Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home Plan)Amended Order directing all individuals living in, and businesses or entities operating in, Jackson County…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	Nov. 20, 2020	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 764 KB
Ex. MET-KC-072	Local Health Officer order re-tightening restrictions (November 2020), as amended Feb. 24, 2021Order imposing 50 percent capacity limits, a curfew on bars and restaurants and gathering limits in Wyandotte…	Local Health Officer / UG Board of Commissioners	County	Nov. 25, 2020	Feb. 24, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-039	Amended Order (Dec. 14, 2020)Amended Order continuing Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home Plan	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	Dec. 14, 2020	Jan. 14, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 3.9 MB
Ex. MET-KC-020	Twelfth Amended Order 20-01Continuing 50 percent occupancy and masks; closing time moved to midnight; parties of ten; gatherings over ten…	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	Jan. 13, 2021	Feb. 19, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-040	Amended Order (Jan. 13, 2021)Amended Order directing all individuals living in, and businesses or entities operating in, Jackson County…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	Jan. 14, 2021	Feb. 26, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 882 KB
Ex. MET-KC-021	Thirteenth Amended Order 20-01Capacity limits lifted; masks required indoors with multiple occupants unless separated by barrier; six-foot…	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	Feb. 19, 2021	May 14, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-063	Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20 as amended Feb. 25, 2021 (annotated copy)Order 002-20 with the Board of Public Health's Feb. 25, 2021 removal of the curfews and closing times in §…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health	County	Feb. 25, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.0 MB
Ex. MET-KC-041	Amended Order (Feb. 26, 2021)Amended Order continuing Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home Plan (masks; distancing…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	Feb. 26, 2021	Apr. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 869 KB
Ex. MET-KC-074	Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders)Official chronology of the Clay County public health emergency orders of 2020	Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte	County	Mar. 1, 2021	not dated		Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 5.0 MB
Ex. MET-KC-080	Senate Bill No. 40 (2021) (enrolled)An Act concerning governmental response to certain emergencies;... prohibiting certain actions by the governor…	Kansas Legislature (2021 Senate Bill No. 40); approved by Governor Kelly Mar. 24, 2021	State	Mar. 25, 2021	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 153 KB
Ex. MET-KC-064	Public Health Order of the Johnson County Local Health Officer (Mar. 25, 2021) (executed, journalized copy)Public Health Order applicable within the entirety of Johnson County, Kansas: six-foot physical distancing in…	Local Health Officer Joseph LeMaster, M.D.; approved by the Board of County Commissioners (Ed Eilert, Chairman) Mar. 25, 2021	County	Mar. 26, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.6 MB
Ex. MET-KC-065	Public Health Order of the Johnson County Local Health Officer (Mar. 25, 2021) (agenda text version, marked 'PROPOSED')See MET-KC-064	Local Health Officer Joseph LeMaster, M.D.	County	Mar. 26, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 177 KB
Ex. MET-KC-042	Amended Order (Apr. 8, 2021)Amended Order revising the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home Plan: capacity limits lifted; face coverings…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	Apr. 9, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 623 KB
Ex. MET-KC-043	Amended Order (Apr. 30, 2021) (masks)Amended Order directing all individuals living in, and businesses or entities operating in, Jackson County…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	Apr. 30, 2021	May 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 663 KB
Ex. MET-KC-066	Resolution No. 032-21 (Apr. 29, 2021)A Resolution establishing public health recommendations to slow and reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Johnson…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County	County	May 1, 2021	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. MET-KC-044	Announcement Rescinding the Current Health Order Dated April 30, 2021Announcement rescinding the Apr. 30, 2021 Health Order effective May 14, 2021	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	County	May 14, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 401 KB
Ex. MET-KC-078	RSMo § 67.265 (Public health order for threat to public health by contagious disease, requirements, procedure)Limits on the duration of local public health orders; governing-body extension and termination; supporting…	Missouri General Assembly (H.B. 271, 101st Gen. Assembly, 1st Reg. Sess.), approved by Governor Parson	State	June 15, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 485 KB
Ex. MET-KC-004	Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (July 30, 2021)Report to Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Council supporting Order 21-01	Kansas City Health Department (Frank E. Thompson, Deputy Director)	City	July 30, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 559 KB
Ex. MET-KC-001	Order 21-01Order requiring face coverings or masks at indoor places of public accommodations in Kansas City with certain…	Mayor Quinton Lucas	City	Aug. 2, 2021	Aug. 28, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-081	State ex rel. Schmitt v. City of Kansas City (filed Aug. 3, 2021) and State ex rel. Schmitt v. Jackson County (filed Aug. 19, 2021)Attorney General's suits to enjoin the Kansas City and Jackson County mask orders	Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (plaintiff); Kansas City, Missouri and Jackson County (Frank White, Jr.) (defendants)	Court	Aug. 3, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-073	Unified Government indoor mask order (Aug. 5, 2021), extended Sept. 9, 2021Order requiring masks at indoor public spaces in Wyandotte County for persons five and older regardless of…	UG Board of Commissioners (8-2) on the Local Health Officer's recommendation (Deputy Health Officer Dr. Erin Corriveau)	County	Aug. 6, 2021	Sept. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-045	Health Order (Aug. 6, 2021) ('Renewed Public Health Order')Health Order requiring individuals five years of age and older to wear a face covering or mask in places of…	County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Chief of Staff and Interim Emergency Management Coordinator Caleb Clifford	County	Aug. 9, 2021	Sept. 7, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 9.7 MB
Ex. MET-KC-067	Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21Public Health Order applicable within the entirety of Johnson County: masks or other face coverings required…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman), on the Local Health Officer's proposal	County	Aug. 9, 2021	May 31, 2022	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 108 KB
Ex. MET-KC-068	Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21 (executed, journalized copy)See MET-KC-067	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health	County	Aug. 9, 2021	May 31, 2022	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 1.5 MB
Ex. MET-KC-005	Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Aug. 18, 2021)Updated report to Mayor and City Council supporting CS Ord. 210694	Kansas City Health Department (Frank E. Thompson, Interim Director)	City	Aug. 18, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 801 KB
Ex. MET-KC-002	Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210694 (legislation text)Rescinding Order 21-01; requiring face coverings or masks at indoor places of public accommodations with…	Council of Kansas City, Missouri (Mayor Quinton Lucas presiding)	City	Aug. 19, 2021	Sept. 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 122 KB
Ex. MET-KC-003	Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210694 (authenticated as passed)Rescinding Order 21-01; requiring face coverings or masks at indoor places of public accommodations with…	Council of Kansas City, Missouri	City	Aug. 19, 2021	Sept. 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 269 KB
Ex. MET-KC-082	Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District Court, judgment July 2021) and the Kansas Supreme Court's stay order of Aug. 24, 2021Judgment holding SB 40's expedited-review provisions unconstitutional; stay pending appeal restoring SB 40	Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)	Court	Aug. 24, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-KC-046	Resolution No. 20749 (adopted Aug. 30, 2021)A Resolution extending the County's current mask mandate order for the health and safety of its citizens until…	Jackson County Legislature (Legislators Jalen Anderson, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller and Scott Burnett, sponsors)	County	Aug. 30, 2021	Oct. 7, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 1.6 MB
Ex. MET-KC-007	Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Sept. 15, 2021)Report supporting extension of the mask order (Ordinance 210853)	Kansas City Health Department (Frank E. Thompson, Interim Director)	City	Sept. 15, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 885 KB
Ex. MET-KC-006	Ordinance No. 210853 (authenticated as passed Sept. 23, 2021)Requiring face coverings or masks at indoor places of public accommodation with certain exceptions…	Council of Kansas City, Missouri	City	Sept. 23, 2021	Oct. 7, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 199 KB
Ex. MET-KC-047	Resolution No. 20781 (adopted Oct. 4, 2021)A Resolution extending the County's current mask mandate order for the health and safety of its citizens until…	Jackson County Legislature	County	Oct. 4, 2021	Nov. 7, 2021		Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 5.0 MB
Ex. MET-KC-009	Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Oct. 5, 2021)Report supporting continuation of the mask order (CS Ord. 210903)	Kansas City Health Department (Frank E. Thompson, Interim Director)	City	Oct. 5, 2021	not dated		Other	Primary source read	PDF 485 KB
Ex. MET-KC-008	Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210903 (authenticated as passed Oct. 7, 2021)Rescinding Ordinance No. 210853; requiring face coverings or masks at indoor places of public accommodation…	Council of Kansas City, Missouri	City	Oct. 7, 2021	Nov. 4, 2021		Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 197 KB
Ex. MET-KC-048	Resolution No. 20806 (adopted Nov. 1, 2021)A Resolution extending the County's current mask mandate order for the health and safety of its citizens until…	Jackson County Legislature	County	Nov. 1, 2021	Nov. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 350 KB
Ex. MET-KC-010	Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210902 (authenticated as passed Nov. 4, 2021)Rescinding Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210903; requiring face coverings or masks at schools and on…	Council of Kansas City, Missouri	City	Nov. 4, 2021	Dec. 2, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 196 KB
Ex. MET-KC-049	Resolution No. 20814 (adopted Nov. 12, 2021)A Resolution ending the County's current mask mandate order effective upon adoption of this Resolution	Jackson County Legislature	County	Nov. 12, 2021	not dated		Other	Primary source read	PDF 674 KB
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Mayor Quinton Lucas, Proclamation Declaring a State of Emergency (Mar. 12, 2020) and amendments through the Sixth Amended Proclamation (Ex. MET-KC-012)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Emergency Proclamation (Mar. 12, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 001) (Ex. MET-KC-023)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Amendment to COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-024)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Executive Order 20-05 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-025)
Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-053 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-050)
Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-059 (Amended) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-051)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Executive Order 20-06 (corrected Mar. 18, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-026)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman), Public Health Board Order No. 001-20 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-057)
Mayor Quinton Lucas (with the Director of Health), Second Amended Order 20-01 (stay at home) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-013)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer, MPH; County Administrator and Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Stay at Home Order (Legistar Health Orders item 002, 'Health Order Effective March 24, 2020') (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-027)
Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-064 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-052)
The Core 4 chief elected officers and medical directors (joint release), Core 4 joint announcement of metro-wide stay-at-home orders (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-058)
Local Health Officer Dr. Joseph LeMaster, Local Health Officer stay-at-home order (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-059)
Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner (Unified Government Public Health Department), Local Health Officer stay-at-home order (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-069)
Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary Zaborac, Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021 (Ex. MET-KC-075)
Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergency, Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-076)
Council of Kansas City, Missouri, Ordinance No. 200226 (authenticated as passed Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-011)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Third Amended Order 20-01 (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-014)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Amended Stay at Home Order (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-028)
Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-073 (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-053)
Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-079 (May 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-054)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Fourth Amended Order 20-01 ('10/10/10' reopening rule) (May 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-015)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Emergency Declaration (May 11, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 004) (Ex. MET-KC-029)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Amended Order (Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan) (May 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-030)
Jackson County Health Department, Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan, Phase I (May 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-031)
Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner, Local Health Officer phased reopening order ('ReStart WyCo' Phase 1) (May 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-070)
Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-084 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-055)
County Executive Frank White, Jr, Emergency Declaration (May 27, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 006) (Ex. MET-KC-032)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Seventh Amended Order 20-01 (May 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-016)
Health Director Bridgette Shaffer, Order of the Health Director (Phase Two of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan) (June 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-033)
Presiding Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Administrative Order 2020-096 (June 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-056)
Kansas Legislature, 2020 Special Session; approved by Governor Kelly June 8, 2020, House Bill No. 2016 (2020 Special Session) (enrolled) (June 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-079)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Ninth Amended Order 20-01 (face coverings) (June 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-017)
Local Health Officer Dr. Allen Greiner, Local Health Officer face-covering order (effective June 30, 2020) (June 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-071)
Health Director Bridgette Shaffer, Order of the Health Director (Phase 2.5 of the Eastern Jackson County Recovery Plan) (face coverings) (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-034)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County (motion of July 2, 2020, 4-2-1); briefing sheet by Interim Chief Counsel Cynthia Dunham (Sept. 17, 2020), BOCC affirmation of Kansas Executive Order 20-52 (July 2, 2020) and Briefing Sheet 200917-014 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-060)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Tenth Amended Order 20-01 (July 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-018)
Jackson County Legislature, Resolution No. 20465 (adopted July 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-035)
Health Director Bridgette Shaffer, Order of the Health Director (Phase 2.5, Aug. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-036)
Health Director Bridgette Shaffer, Health Order (Phase 2.5, Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-037)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health, Johnson County Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-061)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, Resolution No. 108-20 (Nov. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-062)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Eleventh Amended Order 20-01 (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-019)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Amended Order (Phase One of the Eastern Jackson County Safer-at-Home Plan) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-038)
Local Health Officer / UG Board of Commissioners, Local Health Officer order re-tightening restrictions (November 2020), as amended Feb. 24, 2021 (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-072)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Amended Order (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-039)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Twelfth Amended Order 20-01 (Jan. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-020)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Amended Order (Jan. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-040)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Thirteenth Amended Order 20-01 (Feb. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-021)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health, Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20 as amended Feb. 25, 2021 (annotated copy) (Ex. MET-KC-063)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Amended Order (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-041)
Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte, Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders) (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-074)
Kansas Legislature (2021 Senate Bill No. 40); approved by Governor Kelly Mar. 24, 2021, Senate Bill No. 40 (2021) (enrolled) (Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-080)
Local Health Officer Joseph LeMaster, M.D.; approved by the Board of County Commissioners (Ed Eilert, Chairman) Mar. 25, 2021, Public Health Order of the Johnson County Local Health Officer (Mar. 25, 2021) (executed, journalized copy) (Ex. MET-KC-064)
Local Health Officer Joseph LeMaster, M.D, Public Health Order of the Johnson County Local Health Officer (Mar. 25, 2021) (agenda text version, marked 'PROPOSED') (Ex. MET-KC-065)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Amended Order (Apr. 8, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-042)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Amended Order (Apr. 30, 2021) (masks) (Ex. MET-KC-043)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, Resolution No. 032-21 (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-066)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte, Announcement Rescinding the Current Health Order Dated April 30, 2021 (May 14, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-044)
Missouri General Assembly (H.B. 271, 101st Gen. Assembly, 1st Reg. Sess.), approved by Governor Parson, RSMo § 67.265 (Public health order for threat to public health by contagious disease, requirements, procedure) (June 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-078)
Kansas City Health Department (Frank E. Thompson, Deputy Director), Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-004)
Mayor Quinton Lucas, Order 21-01 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-001)
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (plaintiff); Kansas City, Missouri and Jackson County (Frank White, Jr.) (defendants), State ex rel. Schmitt v. City of Kansas City (filed Aug. 3, 2021) and State ex rel. Schmitt v. Jackson County (filed Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-081)
UG Board of Commissioners (8-2) on the Local Health Officer's recommendation (Deputy Health Officer Dr. Erin Corriveau), Unified Government indoor mask order (Aug. 5, 2021), extended Sept. 9, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-073)
County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Chief of Staff and Interim Emergency Management Coordinator Caleb Clifford, Health Order (Aug. 6, 2021) ('Renewed Public Health Order') (Ex. MET-KC-045)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman), on the Local Health Officer's proposal, Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21 (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-067)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health, Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21 (executed, journalized copy) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-068)
Kansas City Health Department (Frank E. Thompson, Interim Director), Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-005)
Council of Kansas City, Missouri (Mayor Quinton Lucas presiding), Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210694 (legislation text) (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-002)
Council of Kansas City, Missouri, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210694 (authenticated as passed) (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-003)
Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert), Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District Court, judgment July 2021) and the Kansas Supreme Court's stay order of Aug. 24, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-082)
Jackson County Legislature (Legislators Jalen Anderson, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller and Scott Burnett, sponsors), Resolution No. 20749 (adopted Aug. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-046)
Kansas City Health Department (Frank E. Thompson, Interim Director), Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-007)
Council of Kansas City, Missouri, Ordinance No. 210853 (authenticated as passed Sept. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-006)
Jackson County Legislature, Resolution No. 20781 (adopted Oct. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-047)
Kansas City Health Department (Frank E. Thompson, Interim Director), Report Supporting Order for Mask Wearing in Public Places (Oct. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-009)
Council of Kansas City, Missouri, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210903 (authenticated as passed Oct. 7, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-008)
Jackson County Legislature, Resolution No. 20806 (adopted Nov. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-048)
Council of Kansas City, Missouri, Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 210902 (authenticated as passed Nov. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-010)
Jackson County Legislature, Resolution No. 20814 (adopted Nov. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-049)