The Metros

Orlando

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

The Orlando file holds 60 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 53 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Florida file.

Code ORLState FloridaFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MET-ORL-037Orders reaching 2021 Q3 6Primary source read 52 Confirmed from a secondary source 8

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The record in brief

ScopeCounty and municipal instruments of the Orlando metropolitan area: Orange County (Mayor Jerry L. Demings as Director of Emergency Management), Osceola County (Board of County Commissioners and its Executive Policy Group), Seminole County (Chairman and Chief Administrator of Emergency Management), the City of Orlando (Mayor Buddy Dyer), the Ninth Judicial Circuit (Orange and Osceola Counties), Seminole County Public Schools and Orange County Public Schools, and the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX). Statewide instruments (EO 20-52, 20-68, 20-71, 20-72, 20-83, 20-87, 20-91, 20-92, 20-112, 20-120, 20-123, 20-139, 20-244, 21-94, 21-101, 21-102; ch. 2021-8, Laws of Fla. (SB 2006); Fla. Stat. 252.38(4) and 381.00316; DOH Emergency Rule 64DER21-12; Fla. Sup. Ct. AOSC20-13, -15, -23, -32 and AOSC21-17) are cited by name and date only.

Orange County acted before the State did and kept its own layer of orders in force for fourteen months. Mayor Jerry L. Demings declared a State of Local Emergency by Emergency Executive Order 2020-01 on March 13, 2020 (Ex. MET-ORL-001) and renewed it every seven days under Fla. Stat. 252.38(3)(a)5 without interruption from March 20, 2020 (EEO 2020-02) through at least May 7, 2021 (EEO 2021-20), a chain evidenced here by EEO 2020-02, 2020-07, 2020-40, 2020-54 and 2021-20 (Exs. MET-ORL-002, -051, -052, -053, -054). On March 20, 2020 EEO 2020-03 imposed a countywide curfew from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., enforceable by arrest (Ex. MET-ORL-003); the curfew ran until 5:01 a.m. on May 11, 2020 (EEO 2020-14, Ex. MET-ORL-007). On March 24, 2020 EEO 2020-04 ordered every individual not to leave his or her residence except for enumerated activities, ordered all non-essential retail and commercial businesses temporarily closed (naming theme parks, water parks, museums, arcades, theaters, concert halls, bowling alleys, country clubs and social clubs), limited child care to stable groups of ten, and fixed a penalty of $500 or sixty days in jail; it took effect at 11:00 p.m. on March 26, 2020, two days before the Governor's EO 20-91 was signed and eight days before EO 20-91 took effect (Ex. MET-ORL-004). EEO 2020-05 of March 26, 2020 added a minimum-basic-operations allowance for closed businesses and confirmed that travel outside Orange County was a permitted purpose (Ex. MET-ORL-005). EEO 2020-16 (May 18, 2020) capped in-store retail, restaurant indoor seating and museums at fifty percent of capacity and kept bar counters closed (Ex. MET-ORL-012). The face-covering mandate followed on June 18, 2020 (EEO 2020-23, effective June 20) and was restated on June 24, 2020 (EEO 2020-25): every person working, living, visiting or doing business in Orange County, incorporated and unincorporated, must wear a face covering in any place open to the public, indoors or outdoors, for the duration of the local emergency (Exs. MET-ORL-008, -009). After the Governor's EO 20-244 (Sept. 25, 2020) suspended fines against individuals, Orange County moved enforcement onto businesses: EEO 2020-51 (Dec. 4, 2020, effective Dec. 6) required six-foot distancing, employee face coverings, customer face coverings, floor marking, partitions and signage in every business with on-site operations, enforceable by immediate citation ($500) and special-magistrate fines of $1,000 per day, $5,000 per day for repeat violations and $15,000 for irreparable violations (Ex. MET-ORL-010). EEO 2021-18 (Apr. 28, 2021) reduced distancing to three feet but kept the indoor face-covering mandate and the employer duty to enforce it (Ex. MET-ORL-011). The Governor's EO 21-102 (May 3, 2021) suspended those local mandates and ch. 2021-8 (SB 2006) invalidated them on July 1, 2021; the county's emergency declaration nonetheless continued (EEO 2021-20, May 7, 2021), and on July 28, 2021, with a fourteen-day positivity rate above fifteen percent and a record 1,371 cases in one day, the Mayor declared a new State of Local Emergency (EEO 2021-24, Ex. MET-ORL-013) that was renewed weekly through October 20, 2021 (EEO 2021-25 to 2021-36).

Osceola County's Executive Policy Group imposed a curfew from 11:00 p.m. on March 20, 2020 (Ex. MET-ORL-015), a shelter-in-place and business-closure order on March 25, 2020 (Emergency Order No. 2, effective 11:00 p.m. March 26, Ex. MET-ORL-016), restated it on March 27, 2020 (Emergency Order No. 3, Ex. MET-ORL-017), and on April 10, 2020 became one of the first jurisdictions in Florida to require face coverings in every public place (Emergency Order No. 4, with a $500 penalty, Ex. MET-ORL-018), replaced on April 13, 2020 by Emergency Order No. 5, which kept the mandate 'until further notice' (Ex. MET-ORL-019). The curfew was repealed effective May 4, 2020 (Ex. MET-ORL-020). On July 20, 2020 the Board of County Commissioners adopted Emergency Ordinance 2020-60, effective July 24, 2020, making the face-covering requirement a noncriminal infraction enforceable by the Sheriff, the Kissimmee and St. Cloud police and county code enforcement (Ex. MET-ORL-021). Seminole County's Chairman declared a Local State of Emergency on March 2, 2020 (EO 2020-001) and the county extended it every seven days through at least April 27, 2021 (EO 2021-019, Ex. MET-ORL-033; EO 2020-013, -048, Exs. MET-ORL-028, -050); it tolled all zoning, permit and code-enforcement deadlines from March 18, 2020 (EO 2020-004); it ordered COVID-positive persons to remain home under penalty of a $500 fine (EO 2020-009, Apr. 3, 2020, Ex. MET-ORL-027); it required social distancing and facial coverings from June 29, 2020 (EO 2020-030) and, after EO 20-244, suspended only the individual penalties while ordering that the mask and quarantine orders 'remain in place' (EO 2020-046, Sept. 28, 2020, Ex. MET-ORL-032); and its Building Division replaced in-person final inspections with contractor affidavits from March 24, 2020 (Ex. MET-ORL-036). The City of Orlando prohibited on-premises alcohol sales citywide on March 17, 2020 (Ex. MET-ORL-037), and Orange County's orders applied of their own force inside the city.

The Ninth Judicial Circuit closed its courthouses to the public and suspended jury trials from March 2020 (AO 2020-06 and amendments; AOSC20-13, -15, -23), moved briefly to limited in-person contact in June 2020, returned to Phase 1 (court facilities 'effectively closed to the public') on June 29, 2020 (AO 2020-06-05, Ex. MET-ORL-041), limited access again from January 11, 2021 with no jury trials until February 15, 2021 (AO 2020-06-06, Ex. MET-ORL-042), resumed Phase 2 with masks required at all times and six-foot distancing on February 15, 2021 (AO 2020-06-07, Ex. MET-ORL-043), relaxed masks and distancing on June 17, 2021 while keeping remote proceedings and barring symptomatic persons (AO 2020-06-09, Ex. MET-ORL-044), reinstated the mask requirement in every court facility in August 2021 (AO 2020-06-12, in force through September 30, 2021 and until 12:01 a.m. on November 1, 2021, when AO 2020-06-14 discontinued it, Ex. MET-ORL-045). Face coverings were therefore required by a governmental authority in the Orange and Osceola County courthouses on every day of the third quarter of 2021 except the six weeks between June 17 and the August reinstatement.

The quarter-by-quarter picture: 2020 Q2 opened under the Orange and Osceola stay-at-home and closure orders, curfews in both counties, the Seminole quarantine and tolling orders and the Ninth Circuit's closure, then moved (May 4 and May 18, 2020) to capacity caps of 25 and 50 percent with mandatory face masks for employees and patrons within six feet; 2020 Q3 opened under the Orange County face-covering mandate (June 20), the Osceola face-covering order and ordinance (Apr. 13 and July 24), the Seminole mask order (June 29) and the Ninth Circuit's return to Phase 1 (June 29), with State capacity caps to September 25, 2020; 2020 Q4 and 2021 Q1 ran under the local mask mandates without individual fines but with business-directed enforcement (EEO 2020-51), the courts' January 2021 closure and the weekly emergency renewals in all three counties; 2021 Q2 opened with every local mandate in force and closed with the mandates suspended (May 3) and void (July 1) but the emergencies and the court rules continuing; 2021 Q3 carried the Orange County Delta emergency from July 28, the courts' mask reinstatement, the school districts' masking rules and the federal transit and health care layer.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Orlando 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 →	Apr. 1, 2020: Orange County EEO 2020-04 as amended by 2020-05 (stay at home; non-essential businesses closed; $500/60 days) and EEO 2020-03 curfew 11 p.m.-5 a.m. in force (Exs. MET-ORL-003, -004, -005); Osceola Emergency Orders 2 and 3 (stay at home; closures) and the EPG curfew in force (Exs. MET-ORL-015, -016, -017); Seminole LSE (EO 2020-001, weekly renewals) and tolling order (EO 2020-004) in force; City of Orlando alcohol on-premises ban (Ex. MET-ORL-037, Mar. 17, 7 days, extended by the State's EO 20-68/20-71 closures); State EO 20-91 effective Apr. 3.	June 30, 2020: Orange County EEO 2020-25 face coverings in any place open to the public (Ex. MET-ORL-009), EEO 2020-12/2020-16 minimum business standards and 50 percent caps (Exs. MET-ORL-006, -012), LSE renewed weekly; Osceola EO 5 face coverings (Ex. MET-ORL-019); Seminole EO 2020-030 face coverings (June 29) and EO 2020-009 quarantine order (Ex. MET-ORL-027); Ninth Circuit AO 2020-06-05 returning to Phase 1 effective June 29 (Ex. MET-ORL-041); State EO 20-139 Phase 2 (June 5) with 50 percent restaurant and retail caps and bars closed by DBPR order (June 26).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2020: same as June 30, 2020; Orange County Business Compliance Teams began enforcement visits July 23, 2020 (recital, Ex. MET-ORL-010); Osceola Emergency Ordinance 2020-60 adopted July 20, effective July 24 (Ex. MET-ORL-021).	Sept. 30, 2020: Orange County EEO 2020-25 mask mandate and EEO 2020-12/-16 business standards in force with individual fines suspended by State EO 20-244 (Sept. 25) (Exs. MET-ORL-009, -052); Osceola Ordinance 2020-60 in force; Seminole EO 2020-046 (Sept. 28) keeping the mask and quarantine orders in place without individual penalties (Ex. MET-ORL-032); Ninth Circuit Phase 1/limited Phase 2 operations under AO 2020-06 series (jury trials suspended since March 2020).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Oct. 1, 2020: as Sept. 30, 2020.	Dec. 31, 2020: Orange County EEO 2020-51 (effective Dec. 6) business standards with code-enforcement citations and magistrate fines to $15,000 (Ex. MET-ORL-010), EEO 2020-25 mask mandate, LSE renewed (EEO 2020-54, Dec. 25, Ex. MET-ORL-053); Osceola Ordinance 2020-60; Seminole EO 2020-030 and weekly LSE renewals; Ninth Circuit AOSC20-23 Amendment 8 regime with in-person contact limited.
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Jan. 1, 2021: as Dec. 31, 2020; Ninth Circuit AO 2020-06-06 (Jan. 14, nunc pro tunc Jan. 11): no jury trials until at least Feb. 15, public access limited to litigants and clerk visitors, essential proceedings remote from Jan. 19, masks required (Ex. MET-ORL-042).	Mar. 31, 2021: Orange County EEO 2020-25 and 2020-51 in force; Osceola Ordinance 2020-60; Ninth Circuit AO 2020-06-07 Phase 2 (Feb. 15): masks at all times, six-foot distancing, access limited to essential persons, non-essential proceedings remote (Ex. MET-ORL-043).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2021: as Mar. 31, 2021; Seminole EO 2021-019 renewal Apr. 27 (Ex. MET-ORL-033); Orange County EEO 2021-18 (Apr. 28) three-foot distancing and indoor mask mandate (Ex. MET-ORL-011).	June 30, 2021: local mask, distancing and business-standard mandates suspended by State EO 21-102 (May 3) and about to be void under ch. 2021-8 (July 1); Ninth Circuit AO 2020-06-09 (June 17): remote proceedings continue under AOSC21-17, masks optional except at the Booking and Release Center, symptomatic or exposed persons barred (Ex. MET-ORL-044); State emergency (EO 20-52 as extended by EO 21-94) expired June 26, 2021.
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2021: ch. 2021-8 in effect; no local mandate on the public; Ninth Circuit AO 2020-06-09 in force (remote proceedings; exclusion of symptomatic and exposed persons; masks and distancing at the BRC) (Ex. MET-ORL-044); federal CDC conveyance mask order on LYNX, SunRail and Orlando International Airport; OSHA Healthcare ETS in force from June 21, 2021.	Sept. 30, 2021: Orange County State of Local Emergency (EEO 2021-24, July 28, renewed weekly: EEO 2021-25 Aug. 4 (Ex. MET-ORL-014), 2021-32 Sept. 22 (Ex. MET-ORL-055), through EEO 2021-36 of Oct. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-ORL-013); Ninth Circuit AO 2020-06-12 from Aug. 23, 2021: public access to court facilities limited, masks required in all court facilities, symptomatic or quarantined persons barred, most hearings remote, reduced juror summonses (Ex. MET-ORL-047; recitals in Exs. MET-ORL-059 and -045; the Circuit's Sept. 19, 2021 notice reads 'Masks are required while in the courthouse'); federal transit and health care layer.

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Orlando, 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 3, 2021

2021-05-03 (suspension); 2021-07-01 (statutory invalidation)

Instrument Governor's Executive Order 21-102 (May 3, 2021), suspending all local COVID-19 emergency orders and mandates, followed by ch. 2021-8, Laws of Fla. (SB 2006), effective July 1, 2021, creating Fla. Stat. 252.38(4)(b)-(d) and 381.00316; Orange County's last substantive local mandate before suspension was EEO 2021-18 (Apr. 28, 2021)

What remained in force

The county emergency declarations and their weekly renewals (Orange County EEO 2021-20, May 7, 2021, and the new declaration EEO 2021-24 of July 28, 2021 with renewals to Oct. 20, 2021; Seminole County's weekly renewals through at least Apr. 27, 2021); the Ninth Judicial Circuit's administrative orders on courthouse access, remote proceedings, exclusion of symptomatic persons and (from August 2021) face masks in all court facilities; the federal CDC conveyance order and TSA directives on LYNX, SunRail and Orlando International Airport; the OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare ETS (June 21, 2021).

The State and the local orders

Florida preempted its counties in three steps. (1) EO 20-91 (Apr. 1, 2020, effective Apr. 3) superseded conflicting local orders; the Orange and Osceola stay-at-home orders (Exs. MET-ORL-004, -005, -016, -017) had been in force since 11:00 p.m. on March 26, 2020 and the State order adopted the same essential-services structure; Orange County kept its curfew to May 11, 2020 (Ex. MET-ORL-007) and Osceola to May 4, 2020 (Ex. MET-ORL-020). (2) EO 20-244 (Sept. 25, 2020) suspended the collection of fines and penalties against individuals for COVID-19 orders and barred local governments from closing businesses or reducing restaurant capacity below fifty percent without findings; Orange County responded with EEO 2020-51 (Dec. 4, 2020), enforcing its mask and distancing standards against businesses through code enforcement (Ex. MET-ORL-010), and Seminole County responded with EO 2020-046 (Sept. 28, 2020), suspending individual penalties while ordering that the mask and quarantine orders remain in place (Ex. MET-ORL-032). (3) EO 21-102 (May 3, 2021) suspended all remaining local COVID-19 orders and mandates, and ch. 2021-8 (SB 2006), signed the same day and effective July 1, 2021, provides that a local emergency order 'must be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling public health or safety purpose' (Fla. Stat. 252.38(4)(b)), 'automatically expires 7 days after issuance but may be extended... in 7-day increments for a total duration of not more than 42 days' (252.38(4)(c)), and may be invalidated by the Governor 'at any time' if it 'unnecessarily restricts individual rights or liberties' (252.38(4)(d)); 381.00316 bars vaccination-documentation requirements. No local mask, distancing or capacity mandate on the public was in force in the Orlando metro after May 3, 2021; the county emergency declarations, court administrative orders and school-board rules were not displaced and are the local Q3 2021 layer. Litigation: the Orange County face-covering order was challenged in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in 2020 and remained in force.

Third quarter of 2021

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

In force (4)

MET-ORL-044 (Ninth Judicial Circuit AO 2020-06-09, June 17, 2021: remote proceedings under AOSC21-17; exclusion of symptomatic and exposed persons; masks and distancing at the Booking and Release Center) from July 1 until superseded
Ninth Judicial Circuit courthouse notice (Sept. 2021): 'Masks are required while in the courthouse'; 'Most hearings are being held remotely'; smaller juror pools
Fla. Stat. 252.38(4)(b)-(d) (ch. 2021-8, effective July 1, 2021): the statutory frame that limited every local emergency order to seven days
Federal: CDC conveyance mask order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA SD 1582/84-21-01 series on LYNX, SunRail and MCO; OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare ETS, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502 (June 21, 2021) (cite FED-A)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Orlando, 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

Orlando on-premises alcohol ban Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. 037); State EO 20-68 (Mar. 17) bars closed and 50 percent, EO 20-71 (Mar. 20) takeout only; Orange EEO 2020-04 kept restaurants open for takeout only (Ex. 004); EEO 2020-16 (May 18) 50 percent indoor seating, bar counters closed (Ex. 012); State EO 20-139 (June 5) Phase 2; DBPR closed bars June 26 - Sept. 14, 2020; EEO 2020-25/2020-51 masks for staff and patrons except while seated, distancing, partitions through May 3, 2021 (Exs. 009, 010); EEO 2021-18 three-foot distancing Apr. 28, 2021 (Ex. 011).

Retail

Orange EEO 2020-04/Osceola EO 2-3: non-essential retail closed Mar. 26 - Apr. 9, 2020 and under State EO 20-91 to May 4 (Exs. 004, 016, 017); EEO 2020-12 (May 1) 25 percent then EEO 2020-16 (May 18) 50 percent capacity (Exs. 006, 012); masks and business standards to May 3, 2021 (Exs. 009, 010, 011).

Personal care

Closed as non-essential Mar. 26 - May 11, 2020 (Exs. 004, 016; State EO 20-120 reopened May 11); masks for provider and client under EEO 2020-12/2020-25 (service-provider-only exception where patron mask impedes service) to May 3, 2021 (Ex. 009).

Fitness and entertainment

Theme parks, water parks, arcades, theaters, concert halls, bowling alleys, country clubs and social clubs ordered closed Mar. 26, 2020 (Exs. 004, 016, 017); gyms reopened May 18 (State EO 20-123); theme parks reopened under DBPR-approved plans (Universal June 5, SeaWorld June 11, Walt Disney World July 11, 2020) with county-endorsed capacity and mask conditions; EEO 2020-25/-51 masks and distancing to May 3, 2021.

Hotels and short-term rentals

Hotels and motels deemed essential (Exs. 004, 017); State EO 20-87 (Mar. 27, 2020) suspended vacation rentals until county plans were approved (Orange County plan approved by DBPR May 22, 2020; Osceola plan approved 2020, secondary); Orange curfew and stay-home orders limited guest movement Mar. 20 - May 11, 2020 (Exs. 003, 004).

Offices and telework

EEO 2020-04/2020-05 closed non-essential offices except minimum basic operations 'to facilitate employees working remotely' (Exs. 004, 005); EEO 2020-51 sec. 2(c) encouraged telework and staggered schedules, required distancing, partitions and masks on site (Ex. 010).

Manufacturing

Deemed essential, sec. 2(b)(30) (Exs. 004, 017); business minimum standards (masks within six then three feet, distancing, signage) EEO 2020-12/-51/2021-18 to May 3, 2021 (Exs. 010, 011).

Construction

Deemed essential in Orange and Osceola orders, sec. 2(b)(28) (Exs. 004, 017); Seminole Building Division inspection modifications from Mar. 24, 2020 (Ex. 036) and tolling of permit deadlines from Mar. 18, 2020 (EO 2020-004, Ex. 028 recital); EEO 2020-25 sec. 3(b) sector protocols (Ex. 009).

Real estate

Legal services and notaries essential (Ex. 004); court access limited Mar. 2020 - Feb. 2021 (Exs. 041, 042, 043).

Hospitals and long-term care

State AHCA/DOH orders and EO 20-72 (cite State); EEO 2021-24 recites elective procedures turned away by Orange County providers in July 2021 (Ex. 013); federal CMS and OSHA layer (cite FED-A).

Dental and elective health care

State EO 20-72 (Mar. 20 - May 4, 2020) suspended non-urgent procedures (cite State); Orange EEO 2020-04 sec. 2(b)(1) kept dentists' offices open as essential (Ex. 004); EEO 2020-25 sec. 3(b) sector face-covering protocols for health care (Ex. 009).

Schools

State closures Mar. 16 - June 2020 and fall 2020 reopening orders (cite State); EEO 2020-04 sec. 2(c) exempted the Orange County School District (Ex. 004).

Child care

EEO 2020-04 sec. 2(b)(22) and Osceola EO 3: stable groups of ten, no mixing, separate rooms (Exs. 004, 017).

Worship and gatherings

Orange EEO 2020-04 sec. 2(e) and Osceola EO 3 sec. 2(e): religious and funeral services not limited but urged to ten persons and six feet (Exs. 004, 017); EEO 2020-12 sec. 1(a) gatherings standards (recited, Ex. 011); EEO 2021-18 sec. 1: avoid large groups, three feet (Ex. 011).

Courts and public offices

Ninth Circuit: essential proceedings only from Mar. 2020, Phase 1 return June 29, 2020 (Ex. 041), access limited and no jury trials Jan. 11 - Feb. 15, 2021 (Ex. 042), Phase 2 with masks Feb. 15 (Ex. 043), Phase 3 June 17, 2021 (Ex. 044), masks reinstated Aug. 2021 to Nov. 1, 2021 (Exs. 045, 047); Orange County Administration Building and other county facilities closed to the public (county coronavirus page); Seminole tolling and virtual inspections (Exs. 028, 036).

Travel and quarantine

Curfews Mar. 20 - May 11 (Orange) and Mar. 20 - May 4 (Osceola) barred pedestrian and vehicular movement 11 p.m.-5 a.m. (Exs. 003, 007, 015, 020); stay-home orders limited travel to enumerated purposes (Exs. 004, 016, 017); Seminole EO 2020-009 confined positive persons to home under $500 penalty (Ex. 027); State EO 20-80/20-82/20-86 traveler isolation Mar. 24 - Aug. 5, 2020 (cite State).

Face coverings

Osceola EO 4 (Apr. 10, 2020, penalty), EO 5 (Apr. 13, 2020, until further notice), Ordinance 2020-60 (July 24, 2020, citations) (Exs. 018, 019, 021); Orange EEO 2020-12 (May 1, 2020, employees and patrons within six feet), EEO 2020-23 (June 20), EEO 2020-25 (June 24), EEO 2020-51 (Dec. 6, business enforcement), EEO 2021-18 (Apr. 28, 2021, indoor) (Exs. 006, 008, 009, 010, 011); Seminole EO 2020-030 (June 29, 2020), EO 2020-046 (penalties suspended, order remains), EO 2021-020 (Exs. 031, 032, 034); all suspended May 3, 2021 and void July 1, 2021; courts: masks required Feb. 15 - June 17, 2021 and Aug. 2021 - Oct. 31, 2021 (Exs. 043, 044, 045, 047).

Vaccination mandates

None on the public (Fla. Stat. 381.00316 bars vaccination-documentation requirements from July 1, 2021).

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Orlando 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 19Stay-at-home 5Business closure 8Capacity limit 6Gathering cap 21Face-covering requirement 18Travel and quarantine 8Schools and child care 3Curfew and hours 4Alcohol and bars 3Events and venues 2Courts and public offices 17Workplace rules 11Quarantine and isolation 6Other 3

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Ex. MET-ORL-023 Executive Order 2020-001Chairman, Board of County Commissioners · Mar. 2, 2020

Executive Order 2020-001

Ex. MET-ORL-001 Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-01Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency… · Mar. 13, 2020

Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. MET-ORL-023	Executive Order 2020-001Declaration of Local State of Emergency (COVID-19)	Chairman, Board of County Commissioners	County	Mar. 2, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source	—
Ex. MET-ORL-001	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-01Declaration of State of Local Emergency regarding COVID-19	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Mar. 13, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source	—
Ex. MET-ORL-038	City of Orlando Executive Order: Declaration of State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020)Declaration of State of Emergency within the City of Orlando (COVID-19)	Mayor Buddy Dyer	City	Mar. 13, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 666 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-022	Resolution 20-054R (State of Local Emergency) and extensions 20-055R, 20-056R, 20-059RDeclaration and weekly extensions of the State of Local Emergency	Board of County Commissioners	County	Mar. 16, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source	—
Ex. MET-ORL-039	Administrative Order No. 2020-06Temporary Order Governing Essential and Critical Trial Court Proceedings	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	Mar. 16, 2020	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-ORL-040	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-01Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (essential and critical proceedings only; public…	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	Mar. 16, 2020	June 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 284 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-037	City of Orlando Executive Order / Declaration of State of Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020)Declaration of State of Emergency; prohibition of sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages for on-premises…	Mayor Buddy Dyer	City	Mar. 17, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 515 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-061	City of Orlando Executive Order: Emergency Order Amending Prior Order Relating to Alcohol Consumption (Mar. 17, 2020, 3:30 p.m.)Restaurants limited to 50 percent occupancy, six-foot spacing and parties of ten; on-premises alcohol…	Mayor Buddy Dyer	City	Mar. 17, 2020	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 892 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-024	Executive Order 2020-004 (and 2020-004a)Tolling of pending due dates, expiration dates and termination dates in zoning and land use applications…	Seminole County Chairman (EO 2020-004, Mar. 18, 2020); Alan Harris, Chief Administrator of Emergency Management (EO 2020-004A, ratified Mar. 26, 2020)	County	Mar. 18, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 442 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-002	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-02Regarding COVID-19 (continuation of State of Local Emergency)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Mar. 20, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 49 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-003	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-03Concerning Curfew	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management, in consultation with Sheriff John Mina	County	Mar. 20, 2020	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 93 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-015	Executive Order COVID-19 Providing for a CurfewExecutive Order COVID-19 providing for a curfew for the citizens of Osceola County, Florida; providing for…	Executive Policy Group (Chairman/Vice Chairman), under Board of County Commissioners Resolution 20-054R	County	Mar. 20, 2020	May 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 314 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-060	City of Orlando Executive Order (Mar. 20, 2020): City owned or controlled venues closed to public eventsCity venues closed to public events; group-meeting rentals barred; 18A permits revoked	Mayor Buddy Dyer	City	Mar. 20, 2020	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 600 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-036	COVID-19 Inspection Modifications (Building Division notice)COVID-19 Inspection Modifications: temporary modification of inspection procedures; final inspections by…	Seminole County Building Division (Development Services)	County	Mar. 24, 2020	July 27, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 242 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-004	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-04Regarding COVID-19: Non-Essential Travel and Safety Measures and Non-Essential Businesses and Essential…	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Mar. 26, 2020	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 391 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-005	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-05Regarding COVID-19: Non-Essential Travel and Safety Measures and Non-Essential Businesses and Essential…	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Mar. 26, 2020	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 389 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-016	Emergency Order No. 2 Pertaining to COVID-19Shelter in place: Non-Essential Travel and Safety Measures; Non-Essential Businesses and Essential Businesses	Executive Policy Group (Chairman/Vice Chairman)	County	Mar. 26, 2020	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 144 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-017	Emergency Order No. 3 Pertaining to COVID-19Stay at Home: Non-Essential Travel and Safety Measures; Non-Essential Businesses and Essential Businesses…	Executive Policy Group (Chairman/Vice Chairman)	County	Mar. 26, 2020	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 3.1 MB
Ex. MET-ORL-025	Executive Order 2020-006Executive Order regarding COVID-19 requiring social distancing and adherence to the Centers for Disease…	Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	County	Mar. 30, 2020	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 780 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-026	Executive Order 2020-008Executive Order regarding COVID-19 requiring social distancing and adherence to the Centers for Disease…	Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	County	Apr. 1, 2020	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 690 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-046	Administrative Order No. 2020-11Temporary Order Regarding Mortgage Foreclosures, Foreclosure Sales, and Evictions	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	Apr. 2, 2020	May 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 267 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-027	Executive Order 2020-009Executive Order requiring COVID-19 positive individuals to abide by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…	Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	County	Apr. 3, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 649 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-051	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-07Regarding COVID-19 (weekly continuation of the State of Local Emergency)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Apr. 3, 2020	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 83 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-029	Executive Order 2020-010Executive Order regarding COVID-19 (enacting Executive Order 20-91, as declared by Governor Ron DeSantis on…	Seminole County Chief Administrator of Emergency Management	County	Apr. 5, 2020	May 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 832 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-018	Emergency Order No. 4 Pertaining to COVID-19Face coverings required in any public place	Executive Policy Group (Chairman/Vice Chairman)	County	Apr. 13, 2020	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 110 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-019	Emergency Order No. 5 Pertaining to COVID-19Face coverings required (replacing Emergency Order No. 4)	Executive Policy Group (Chairman/Vice Chairman)	County	Apr. 13, 2020	July 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 130 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-028	Executive Order 2020-013Executive Order extending the declared Local State of Emergency	Chairman, Board of County Commissioners	County	Apr. 13, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 524 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-057	Executive Order No. 2020-015Executive Order extending the declared Local State of Emergency (reciting EO 2020-004 tolling and EO 2020-006…	Chairman, Board of County Commissioners	County	Apr. 27, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 523 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-006	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-12Reopening Orange County and Requiring Social Distancing and Face Coverings	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	May 4, 2020	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	—
Ex. MET-ORL-020	Executive Order COVID-19 Repealing the CurfewExecutive Order COVID-19 repealing the curfew for the citizens of Osceola County, Florida; providing for an…	Executive Policy Group (Chairman/Vice Chairman)	County	May 4, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Curfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 30 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-007	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-14Concerning Termination of Curfew	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management, in consultation with Sheriff John Mina	County	May 11, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Curfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 58 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-012	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-16Regarding COVID-19 and Reopening Orange County (amending EEO 2020-12 sec. 2)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	May 18, 2020	June 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 89 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-030	Revised Executive Order 2020-025Executive Order rescinding Executive Order No. 2020-020 that required social distancing and adherence to Phase…	Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	County	June 4, 2020	June 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 554 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-008	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-23Regarding COVID-19 and Requiring Face Coverings	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	June 20, 2020	June 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 189 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-009	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-25Regarding COVID-19 and Requiring Face Coverings (restating EEO 2020-23)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	June 24, 2020	Apr. 28, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 252 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-031	Executive Order 2020-030Executive Order requiring the use of social distancing and facial coverings in Seminole County	Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	County	June 29, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-ORL-041	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-05Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (return to Phase 1)	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	June 29, 2020	not dated	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 335 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-021	Emergency Ordinance 2020-60Face coverings required in any public place; noncriminal infraction and citations	Board of County Commissioners	County	July 24, 2020	May 3, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 515 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-052	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-40Regarding COVID-19 (weekly continuation of the State of Local Emergency)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Sept. 25, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 91 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-032	Executive Order 2020-046Executive Order suspending fines and penalties against individuals pertaining to Executive Order 2020-009…	Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	County	Sept. 28, 2020	May 3, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 963 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-050	Executive Order 2020-048Executive Order extending the declared Local State of Emergency for COVID-19	Chairman, Board of County Commissioners	County	Oct. 8, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 913 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-010	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-51Regarding COVID-19: Reopening Orange County and Requiring Social Distancing and Face Coverings	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Dec. 6, 2020	Apr. 28, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 257 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-053	Emergency Executive Order No. 2020-54Regarding COVID-19 (weekly continuation of the State of Local Emergency)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Dec. 25, 2020	Jan. 1, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 79 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-042	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-06Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (temporary modification: access limited, no jury…	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	Jan. 11, 2021	Feb. 9, 2021	2021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 2.5 MB
Ex. MET-ORL-043	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-07Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (return to normal Phase 2; jury trials resume Feb.…	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	Feb. 15, 2021	—	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 1.6 MB
Ex. MET-ORL-058	Executive Order No. 2021-011Executive Order regarding the tolling of certain county processes and resuming code enforcement for priority…	Lee Constantine, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners, and Alan Harris, Chief Administrator of Emergency Management	County	Mar. 2, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 903 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-033	Executive Order 2021-019Executive Order extending the declared Local State of Emergency for COVID-19	Chairman, Board of County Commissioners	County	Apr. 27, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 856 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-011	Emergency Executive Order No. 2021-18Regarding COVID-19: Reopening Orange County and Requiring Social Distancing and Face Coverings	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Apr. 28, 2021	May 3, 2021	2021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 260 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-034	Executive Order 2021-020Executive Order requiring social distancing and facial coverings for individuals and businesses (2021…	Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	County	May 3, 2021	May 3, 2021	2021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. MET-ORL-049	Frequently Asked Questions: State Executive Order 21-102, Impacts to Seminole County Businesses (updated May 4, 2021)State Executive Order 21-102: Impacts to Seminole County Businesses	Seminole County Government (Office of Emergency Management / Economic Development)	County	May 3, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 783 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-054	Emergency Executive Order No. 2021-20Regarding COVID-19 (weekly continuation of the State of Local Emergency)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	May 7, 2021	July 28, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 89 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-035	Executive Order 2021-025Executive Order extending the declared Local State of Emergency (May 2021)	Chairman, Board of County Commissioners	County	May 25, 2021	June 1, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 752 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-044	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-09Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (transition to broader in-person contact; masks…	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	June 17, 2021	not dated	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 2.7 MB
Ex. MET-ORL-013	Emergency Executive Order No. 2021-24Declaration of State of Local Emergency (COVID-19 Delta variant)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings	County	July 28, 2021	Oct. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 1.2 MB
Ex. MET-ORL-014	Emergency Executive Order No. 2021-25 (first weekly renewal of EEO 2021-24; series 2021-25 to 2021-36)Regarding COVID-19 (continuation of the State of Local Emergency declared by EEO 2021-24)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings	County	Aug. 4, 2021	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 548 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-047	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-12Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (temporary modification limiting public access to…	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	Aug. 23, 2021	Oct. 18, 2021	2021 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 414 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-055	Emergency Executive Order No. 2021-32Regarding COVID-19 (continuation of the State of Local Emergency declared by EEO 2021-24)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Sept. 22, 2021	Sept. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 78 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-056	Emergency Executive Order No. 2021-35Regarding COVID-19 (continuation of the State of Local Emergency declared by EEO 2021-24)	Mayor Jerry L. Demings, as Director of Emergency Management	County	Oct. 13, 2021	Oct. 20, 2021		Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 86 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-059	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-13Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (access limitation of Aug. 23, 2021 lifted; face…	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	Oct. 18, 2021	Nov. 1, 2021		Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 410 KB
Ex. MET-ORL-045	Administrative Order No. 2020-06-14Amended Temporary Order Governing Trial Court Proceedings (mask requirement in court facilities discontinued)	Chief Judge Donald A. Myers, Jr.	Court	Nov. 1, 2021	not dated		Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 228 KB
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