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The Phoenix and Tucson file holds 43 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 43 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Arizona file.

Code PHXState ArizonaFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MET-PHX-036Orders reaching 2021 Q3 16Primary source read 35 Confirmed from a secondary source 8
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The Phoenix and Tucson file

The record in brief

ScopeCounty and municipal instruments of the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas, March 2020 through September 30, 2021: Maricopa County Board of Supervisors regulations; Maricopa County Superior Court administrative orders (superior, justice and municipal courts); City of Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale and Tempe mayoral emergency proclamations; Pima County Board of Supervisors resolutions and the Attorney General instruments that recite them; City of Tucson mayoral proclamations and ordinances; Valley Metro and Sun Tran transit rules; school-district mask mandates of August 2021 and the court rulings on them; the State preemption and injunction history. Statewide instruments (Declaration of Emergency Mar. 11, 2020; EO 2020-09, 2020-12, 2020-18, 2020-33, 2020-36, 2020-40, 2020-43, 2020-47, 2020-52, 2020-59, 2021-05, 2021-06, 2021-18; SB 1824, HB 2898, SB 1819 of June 30, 2021.

The Phoenix and Tucson metros were governed by a three-layer regime: the Governor's statewide orders (the State file), a county layer that mattered most for face coverings and for the courts, and a municipal layer that moved first in March 2020 and stayed in place longest in 2021. 2020 Q2 (with the March 13-31 run-up). Between March 17 and March 20, 2020 the mayors of Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa and Tempe declared local emergencies and ordered bars, dine-in restaurants, gyms, theaters and entertainment venues closed to the public two days before the Governor's EO 2020-09 reached every county: Phoenix (Mar. 17, dining rooms closed immediately, takeout only; bars, gyms, theaters closed; Ex. MET-PHX-036 entry), Tucson (Mar. 17 proclamation, recited in Exs. MET-PHX-017, -020, -021), Mesa (Declaration of Emergency Mar. 17, Ex. MET-PHX-019; Second Proclamation Mar. 19 effective Mar. 20, 8:00 p.m., Ex. MET-PHX-022) and Tempe (Council Emergency Ordinance O2020.07 Mar. 18; Mayor's Proclamation Mar. 19 closing restaurants, bars and venues at 8:00 p.m. and gyms at 1:00 p.m. that day, Ex. MET-PHX-026). Tucson went further: the Mayor's March 27, 2020 proclamation closed businesses that were not 'Essential Functions' and issued a stay-at-home advisory effective 8:00 a.m. March 28 through April 17 (Ex. MET-PHX-036 entry; recited in Ex. MET-PHX-020), and the April 17 proclamation extended those orders through April 30, 2020 (Ex. MET-PHX-020), the same date as EO 2020-18. The Maricopa County Superior Court restricted physical access to every court building in the county from March 19, 2020 (justice courts, Ex. MET-PHX-010; Ex. MET-PHX-011 for Mar. 31-Apr. 17), suspended jury trials (Supreme Court AO 2020-48 of Mar. 18 as recited in Exs. MET-PHX-008, -009) and moved proceedings to audio and video. On May 15, 2020, as the State's stay-home order expired, Tucson terminated its April 30 orders but kept City buildings closed to the public through June 8, kept visitor mask requirements in City buildings, endorsed Pima County's May 13, 2020 temporary regulations for restaurants, gyms and pools as applying within the City (Ex. MET-PHX-021), and Tempe rescinded its March 19 and May 8 closure proclamations (Ex. MET-PHX-027). EO 2020-36 (May 12, 2020) barred local orders in addition to the State's; EO 2020-40 (June 17, 2020) reopened the door for face coverings only. Within 72 hours Tucson (Mayor's Proclamation June 18, effective June 20, 6:00 a.m., age 2 and over, with an employer duty to require masks of public-facing staff and a $50 civil penalty, Ex. MET-PHX-017; Council Ordinance 11766, June 19, Ex. MET-PHX-018), Tempe (Mask Proclamation June 18, misdemeanor under Charter section 1.04, Exs. MET-PHX-028, -030), Maricopa County (Regulations Requiring Face Coverings adopted June 19, effective 12:00 a.m. June 20 throughout the county including every city, requiring every Place of Public Accommodation to require its staff to mask, Ex. MET-PHX-001), Pima County (Resolution 2020-49, June 19, age 5 and over; Exs. MET-PHX-007, -018, -036) and Mesa (Fourth Proclamation, face coverings, Ex. MET-PHX-032) imposed mask mandates; Phoenix's Council adopted its requirement on June 19 by a 7-2 vote effective June 20. 2020 Q3 and Q4. The county and city mask mandates stayed in force without interruption; Valley Metro required face coverings of every rider on bus, light rail, paratransit and vanpool and at stops and stations (Ex. MET-PHX-029), and Phoenix's City Council cut transit service (Apr. 6 and Apr. 23, 2020 actions) and did not restore pre-COVID bus service until October 26, 2020 (Ex. MET-PHX-029). The Superior Court kept building access restricted to persons attending in-person hearings, kept proceedings presumptively remote, suspended new jury trials July 1-31, 2020, restarted them August 3, and on December 3, 2020 suspended civil jury empanelment through February 28, 2021 (Exs. MET-PHX-008, -009, -012). In December 2020 Pima County updated its mask mandate by Resolution 2020-96 (Dec. 4; Ex. MET-PHX-007) and adopted a curfew by emergency proclamation, and Tucson enacted a mandatory 10:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. 2021 Q1. The mask mandates continued; the civil jury suspension ran to March 31, 2021 (Ex. MET-PHX-003 recital); a Pima County Superior Court judge struck the county curfew in January 2021 (Next Level Arcade Tucson, LLC v. Pima County, appeal 2 CA-CV 2021-0034; Ex. MET-PHX-007 n.1) and the Attorney General closed his SB 1487 inquiry into the county proclamation as moot when the county repealed it. EO 2021-06 (Mar. 25, 2021) ordered that no local rule not in place on March 11, 2020 'shall be enforced,' including face-covering mandates, while preserving local mask rules 'in their own government buildings and on public transportation' (quoted in Ex. MET-PHX-007). Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff kept their mandates on the books (Ex. MET-PHX-034); Pima County declared Resolution 2020-96 'still in effect' on March 30, 2021, and the Attorney General's informal Opinion I21-003 (Apr. 6, 2021) concluded the Governor's Title 26 order likely did not preempt a county resolution adopted under Title 36 (Ex. MET-PHX-007). 2021 Q2. Court access remained restricted to in-person hearing participants with masks and screening until June 1, 2021 (AO 2021-057, Ex. MET-PHX-003) and, under AO 2021-073 and 2021-075 effective June 1, through July 18, 2021 (Exs. MET-PHX-004, -013). 2021 Q3. In force on July 1: the Superior Court's access restrictions, screening and Mask Mandated Areas (Exs. MET-PHX-004, -013); Valley Metro's rider mask rule under its own policy and the federal conveyance order; Tucson's and Phoenix's mask rules as to government buildings and transit under EO 2021-06's own carve-out. July 16: AO 2021-103/-104 lifted public access restrictions effective July 19 but kept screening, six-foot distancing (to be reduced Aug. 2) and mask areas (Exs. MET-PHX-025, -014). July 28: AO 2021-112 restored six-foot distancing throughout all Maricopa court facilities 'until further order' (Ex. MET-PHX-015). August 4: AO 2021-119 required every person entering any superior, justice or municipal court facility in Maricopa County to wear a mask from August 9, 2021 'until further notice' (Ex. MET-PHX-016). Phoenix Union High School District imposed a mask mandate for the school year beginning August 2, 2021; Judge Warner refused to block it on August 16, holding the legislative ban (A.R.S. 15-342.05) could not take effect before September 29 (Ex. MET-PHX-005); some twenty districts and charters followed by mid-August (AZ Mirror). Tucson adopted Ordinance 11869 on August 13, 2021 requiring proof of vaccination from every City employee by 4:00 p.m. August 24 on pain of a five-day suspension; the Governor answered with EO 2021-18 on August 16; the Attorney General found the ordinance in violation of A.R.S. 36-681 on September 7 (Ex. MET-PHX-002); the City suspended enforcement in early September (Ex. MET-PHX-035). On September 27, 2021, two days before the budget bills' effective date, Judge Cooper declared void the school mask-mandate ban (HB 2898 section 12), the vaccine-passport ban (SB 1824 sections 12-13) and, with SB 1819 in its entirety, section 39's prohibition on any county, city or town order 'that mandates using face coverings, requires closing a business or imposes a curfew' (Ex. MET-PHX-006); the Arizona Supreme Court affirmed unanimously on November 2, 2021. The statutory preemption of local COVID orders therefore never took effect in the period.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Phoenix and Tucson 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.

QuarterFirst dayLast day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Apr. 1, 2020: Tucson non-essential-business closure and stay-home advisory in force (Mar. 27 proclamation, to Apr. 17, then Apr. 30; Exs. MET-PHX-020, -036); Mesa Second Proclamation closures (Ex. MET-PHX-022) and Tempe Mar. 19 closures (Ex. MET-PHX-026) in force alongside EO 2020-09/-18; Maricopa County court buildings closed to all but in-person hearing participants, jury trials suspended (Exs. MET-PHX-010, -011); Phoenix dining rooms, bars, gyms, theaters closed since Mar. 17 (Ex. MET-PHX-036).June 30, 2020: Maricopa County face-covering regulation (Ex. MET-PHX-001), Tucson proclamation and Ordinance 11766 (Exs. MET-PHX-017, -018), Tempe Mask Proclamation (Ex. MET-PHX-028), Mesa Fourth Proclamation (Ex. MET-PHX-032), Pima County Resolution 2020-49 (Ex. MET-PHX-007), Phoenix Council face-covering requirement (secondary) all in force; Tucson City facilities closed to the public under the June 5 Administrative Order extended to Aug. 3, 2020 (Ex. MET-PHX-017); Superior Court access restricted, jury trials re-suspended July 1 (Exs. MET-PHX-008, -009); Valley Metro reduced service and capacity limits (Ex. MET-PHX-029).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →July 1, 2020: every mask mandate above in force; Superior Court jury trials suspended July 1-31 (Ex. MET-PHX-009 recital); court access restricted (Ex. MET-PHX-008); Tempe FLASH suspended to Aug. 20, Orbit reduced to July 27 (Ex. MET-PHX-029).Sept. 30, 2020: mask mandates in force; court access restricted and proceedings presumptively remote (Ex. MET-PHX-008, replaced by 2020-098/-114/-115 as recited in Ex. MET-PHX-004); Phoenix bus service still below pre-COVID levels (restored Oct. 26; Ex. MET-PHX-029); Valley Metro rider mask rule in force.
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Oct. 1, 2020: mask mandates in force; court access restricted; transit rules in force.Dec. 31, 2020: mask mandates in force, Pima County's updated by Resolution 2020-96 (Dec. 4); Superior Court civil jury empanelment suspended through Feb. 28, 2021 (Ex. MET-PHX-009); justice courts presumptively remote with restricted access and masks (Ex. MET-PHX-012); Tucson curfew (Dec. 4-23) had expired Dec. 23; Pima County curfew proclamation of December 2020 in litigation.
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Jan. 1, 2021: mask mandates in force; civil jury suspension in force; court access restricted (Exs. MET-PHX-009, -012).Mar. 31, 2021: EO 2021-06 (Mar. 25) barred enforcement of local mask mandates outside government buildings and transit; Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff and Pima County kept theirs on the books (Exs. MET-PHX-007, -034); civil jury suspension ran through Mar. 31 (Ex. MET-PHX-003 recital); court access restricted (AO 2021-013/-031 as recited in Ex. MET-PHX-004).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Apr. 1, 2021: court access restricted, masks and screening in court facilities (AO 2021-031, recited in Ex. MET-PHX-004); local mask rules enforceable in government buildings and transit; Valley Metro rider mask rule (Ex. MET-PHX-029).June 30, 2021: AO 2021-073 and 2021-075 (effective June 1) restrict physical access to court buildings to in-person hearing attendance, presumptive remote proceedings, screening, Mask Mandated Areas (Exs. MET-PHX-004, -013); Valley Metro rider mask rule; local government-building mask rules.
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →July 1, 2021: AO 2021-073 and 2021-075 in force (court access restricted to in-person hearing attendance; screening; masks in Mask Mandated Areas; presumptive remote proceedings) (Exs. MET-PHX-004, -013); Valley Metro rider mask rule (Ex. MET-PHX-029; federal conveyance order); Tucson and Phoenix mask rules in City facilities and transit (Exs. MET-PHX-017, -030 by analogy for Tempe; EO 2021-06 carve-out).Sept. 30, 2021: AO 2021-103/-104 (public access lifted July 19 but screening, distancing and Mask Mandated Areas kept; Exs. MET-PHX-025, -014); AO 2021-112 (six-foot distancing throughout court facilities, July 28; Ex. MET-PHX-015); AO 2021-119 (universal mask requirement in every superior, justice and municipal court facility from Aug. 9 'until further notice'; Ex. MET-PHX-016); Phoenix Union and some twenty other district and charter mask mandates for the 2021-22 year (Ex. MET-PHX-005; AZ Mirror); Tucson Ordinance 11869 employee vaccination requirement (adopted Aug. 13; enforcement suspended early Sept.; Exs. MET-PHX-002, -035); Judge Cooper's Sept. 27 declaration voiding the legislative bans (Ex. MET-PHX-006); Valley Metro and Sun Tran rider mask rules.

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Phoenix and Tucson, 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

2021-03-25 (local business and public-mask mandates unenforceable outside government buildings and transit); 2021-07-19 (court building access)

Instrument Governor's Executive Order 2021-06 (statewide; State file) and, for the courts, Maricopa County Superior Court Administrative Orders 2021-103 and 2021-104 (July 16, 2021, effective July 19, 2021) lifting public-access restrictions

What remained in force

Local mask rules in government buildings and on public transportation (expressly preserved by EO 2021-06); Valley Metro's rider mask rule; Maricopa County court screening, distancing and Mask Mandated Areas (AO 2021-103/-104), six-foot distancing restored July 28, 2021 (AO 2021-112) and a universal court-facility mask requirement from August 9, 2021 (AO 2021-119); school-district mask mandates from August 2021; Tucson's employee vaccination ordinance from August 13, 2021 (enforcement suspended early September 2021); the county and city mask regulations themselves, which by their terms remained 'until further notice of repeal or revision' (Maricopa) and whose repeal dates were not verified in this session.

The State and the local orders

Arizona ran the local layer on a short leash and then lost the leash in court. EO 2020-36 (May 12, 2020) prohibited any county, city or town from making or issuing any order that conflicted with or was in addition to the Governor's orders; the Tucson May 15, 2020 proclamation recites that EO 2020-33, -34 and -36 'purport to prohibit any city or county from issuing any order or regulation that conflicts with or is in addition to his Executive Order' (Ex. MET-PHX-021). EO 2020-40 (June 17, 2020) carved out face coverings: 'a county, city or town may, based on conditions in its jurisdiction, adopt policies regarding the wearing of face coverings in public' (quoted in Exs. MET-PHX-001, -007, -017, -018). EO 2021-06 (Mar. 25, 2021) rescinded EO 2020-40 and ordered that any local rule not in place on March 11, 2020 that conflicts with the order 'shall not be enforced,' 'including but not limited to mandated use of face coverings,' while preserving political subdivisions' 'right to set and enforce mitigation policies in their own government buildings and on public transportation' (quoted in Ex. MET-PHX-007). Attorney General informal Opinion I21-003 (Apr. 6, 2021) concluded that EO 2021-06, resting on Title 26, likely did not preempt Pima County Resolution 2020-96 adopted under Title 36 (A.R.S. 36-183.02), though ADHS rulemaking could (Ex. MET-PHX-007). Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff kept their mandates in place after March 25, 2021 (Ex. MET-PHX-034). The Legislature's budget reconciliation bills of June 30, 2021 (HB 2898 section 12: no county, city, town, school district or charter may require face coverings of students or staff; SB 1824 sections 12-13, A.R.S. 36-681: no State, city, town or county may require any person to be vaccinated or a business to obtain proof of vaccination; SB 1819 section 39: no county, city or town may adopt any COVID-19 mitigation order 'that mandates using face coverings, requires closing a business or imposes a curfew') carried a general effective date of September 29, 2021 (Exs. MET-PHX-002, -005, -006). EO 2021-18 (Aug. 16, 2021) attempted to bar city employee vaccine mandates before that date (Ex. MET-PHX-002). Judge Warner held on August 16, 2021 that the school mask ban could not be enforced before September 29 (Ex. MET-PHX-005); Judge Cooper declared every one of those provisions void on September 27, 2021 under the Arizona Constitution's title and single-subject requirements (Ex. MET-PHX-006), and the Supreme Court affirmed on November 2, 2021. The Pima County curfew of December 2020 was enjoined by the Pima County Superior Court in January 2021 as exceeding the Governor's emergency orders (Next Level Arcade Tucson, LLC v. Pima County, 2 CA-CV 2021-0034; Exs. MET-PHX-007 n.1, -036) and repealed by the Board, mooting SB 1487 investigation 20-001.

Third quarter of 2021

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

In force (11)

  • MET-PHX-004 (AO 2021-073, July 1-18)
  • MET-PHX-013 (AO 2021-075, July 1-18)
  • MET-PHX-025 (AO 2021-103, from July 19)
  • MET-PHX-014 (AO 2021-104, from July 19)
  • MET-PHX-015 (AO 2021-112, from July 28)
  • MET-PHX-016 (AO 2021-119, from Aug. 9)
  • MET-PHX-005 (Phoenix Union High School District mask mandate, from Aug. 2; ruling Aug. 16)
  • MET-PHX-002 (Tucson Ordinance 11869 and Administrative Directive 2.03-7, Aug. 13-early Sept.; AG report Sept. 7)
  • MET-PHX-006 (ASBA v. State ruling, Sept. 27, voiding the preemption provisions before their Sept. 29 effective date)
  • MET-PHX-029 (Valley Metro rider face-covering rule, in force by Nov. 2020 capture and continuing under the CDC conveyance order)
  • Local mask rules in government buildings and on public transportation preserved by EO 2021-06 (Tucson, Phoenix; Ex. MET-PHX-007 quoting the carve-out)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Phoenix and Tucson, 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

Dine-in closed by Phoenix (Mar. 17, 2020, immediately), Tucson (Mar. 17), Tempe (Mar. 19, 8:00 p.m.) and Mesa (Mar. 20, 8:00 p.m.) before EO 2020-09; Tucson non-essential closure Mar. 28-Apr. 30; State reopening (dine-in May 11, 2020); Tempe rescinded closures May 15, 2020; Pima County temporary regulations for restaurants, gyms and pools May 13, 2020 (applied in Tucson by the May 15 proclamation); staff and patron masks under county and city mandates from June 20, 2020; Tucson curfew 10 p.m.-5 a.m. Dec. 4-23, 2020; State capacity limits to Mar. 5, 2021; local mask enforcement barred Mar. 25, 2021.

Retail

Tucson closed non-'Essential Functions' businesses Mar. 28-Apr. 30, 2020 (with EO 2020-18 statewide); patron and staff masks in every Place of Public Accommodation from June 20, 2020 (Maricopa; Tucson; Tempe; Mesa; Pima); Tempe posted 'mask required' signage for businesses; enforcement barred outside government premises from Mar. 25, 2021.

Personal care

Closed under State orders (EO 2020-18/-33) to May 8, 2020; masks for staff and patrons from June 20, 2020 under county and city mandates (Maricopa regulation exempts settings where masks are infeasible such as dental services).

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms, theaters, comedy clubs, arcades, bowling alleys and rinks closed by Tempe (gyms 1:00 p.m. Mar. 19; venues 8:00 p.m.), Mesa (Mar. 20, 8:00 p.m.), Phoenix and Tucson (Mar. 17); State closures June 29, 2020 (EO 2020-43) to county-benchmark reopening Aug. 27-28, 2020 (Maricopa and Pima); Pima County gym regulations May 13, 2020; masks in enclosed public spaces from June 20, 2020.

Hotels and short-term rentals

No local lodging ban; Tempe's Mask Proclamation named hotels among places of public accommodation (Ex. MET-PHX-028).

Offices and telework

Tucson's proclamations strongly advised telework by all businesses and directed City employees to work from home (May 15 and June 18, 2020); Tucson City facilities closed to the public through Aug. 3, 2020 (June 5 Administrative Order); Maricopa regulation exempts a person alone in a personal office; Tempe City Hall and public buildings closed into 2021 (Ex. MET-PHX-030 capture).

Manufacturing

No local closure; State Essential Functions list governed.

Construction

No local shutdown; Tucson's Mar. 27-Apr. 30, 2020 closure followed EO 2020-12's Essential Functions list; Tucson permitting moved to remote operations in March 2020.

Real estate

Maricopa County Superior Court and justice-court eviction hearings limited to essential in-person matters Mar. 31-Apr. 17, 2020 and presumptively remote thereafter (Exs. MET-PHX-011, -012); recorder closures not researched.

Hospitals and long-term care

State layer; Tucson's proclamations recite ICU capacity 'at or very near full capacity' in June 2020 as the basis for the mask order.

Dental and elective health care

Local mask rules exempt persons receiving dental or medical services (Maricopa s. III.B.v; Tucson s. 3.B.6); elective-procedure rules were State (EO 2020-10, -32; rescinded by EO 2021-08).

Schools

State closures (Mar. 15, 2020 to the end of the year); Phoenix Union High School District mask mandate from Aug. 2, 2021 sustained Aug. 16, 2021 (Ex. MET-PHX-005); some twenty districts and charters with mandates by mid-Aug. 2021; the ban (HB 2898 s. 12; A.R.S. 15-342.05) declared void Sept. 27, 2021 before taking effect.

Child care

State layer; Maricopa County guidance only.

Worship and gatherings

Local orders did not close worship; Mesa's Second Proclamation exempted worship-facility cafeterias; Tucson's May 15, 2020 proclamation limited public attendance at Council and board meetings; gatherings governed by State orders (50-person event approval by cities and counties under EO 2020-43/-52/-59, Dec. 3, 2020 to Mar. 25, 2021).

Courts and public offices

Maricopa County Superior Court: access restricted Mar. 19, 2020-July 18, 2021; jury trials suspended Mar. 18-June 15, 2020, July 1-31, 2020, civil juries Dec. 3, 2020-Mar. 31, 2021; screening, distancing and Mask Mandated Areas through Sept. 30, 2021; universal masks from Aug. 9, 2021 (Exs. MET-PHX-003, -004, -008 to -016, -025). Tucson City buildings closed to the public (other than City Court) through June 8, then Aug. 3, 2020; Mesa police lobbies restricted from Mar. 19, 2020; Mesa Municipal Court masks required (Ex. MET-PHX-032).

Travel and quarantine

No local travel orders; Valley Metro and Sun Tran rider masks; Phoenix transit capacity limits (Apr. 13, 2020) and service cuts (May 4-Oct. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHX-029).

Face coverings

Tucson June 18/20, 2020 (age 2+; employer duty; $50 civil penalty); Tempe June 18, 2020 (misdemeanor); Maricopa County June 20, 2020 (age 6+; staff duty; $50 civil penalty; countywide floor); Pima County June 19, 2020 (age 5+; no penalty) updated Dec. 4, 2020; Mesa June 2020; Phoenix June 20, 2020 (secondary); enforcement against private premises barred Mar. 25, 2021; kept in government buildings and transit; court-facility masks Aug. 9, 2021 onward.

Vaccination mandates

Tucson Ordinance 11869 (Aug. 13, 2021; proof by Aug. 24; five-day suspension) met by EO 2021-18 (Aug. 16) and AG Report 21-003 (Sept. 7); enforcement suspended early Sept. 2021, resumed after the Sept. 27 ruling (Exs. MET-PHX-002, -035); Pima County employee policy (SB 1487 request 21-006 withdrawn); Pima County Board vote of Oct. 19, 2021 for employees serving vulnerable populations is post-period.

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Phoenix and Tucson 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 5Stay-at-home 2Business closure 6Telework mandate 2Capacity limit 2Gathering cap 17Face-covering requirement 31Travel and quarantine 6Schools and child care 1Curfew and hours 2Events and venues 1Courts and public offices 20Workplace rules 18Vaccination or testing 3Other 6

All instruments

Every record in the Phoenix and Tucson 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.

Showing 43 of 43 instrumentsThe Phoenix and Tucson records in the Library →
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerLevelEffectiveEndQuartersLimitationsSourceFile
Ex. MET-PHX-019Proclamation and Declaration of EmergencyCity of Mesa Proclamation and Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19)Mayor John C. GilesCityMar. 17, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 98 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-036Tracker entries: City of Phoenix Mayor's emergency declaration (Mar. 17, 2020); City of Tucson Mayor's proclamations (Mar. 17 and Mar. 30, 2020 entries); Tucson curfew ordinance (Dec. 3, 2020 entry); Maricopa and Pima face-covering rules (June 22, 2020 entry)Arizona State-by-State COVID-19 Guidance (Husch Blackwell)Husch Blackwell LLP, 'Arizona: State-by-State COVID-19 Guidance' tracker (law-firm tracker; capture Feb. 4, 2021)CountyMar. 17, 2020Dec. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q4Stay-at-homeBusiness closureFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 928 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-010Administrative Order No. 2020-038Limitation of Justice Court Operations During a Public Health EmergencySuperior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding JudgeCourtMar. 19, 2020Mar. 26, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 83 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-026Proclamation of the Mayor (closures)Proclamation closing restaurants, nightclubs, bars, recreational and entertainment venues and gymsMayor Mark W. MitchellCityMar. 19, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source readPDF 216 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-022Second Proclamation of the Mayor Under the Declaration of EmergencyCity of Mesa Second Proclamation (closure of restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and gyms)Mayor John C. GilesCityMar. 20, 2020May 5, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capPrimary source readPDF 135 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-011Administrative Order No. 2020-048In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities [Justice Courts]Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding JudgeCourtMar. 31, 2020Apr. 17, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 99 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-020Proclamation of the Mayor Declaring a Continuing Emergency or Local Emergency Related to COVID-19 and Extending Advisories and Orders Necessary for Public Safety and to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19April 17, 2020 Declaration of Continuing Emergency - COVID-19Mayor Regina RomeroCityApr. 17, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source readPDF 724 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-040Suspension of transit fares (March/April 2020) extended through December 31, 2021Free Fares Continue through December - Sun TranTucson Mayor and Council (fare suspension), as posted by Sun TranCityApr. 17, 2020Dec. 31, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineOtherConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 289 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-041Sun Tran COVID-19 operating changes: fares waived, rear-door boarding, Express service reduction, offices closed (capture Apr. 28, 2020)FARES Update during COVID-19; Sun Express Service Reduction, April 17Sun Tran (City of Tucson transit system)Sector regulatorApr. 17, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source readPDF 160 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-021Proclamation of the Mayor Declaring a Continuing Emergency (May 15, 2020)May 15, 2020 Declaration of Continuing Emergency - COVID-19Mayor Regina RomeroCityMay 15, 2020June 8, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 2.2 MB
Ex. MET-PHX-027Proclamation of the Mayor rescinding the March 19 and May 8, 2020 proclamationsRescinding March 19 ProclamationMayor Mark W. MitchellCityMay 15, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureOtherPrimary source readPDF 230 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-008Administrative Order No. 2020-078In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities Due to a Public Health Emergency and…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeCourtJune 1, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 132 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-028Mask Proclamation (June 18, 2020)Tempe requires face coverings in public placesMayor Mark W. Mitchell (Mask Proclamation), as described in the City of Tempe's coronavirus newsletter of June 18, 2020CityJune 18, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 416 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-030City of Tempe coronavirus page: Mayor's Proclamations list and facility, transit and business status (capture Mar. 29, 2021)Coronavirus (COVID-19) - City of Tempe (Mayor's Proclamations)City of Tempe (Communication and Media Relations; Mayor's Proclamations list)CityJune 18, 2020not datedFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source readPDF 584 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-033Press survey of local face-covering actions under EO 2020-40, June 18, 2020Which Arizona cities are requiring masks in public places?AZ Mirror (Jeremy Duda), 'Which Arizona cities are requiring masks in public places?' (secondary source)CityJune 18, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 129 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-007Pima County Resolution No. 2020-49 (June 19, 2020) and Resolution No. 2020-96 (Dec. 4, 2020) (face coverings); Attorney General Opinion No. I21-003 on Executive Order 2021-06Executive Order 2021-06 and Pima County Resolution No. 2020-96Pima County Board of Supervisors (Resolutions 2020-49 and 2020-96), as recited in Arizona Attorney General informal Opinion No. I21-003 (Apr. 6, 2021)CountyJune 19, 2020Mar. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 164 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-018Ordinance No. 11766Relating to Public Health and Safety and the Prevention of Community-Based Spread of Infectious Disease…Mayor and Council of the City of TucsonCityJune 19, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 65 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-038Scottsdale emergency proclamation requiring face coverings (effective June 19, 2020, 5:00 p.m.); Mayor's May 15, 2020 reopening proclamationFace covering requirements in Scottsdale (City coronavirus update page, capture June 25, 2020)Mayor W.J. 'Jim' Lane (emergency proclamation), as described on the City of Scottsdale's coronavirus update pageCityJune 19, 2020Mar. 31, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 548 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-001Regulations Requiring Face Coverings in Maricopa CountyMaricopa County Board of Supervisors (Clint Hickman, Chairman)CountyJune 20, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 527 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-017Proclamation of the Mayor Declaring a Continuing Emergency or Local Emergency Related to COVID-19 and Declaring Regulations and Advisories Necessary for Public Safety and Protection of Life and to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19June 18, 2020 Declaration of Continuing Emergency - COVID-19 (face coverings)Mayor Regina RomeroCityJune 20, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 2.1 MB
Ex. MET-PHX-037Fourth Proclamation of the Mayor Under the Declaration of Emergency (face coverings)City of Mesa Fourth Proclamation - Face CoveringsMayor John C. GilesCityJune 22, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.8 MB
Ex. MET-PHX-023Amended Regulations Requiring Face Coverings in Maricopa CountyMaricopa County Board of Supervisors (Clint Hickman, Chairman)CountyJune 26, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 533 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-029Valley Metro COVID-19 rider face-covering requirement and service reductions (page 'COVID-19 updates: face coverings required')COVID-19 updates: face coverings requiredValley Metro (Boards of Directors) and Phoenix City Council (service actions)Sector regulatorJuly 1, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOtherPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-PHX-042Valley Metro rider face-covering requirement effective July 1, 2020 (post 'Wear a mask while riding Valley Metro', April 2021)Wear a mask while riding Valley MetroValley Metro Boards of Directors (rider face-covering requirement), as stated in Valley Metro's April 2021 postSector regulatorJuly 1, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 836 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-032City of Mesa coronavirus page (capture July 13, 2020): proclamations list, Municipal Court and facility rulesCoronavirus - City of MesaCity of Mesa (coronavirus page)CityJuly 13, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 733 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-031City Face Covering Requirement FAQ (capture July 15, 2020)City Face Covering Requirement FAQCity of Tucson (City Face Covering Requirement FAQ)CityJuly 15, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 223 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-024Maricopa County Cities and Towns with Supplemental Mask RequirementsMaricopa County (Department of Public Health compilation)CountyJuly 30, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 62 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-012Administrative Order No. 2020-152In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities Used by Justice Courts Due to a Public Health…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding JudgeCourtNov. 5, 2020June 1, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 86 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-009Administrative Order No. 2020-170In the Matter of Conducting Jury Operations Safely During a Public Health EmergencySuperior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeCourtDec. 3, 2020Feb. 28, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 85 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-043Proclamation of the Pima County Board of Supervisors Regarding a State of Emergency Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak, Continuing Measures for Reopening of Certain Businesses and Activities and Revising Enforcement for Violations of Those Measures (Dec. 4, 2020), restating the Temporary Measures of the July 15, 2020 ProclamationTemporary COVID-19 Minimum Health Standards for Businesses - ProclamationPima County Board of Supervisors (Chairman), under Resolution No. 2020-18 (Mar. 19, 2020)CountyDec. 4, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 530 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-039Face Coverings Required on Transit Vehicles (City ordinance approved Jan. 4, 2021; Mayor's proclamation)Face Coverings Required on Transit Vehicles - Sun TranTucson Mayor and Council (Jan. 4, 2021 transit safety ordinance) and Mayor Regina Romero (proclamation), as posted by Sun TranSector regulatorJan. 4, 2021July 28, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 97 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-034Press report on Attorney General Opinion I21-003 and local responses to EO 2021-06AG says counties can ignore mask mandate ban, but Ducey can enforce in other waysAZ Mirror (Jerod MacDonald-Evoy), 'AG says counties can ignore mask mandate ban, but Ducey can enforce in other ways' (secondary source)CountyApr. 7, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 162 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-003Administrative Order No. 2021-057In the Matter of Conducting Court Operations Safely During a Public Health EmergencySuperior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeCourtMay 1, 2021June 1, 20212021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 86 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-004Administrative Order No. 2021-073In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities Due to a Public Health Emergency and…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeCourtJune 1, 2021July 19, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 197 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-013Administrative Order No. 2021-075In the Matter of Restricting Physical Access to Court Facilities Used by Justice Courts Due to a Public Health…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Presiding JudgeCourtJune 1, 2021July 19, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 112 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-014Administrative Order No. 2021-104In the Matter of Lifting Restrictions on Physical Access to Court Facilities Used by Justice Courts Due to a…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeCourtJuly 19, 2021July 28, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 103 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-025Administrative Order No. 2021-103In the Matter of Lifting Restrictions on Physical Access to Court Facilities Due to a Public Health Emergency…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeCourtJuly 19, 2021Aug. 4, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 186 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-015Administrative Order No. 2021-112In the Matter of Maintaining Social Distancing of Six Feet in Court Facilities in Maricopa County (amending…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeCourtJuly 28, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 119 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-005Hester v. Phoenix Union High School District, No. CV2021-012160, Minute Entry (Ruling on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order)Douglas Hester v. Phoenix Union High School District, et al.; TRO deniedSuperior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Randall H. Warner (minute entry); Phoenix Union High School District Governing Board (mask mandate)CourtAug. 2, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 102 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-016Administrative Order No. 2021-119In the Matter of Wearing Masks or Face Coverings in Court Facilities in Maricopa County (amending AOs…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Joseph C. Welty, Presiding JudgeCourtAug. 9, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 135 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-002Ordinance No. 11869 (Aug. 13, 2021) and Administrative Directive No. 2.03-7 (Aug. 13, 2021); Attorney General Investigative Report No. 21-003 (Sept. 7, 2021)Whether the City of Tucson Ordinance 11869 violates A.R.S. 36-114, 36-184, 36-681 (effective 9/29/2021), or…Tucson Mayor and Council (Ordinance No. 11869) and Tucson City Manager (Administrative Directive No. 2.03-7), as recorded in Arizona Attorney General Investigative Report No. 21-003 (Mark Brnovich, Attorney General; Brunn W. Roysden III, Solicitor General)CityAug. 13, 2021Sept. 27, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 190 KB
Ex. MET-PHX-006Arizona School Boards Association, Inc. v. State of Arizona, No. CV2021-012741, Ruling re: Declaratory JudgmentRuling declaring void sections 12, 21 and 50 of HB 2898, sections 12 and 13 of SB 1824, section 2 of SB 1825…Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County, Hon. Katherine CooperCourtSept. 27, 2021Nov. 2, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCurfew and hoursVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source readPDF 6.3 MB
Ex. MET-PHX-035Press report on Tucson Ordinance 11869's history (Aug.-Oct. 2021) and the Pima County Board's employee vaccination voteTucson will terminate employees who don't get a COVID-19 vaccine by DecemberAZ Mirror, 'Tucson will terminate employees who don't get a COVID-19 vaccine by December' (secondary source)CityOct. 20, 2021not datedWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 255 KB

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