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Fourth quarter of 2020

Oct. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020. This page sets out what was in force on its 92 days: the count of instruments, the States with an order in force on the first and last day, the analysis of the quarter, the partial-suspension test applied to it, and every instrument the Library holds for it.

Orders in force

The quarter in numbers

3,550instruments in force in the quarterorders in the Library that carry 2020 Q4
51States with an order in force on Oct. 1, 2020State, county, city and court orders, of 51 jurisdictions
51States with an order in force on Dec. 31, 2020State, county, city and court orders, of 51 jurisdictions
51States with a stay-at-home, closure, capacity, gathering or curfew order in force on Oct. 1, 2020State, county and city orders of those five types, court orders not counted: 51 by a State order, 0 by a county or city order alone. 51 on Dec. 31, 2020 (51 by a State order).
480federal instruments in the quarter404 in force on the first day, 431 on the last

An order counts as in force from its effective date to its recorded end date; an order without a recorded end date is counted for 120 days after it took effect.

The map

Orders in force, State by State

Alabama: 16 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Alaska: 28 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Arizona: 40 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Arkansas: 15 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 California: 96 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Colorado: 24 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Connecticut: 30 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Delaware: 21 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Florida: 70 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Georgia: 27 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Hawaii: 32 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Idaho: 12 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Illinois: 41 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Indiana: 24 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Iowa: 18 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Kansas: 27 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Kentucky: 36 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Louisiana: 14 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Maine: 27 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Maryland: 42 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Massachusetts: 54 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Michigan: 32 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Minnesota: 41 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Mississippi: 10 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Missouri: 44 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Montana: 30 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Nebraska: 17 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Nevada: 26 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 New Hampshire: 24 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 New Jersey: 67 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 New Mexico: 11 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 New York: 60 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 North Carolina: 23 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 North Dakota: 27 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Ohio: 64 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Oklahoma: 6 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Oregon: 26 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Pennsylvania: 51 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Rhode Island: 15 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 South Carolina: 11 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 South Dakota: 27 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Tennessee: 30 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Texas: 64 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Utah: 15 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Vermont: 25 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Virginia: 10 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 West Virginia: 32 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Wisconsin: 21 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 Wyoming: 10 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 District of Columbia: 11 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020 District of Columbia: 11 orders in force on Oct. 1, 2020
51States with an order in force on Oct. 1, 2020
1,576 State and local orders in force

Each State is colored by the State, county, city and court orders in the Library in force there on the day shown. The federal layer, in force in every State on every day (404 instruments on Oct. 1, 2020), is not on the map. Hover for the count and the limitation types; click a State to open it.

In plain terms: the winter of 2020 brought the second shutdown. Between October 6 and December 26, 2020 every State re-tightened. Indoor dining closed again in Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Kentucky, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York City and most of California; curfews and closing hours came in across the Northeast and the South; gatherings were cut to a single household; telework was ordered again by name in eleven jurisdictions; hospitals postponed elective procedures a second time; and new State workplace-safety rules bound every employer in Michigan, Oregon, California and New Jersey. On January 4, 2021 forty jurisdictions had statewide masking orders and four had new stay-at-home orders. If your business claimed the credit for the fourth quarter of 2020, this page names those instruments by number and date and sets the sentence the IRS uses in its letters beside them.

The conclusion for the quarter

During the fourth quarter of 2020, orders from appropriate governmental authorities limiting commerce, travel and group meetings due to COVID-19 caused a temporary termination and interruption of a more than nominal portion of the operations of employers in every industry throughout the United States. The orders were the winter re-tightening orders of every region, which re-closed indoor dining, indoor recreation and offices in more than thirty jurisdictions, imposed curfews, cut gatherings to a household and renewed telework mandates in terms, together with the federal cruise, border, entry, eviction, allocation, leave and testing instruments. That is the law of the quarter under CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I) (the "Suspension Clause"), and it is the record the Internal Revenue Service (the "Service") is measured against.

The orders in force

The States on January 4, 2021

Every State re-tightened between October 6 and December 26, 2020 (see The Nation Under Orders). On January 4, 2021 four States had a stay-at-home order in place by the Kaiser Family Foundation's count: California's Regional Stay at Home Order (December 3, 2020), the nightly stay-at-home curfews of North Carolina's Executive Order 181 (December 8, 2020), Ohio's Stay at Home Tonight order (Ex. OH-039) and Virginia's Executive Order 72 (December 10, 2020). Anchorage's Executive Order 16 (Ex. AK-074) and St. Louis County's Safer At Home Order (Ex. MET-STL-074) confined residents locally, and New Mexico's reset of November 16 to December 2, 2020 (Ex. NM-039) had given way to the Red-to-Green framework (Ex. NM-041). Eighteen jurisdictions had new business closures or limits; thirty-four had gathering caps of fifty or fewer (six prohibiting all gatherings and twenty prohibiting more than ten); seven were newly closed to indoor dining and twenty-two under new service limits; bars were closed in sixteen and under new limits in nineteen; and forty jurisdictions had statewide public masking and exposure-control orders.1

The winter instruments in force on December 31, 2020

All of the following were in force on the quarter's last day. The indoor-dining closures of Washington (November 18), Oregon (November 18), Illinois (November 20), Michigan (November 18), Minnesota (November 20), New Mexico (November 16), Kentucky (November 20), Colorado's Level Red (November 20), Pennsylvania (December 12), New York City (December 14) and California's regions (from December 3), and of Anchorage, Philadelphia, Boston, Montgomery County and St. Louis County. The curfews and closing hours of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut, Maine, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The telework mandates renewed in terms in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Oregon, Kentucky, New Mexico, the District, Iowa, Colorado and Massachusetts. The hospital elective-procedure postponements of Texas (Executive Order GA-32, October 7, 2020), Pennsylvania (the 50 percent reduction order of November 23), California, Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Massachusetts, Utah, Washington and Maryland. The new statewide masking and exposure-control mandates of Hawaii, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Iowa, North Dakota, Kansas and New Hampshire and the strengthened mandates of Pennsylvania, California, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware. The expanded travel quarantines of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New York and Maryland. The State workplace standards of Michigan (the MIOSHA Emergency Rules of October 14), Oregon (November 16) and California (November 30), and New Jersey's Executive Order 192 on every worksite (November 5). The Navajo Nation's four-month lockdown from November 16. The winter court suspensions in every region.2

The federal layer

The federal layer added the Conditional Sailing Order (October 30), the re-issued Title 42 order (October 13), the monthly border renewals, the moratoria extensions to January 31 and February 28, 2021, the statutory extension of the CDC eviction moratorium, the FEMA export rule to June 30, 2021, the first pre-departure testing order (December 28) and Proclamation 10131 (December 31). The paid-leave mandate of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ran to December 31.3

How the orders reached every function of an employer

The premises functions were closed a second time in more than thirty jurisdictions and capped at 10 to 50 percent where not closed. The office was returned to mandatory telework or reduced occupancy in at least sixteen jurisdictions and bound by the new State workplace standards. The workforce was confined by the new stay-at-home orders, kept from work by the winter school closures of Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, West Virginia and the largest districts, and excluded by the quarantine duties of the workplace standards. The customer base was confined by curfews, household-only gathering caps and expanded travel quarantines. The health-care counterparties were under a second round of elective postponements and the federal testing condition. The supply chain ran through the plant and warehouse rules of Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon and California, the Title 42 and border instruments and the Defense Production Act allocation. The courts suspended trials again.4 The Interconnected Economy traces each of those mechanisms through the instruments; the industry analyses apply them function by function.

The finding, in the statute's terms

The Suspension Clause asks whether "the operation of the trade or business ... is fully or partially suspended during the calendar quarter due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings (for commercial, social, religious, or other purposes) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)."5 In Tri-State Memorial Hospital v. United States, No. 2:25-cv-0181-TOR, ECF No. 38 (E.D. Wash. May 28, 2026) (Tri-State), the court held that "a 'partial suspension' is a temporary delay, interruption, or termination of a portion an employer's business."6 Measured by those words, the record of the quarter is this.

During the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020, orders from appropriate governmental authorities limiting commerce, travel and group meetings due to COVID-19 caused a temporary termination and interruption of a more than nominal portion of the operations of employers in every industry throughout the United States. The orders were, namely, the winter re-tightening orders of every region (Ex. WA-047, Ex. OR-033, Ex. OR-035, Ex. MI-061, Ex. MN-032, Ex. NM-039, Ex. NM-041, Ex. KY-034, Ex. CO-081, Ex. PA-022, Ex. PA-028, Ex. NY-037, Ex. NY-039, Ex. CA-021, Ex. MA-033, Ex. MA-040, Ex. NJ-037, Ex. RI-029, Ex. CT-031, Ex. OH-039, Ex. MD-021, Ex. DE-033, Ex. LA-025, Ex. AR-065, Ex. OK-034, Ex. TX-026, Ex. ND-061, Ex. ND-062, Ex. IN-048, Ex. NE-021, Ex. MT-018, Ex. WY-040, Ex. NV-030, Ex. AK-074, Ex. MET-STL-074, Ex. MET-PHL-010, Ex. MET-BOS-010, Ex. MET-DCM-013, Ex. MET-LA-012, Ex. MET-DET-001, Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-013, and, by name, California's Regional Stay at Home Order (December 3, 2020), Illinois' Executive Order 2020-73 (November 18, 2020), Michigan's Gatherings and Face Mask Order of November 15, 2020, Kentucky's Executive Order 2020-968 (November 18, 2020), Colorado's Second Amended Public Health Order 20-36 (November 20, 2020), New Jersey's Executive Order 192 (October 28, 2020), Vermont's Addendum 8 to Executive Order 01-20 (November 13, 2020), New Hampshire's Emergency Orders 72 and 74 (November 14 and 19, 2020), Virginia's Executive Order 72 (December 10, 2020), North Carolina's Executive Order 181 (December 8, 2020), Texas's Executive Order GA-32 (October 7, 2020), Iowa's Proclamations of November 10 and 16, 2020, Kansas's Executive Order 20-68 (November 18, 2020), Indiana's Executive Order 20-48 (November 13, 2020), Utah's Executive Order 2020-73 (November 8, 2020), Hawaii's Fifteenth Proclamation (November 16, 2020) and Idaho's Modified Stage 2 Stay Healthy Order (November 13, 2020)); the State workplace standards (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-049, Ex. SEC-09-013, Ex. SEC-10-054, Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-002, Ex. SEC-10-039, Ex. SEC-09-023, the MIOSHA Emergency Rules of October 14, 2020 and New Jersey's Executive Order 192); the hospital postponement orders (Ex. TX-026, Ex. PA-025, Ex. NE-023, Ex. IN-048, Ex. NM-043, Ex. MA-066, Ex. UT-028, Ex. WA-049, Ex. MD-050, Texas's Executive Order GA-32, Iowa's Proclamation of November 16, 2020 and Mississippi's Executive Order 1535 (December 9, 2020)); the winter court suspensions (Ex. FED-339, Ex. FED-303, Ex. FED-304, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-054); and the federal cruise, border, entry, eviction, allocation, leave and testing instruments (Ex. FED-031, Ex. FED-037, Ex. FED-223, Ex. FED-224, Ex. FED-225, Ex. FED-246, Ex. FED-247, Ex. FED-248, Ex. FED-213, Ex. FED-173, Ex. FED-350, Ex. FED-361, Ex. FED-375, Ex. FED-078, Ex. FED-040, Ex. FED-170). They did so by closing indoor dining, indoor recreation, offices and gatherings a second time in more than thirty jurisdictions nine months after the first, by capping at 10 to 50 percent what they did not close, by confining the workforce and the customer base under new stay-at-home orders, curfews and household caps, and by renewing the telework, quarantine and travel commands in terms.

What the Service's letters say about this quarter

There were no government orders related to COVID-19 in effect during the quarter which could have fully or partially suspended your trade or business.7

For the fourth quarter of 2020 the sentence describes a quarter that did not occur. On December 31, 2020 indoor dining was closed by order in Washington (Proclamation 20-25.8, Ex. WA-047), Oregon (Executive Order 20-65, Ex. OR-033), Minnesota (Executive Order 20-99, Ex. MN-032), Michigan (the MDHHS order of December 18, 2020, Ex. MI-062), Illinois (Executive Order 2020-73), Pennsylvania (Ex. PA-022), New York City (Executive Order 202.81, Ex. NY-039) and California's regions (the Regional Stay at Home Order); Ohio's Stay at Home Tonight order (Ex. OH-039), North Carolina's Executive Order 181 and Virginia's Executive Order 72 confined residents at night; New Mexico's Red-to-Green framework (Ex. NM-041) and Massachusetts' Order 59 (Ex. MA-040) capped every premises; and the federal government had issued the Conditional Sailing Order (Ex. FED-031), re-issued the Title 42 suspension (Ex. FED-037), ordered pre-departure testing of every inbound air passenger (Ex. FED-040) and extended Proclamations 10014 and 10052 into 2021 (Ex. FED-213). By the Kaiser Family Foundation's file of January 4, 2021, forty jurisdictions had statewide masking and exposure-control orders and four had new stay-at-home orders (Ex. LAW-232). The sentence cannot be squared with the Federal Register or with a single State register.

  1. Kaiser Family Foundation, State COVID-19 Data and Policy Actions, State Social Distancing Actions (file of Jan. 4, 2021) (Ex. LAW-232) (the stay-at-home column codes "New Stay at Home Order in Place" for California, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia); California Regional Stay at Home Order (Dec. 3, 2020; effective Dec. 5-6, 2020); North Carolina Executive Order No. 181 (Dec. 8, 2020; effective Dec. 11, 2020); Ohio Director's Stay at Home Tonight Order (Nov. 19, 2020) (Ex. OH-039); Virginia Executive Order 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine (Dec. 10, 2020; effective Dec. 14, 2020); Anchorage Executive Order 16 (Ex. AK-074); St. Louis County Safer At Home Order (Ex. MET-STL-074); New Mexico Public Health Emergency Orders of Nov. 13 and Nov. 30, 2020 (Ex. NM-039, Ex. NM-041). ↩
  2. The closures: Washington Proclamation 20-25.8 (Nov. 15, 2020) (Ex. WA-047); Oregon Executive Order 20-65 (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. OR-033); Illinois Executive Order 2020-73 (Nov. 18, 2020); Michigan MDHHS Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Nov. 15, 2020; effective Nov. 18, 2020) and the orders of Dec. 7 and Dec. 18, 2020 (Ex. MI-061, Ex. MI-062); Minnesota Emergency Executive Order 20-99 (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MN-032); New Mexico (Ex. NM-039); Kentucky Executive Order 2020-968 (Nov. 18, 2020) and Ex. KY-034; Colorado Second Amended Public Health Order 20-36 (Nov. 20, 2020) and Ex. CO-081; Pennsylvania (Ex. PA-022, Ex. PA-028); New York Executive Orders 202.74 and 202.81 (Ex. NY-037, Ex. NY-039); California Regional Stay at Home Order (Dec. 3, 2020) and Ex. CA-021; the metropolitan closures (Ex. MET-PHL-010, Ex. MET-BOS-010, Ex. MET-DCM-013, Ex. MET-STL-074, Ex. AK-074). The hospital postponements: Texas Executive Order GA-32 (Oct. 7, 2020) and Ex. TX-026; Pennsylvania (Ex. PA-025); Nebraska Directed Health Measure of Nov. 13, 2020 (Ex. NE-023). The State workplace standards: MIOSHA Emergency Rules, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Oct. 14, 2020), with MIOSHA's explanatory presentation (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-049) and the rules as refiled (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-062); Oregon OSHA (Ex. SEC-09-013, Ex. SEC-10-054); Cal/OSHA (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-002, Ex. SEC-10-039); New Jersey Executive Order 192 (Oct. 28, 2020; effective Nov. 5, 2020) and Ex. SEC-09-023. The Navajo Nation (Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-013). The court suspensions: Ex. FED-339, Ex. FED-303, Ex. FED-304, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-033, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-054, Ex. IN-080, Ex. IA-052, Ex. MN-046, Ex. ND-087. ↩
  3. CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-031); CDC Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-037); Ex. FED-048; DHS, Notifications of Temporary Travel Restrictions of Oct. 22, Nov. 23 and Dec. 22, 2020 (Ex. FED-223, Ex. FED-224, Ex. FED-225, Ex. FED-246, Ex. FED-247, Ex. FED-248); FHFA release of Dec. 2, 2020, HUD Mortgagee Letter 2020-43 and VA Circular 26-20-40 (Ex. FED-350, Ex. FED-361, Ex. FED-375); Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Pub. L. 116-260, div. N, § 502 (Ex. FED-173); FEMA Temporary Final Rule of Dec. 31, 2020 (Ex. FED-078); CDC Order, Requirement for Negative Pre-Departure COVID-19 Test Result (Dec. 25, 2020; effective Dec. 28, 2020) (Ex. FED-040); Proclamation 10131 (Dec. 31, 2020) (Ex. FED-213); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Ex. FED-170). ↩
  4. Ex. KY-034, Ex. MI-061, Ex. MI-062, Ex. NM-046, Ex. NM-047, Ex. WV-052, Ex. WV-054, Ex. MET-IND-035, Ex. MET-NYC-039, Ex. MET-NYC-044, Ex. MET-PHL-010 (the school and premises closures); Ex. SEC-10-024, Ex. SEC-10-021, Ex. SEC-10-054, Ex. SEC-10-039 (the plant and warehouse rules); Ex. TX-026, Ex. PA-025 (the hospital postponements). ↩
  5. CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I), 134 Stat. at 348 (Ex. LAW-001). The clause is quoted from the Statutes at Large. ↩
  6. Tri-State, ECF No. 38, at 9 ("a 'partial suspension' is a temporary delay, interruption, or termination of a portion an employer's business. The language is plain."). Pins are the order's own pages, which equal the ECF pages. ↩
  7. The Service's form language on the suspension prong in Letters 105C issued since 2024. See Opening Br. at 11-12 (the opening brief of the appellant in Stenson Tamaddon, LLC v. IRS, No. 25-4217 (9th Cir. Sept. 17, 2025)) (record examples of letters and Forms 886-A deciding claims on the Notice, 2-ER-102, 3-ER-396). ↩

Partial suspension in this quarter

Every analytical page of The COVID Project applies the same five steps. Here they are applied to the fourth quarter of 2020, with the Library's own counts and instruments.

  1. The order

    3,550 orders from appropriate governmental authorities carry this quarter in the Library: 3,070 from States, counties, cities, courts and regulators and 480 from the federal layer. Each names its issuer, its instrument, its dates and its source, and where the file is held, the exhibit opens from the record. Three of them, of different kinds:

    • Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 169 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-018) State: North Carolina Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
    • Commissioner of Health of the City of Chicago, Public Health Order No. 2020-9 (Phase IV: Gradually Resume - Fifth Amended and Re-issued) (Oct. 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-CHI-015) City: City of Chicago, Illinois Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-037) Federal: United States land and coastal borders Travel and quarantine
  2. The function of the business it reached

    Each record tags the functions of a business the instrument reached. Among this quarter's orders, the six cross-cutting functions appear this often:

    • CB the customer base 1,171
    • WF workforce availability 983
    • HR hiring and staffing 598
    • OP office and administration 338
    • SC supply chain 266
    • MK marketing and events 170

    The industry pages carry the function codes of each of the twenty-seven industries and apply this step to them; the report builder applies it to your own State, metro and industry.

  3. The change it compelled

    The operative words of the first example above, as the record holds them:

    Face Coverings must be worn in any public place, business or establishment, indoor or [outdoor where distancing is not possible]... Bars must not serve alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption in any [indoor area]... Thirty percent (30%) of the facility's stated outdoor occupancy [or 100 guests]... Limit the number of Guests in the facility to thirty percent (30%) of stated fire capacity [movie theaters and conference centers]... Section 4. Restrictions on Late Night Service of Alcoholic Beverages. Any businesses or organizations that sell or serve alcoholic beverages for onsite consumption…

    Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 169 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-018). Every record page shows the full operative words verbatim and the enforcement provision.

  4. The quarter

    On Oct. 1, 2020, the quarter's first day, 51 of the 51 jurisdictions had a State, county, city or court order in force and 2,412 orders were in force at every level nationally. On Dec. 31, 2020, its last day, 51 jurisdictions had such an order in force and 2,693 orders were in force nationally. The federal layer was in force on every day of the quarter (404 instruments on the first day, 431 on the last). The Notice's own Q&A-22 treats an employer suspended for part of a quarter as suspended for the quarter.

    These counts follow the Library's in-force rule: an order counts from its effective date to its recorded end date, and an order without a recorded end date is counted for 120 days after it took effect.

  5. The statute's answer

    the operation of the trade or business described in clause (i) is fully or partially suspended during the calendar quarter due to orders from an appropriate governmental authority limiting commerce, travel, or group meetings (for commercial, social, religious, or other purposes) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

    CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I); I.R.C. § 3134(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I) (the Suspension Clause)

    A partial suspension is a temporary delay, interruption or termination of a portion of an employer's operations, and "due to" asks only whether the suspension would have occurred but for the orders (Tri-State Memorial Hospital v. United States). Nothing in the statute asks whether the business was essential, stayed open, could telework, or served customers who were themselves under orders. Where an order in force in this quarter reached a function of a business and compelled a change in it, the operation was partially suspended in this quarter due to that order.

    Read the test and the method · The statute, element by element · The Service's sentences, answered

Instruments in force in this quarter

3,550 orders carry this quarter: 1,030 took effect within it, 2,454 were in force from an earlier date, 58 are dated after Dec. 31, 2020 but carry the quarter in the record, and 8 carry no date. The table shows the first 100 that took effect within it, by date; the Library holds them all.Open in the LibraryDownload the list (CSV)Download the exhibits (ZIP, by State)

By limitation type

StartExhibitJurisdictionInstrumentTypes
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-004United States (Federal Aviation Administration)
Federal
SFAR 118-2, final rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 62951 (Oct. 6, 2020)
Federal Aviation Administration
Workplace rulesOther
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-019United States (Federal Aviation Administration)
Federal
Exemption No. 18511C, Regulatory Docket FAA-2020-0308 (extension of Exemption No. 18511B on A4A's petition of Aug. 25, 2020)
Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Safety
Workplace rulesOther
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-024United States (Federal Aviation Administration)
Federal
Exemption No. 18510C, Regulatory Docket FAA-2020-0292 (extension of Exemption 18510B on NATA's petition of Sept. 1, 2020)
Federal Aviation Administration, Aviation Safety
Workplace rulesOther
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-071United States; Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and Division of Market Oversight (federal staff no-action letter)
Federal
CFTC Staff Letter No. 20-26 (No-Action)
CFTC Divisions of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight and Market Oversight
Telework mandateWorkplace rulesOther
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-011Nevada Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)
Sector regulator
Industry Notice 2020-90
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-065Delaware - Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health
State
Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4202 Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions, Appendix I (notifiable diseases) (24 DE Reg. 434 (Nov. 1, 2020))
Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-067Delaware - Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Health Care Quality
State
Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 3201 Skilled and Intermediate Care Nursing Facilities, Subsections 2.21, 5.5.9, 6.11 and 8.3.1 (renewal) (24 DE Reg. 304 (Oct. 1, 2020))
Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-049Federal Maritime Commission; ocean common carriers and shippers
Federal
Order Granting Extension of Exemption, Temporary Exemption from Certain Service Contract Requirements, 85 Fed. Reg. 63274 (Oct. 7, 2020) (Docket No. 20-06)
Federal Maritime Commission
Supply chainOther
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. FED-345United States (Department of Education-held student loans)
Federal
Memorandum of August 8, 2020, Continued Student Loan Payment Relief During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 85 Fed. Reg. 49585 (Aug. 13, 2020)
President Donald J. Trump (Memorandum for the Secretary of Education)
Other
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. GA-028Georgia
State
Executive Order 09.30.20.02
Governor Brian P. Kemp
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. MET-BNA-014Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
County
Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three Reopening
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. MET-CHI-004City of Chicago, Illinois
City
Public Health Order No. 2020-2 (Third Amended and Re-issued)
Commissioner of Health of the City of Chicago
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. MET-CHI-015City of Chicago, Illinois
City
Public Health Order No. 2020-9 (Phase IV: Gradually Resume - Fifth Amended and Re-issued)
Commissioner of Health of the City of Chicago
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. MET-IND-056Marion County, Indiana
County
Information on your Traffic Court Bench Trial for Infractions or Ordinance Violations Effective October 1, 2020
Marion Superior Court, Traffic Court G13 (Hon. Marcel Pratt)
Telework mandateCourts and public offices
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. MET-SEA-023King County, Washington (King County Metro Transit)
County
Metro announcement: fare collection resumes Oct. 1, 2020; fare enforcement suspended through end of 2020
King County Metro
Travel and quarantineOther
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. MET-TPA-066Pinellas County, Florida
County
Emergency Order No. 20-8 (extension of the state of local emergency)
County Administrator under Res. 20-94 (delegation) and Res. 20-16
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. NV-028Nevada
State
Declaration of Emergency Directive 033
Governor Steve Sisolak
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. WI-028Wisconsin
Court
Amended Order (issued May 22, 2020; amended Oct. 1, 2020), In re the Matter of the Extension of Orders and Interim Rule Concerning Continuation of Jury Trials, Suspension of Statutory Deadlines for Non-Criminal Jury Trials, and Remote Hearings
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. WY-030Wyoming
State
Thirteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Oct. 1, 2020Ex. WY-031Wyoming
State
Thirteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2
Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist
Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-009Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) - tribal government
Tribal
Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-024
Navajo Department of Health, Navajo Office of Environmental Health and Protection Program
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. AL-034Alabama
State
Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended September 30, 2020 (Safer at Home)
State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey
Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. IA-027Iowa (Johnson and Story counties)
State
Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (reopening of bars, wineries, breweries and distilleries in Johnson and Story counties)
Governor Kim Reynolds
Capacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. IN-042Indiana
State
Executive Order 20-44
Governor Eric J. Holcomb
Emergency declaration
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. MET-BAL-063Anne Arundel County, Maryland
County
Executive Order No. 33, Easing Local Restrictions on Mall Food Courts and Indoor Dining Facilities
County Executive Steuart Pittman
Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. MET-BOS-026City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
City
Temporary Emergency Order Concerning Gatherings in the City of Cambridge
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager
Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. MET-BOS-028City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
City
Fourth Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (the 'October 2, 2020 Mask Order')
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. MET-BOS-161City of Salem, Massachusetts
City
Emergency Order for the month of October 2020: Step 2 of Phase III postponed; table capacity remains six; pedestrian mall restrictions; local traveler form
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem
Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. MET-IND-033Marion County, Indiana
County
Public Health Order 33-2020
MCPHD, Virginia A. Caine, M.D.
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. MET-PHL-033City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
City
Further Amendment Regarding Indoor Dining Activities (Oct. 1, 2020)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH
Capacity limit
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. MET-TPA-029City of Tampa, Florida
City
City of Tampa Executive Order 2020-51 (Lift Up Local extension under EO 20-244)
Mayor Jane Castor
Workplace rulesOther
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. MI-049Michigan
Court
In re Certified Questions from the United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, Southern Division (Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Governor), No. 161492, 506 Mich. 332 (2020)
Michigan Supreme Court
Other
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. NC-018North Carolina
State
Executive Order No. 169
Governor Roy Cooper
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Oct. 2, 2020Ex. SC-029South Carolina
State
Executive Order No. 2020-63
Governor Henry McMaster
Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Oct. 3, 2020Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-078United States (federal); Federal Bureau of Prisons
Federal
Bureau to Resume Social Visitation: non-contact social visits to resume Oct. 3, 2020 under Phase Nine modifications (Sept. 30, 2020)
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementQuarantine and isolation
Oct. 3, 2020Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-099Guam (unincorporated territory) - Governor
Territorial
Executive Order No. 2020-36
Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero
Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Oct. 3, 2020Ex. IL-025Illinois (Region 1: Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago Counties)
State
Executive Order 2020-56 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 52)
Governor JB Pritzker
Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Oct. 3, 2020Ex. MET-CLT-061City of Durham (portions within Durham County)
City
Order of the Mayor of Durham consenting to and adopting the Eleventh Amendment to the Declaration of a State of Emergency in Durham County (Safer At Home Order) dated October 3, 2020
Mayor Stephen M. Schewel
Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement
Oct. 3, 2020Ex. MET-DET-027Oakland County, Michigan
County
Emergency Order (2020-12) for Control of Pandemic: Facial Coverings
Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child care
Oct. 3, 2020Ex. MET-MSY-012City of New Orleans, Louisiana
City
City of New Orleans Health Department Guidelines for COVID-19 Reopening Phase Three (3.1), October 1, 2020
New Orleans Health Department under the May 15, 2020 Mayoral Proclamation
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Oct. 3, 2020Ex. NV-029Nevada
State
Declaration of Emergency Directive 034
Governor Steve Sisolak
Gathering capEvents and venues
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-053Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)
Court
Administrative Order No. 11: Extension of Judicial Emergency
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware
Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. AR-062Arkansas
State
ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified October 5, 2020
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. ID-037Idaho
State
Proclamation declaring/continuing the state of emergency (Oct. 5, 2020)
Governor Brad Little
Emergency declaration
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MA-031Massachusetts
State
COVID-19 Order No. 51
Governor Charles D. Baker
Business closureCapacity limit
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MA-032Massachusetts
State
COVID-19 Order No. 52
Governor Charles D. Baker
Gathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MET-BOS-027City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
City
Temporary Emergency Order Delaying Step 2 of Phase III of Governor Baker's Reopening Plan in the City of Cambridge
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health and City Manager
Business closureCapacity limit
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MET-BOS-056City of Somerville, Massachusetts
City
Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Business Operations (with Exhibit A)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)
Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MET-BOS-067City of Somerville, Massachusetts
City
Emergency Order Regarding Phase III Gathering Limitations
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)
Gathering capEvents and venues
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MET-LA-024Los Angeles County Public Health Jurisdiction
County
Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Skilled Nursing Facilities (Revised Order Issued Oct. 5, 2020)
County of Los Angeles Health Officer
Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MET-NYC-028New York City
City
Emergency Executive Order No. 151
Mayor Bill de Blasio
Emergency declaration
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MET-NYC-057Nassau County, New York
County
Executive Order Number 130 of 2020, Modification of Local Emergency Order No. 1 as Modified by Executive Order No. 72
County Executive Laura Curran
Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public officesOther
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MET-STL-062St. Louis County, Missouri
County
Fourth Amended Order for Business and Individual Guidelines for Social Distancing and Re-Opening
St. Louis County Department of Public Health
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MET-TPA-050City of St. Petersburg, Florida
City
Executive Order No. 2020-27 as amended (Oct. 2020): County Ordinance 20-14 remains enforceable; business planning requirement effective Oct. 5, 2020
Mayor Rick Kriseman
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. MI-050Michigan
State
MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gathering Prohibition and Face Covering Order
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Oct. 5, 2020Ex. PA-068Pennsylvania
State
Order of the Governor Staying the Application Deadline Under the COVID Relief - Mortgage and Rental Assistance Grant Program
Governor Tom Wolf
Other
Oct. 6, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-106Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)
State
Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Temporary Restrictions on Entry into Congregate Care and Juvenile Justice Facilities
Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS
Gathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Oct. 6, 2020Ex. AR-064Arkansas
Sector regulator
Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (October 6, 2020)
Arkansas Department of Health
Health care orders
Oct. 6, 2020Ex. KY-030Kentucky
State
Executive Order 2020-856
Governor Andy Beshear
Face-covering requirement
Oct. 6, 2020Ex. MET-BNA-056City of Memphis, Tennessee
City
Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 46-2020
Mayor Jim Strickland
Emergency declaration
Oct. 6, 2020Ex. MET-BOS-121Town and County of Nantucket, Massachusetts
City
Nantucket Board of Health Emergency Order No. 13, island-wide face covering order (as described on the Town's Face Covering Orders page)
Nantucket Board of Health
Face-covering requirement
Oct. 6, 2020Ex. MI-051Michigan
State
MDHHS Emergency Order: Requirements for Residential Care Facilities
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)
Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationOther
Oct. 6, 2020Ex. SEC-16-073New York
State
Executive Order 202.68
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child care
Oct. 6, 2020Ex. WV-049West Virginia
State
Executive Order 74-20
Governor Jim Justice
Business closureEvents and venues
Oct. 7, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-072Florida; Florida Real Estate Commission (DBPR)
Sector regulator
Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing: emergency FREC meeting Oct. 7, 2020, 'to discuss the expiry of FREC emergency order regarding LiveStream CE and the promulgation delay of rules 61J2-3.008,.009,.010,.011 and.020'
Florida Real Estate Commission
Schools and child careOther
Oct. 7, 2020Ex. DC-011District of Columbia
State
Mayor's Order 2020-103
Mayor Muriel Bowser
Emergency declarationTelework mandateWorkplace rules
Oct. 7, 2020Ex. MET-MKE-033City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
City
Media release: The City of Milwaukee Health Department will continue to enforce the Moving Milwaukee Forward Safely Order as written (Oct. 7, 2020)
Milwaukee Health Department
Telework mandateCapacity limitWorkplace rules
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-065Judicial Council of California / Chief Justice of California, for the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego
Court
Supplemental Emergency Order for the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, October 5, 2020 (sixteenth in the series)
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council, at the request of Presiding Judge Lorna A. Alksne
Courts and public offices
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-033Massachusetts Gaming Commission (State gaming regulator)
Sector regulator
Minimum Requirements for the Reintroduction of Roulette at the Category 1 Gaming Establishments (order of October 8, 2020)
Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-015Pennsylvania (State public utility commission)
Sector regulator
Press release, 'PUC Enhances Utility Protections for Families & Businesses Struggling with Financial Impact of COVID-19' (October 8, 2020), reporting the Commission's order modifying the March 13, 2020 Emergency Order
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Motion adopted at the October 8, 2020 public meeting; order entered at Docket M-2020-3019244)
Other
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. CT-029Connecticut
State
Executive Order No. 9F
Governor Ned Lamont
Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. ID-082Idaho (all State courts)
Court
Order In Re: Emergency Reduction in Court Services and Limitation of Access to Court Facilities (Oct. 8, 2020)
Idaho Supreme Court
Courts and public offices
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. ID-083Idaho (all State courts)
Court
Order In Re: Jury Trials (with attachments)
Idaho Supreme Court
Courts and public offices
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. MET-CMH-029City of Columbus, Ohio
City
Ordinance 2278-2020
Council of the City of Columbus
Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. MET-DET-014Wayne County, Michigan, excluding the City of Detroit
County
Emergency Public Health Order in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic ('Working Together to Fight COVID-19')
Wayne County Local Health Department (Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services, Public Health Division), Carol Austerberry, Health Officer
Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. MET-DET-036Wayne County, Michigan
County
News release: Wayne County Issues Emergency Health Order to Protect Residents, Slow COVID-19 Spread
Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans (news release)
Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. MET-LAS-032Washoe County, Nevada (Washoe County Health District)
County
District Health Officer's determination refusing to allow gatherings or events of more than 250 persons in Washoe County for 30 days
District Health Officer Kevin Dick, Washoe County Health District
Gathering capEvents and venues
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. MET-ORL-050Seminole County, Florida
County
Executive Order 2020-048
Chairman, Board of County Commissioners
Emergency declarationCourts and public offices
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. SD-051Fourth Judicial Circuit
Court
Order Requiring the Wearing of Face Coverings as Part of Covid-19 Pandemic Response
Presiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court October 8, 2020
Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. SEC-16-102Connecticut
State
Executive Order No. 9F
Governor Ned Lamont
Capacity limitGathering cap
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. SEC-23-022United States (Pennsylvania LNG facility)
Federal
UGI LNG, Inc.; Notice of Request for Extension of Time, 85 Fed. Reg. 63548 (Oct. 8, 2020)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (notice of UGI LNG, Inc.'s request)
Other
Oct. 8, 2020Ex. WI-012Wisconsin
State
Emergency Order #3, Limiting Public Gatherings, §§ 2, 6
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Capacity limitGathering capOperating condition
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. ID-053Idaho
Sector regulator
Idaho COVID-19 Mask Guidance for Schools
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. ID-085Kootenai County, Idaho (First Judicial District)
Court
Administrative Order H20-DW.3: Jury Trials Prohibited from Commencing for the Week of October 13-16, 2020
Deputy Administrative District Judge Cynthia K.C. Meyer, First Judicial District
Courts and public offices
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. IL-069Illinois (Region 4, Metro East)
State
Executive Order 2020-58 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 54)
Governor JB Pritzker
Other
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. LA-020Louisiana
State
Proclamation 134 JBE 2020
Governor John Bel Edwards
Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. MET-DET-001City of Detroit, Michigan
City
Emergency Order for Control of Epidemic
Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer
Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. MET-KC-037Jackson County, Missouri (except Kansas City)
County
Health Order (Phase 2.5, Oct. 2, 2020)
Health Director Bridgette Shaffer
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. MI-052Michigan
State
MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gathering Prohibition and Mask Order
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. NY-008New York
State
Executive Order No. 202.68 (Cluster Action Initiative)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. OH-078Ohio
State
Amended Director's Order that Reopens Hair Salons, Day Spas, Nail Salons, Barber Shops, Tattoo Parlors, Body Piercing Locations and Tanning Facilities, with Exceptions
Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. PA-019Pennsylvania
State
Amendment to the Order of the Secretary Directing Mitigation Measures (percentage-based event and gathering limits)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.
Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. PA-067Pennsylvania
State
Amendment to the Order of the Governor Directing Targeted Mitigation Measures (maximum occupancy calculator for events and gatherings)
Governor Tom Wolf
Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. SEC-16-023District of Columbia
Court
Capitol Hill Baptist Church v. Bowser, No. 20-cv-2710, 496 F. Supp. 3d 284 (ECF No. 43)
United States District Court for the District of Columbia (McFadden, J.)
Capacity limitGathering cap
Oct. 9, 2020Ex. TN-071Hamilton County, Tennessee (Chattanooga)
County
Directive No. 3 of the Hamilton County Health Officer
Hamilton County Health Officer (Paul M. Hendricks, M.D.)
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Oct. 10, 2020Ex. MET-SAN-014San Diego County, California
County
Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations (signed Oct. 9, 2020; effective Oct. 10, 2020)
Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer; Emergency Regulations by the Director of Emergency Services
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Oct. 12, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-040New Mexico Activities Association, acting under the Governor's public health orders; State level
State
NMAA release, 'NMAA Forced to Postpone Fall Sports Due to Governor's Orders' (October 12, 2020)
New Mexico Activities Association (Executive Director Sally Marquez)
Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues
Oct. 12, 2020Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-105Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)
State
Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Reporting of Confirmed and Probable Cases of COVID-19 at Schools
Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS
Schools and child careWorkplace rulesOther
Oct. 12, 2020Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-056U.S. Virgin Islands (territory) - Governor
Territorial
Eighteenth Supplemental Executive Order and Proclamation
Governor Albert Bryan Jr.
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineAlcohol and bars
Oct. 12, 2020Ex. MET-NYC-039New York City (State-designated Red and Orange Zones in Brooklyn and Queens, later Staten Island, the Bronx and Manhattan)
City
Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Cease In-Person Instruction in Certain Areas of the City
Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D.
Business closureGathering capSchools and child care

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