Second quarter of 2021

The conclusion for the quarter

During the second quarter of 2021, orders from appropriate governmental authorities limiting commerce, travel and group meetings due to COVID-19 caused a temporary interruption of a more than nominal portion of the operations of employers in every industry throughout the United States. The orders were the capacity, gathering, masking, exposure-control and telework orders in force to their stepped expiry between April 4 and July 1, 2021; the State workplace standards; the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard from June 21, 2021; and the federal conveyance, entry, border, cruise and eviction orders. The last statewide caps ended on June 30, 2021 in Washington and Oregon, on July 1, 2021 in New Mexico, and never before September 30, 2021 in Hawaii. 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 general orders and the dates they ended

The quarter opened with the general business restrictions in force in every northeastern State, in eight western States, in five midwestern States and in nine southern jurisdictions, and it closed with the last statewide caps ending on June 30, 2021 in Washington and Oregon and on July 1, 2021 in New Mexico, and never before September 30, 2021 in Hawaii. The ending instruments ran through the quarter by month, and each kept named instruments alive after the general orders ended (see The Nation Under Orders).¹

Jurisdiction	Date in 2021 on which the general orders ended
Indiana	April 6
Alabama	April 9
Utah	April 10 and May 4
Colorado	April 16
New Hampshire	April 16 and May 7
West Virginia	April 20
Nevada	April 30 and June 1
North Carolina	May 14
New York	May 19, May 31 and June 15
Connecticut	May 20
Delaware	May 21
District of Columbia	May 21
Rhode Island	May 21
Maine	May 24
Nebraska	May 24
Louisiana	May 26
Minnesota	May 27
Virginia	May 28
New Jersey	May 28 and June 4
Massachusetts	May 29
Pennsylvania	May 31 and June 28
Ohio	June 2
Illinois	June 11
Kentucky	June 11
Vermont	June 14
California	June 15
Michigan	June 22
Washington	June 30
Oregon	June 30
New Mexico	July 1 (after the quarter closed)
Hawaii	Not before September 30, 2021

The instruments that stood beside the general orders and succeeded them

Beside the ending general orders stood a second set of governmental instruments regulating the same premises. The first statutes and orders forbidding schools to require masks (Arkansas's Act 1002 of April 28, 2021; Iowa's HF 847; Utah's HB 1007; Oklahoma's SB 658; South Carolina's Proviso 1.108; Texas's Executive Order GA-36) are governmental instruments regulating the same premises. The health-care masking and exposure-control, facility and reporting orders that succeeded the general orders: New Jersey's Executive Order 242, paragraph 13; the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's order of May 28; Connecticut's rule of May 19; New York's Subpart 66-3, readopted May 26 and June 23; Chicago's Phase 5 order of June 11. The State workplace standards: Virginia's permanent standard, 16VAC25-220; Cal/OSHA's readoption of June 17; Oregon's permanent rule of May 4; Washington's Department of Labor and Industries rule; New York's HERO Act, enacted May 5 and effective June 4. Hawaii's proclamations, tiers and Safe Travels program. The metropolitan steps: Los Angeles County's Orange and Yellow tiers; Honolulu's Tier 4; Chicago's Phase 5; Philadelphia's order of June 10; the Colorado county dials to May 16; San Diego's Limited Order keeping the isolation and quarantine orders in force. The alcohol and gaming regulators' transition conditions. The courts' stepped returns.²

The federal layer

The federal layer added Proclamation 10199 (May 4), Security Directive SD 1582/84-21-01A (May 12), the CMS visitation revision (April 27) and vaccination-program rule (May 21), the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (June 21), OMB Memorandum M-21-25 (June 10), the Northern District of Illinois' vaccination-or-testing order (May 26), the border renewals of April 22, May 24 and June 23, the CDC eviction extension to July 31, the agency moratoria to July 31 and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule published June 30. The FEMA export rule expired June 30.³

How the orders reached every function of an employer

The premises functions of every industry operated under capacity, spacing, hours and masking and exposure-control conditions to dates the orders themselves fixed between April 4 and July 1, 2021, and in Hawaii throughout. The office remained under telework mandates in Pennsylvania to April 4, Minnesota to April 14, Michigan to May 24 and New Jersey to June 4, and under the State workplace standards thereafter. The workforce commuted under the federal masking and exposure-control order, returned to classrooms under mask, distancing, cohort and quarantine orders in force to the end of the 2020-21 school year, and was excludable under the State standards. The customer base remained under the last caps and under Hawaii's quarantine. The health-care counterparties passed from the conditional-resumption regimes to the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on June 21 without a day's interval. The supply chain ran through the entry proclamations (India added May 4), the border renewals, the testing order, the FEMA rule to June 30 and the scarce-materials designation. The courts kept their protocols and re-tightened in New Jersey and Illinois.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 April 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2021, orders from appropriate governmental authorities limiting commerce, travel and group meetings due to COVID-19 caused a temporary interruption of a more than nominal portion of the operations of employers in every industry throughout the United States. The orders were, namely, the capacity, gathering, masking, exposure-control and telework orders in force to their stepped expiry between April 4 and July 1, 2021 (Ex. CA-055, Ex. CA-027, Ex. WA-064, Ex. WA-065, Ex. OR-035, Ex. OR-043, Ex. NM-057, Ex. NY-045, Ex. NJ-047, Ex. NJ-050, Ex. PA-033, Ex. PA-035, Ex. PA-036, Ex. MA-045, Ex. MA-048, Ex. RI-040, Ex. RI-043, Ex. ME-057, Ex. VT-043, Ex. NH-038, Ex. MI-068, Ex. MN-037, Ex. MN-038, Ex. OH-048, Ex. CO-051, Ex. NV-038, Ex. UT-043, Ex. VA-017, Ex. DC-073, Ex. LA-032, Ex. AL-048, Ex. WV-063, Ex. MET-HNL-030, Ex. MET-LA-015, Ex. MET-LA-016, Ex. MET-CHI-018, Ex. MET-PHL-018, Ex. MET-DEN-014, and, by name, California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy order (August 28, 2020) and its Beyond the Blueprint order (June 11, 2021; effective June 15, 2021), New Mexico's Public Health Emergency Order of June 30, 2021 (effective July 1, 2021), New York's Executive Orders 202.108 (May 17, 2021) and 202.111 (June 15, 2021), New Jersey's Executive Order 243 (May 26, 2021; effective June 4, 2021), Connecticut's Executive Orders 11A (April 19, 2021) and 12B (May 20, 2021), Illinois' Executive Order 2021-12 (June 11, 2021), Michigan's rescission order of June 17, 2021 (effective June 22, 2021), Kentucky's Executive Order 2021-386 (June 11, 2021), Indiana's Executive Order 21-09 (March 31, 2021), North Carolina's Executive Order 215 (May 14, 2021), Maryland's Order 21-05-14-01 (May 14, 2021), Delaware's Twenty-Eighth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (May 21, 2021) and Hawaii's Twenty-First Proclamation (June 7, 2021)); the State workplace standards (Ex. SEC-10-043, Ex. SEC-10-041, Ex. SEC-09-014, Ex. SEC-10-055, Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-050, Ex. ECO-B-120, Virginia's permanent standard, 16VAC25-220, Cal/OSHA's COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards as readopted June 17, 2021, and the New York HERO Act, chapter 105 of the Laws of 2021); the health-care and school orders that succeeded the general orders (Ex. NJ-050, Ex. MA-050, Ex. MET-CHI-018, Connecticut's Department of Public Health rule of May 19, 2021, New York's Subpart 66-3 as readopted June 23, 2021 and California's Beyond the Blueprint order); the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard from June 21, 2021 (Ex. FED-080, Ex. FED-081); and the federal conveyance, entry, border, cruise, workplace and eviction orders (Ex. FED-020, Ex. FED-051, Ex. FED-056, Ex. FED-207, Ex. FED-208, Ex. FED-230, Ex. FED-231, Ex. FED-232, Ex. FED-253, Ex. FED-254, Ex. FED-255, Ex. FED-031, Ex. FED-032, Ex. FED-060, Ex. FED-270, Ex. FED-271, Ex. FED-025, Ex. FED-354, Ex. FED-364, Ex. FED-378, Ex. FED-344, Ex. FED-156, Ex. FED-094). They did so by holding the premises functions to fixed fractions of capacity until dates the orders themselves set, the last of them after the quarter ended; by keeping the office under telework mandates and workplace standards; by placing every commute under airborne-transmission controls and conditioning every commute, arrival and border crossing; and by passing every health-care setting from one federal regime to the next without interruption.

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

1. Washington Proclamation 20-25.13 (May 21, 2021) (Ex. WA-065); Oregon Executive Order 21-15 (June 25, 2021; effective June 30, 2021) (Ex. OR-043); New Mexico Public Health Emergency Order of June 30, 2021 (effective July 1, 2021); the ending and successor instruments of the other jurisdictions (Ex. NY-045, Ex. NJ-047, Ex. PA-035, Ex. PA-036, Ex. MA-045, Ex. MA-048, Ex. RI-040, Ex. RI-043, Ex. ME-057, Ex. VT-043, Ex. NH-038, Ex. MI-068, Ex. MN-037, Ex. MN-038, Ex. OH-048, Ex. CO-051, Ex. NV-038, Ex. UT-043, Ex. VA-017, Ex. DC-073, Ex. LA-032, Ex. AL-048, Ex. WV-063); Indiana Executive Order 21-09 (Mar. 31, 2021; modified directives from Apr. 6, 2021); New York Executive Orders 202.108 (May 17, 2021) and 202.111 (June 15, 2021); Connecticut Executive Orders 11A (Apr. 19, 2021) and 12B (May 20, 2021); Delaware Twenty-Eighth Modification (May 12, 2021; effective May 21, 2021); North Carolina Executive Order 215 (May 14, 2021); Maryland Order 21-05-14-01 (May 14, 2021); Illinois Executive Order 2021-12 (June 11, 2021); Kentucky Executive Order 2021-386 (June 11, 2021); California State Public Health Officer Order of June 11, 2021 (Beyond the Blueprint; effective June 15, 2021); Michigan MDHHS Rescission of Emergency Orders (June 17, 2021; effective June 22, 2021); Hawaii Twenty-First Proclamation (June 7, 2021). ↩
2. Arkansas Act 1002 of 2021 (Apr. 28, 2021); Ex. IA-046, Ex. UT-045, Ex. OK-043, Ex. SC-045, Ex. TX-031 (the school-mask preemption instruments); Ex. NJ-050, Ex. MA-050, Ex. NY-134, Ex. MET-CHI-018, Connecticut DPH rule, Conditions and Environments Requiring Universal Masking (May 19, 2021), and New York 10 NYCRR Subpart 66-3, emergency readoption filed and effective June 23, 2021 (the health-care successors); Ex. SEC-09-014, Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-050, Ex. ECO-B-120, Virginia 16VAC25-220 (final permanent standard, Jan. 13, 2021; effective Jan. 27, 2021), Cal/OSHA COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards as readopted (June 17, 2021), and the New York HERO Act, ch. 105, L. 2021 (May 5, 2021) (the workplace standards); Ex. HI-021, Ex. HI-031 and Hawaii's Twenty-First Proclamation (June 7, 2021); Ex. MET-LA-015, Ex. MET-LA-016, Ex. MET-HNL-030, Ex. MET-PHL-018, Ex. MET-DEN-014, Ex. MET-DEN-079, Ex. MET-SAN-022 (the metropolitan steps); Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-029, Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-090, Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-121 (context), Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-037, Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-074 (the regulators); Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060, Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-038, Ex. CT-073, Ex. MD-090, Ex. TX-064, Ex. FED-297, Ex. FED-313, Ex. FED-337 (the courts). ↩
3. Proclamation 10199, 86 Fed. Reg. 24297 (Apr. 30, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. May 4, 2021) (Ex. FED-208); TSA Security Directive SD 1582/84-21-01A (effective May 12, 2021) (Ex. FED-051); CMS, QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation, revised Apr. 27, 2021 (Ex. FED-156); CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (Ex. FED-094, Ex. FED-163); OSHA, Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard, 86 Fed. Reg. 32376 (June 21, 2021), 29 C.F.R. § 1910.502 (Ex. FED-080), and DIR 2021-02 (June 28, 2021) (Ex. FED-081); OMB Memorandum M-21-25 (June 10, 2021) (Ex. FED-271); N.D. Ill. Amended General Order 21-0006 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. FED-297); DHS, Notifications of Temporary Travel Restrictions of Apr. 22, May 24 and June 23, 2021 (Ex. FED-230, Ex. FED-231, Ex. FED-232, Ex. FED-253, Ex. FED-254, Ex. FED-255); CDC Order extending the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (June 24, 2021; through July 31, 2021) (Ex. FED-025); FHFA release of June 24, 2021, HUD Mortgagee Letter 2021-15 and VA Circular 26-21-10 (June 25, 2021) (Ex. FED-354, Ex. FED-364, Ex. FED-378); CFPB, Protections for Borrowers Affected by the COVID-19 Emergency Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (June 25, 2021; published June 30, 2021; effective Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. FED-344); FEMA Temporary Final Rule of Dec. 31, 2020, expiring June 30, 2021 (Ex. FED-078, Ex. FED-079). ↩
4. The telework mandates: Ex. PA-033, Ex. MN-037, the MIOSHA Emergency Rules (remote-work rule removed May 24, 2021) and New Jersey Executive Order 243 (May 26, 2021; effective June 4, 2021); the commute: Ex. FED-020, Ex. FED-051; the 2020-21 school orders to their stepped expiry: Ex. AL-045, Ex. AZ-041, Ex. UT-044, Ex. OH-048, Ex. TX-031, Ex. CO-040, Ex. DE-039, Ex. MD-034, Ex. MN-038, Ex. OR-013, Ex. NC-030, Ex. VA-017, Indiana Executive Order 21-15 (May 28, 2021), Connecticut's DPH rule of May 19, 2021 and Maine Executive Order 40 FY 20/21 (June 30, 2021); the health-care transition: Ex. FED-080; the supply chain: Ex. FED-208, Ex. FED-230, Ex. FED-231, Ex. FED-232, Ex. FED-042, Ex. FED-078, Ex. ECO-A-070; the courts: Ex. FED-297, Ex. FED-301. ↩
5. CARES Act § 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(I), 134 Stat. at 348 (Ex. LAW-001), extended to wages paid before July 1, 2021 by the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, Pub. L. 116-260, div. EE, § 207(a)(1), 134 Stat. at 3062. 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 second quarter of 2021, with the Library's own counts and instruments.

1. The order

   3,199 orders from appropriate governmental authorities carry this quarter in the Library: 2,726 from States, counties, cities, courts and regulators and 473 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:

   • California Department of Public Health, Blueprint for a Safer Economy: Activity and Business Tiers chart (Apr. 2, 2021) (Ex. CA-055) State: California Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
   • Governor John C. Carney, Ninth Revision to the Twenty-Seventh Modification (Omnibus Modification) (Apr. 1, 2021) (Ex. DE-060) State: Delaware Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersEvents and venues
   • Department of Homeland Security, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans; Transportation Security Oversight Board, Notification of Ratification of Security Directives and Emergency Amendment (TSA SD 1542-21-01, SD 1544-21-02, EA 1546-21-01) (Apr. 20, 2021) (Ex. FED-056) Federal: United States Face-covering requirementTravel 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 977
   • WF workforce availability 924
   • HR hiring and staffing 563
   • OP office and administration 275
   • SC supply chain 258
   • MK marketing and events 127

   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:

   Purple (Widespread) tier: 'Gatherings: Outdoor only, Max 3 households'; 'All Retail: Max 25% capacity'; 'Shopping Centers: Max 25% capacity, Closed common areas'; 'Restaurants: Outdoor only with modifications'; 'Bars (where no meal provided): Closed' (Purple and Red), 'Open outdoors with modifications' (Orange), 'Open indoors with modifications' (Yellow); 'Gyms and Fitness Centers: Outdoor only with modifications' (Purple), '+10%' (Red), '+25%' (Orange); 'Offices: Remote' (Purple and Red), 'Open indoors with modifications, Encourage telework' (Orange and Yellow); 'Hair Salons & Barbershops'…

   California Department of Public Health, Blueprint for a Safer Economy: Activity and Business Tiers chart (Apr. 2, 2021) (Ex. CA-055). Every record page shows the full operative words verbatim and the enforcement provision.

4. The quarter

   On Apr. 1, 2021, the quarter's first day, 51 of the 51 jurisdictions had a State, county, city or court order in force and 2,221 orders were in force at every level nationally. On June 30, 2021, its last day, 51 jurisdictions had such an order in force and 2,003 orders were in force nationally. The federal layer was in force on every day of the quarter (388 instruments on the first day, 411 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

3,199 orders carry this quarter: 847 took effect within it, 2,308 were in force from an earlier date, 34 are dated after June 30, 2021 but carry the quarter in the record, and 10 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

• Emergency declaration 455
• Stay-at-home 52
• Business closure 258
• Telework mandate 193
• Capacity limit 586
• Gathering cap 520
• Face-covering requirement 1,040
• Travel and quarantine 314
• Schools and child care 303
• Health care orders 552
• Curfew and hours 87
• Alcohol and bars 220
• Events and venues 304
• Courts and public offices 513
• Workplace rules 1,070
• Vaccination or testing 153
• Quarantine and isolation 366
• Supply chain 140
• Standing duty 4
• Operating condition 9
• Other 893

Start	Exhibit	Jurisdiction	Instrument	Types
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-073	Louisiana Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) Sector regulator	COVID-19 Emergency Order No. 23 (LGCB-5844-21) Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Michael D. Noel	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. AR-070	Arkansas State	ADH Face Coverings Guidance (directive issued July 18, 2020; modified Aug. 26 and Oct. 5, 2020; 'Converted to Guidance Effective April 1, 2021') Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Face-covering requirement
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. AZ-038	Arizona State	Executive Order 2021-08 Governor Douglas A. Ducey	Health care orders
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. DE-035	Delaware State	Eighth Revision to the Twenty-Seventh Modification (Omnibus Modification) Governor John C. Carney	Capacity limitGathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. DE-060	Delaware State	Ninth Revision to the Twenty-Seventh Modification (Omnibus Modification) Governor John C. Carney	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersEvents and venues
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. FED-024	United States Federal	CDC Order extending the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (Mar. 29, 2021) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS	Courts and public officesOther
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. KS-042	Kansas State	Executive Order 21-11 Governor Laura Kelly	Alcohol and bars
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. KS-043	Kansas State	Executive Order 21-12 Governor Laura Kelly	Health care orders
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. KS-044	Kansas State	Executive Order 21-13 Governor Laura Kelly	Other
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. KS-045	Kansas State	Executive Order 21-14 Governor Laura Kelly	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. KS-046	Kansas State	Executive Order 21-15 Governor Laura Kelly	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. KS-047	Kansas State	Governor's release: 'Governor Laura Kelly Signs Executive Orders to Maintain COVID-19 Response' Office of the Governor (press release)	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. KS-049	Kansas State	40 Kan. Reg. No. 13A (Apr. 1, 2021), pp. 437-466 Kansas Secretary of State (Kansas Register) publishing Executive Orders 21-09 through 21-21	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. KY-062	Kentucky Court	Administrative Order 2021-07 (Amended) Supreme Court of Kentucky (Minton, C.J.)	Courts and public offices
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. NE-069	Nebraska Sector regulator	Guidance on Communal Dining/Group Activities for NF and AL (Apr. 1, 2021) Nebraska DHHS with the Infection Control Assessment and Promotion Program (ICAP)	Face-covering requirementHealth care orders
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. OK-082	Norman, Oklahoma City	Proclamation 2020-10 Mayor Breea Clark	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. SEC-13-010	United States Federal	Bulletin 2021-02: Supervision and Enforcement Priorities Regarding Housing Insecurity, 86 Fed. Reg. 17897 (Apr. 7, 2021) Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection	Other
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. SEC-13-022	United States Federal	FAQs About COBRA Premium Assistance Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (with ARPA sec. 9501) Department of Labor, EBSA (implementing ARPA sec. 9501, Pub. L. 117-2)	Other
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. SEC-14-003	United States Federal	Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions (extension), 86 Fed. Reg. 16731 CDC, HHS	Other
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. SEC-25-015	Los Angeles County Public Health Jurisdiction, California County	Protocol for Live Events and Performances (Outdoor Seated): Appendix Z, effective May 6, 2021 (revised 5/19/2021) County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Health Officer (Order of the Health Officer, Appendix Z)	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. VA-034	Virginia State	Fourth Amended Executive Order 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. WY-053	Wyoming State	Twenty-fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Apr. 1, 2021	Ex. WY-054	Wyoming State	Twenty-fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2 Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-015	Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission (State gaming regulators) Sector regulator	Industry Notice 2021-26 Nevada Gaming Control Board (Chair J. Brin Gibson) and Nevada Gaming Commission (Chairman John T. Moran Jr.)	Capacity limitWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. AZ-039	Arizona Sector regulator	ADHS Emergency Measure 2021-01 Arizona Department of Health Services (Director Cara M. Christ)	Business closureCapacity limit
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. CA-055	California State	Blueprint for a Safer Economy: Activity and Business Tiers chart California Department of Public Health	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. FL-056	Florida State	Executive Order 21-81 Governor Ron DeSantis	Vaccination or testingOther
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. IL-035	Illinois State	Executive Order 2021-06 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 76) Governor JB Pritzker	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOther
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. MET-DCM-017	Montgomery County, Maryland County	Second Amended Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-778 County Council sitting as the Board of Health	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. MET-NYC-033	New York City City	Emergency Executive Order No. 192 Mayor Bill de Blasio	Emergency declaration
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. NJ-045	New Jersey State	Executive Order No. 234 (2021) Governor Philip D. Murphy	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Apr. 2, 2021	Ex. NM-053	New Mexico State	Executive Order 2021-011 Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham	Emergency declaration
Apr. 3, 2021	Ex. CO-067	Colorado State	Executive Order D 2021 079 Governor Jared Polis	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Apr. 4, 2021	Ex. CO-058	Colorado Sector regulator	Tenth Amended Public Health Order 20-36 CDPHE, Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Apr. 4, 2021	Ex. MET-PHL-014	City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania City	Second Amendment to the Spring 2021 Order (gatherings, density and extension) Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement
Apr. 4, 2021	Ex. PA-033	Pennsylvania State	Pennsylvania Mitigation, Enforcement and Immunity Order (Nov. 23, 2020) and Apr. 1, 2021 amendment Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam (with the Governor's companion amendment)	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-070	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Commuter Rail) State	MBTA Spring 2021 Commuter Rail schedules (direction set Feb. 22, 2021; schedules effective Apr. 5, 2021) Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Travel and quarantineOther
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-067	New Mexico Public Education Department; State level State	Reentry Guide, Version 3 (January 2021) New Mexico Public Education Department	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. CO-086	Colorado, 7th Judicial District (Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel Counties) Court	Administrative Order 2021-05 Chief Judge, 7th Judicial District	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. IN-059	Indiana State	Executive Order 21-09 Governor Eric J. Holcomb	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. MET-DEN-078	Adams and Arapahoe Counties (TCHD) County	Third Amended Public Health Order Requiring Facial Coverings in Public Where Social Distancing Cannot Be Maintained Tri-County Health Department	Face-covering requirement
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. MET-DEN-095	Jefferson County, Colorado County	First Amended Public Health Order 20-008 Requiring Face Coverings in Public Where [Social Distancing Cannot Be Maintained] (masks indoors) Executive Director, JCPH (Mark B. Johnson)	Face-covering requirement
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. MET-DEN-113	Boulder County, Colorado County	Public Health Order 2021-03: Amended Mask Order Removing Outdoor Requirements Executive Director, BCPH	Face-covering requirement
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. MET-HNL-080	Kauai County County	Mayor's Emergency Rule No. 25 Mayor Derek S. K. Kawakami	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. MET-LA-072	City of Pasadena City	Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Orange Tier (Issued Apr. 1, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Apr. 5, 2021) Pasadena Health Officer	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. MET-PIT-029	Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) Court	Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 31, 2021) Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge	Telework mandateCourts and public offices
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. OH-046	Ohio State	Director's Order Rescinding Various Orders (April 5, 2021) Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health	Other
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. OH-070	Ohio State	Director's Order for Social Distancing, Facial Coverings and Non-Congregating Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Apr. 5, 2021	Ex. TX-030	Texas State	Executive Order GA-35 Governor Greg Abbott	Workplace rulesVaccination or testing
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-034	United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary) Federal	Order 2021-4-2, Order to Show Cause, Docket DOT-OST-2020-0037 (served Apr. 6, 2021) U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary	Travel and quarantineOther
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. AK-056	Alaska (statewide courts) Court	Special Order of the Chief Justice No. 8259 Chief Justice Joel H. Bolger	Courts and public offices
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. AL-085	City of Birmingham, Alabama City	Ordinance No. 21-31, An Ordinance to Require Wearing Face Coverings or Masks in Public [in the City of Birmingham] Council of the City of Birmingham (Council President William Parker); approved by Mayor Woodfin	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. AZ-046	Arizona State	Informal Opinion I21-003 (R21-004, R21-005) Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (Solicitor General's Office)	Face-covering requirementOther
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. IL-067	Illinois Court	M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Residential Eviction Proceedings (amended order of April 6, 2021, amending the orders of Dec. 22, 2020 and Feb. 23, 2021) Supreme Court of Illinois	Courts and public officesOther
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. IN-088	Indiana State	Governor's release, 'Gov. Holcomb Signs COVID-19 Executive Orders' (Mar. 31, 2021) Office of Governor Eric J. Holcomb (news release)	Gathering capFace-covering requirement
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. MET-ATL-015	City of Savannah, Georgia City	Renewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or Masks Mayor Van R. Johnson II	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. MET-MIA-017	Miami-Dade County, Florida County	Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 33-20 County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. MET-PIT-054	City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania City	Ordinance 12 of 2021 amending Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19 Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 12 of 2021, File 2021-1359	Courts and public officesOther
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. NY-121	New York Sector regulator	Interim Guidance for Religious and Funeral Services New York State Department of Health (New York Forward)	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. SD-084	Second Judicial Circuit (Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties) Court	Standing Order CIV. 21-4 Regarding COVID-19 Courthouse Security Measures (April 6, 2021) Presiding Judge Robin J. Houwman; approved by the Supreme Court (Jensen, C.J.) April 8, 2021	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 6, 2021	Ex. WA-061	Washington State	Proclamation 20-83.2 Governor Jay Inslee	Travel and quarantine
Apr. 7, 2021	Ex. ID-028	Idaho State	Executive Order 2021-04 Governor Brad Little	Vaccination or testingOther
Apr. 7, 2021	Ex. MET-DET-010	Wayne County, Michigan (Third Judicial Circuit) Court	Local Administrative Order 2021-07 Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan, Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny (approved by SCAO)	Telework mandateFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
Apr. 7, 2021	Ex. MET-MKE-021	Dane County and City of Madison, Wisconsin County	Emergency Order #15 Janel Heinrich, Public Health Officer of Madison and Dane County	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Apr. 7, 2021	Ex. MET-PHX-034	Arizona (Pima County; Phoenix; Tucson; Flagstaff) County	Press report on Attorney General Opinion I21-003 and local responses to EO 2021-06 AZ Mirror (Jerod MacDonald-Evoy), 'AG says counties can ignore mask mandate ban, but Ducey can enforce in other ways' (secondary source)	Face-covering requirement
Apr. 7, 2021	Ex. MET-SAT-061	Justice of the Peace Courts, Bexar County, Texas Court	Fourth Order Regarding Court Proceedings Pending COVID-19 State of Emergency (eviction cases) The Justices of the Peace of Bexar County	Courts and public offices
Apr. 7, 2021	Ex. MET-SLC-027	Salt Lake City, Utah City	Salt Lake City Emergency Proclamation No. 2 of 2021 Mayor Erin Mendenhall	Face-covering requirement
Apr. 8, 2021	Ex. GA-034	Georgia State	Executive Order 03.31.21.03 Governor Brian P. Kemp	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Apr. 8, 2021	Ex. MET-CLE-054	Cuyahoga County, Ohio County	Executive Order No. EO2021-0008 County Executive Armond Budish	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 8, 2021	Ex. MET-CLE-055	Cuyahoga County, Ohio County	Executive Order No. EO2021-0009 County Executive Armond Budish	Other
Apr. 8, 2021	Ex. MET-CLE-056	Cuyahoga County, Ohio County	Executive Order No. EO2021-0010 County Executive Armond Budish	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther
Apr. 8, 2021	Ex. MET-SLC-028	Salt Lake City, Utah City	Salt Lake City Emergency Proclamation No. 3 of 2021 Mayor Erin Mendenhall	Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Apr. 8, 2021	Ex. MET-STL-106	St. Louis County, Missouri County	Fifth Amended Safer At Home Order (April 8, 2021) St. Louis County Department of Public Health	Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Apr. 8, 2021	Ex. OH-047	Ohio State	Director's Amended Order for Social Distancing, Facial Coverings and Non-Congregating Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Apr. 8, 2021	Ex. WA-062	Washington State	Proclamation 20-46.3 Governor Jay Inslee	Telework mandateWorkplace rules
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-036	Nevada; Division of Industrial Relations / Nevada OSHA Sector regulator	DIR Notice of Nevada OSHA Emphasis Program for COVID-19 Hazards (Apr. 9, 2021) Division of Industrial Relations, Nevada OSHA	Workplace rules
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-024	Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - Governor Territorial	Boletin Administrativo Num. OE-2021-026 Governor Pedro R. Pierluisi	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-038	Mescalero Apache Tribe (New Mexico) - tribal government Tribal	Executive Order 21-03 President Gabe Aguilar, Mescalero Apache Tribe	Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. AL-048	Alabama State	Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19): Rescinding the mask requirement and adopting the statewide Safer Apart health order Governor Kay Ivey	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. AL-049	Alabama State	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended April 7, 2021 -- the Safer Apart Order State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. AZ-076	Navajo Nation Tribal	Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-008 Navajo Department of Health	Stay-at-homeGathering capCurfew and hours
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. CA-053	California (federal injunction against State orders) Court	Tandon v. Newsom, No. 20A151 (Apr. 9, 2021) (per curiam order on application for injunctive relief) Supreme Court of the United States	Gathering cap
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. CO-094	Colorado Sector regulator	Thirteenth Amended Public Health Order 20-29 CDPHE, Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan	Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. HI-020	Hawaii State	Nineteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency Governor David Y. Ige	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. MET-BNA-023	Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee County	Amended and Restated Order 8 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or Masks Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. MET-HNL-097	Maui County County	Public Health Emergency Rules, effective April 9, 2021 Mayor Michael P. Victorino	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. MET-KC-042	Jackson County, Missouri (except Kansas City and Independence) County	Amended Order (Apr. 8, 2021) County Executive Frank White, Jr.; Health Director Bridgette Shaffer; Emergency Management Coordinator Troy M. Schulte	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. PA-046	Pennsylvania Sector regulator	PA-HAN-563, UPDATE: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic (replaces PA-HAN-524) Pennsylvania Department of Health (Acting Secretary Alison Beam), Health Alert Network	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. SEC-16-005	United States (California orders) Court	Tandon v. Newsom, No. 20A151, 141 S. Ct. 1294 (per curiam) Supreme Court of the United States	Gathering cap
Apr. 9, 2021	Ex. VT-081	Vermont State	Governor's release, Governor Phil Scott and State Officials Announce the Vermont Forward Plan Office of Governor Phil Scott with ACCD and VDH (official release)	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Apr. 10, 2021	Ex. UT-042	Utah State	State Public Health Order 2021-10 Richard G. Saunders, Executive Director, Utah Department of Health	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 11, 2021	Ex. OK-040	Oklahoma State	Second Amended Executive Order 2021-07 Governor J. Kevin Stitt	Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Apr. 12, 2021	Ex. HI-064	Hawaii Court	Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152 Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Recktenwald	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Apr. 12, 2021	Ex. MET-HNL-063	Hawaii County County	Seventh Supplementary Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19) and COVID-19 Rule No. 14 second extension Mayor Mitch Roth	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
Apr. 12, 2021	Ex. MET-SDF-036	Fayette County, Kentucky County	Fayette County Clerk opening for in-person transactions (April 12, 2021) Fayette County Clerk (release issued through LFUCG)	Courts and public offices
Apr. 12, 2021	Ex. SC-034	South Carolina State	Executive Order No. 2021-19 Governor Henry McMaster	Other
Apr. 13, 2021	Ex. FL-068	Florida (all State courts) Court	Administrative Order No. AOSC20-23, Amendment 12 Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Supreme Court of Florida	Telework mandateCourts and public offices
Apr. 13, 2021	Ex. MET-AUS-048	City of Austin, Texas City	Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules adopted April 13, 2021 Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark E. Escott), with City Manager Spencer Cronk and City Attorney certification	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Apr. 13, 2021	Ex. MET-BNA-043	Knox County, Tennessee County	Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1 Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Officer and Knox County Health Director	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Apr. 13, 2021	Ex. MET-DCM-018	Montgomery County, Maryland County	Third Amended Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-790 County Council sitting as the Board of Health	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues

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