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The Arizona file holds 100 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 100 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 208 records in the Library resolve to Arizona in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code AZFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. AZ-096End of general restrictions Mar. 25, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 30Primary source read 94 Confirmed from a secondary source 6
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The Arizona file

The record in brief

Arizona's regime ran on the Governor's Declaration of Emergency of March 11, 2020 (A.R.S. 26-303(D) and 36-787), which stayed in force until March 30, 2022, and on a chain of executive orders enforced under A.R.S. 26-317 (class 1 misdemeanor) and, from July 2020, as public nuisances abatable by immediate closure (A.R.S. 36-601(A)) and by summary suspension of business licenses. Run-up (March 11-31, 2020): EO 2020-07 (visitor screening at nursing and assisted-living facilities; insurer coverage of testing and telemedicine); EO 2020-09 (March 19) closed bars, movie theaters and indoor gyms and ended on-site dining in counties with confirmed cases at close of business March 20, while permitting alcohol to go; EO 2020-10 halted all non-essential or elective surgeries 'including elective dental surgeries' from 8:00 a.m. March 21; EO 2020-12 (March 23) fixed the essential-services list and barred any county, city or town from restricting essential functions or issuing an uncoordinated stay-home order; EO 2020-14 postponed residential evictions; EO 2020-16 ordered hospitals to expand bed capacity 50 percent by April 24; EO 2020-17 deferred State license renewals; the Supreme Court limited in-person proceedings and rescheduled jury empanelment from March 16 (AO 2020-47, 2020-48); MVD went appointment-only March 23. The stay-home order, EO 2020-18, took effect 5:00 p.m. March 31: every individual 'shall limit their time away from their place of residence' except for essential activities, functions and businesses; 'non-essential businesses may continue to operate those activities that do not require in-person, on-site transactions.' 2020 Q2: the stay-home order ran to 11:59 p.m. May 15 (extended by EO 2020-33, which opened non-essential retail curbside May 4 and in-store May 8 and kept malls limited); EO 2020-21 suspended commercial evictions (April 6 - May 31); EO 2020-24 imposed a 14-day quarantine on air travelers from the New York tri-State area and other substantial-spread areas (April 9 - May 15; class 1 misdemeanor, fine to $2,500); EO 2020-22 imposed screening, cohorting and isolation on nursing and residential care institutions (to April 1, 2021); EO 2020-32 opened conditional resumption of elective procedures from May 1; EO 2020-34 reopened salons by appointment May 8 and dine-in May 11; EO 2020-36 (effective May 16) rescinded the stay-home, travel and retail orders and replaced them with a mandatory regime under which every business that 'serves the public or is an employer shall develop, establish and implement policies' including 'allowing for and encouraging teleworking where feasible' and limiting groups to ten, and again preempted any local order not in place on March 11, 2020; EO 2020-40 (June 18) made businesses 'update and enforce written policies,' enforced by regulators, and let counties, cities and towns adopt face-covering rules, which Coconino, Yuma, Santa Cruz, Maricopa and Pima Counties and Flagstaff, Nogales, Coolidge, Phoenix and Tucson did June 18-23; and EO 2020-43 (8:00 p.m. June 29) re-closed bars, indoor gyms, movie theaters, water parks and tubing, prohibited organized events over 50 without local approval, stopped special-event liquor licenses and conditioned any reopening on an ADHS attestation. The courts began a phased return June 1 with mandatory courthouse masks (AO 2020-75, 2020-79). 2020 Q3: EO 2020-47 (July 11) capped restaurants below 50 percent occupancy with six-foot separation, no standing room and no buffets; EO 2020-49 continued the eviction postponement to October 31; EO 2020-44 and 2020-51 delayed in-person school to August 17, required distance-learning starts and mandated face coverings for staff and students over five; EO 2020-52 (July 23) extended the pause indefinitely; ADHS Emergency Measure 2020-02 (August 10) kept the paused businesses closed unless they attested and met county benchmarks (Substantial counties: 'must remain closed'); courts continued phased limits (AO 2020-114, 2020-143). 2020 Q4: all of the foregoing continued; ADHS Emergency Measure 2020-04 (November 19) made school masks an ADHS-enforced measure; EO 2020-59 (December 3) tightened event approvals with documented mitigation and public-nuisance enforcement; EO 2020-60 allowed outdoor liquor-premises extensions; the Supreme Court reverted court operations to earlier-phase limits nunc pro tunc November 1 (AO 2020-197). Arizona did not reimpose closures in the winter; the Navajo Nation did (Red Status November 13; stay-at-home December 3 - March 15, 2021), and the White Mountain Apache Tribe locked down December 4-7. 2021 Q1: EO 2021-04 (March 3) ordered in-person school by March 15; EO 2021-05 (March 5) lifted capacity limits while keeping ADHS mask and distancing requirements and mandatory business policies; EO 2021-06 (March 25) ended the general regime, converting business requirements to recommendations, lifting event restrictions, rescinding EO 2020-09, -36, -40, -43, -47, -52 and -59, and barring enforcement of local mask mandates except in government buildings and on public transportation. 2021 Q2: EO 2021-08 (April 1) rescinded the health-care orders; EM 2021-01 (April 2) rescinded EM 2020-02; the Attorney General's informal opinion (April 6) found Pima County's mask resolution likely not preempted; EO 2021-09 (April 19) barred political subdivisions' vaccination-proof requirements while preserving health-care institutions' authority; EO 2021-10 and EM 2021-02 (April 19) ended the school mask requirement; EO 2021-15 (June 15) barred university mandates; Flagstaff and Coconino rescinded their mask orders May 26 and June 1. 2021 Q3: the Declaration of Emergency, EO 2020-12 (essential-services designation and preemption), EO 2021-05, 2021-06, 2021-09, 2021-10 and 2021-15 remained in force until September 29, 2021 under EO 2021-16 (July 2); EO 2021-14 (June 1) kept hospital, laboratory and vaccine-provider reporting in force; the Supreme Court's AO 2021-109 (July 14) kept phased court limits and let presiding judges resume health requirements; AO 2021-120 and 2021-129 governed eviction cases under the CDC's August 3 order; EO 2021-18 (August 16) made local employee vaccination mandates a class 3 misdemeanor and the Attorney General found Tucson Ordinance 11869 unlawful (September 7); on the Navajo Nation the mask mandate (April 17, 2020, never rescinded), Safer at Home, the nightly curfew (to August 4), gathering limits (25, then 15) and business occupancy status orders (Yellow 50 percent; Orange from August 12) governed the whole quarter, and the Havasupai reservation stayed closed to tourism. The Legislature's HB 2898 section 12 and SB 1824 sections 12-13 (school-mask and vaccination-mandate bans effective September 29, 2021) were held unconstitutional on September 27, 2021.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Arizona on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

QuarterFirst dayLast day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Emergency (AZ-001); stay-home EO 2020-18 eff. Mar. 31 (AZ-010); closures EO 2020-09 (AZ-003); elective-procedure ban EO 2020-10 (AZ-004); essential-services list and preemption EO 2020-12 (AZ-005); eviction postponement EO 2020-14 (AZ-006); telemedicine EO 2020-15 (AZ-007); hospital surge EO 2020-16 (AZ-008); licensing deferral EO 2020-17 (AZ-009); Supreme Court AO 2020-48 (AZ-049); MVD appointment-only (AZ-094); Navajo stay-home and curfew (AZ-063, AZ-064); Flagstaff closures (AZ-086); Tohono O'odham stay-home and curfew (AZ-095); Havasupai closure (AZ-096)Emergency; EO 2020-36 mandatory business policies incl. telework, groups of 10, preemption (AZ-019); EO 2020-40 written policies enforced, local mask authority (AZ-020); EO 2020-43 pause from 8:00 p.m. June 29: bars, gyms, theaters, water parks closed, events over 50 prohibited, attestation to reopen (AZ-022); EO 2020-44 school start delayed (AZ-023); EO 2020-41 (AZ-021); EO 2020-09 as modified by EO 2020-34 (dine-in with limits); EO 2020-10/-32 elective procedures conditional; EO 2020-12; EO 2020-14 (to July 22); EO 2020-22; courts AO 2020-79 phased, masks (AZ-053); local mask orders Coconino, Flagstaff, Yuma, Santa Cruz, Nogales, Coolidge (AZ-087, AZ-088, AZ-097, AZ-098, AZ-100); Navajo curfew, masks, weekend lockdowns (AZ-064, AZ-066)
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Same as June 30, 2020, plus EO 2020-43 pause in its first week; Navajo stay-home re-issued July 5 (AZ-067)Emergency; EO 2020-43 as extended by EO 2020-52 (AZ-027) with ADHS EM 2020-02 benchmark and attestation reopening (AZ-029); EO 2020-47 restaurants below 50 percent (AZ-024); EO 2020-36/-40; EO 2020-12; EO 2020-49 evictions to Oct. 31 (AZ-025); EO 2020-51 distance learning and school masks (AZ-026); EO 2020-22; EO 2020-53 licenses (AZ-030); courts AO 2020-143 (AZ-055) and eviction AO 2020-151; local mask orders; Navajo stay-home re-issued Sept. 22 (AZ-069)
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Same as Sept. 30, 2020Emergency; EO 2020-43/-52, EO 2020-47, EM 2020-02, EO 2020-36/-40, EO 2020-12; EO 2020-59 event approvals with documented mitigation (AZ-032); EO 2020-60 (AZ-033); EM 2020-04 school masks (AZ-031); EO 2020-51; EO 2020-22; EO 2020-61 licenses (AZ-034); EO 2020-57 surveillance (AZ-092); courts AO 2020-197 reverted limits nunc pro tunc Nov. 1 (AZ-056) and eviction AO 2020-229; local mask orders; Navajo stay-home (AZ-072) and Red Status, roads closed to visitors (AZ-071)
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Same as Dec. 31, 2020, plus Navajo PHEO 2021-001 stay-home continued (AZ-073)Emergency; EO 2020-12; EO 2021-05 (capacity lifted; ADHS mask and distancing requirements and mandatory business policies retained) (AZ-036); EO 2021-06 (Mar. 25: requirements to recommendations; local mask mandates unenforceable except government buildings and transit) (AZ-037); EO 2021-04 schools in person (AZ-035); EO 2020-51 para. 5 and EM 2020-04 school masks; EO 2020-10/-22/-32 health care; courts AO 2020-197; Navajo Orange Status 25 percent (AZ-074) and Safer at Home with curfews (AZ-075); Coconino, Flagstaff, Santa Cruz, Yuma, Pima and Tucson mask orders (enforceability contested)
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Emergency; EO 2020-12; EO 2021-05/-06; EO 2021-04; school masks (to Apr. 19); EO 2021-08 (Apr. 1) rescinds health-care orders (AZ-038); courts AO 2020-197 then AO 2021-52 (AZ-057); Navajo Orange Status, Safer at Home (AZ-074, AZ-075)Emergency; EO 2020-12; EO 2021-05/-06; EO 2021-09 vaccination-proof ban (AZ-040); EO 2021-10 school mask options (AZ-041); EO 2021-15 universities (AZ-043); EO 2021-14 surveillance (AZ-093); courts AO 2021-77 (AZ-058) and eviction AO 2021-53; Navajo Safer at Home, curfew 11 p.m.-5 a.m., gatherings 25, masks, Yellow Status 50 percent (AZ-077, AZ-078); Havasupai closure
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Emergency; EO 2020-12, 2021-05, 2021-06, 2021-09, 2021-10, 2021-15 (all to Sept. 29 under EO 2021-16, AZ-044); EO 2021-14; courts AO 2021-77 (to July 14) and eviction AO 2021-53 (to July 15); Navajo masks (AZ-066), Safer at Home and curfew (AZ-078), Yellow Status (AZ-077); Havasupai closure (AZ-096); federal layerEmergency (to Mar. 30, 2022); EO 2020-12, 2021-05, 2021-06, 2021-09, 2021-10, 2021-15 expired Sept. 29, 2021; EO 2021-18 local vaccine mandates (AZ-045); EO 2021-14; courts AO 2021-109 (AZ-059) and eviction AO 2021-129 (AZ-062); Navajo masks re-stated Aug. 4 (AZ-080), Safer at Home (AZ-081), Orange Status businesses and schools (AZ-082, AZ-083), gatherings 15 (AZ-084); Havasupai closure; federal CDC conveyance mask order, TSA directives, OSHA Healthcare ETS (FED)

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Arizona, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

Instrument Executive Order 2021-06, New Phase of COVID-19 Mitigation: Business Guidelines Transition From Requirements To Recommendations (Ex. AZ-037), preceded by Executive Order 2021-05 (Mar. 5, 2021; capacity limits lifted, mask and distancing requirements retained) (Ex. AZ-036)

What remained in force

Declaration of Emergency (to Mar. 30, 2022); EO 2020-12 essential-services designation and preemption of local orders (to Sept. 29, 2021); EO 2021-05 and 2021-06 (to Sept. 29, 2021), preserving businesses' right to require masks and distancing and political subdivisions' mask rules in government buildings and on public transportation; school face-covering requirement (EO 2020-51 para. 5; ADHS EM 2020-04) to Apr. 19, 2021; health-care institution orders EO 2020-10, 2020-22, 2020-32 to Apr. 1, 2021; Enhanced Surveillance Advisories (EO 2021-07, 2021-14) throughout; EO 2021-09 (Apr. 19), 2021-15 (June 15) and 2021-18 (Aug. 16, 2021); Arizona Supreme Court phased court orders (AO 2020-197, 2021-52, 2021-77, 2021-109) and eviction-case orders (AO 2021-19 to 2021-129); Navajo Nation orders (masks throughout; stay-at-home to June 18, 2021; curfew to Aug. 4, 2021; occupancy status orders through Sept. 30, 2021); Havasupai tourism closure (to Feb. 1, 2023); the federal layer.

Preemption of local orders

EO 2020-12 paras. 1-2 (Mar. 23, 2020): 'No county, city or town may make or issue any order, rule or regulation that restricts or prohibits any person from performing any function designated... as an essential function'; any local stay-home order 'shall be consistent with advice from the Arizona Department of Health Services' and 'coordinated with the State prior to issuance' (Ex. AZ-005). EO 2020-18 para. 15 (Mar. 30, 2020) and EO 2020-36 para. 7 (May 12, 2020), invoking A.R.S. 26-307: no local order 'that conflicts with or is in addition to the policy, directives or intent of this Executive Order... or any other order, rule or regulation that was not in place as of March 11, 2020' (Ex. AZ-010, AZ-019). EO 2020-40 para. 4 (June 17, 2020) carved out local face-covering policies (Ex. AZ-020); counties and municipalities adopted them June 18-23, 2020. EO 2021-06 para. 4 (Mar. 25, 2021) withdrew the carve-out ('This includes but is not limited to mandated use of face coverings'; local rules not in place on Mar. 11, 2020 'shall not be enforced'), preserving local mask rules in government buildings and on public transportation (Ex. AZ-037); the Attorney General's informal opinion I21-003 (Apr. 6, 2021) concluded Pima County Resolution 2020-96 'is not likely preempted under Executive Order 2021-06' because the order rests solely on A.R.S. 26-307 while the county cited Title 36 authority (Ex. AZ-046). EO 2021-09 (Apr. 19, 2021) barred local vaccination-proof requirements (Ex. AZ-040); EO 2021-18 (Aug. 16, 2021) declared local employee vaccination mandates a class 3 misdemeanor under A.R.S. 36-114 and 36-184 (Ex. AZ-045); the Attorney General's SB 1487 report (Sept. 7, 2021) found Tucson Ordinance 11869 in violation of State law (Ex. AZ-047). EO 2020-12 and EO 2021-06 were rescinded effective Sept. 29, 2021 by EO 2021-16 (Ex. AZ-044). HB 2898 section 12 and SB 1824 sections 12-13 (2021), codifying the school-mask and vaccination-mandate bans from Sept. 29, 2021, were held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021 (Maricopa County Superior Court, Cooper, J.; affirmed Nov. 2, 2021) (secondary).

Third quarter of 2021

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

In force (28)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Arizona, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Dine-in closed Mar. 20, 2020 (EO 2020-09); alcohol to go permitted; dine-in resumed May 11 with limits (EO 2020-34); bars (series 6/7) closed 8:00 p.m. June 29, 2020 (EO 2020-43), extended July 23 (EO 2020-52), reopening only by ADHS attestation under county benchmarks from Aug. 10 (EM 2020-02); restaurants below 50 percent occupancy, six-foot separation, no standing room, buffets closed from July 11, 2020 (EO 2020-47); event-license limits Dec. 2, 2020 (EO 2020-59); outdoor premises extensions Dec. 2, 2020 (EO 2020-60); capacity lifted Mar. 5, 2021; requirements to recommendations Mar. 25, 2021.

Retail

Non-essential retail confined to non-in-person activities Mar. 31 - May 3, 2020 (EO 2020-18 para. 12); curbside from May 4, in-store from May 8, malls limited (EO 2020-33); mandatory written mitigation policies May 16, 2020 - Mar. 25, 2021 (EO 2020-36/-40; 2021-05).

Personal care

Salons not on the essential list (EO 2020-12); closed under EO 2020-18 from Mar. 31, 2020 (Flagstaff closed them Mar. 26); barbers and cosmetologists reopened May 8, 2020 by appointment only with face coverings (EO 2020-34); mandatory policies to Mar. 25, 2021.

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms and movie theaters closed Mar. 20, 2020 (EO 2020-09); reopened mid-May 2020 under EO 2020-36 guidance; closed again 8:00 p.m. June 29, 2020 with water parks and tubing (EO 2020-43); attestation reopening from Aug. 10, 2020 with percent-occupancy limits by county benchmark (EM 2020-02); capacity lifted Mar. 5, 2021; orders rescinded Mar. 25, 2021.

Hotels and short-term rentals

Hotels essential 'to the extent used for lodging and delivery or carryout food services' (EO 2020-12); hotel pools limited to groups of 10 (EO 2020-43 para. 4); traveler quarantine Apr. 9 - May 15, 2020 (EO 2020-24); Navajo Nation roads closed to visitors and tribal parks closed to July 6, 2021 (PHEO 2020-029, 2021-005, 2021-013); Havasupai tourism closed Mar. 16, 2020 - Feb. 1, 2023.

Offices and telework

EO 2020-18 para. 12: non-essential businesses 'may continue to operate those activities that do not require in-person, on-site transactions' (Mar. 31 - May 15, 2020); EO 2020-12 para. 5 preserved employers' power to require telework; EO 2020-36 para. 5(f): every employer 'shall develop, establish and implement policies... including... [a]llowing for and encouraging teleworking where feasible' (May 16, 2020 - Mar. 25, 2021), enforced under EO 2020-40.

Manufacturing

Essential 'for critical products and industries' and 'products used by other Essential Businesses' (EO 2020-12 para. 3(c)(xxi)); other manufacturing confined to non-in-person activities Mar. 31 - May 15, 2020 (EO 2020-18 para. 12); mandatory workplace policies to Mar. 25, 2021.

Construction

Essential under EO 2020-12 (construction incl. housing); mandatory workplace policies May 16, 2020 - Mar. 25, 2021 (EO 2020-36/-40); Navajo Nation closures, curfews and lockdowns applied to work on the Nation.

Real estate

Real estate, appraisal and title services essential (EO 2020-12 para. 3(c)(xix)); remote online notarization Apr. 10 - July 1, 2020 (EO 2020-26); residential eviction enforcement postponed Mar. 24 - Oct. 31, 2020 (EO 2020-14, -49); commercial evictions suspended Apr. 6 - May 31, 2020 (EO 2020-21); Supreme Court eviction-case procedures July 7, 2020 through Q3 2021 (AO 2020-105 to 2021-129).

Hospitals and long-term care

Visitor screening rules Mar. 11, 2020 (EO 2020-07); hospital surge plans and 50 percent bed expansion by Apr. 24, 2020 (EO 2020-16); nursing-care infection control, cohorting, 14-day isolation of admissions, visitation substitutes Apr. 7, 2020 - Apr. 1, 2021 (EO 2020-22); resident reporting (EO 2020-35); Enhanced Surveillance Advisories throughout (EO 2020-13 to 2021-14).

Dental and elective health care

Elective surgeries 'including elective dental surgeries' halted 8:00 a.m. Mar. 21, 2020 (EO 2020-10); conditional resumption from May 1, 2020 (EO 2020-32); rescinded Apr. 1, 2021 (EO 2021-08).

Schools

Campuses closed for the spring 2020 term (announcements Mar. 15, 20, 30, 2020; secondary); 2020-21 year opened by distance learning, in-person delayed to Aug. 17 (EO 2020-41, -44, -51); ADHS benchmarks; face coverings for staff and students over five July 23, 2020 (EO 2020-51 para. 5) and Nov. 19, 2020 (EM 2020-04) to Apr. 19, 2021; in-person by Mar. 15, 2021 (EO 2021-04); 2021-22 masking left to districts (EO 2021-10); HB 2898 sec. 12 held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021; Navajo Nation schools Yellow then Orange status with masks (July 8; Aug. 12, 2021).

Child care

Day care for essential workers essential (EO 2020-12 para. 3(c)(xx)); schools' child-care programs to continue until in-person classes (EO 2020-44 para. 3); mandatory workplace policies May 16, 2020 - Mar. 25, 2021.

Worship and gatherings

Constitutionally protected activities exempt from the stay-home order if 'conducted in a manner that provides appropriate physical distancing to the extent feasible' (EO 2020-18 para. 4(f); Guidance for Places of Worship, AZ-090); groups of no more than 10 'when feasible' for businesses (EO 2020-36); organized public events over 50 prohibited without local approval June 29, 2020 - Mar. 25, 2021 (EO 2020-43, -52, -59).

Courts and public offices

In-person proceedings limited and jury empanelment rescheduled Mar. 16 - June 1, 2020 (AO 2020-47, -48, -60, -70); phased resumption with masks and gathering caps June 1, 2020 - 2021 (AO 2020-75, -79, -114, -143, 2021-52, -77, -109); AO 2020-197 reverted limits nunc pro tunc Nov. 1, 2020; MVD appointment-only from Mar. 23, 2020 with license expirations deferred (EO 2020-08, -53, -61); State licensing deferrals Mar. 26, 2020 - July 1, 2021 (EO 2020-17).

Travel and quarantine

Airport-arrival 14-day quarantine from the New York tri-State area and other substantial-spread areas Apr. 9 - May 15, 2020, class 1 misdemeanor (EO 2020-24); Navajo Nation visitor exclusion Mar. 20, 2020 - July 6, 2021, curfews Mar. 30, 2020 - Aug. 4, 2021, weekend lockdowns Apr. 2020 - early 2021; Tohono O'odham entry restrictions and curfew Mar. 31, 2020 - Apr. 20, 2021 (secondary); Havasupai closure.

Face coverings

No statewide public mask order; local face-covering orders authorized June 17, 2020 (EO 2020-40) and adopted by Maricopa, Pima, Coconino, Yuma and Santa Cruz Counties and by Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Nogales, Coolidge and others June 18-23, 2020; business mask requirements under ADHS guidance mandatory under EO 2020-36/-40 and preserved by EO 2021-05 to Mar. 25, 2021; courthouse masks June 1, 2020 into 2021 (AO 2020-79 et seq.); school masks July 23, 2020 - Apr. 19, 2021; local enforcement barred Mar. 25, 2021 (EO 2021-06) except government buildings and transit; Coconino and Flagstaff rescinded May 26/June 1, 2021; Navajo Nation masks Apr. 17, 2020 through and beyond Sept. 30, 2021.

Vaccination mandates

No State mandate; surveillance advisories EO 2020-57 and 2021-07 recite that employers may adopt vaccination policies (secondary as to the words); EO 2021-09 (Apr. 19, 2021) bars political subdivisions' vaccination-proof requirements, preserving health-care institutions' authority over 'patient, resident, employee, or visitor' status; EO 2021-15 (June 15, 2021) bars university mandates; EO 2021-18 (Aug. 16, 2021) makes local employee mandates a class 3 misdemeanor; Tucson Ordinance 11869 (Aug. 13, 2021) found unlawful Sept. 7, 2021 (AG report); SB 1824 secs. 12-13 held unconstitutional Sept. 27, 2021.

Standing duties

The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of Arizona that stood before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. They are the reason nothing an employer did under the orders was voluntary. Read the Arizona duties →

Arizona governed the pandemic under a Declaration of Emergency issued March 11, 2020 under A.R.S. 26-303 and 36-787 (Ex. AZ-001) that ran to March 30, 2022. Two standing statutes supplied the compulsion behind every executive order: A.R.S. 26-303(E)(1) gave the Governor 'all police power vested in this state' during a state of emergency (Ex. DUT-AZ-006), and A.R.S. 26-317 made it a class 1 misdemeanor for 'any person' to 'knowingly fail or refuse to obey any lawful order or regulation issued as provided in this chapter' (Ex. DUT-AZ-007); EO 2020-18 para. 14 recited that penalty (Ex. AZ-010), a Scottsdale restaurant owner was arrested under it on April 11, 2020 for on-site dining, and the Ninth Circuit held the arrest supported by probable cause (Ex. DUT-AZ-019). A.R.S. 36-787 gave ADHS 'primary jurisdiction, responsibility and authority' over the response and commanded that law enforcement 'shall enforce orders issued by the governor under this section' (Ex. DUT-AZ-001); A.R.S. 36-136(H) authorized the ADHS Director's Emergency Measures of 2020 and 2021 (Ex. DUT-AZ-005; Exs. AZ-029, AZ-031, AZ-039, AZ-042); A.R.S. 36-788 bound persons subject to isolation or quarantine to 'comply with the department's or local health authority's rules and orders' (Ex. DUT-AZ-002); A.R.S. 36-624 empowered county health departments to 'adopt quarantine and sanitary measures' (Ex. DUT-AZ-003), the Title 36 footing the Attorney General found independent of Title 26 and therefore beyond the reach of EO 2021-06's preemption clause (Ex. AZ-046); and A.R.S. 36-630 made violation of an article-4 measure or board-of-health order a class 3 misdemeanor (Ex. DUT-AZ-004). The operating conditions of the reopening were mandatory in terms: EO 2020-33 and EO 2020-34 let retailers, salons and dine-in restaurants reopen only 'provided they establish and implement protocols and best practices' including face coverings, appointment-only service and 'following protocols as directed by' the CDC, the Department of Labor and ADHS (Exs. AZ-016, AZ-017); EO 2020-36 para. 5 ordered that every business that 'physically operates in this state and serves the public or is an employer shall develop, establish and implement policies based on guidance from the CDC, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and ADHS' (Ex. AZ-019); EO 2020-40 para. 3 ordered businesses to update and enforce those written policies and provided that the requirement 'shall be enforced by law enforcement and regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction over the business' (Ex. AZ-020), and the Governor's 'Requirements for Businesses' issued the same day stated that 'under all circumstances, the following precautions are required for businesses operating in Arizona' (Ex. DUT-AZ-013); EO 2020-43 para. 5 conditioned reopening on an attestation of compliance with ADHS guidance and para. 7 authorized 'immediate enforcement action against any business that fails to follow this Executive Order or any guidance issued by the Arizona Department of Health Services relating to COVID-19... up to and including summary suspension for any license that the business holds' (Ex. AZ-022); ADHS's restaurant document of July 9, 2020 stated that ADHS 'requires' distancing, sub-50-percent occupancy, sanitation protocols, employee symptom screening and masks for staff and for customers away from their tables (Ex. DUT-AZ-014); EM 2020-02 kept paused businesses closed unless they met 'the terms and conditions for reopening described herein' (Ex. AZ-029); EO 2021-05 (March 5, 2021) ordered that every such business 'shall continue to implement, use and follow policies based on guidance from the CDC, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and ADHS' (Ex. AZ-036); and EO 2021-06 (March 25, 2021) converted the business requirements to recommendations ('are encouraged') while preserving each business's right 'to institute and enforce policies to mitigate against COVID-19 spread' (Ex. AZ-037). Independent of the orders, A.R.S. 23-403 required every employer to furnish 'a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm' and to 'comply with occupational safety and health standards and all regulations and orders issued pursuant to this article' (Ex. DUT-AZ-008), with civil penalties at the federal OSHA maxima and a class 6 felony for a knowing violation causing death (Ex. DUT-AZ-009); A.R.S. 36-601 declared any food business 'not constantly maintained in a sanitary condition' and any place of assemblage without adequate sanitary facilities a 'public nuisance dangerous to the public health' (Ex. DUT-AZ-011), abatable by order to the 'owner or occupant' within twenty-four hours with a civil penalty (Ex. DUT-AZ-012); A.R.S. 13-2908 made it criminal nuisance to 'recklessly create or maintain a condition which endangers the safety or health of others' (Ex. DUT-AZ-015), which Snell & Wilmer told Arizona businesses on March 26, 2020 would be proved by the existence of the executive order itself (Ex. DUT-AZ-020). SB 1377, approved April 5, 2021 and retroactive 'to from and after March 10, 2020,' shielded businesses from pandemic liability only on proof of good faith, and 'presumed' good faith only for a business that 'adopted and implemented reasonable policies related to the public health pandemic' (Ex. DUT-AZ-010). Two courts of the period treated the orders and protocols as binding law: the Maricopa County Superior Court described the attestation regime as one in which applicants 'must also attest that they will strictly adhere to all policies and guidelines from the [CDC], [ADHS] and [OSHA]' and ordered EO 2020-43 'enforced according to its terms' (Ex. DUT-AZ-017), and the District of Arizona held that EO 2020-43 satisfied rational-basis review and refused a temporary restraining order (Ex. DUT-AZ-018).

The question these duties answer

Whether the measures Arizona employers took that went beyond the four corners of the closure and stay-home orders were 'voluntary' in the sense of Notice 2021-20 Q&A-14 (an employer that suspends or reduces operations 'not due to a governmental order'). Answer: they were not. From May 16, 2020 to March 25, 2021 every business that 'serves the public or is an employer' operated under an executive order that required it to develop, implement and enforce written policies adopting CDC, DOL/OSHA and ADHS guidance (EO 2020-36 para. 5; EO 2020-40 para. 3), enforceable by law enforcement and licensing agencies and by summary license suspension (EO 2020-43 para. 7) and by A.R.S. 26-317; throughout all six quarters A.R.S. 23-403 bound every employer to furnish a workplace free from recognized hazards and to comply with orders, A.R.S. 36-601 and 36-602 bound food and assembly premises to sanitary condition on pain of a twenty-four-hour abatement order, A.R.S. 36-788 bound infected and exposed persons to isolation and quarantine orders, A.R.S. 13-2908 made the reckless maintenance of a condition endangering the health of others a crime, and SB 1377 (Laws 2021, ch. 179), retroactive to March 11, 2020, made 'reasonable policies related to the public health pandemic' the condition of the presumption of good faith that carries the liability shield.

By character

  • 5 Order penalty
  • 4 Statutory duty
  • 3 Adjudication
  • 3 Sanitary code duty
  • 2 Order operating condition
  • 2 Statutory authority
  • 1 Liability shield condition
  • 1 Workplace duty

Exhibits

Ex. DUT-AZ-001 Ex. DUT-AZ-002 Ex. DUT-AZ-003 Ex. DUT-AZ-004 Ex. DUT-AZ-005 Ex. DUT-AZ-006 Ex. DUT-AZ-007 Ex. DUT-AZ-008 Ex. DUT-AZ-009 Ex. DUT-AZ-010 Ex. DUT-AZ-011 Ex. DUT-AZ-012 Ex. DUT-AZ-013 Ex. DUT-AZ-014 Ex. DUT-AZ-015 Ex. DUT-AZ-016 Ex. DUT-AZ-017 Ex. DUT-AZ-018 Ex. DUT-AZ-019 Ex. DUT-AZ-020 Ex. DUT-AZ-021

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On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Arizona file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 2Stay-at-home 18Business closure 17Telework mandate 2Capacity limit 13Gathering cap 31Face-covering requirement 33Travel and quarantine 8Schools and child care 10Health care orders 11Curfew and hours 14Alcohol and bars 6Events and venues 5Courts and public offices 20Workplace rules 9Vaccination or testing 5Quarantine and isolation 2Other 14

All instruments

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

Showing 100 of 100 instrumentsEvery record that resolves to Arizona in the Library (208) →
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerLevelEffectiveEndQuartersLimitationsSourceFile
Ex. AZ-001Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19)Declaration of Emergency *COVID-19*Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 11, 2020Mar. 30, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-002Executive Order 2020-07Proactive Measures to Protect Against COVID-19Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 11, 2020May 5, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersOtherPrimary source readPDF 1.6 MB
Ex. AZ-085Emergency Proclamation: Declaration of Local EmergencyCity of Flagstaff Emergency Proclamation, Declaration of Local Emergency (COVID-19)Mayor Coral J. EvansCityMar. 15, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 209 KB
Ex. AZ-048Administrative Order No. 2020-47Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health EmergencyArizona Supreme Court (Chief Justice Robert Brutinel)CourtMar. 16, 2020Mar. 18, 2020Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 22 KB
Ex. AZ-096Suspension of all tourism to Supai and Havasu Canyon, Mar. 16, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2023Havasupai Tribe suspension of all tourism to the reservation (Mar. 16, 2020 - Feb. 1, 2023)Havasupai Tribal CouncilTribalMar. 16, 2020Feb. 1, 20232020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 5.2 MB
Ex. AZ-049Administrative Order No. 2020-48Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency (Replacing AO 2020-47)Arizona Supreme CourtCourtMar. 18, 2020Apr. 6, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 22 KB
Ex. AZ-003Executive Order 2020-09Limiting the Operations of Certain Businesses to Slow the Spread of COVID-19Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 20, 2020May 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureAlcohol and barsPrimary source readPDF 1.0 MB
Ex. AZ-063Navajo Department of Health PHEOs 2020-003, -004, -005, -007, -017, -021, -023, -025, -029, -031; 2021-001, -005, -007, -008, -009, -012, -013, -015, -016, -017, -018, -019Public Health Emergency Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order for All Residents of the Navajo Nation for…Navajo Department of Health, Navajo Office of Environmental Health and Protection ProgramTribalMar. 20, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. AZ-004Executive Order 2020-10Delaying Elective Surgeries to Conserve Personal Protective Equipment Necessary to Test and Treat Patients…Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 21, 2020May 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 784 KB
Ex. AZ-005Executive Order 2020-12Prohibiting the Closure of Essential ServicesGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 23, 2020Sept. 29, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureOtherPrimary source readPDF 2.5 MB
Ex. AZ-091Executive Order 2020-13Enhanced Surveillance AdvisoryGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 23, 2020Apr. 1, 20212020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 2.4 MB
Ex. AZ-094ADOT MVD Update: office appointments required; change to license expirations (Mar. 20, 2020)MVD Update: Office appointments required; change to license expirationsArizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle DivisionSector regulatorMar. 23, 2020Mar. 31, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 6.2 MB
Ex. AZ-006Executive Order 2020-14Postponement of Eviction ActionsGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 24, 2020July 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q3OtherPrimary source readPDF 1.6 MB
Ex. AZ-007Executive Order 2020-15Expansion of TelemedicineGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 25, 2020May 5, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. AZ-008Executive Order 2020-16Increasing Hospital Capacity for COVID-19 PreparednessGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 26, 2020Sept. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.6 MB
Ex. AZ-009Executive Order 2020-17Continuity of WorkGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 26, 2020July 1, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-086Second Proclamation of the Mayor under Declaration of Emergency dated March 15, 2020Second Proclamation (extending the March 16, 2020 closure proclamation and closing hair salons, nail salons…Mayor Coral J. EvansCityMar. 26, 2020May 8, 20202020 Q2Business closurePrimary source readPDF 126 KB
Ex. AZ-064Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-004Public Health Emergency Order implementing a daily curfew (8:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.) and restating the Stay at…Navajo Department of HealthTribalMar. 30, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Stay-at-homeCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 2.9 MB
Ex. AZ-095Executive Order of Mar. 30, 2020 (stay at home; curfew), extended Apr. 17, 2020; curfew removed by EO 2021-02 (Apr. 20, 2021)Tohono O'odham Nation stay-at-home order, curfew and entry restrictionsChairman Ned Norris Jr.TribalMar. 30, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 363 KB
Ex. AZ-010Executive Order 2020-18Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected: Physical Distancing to Mitigate COVID-19 TransmissionGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 31, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-011Executive Order 2020-21Prohibiting Small Business EvictionsGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateApr. 6, 2020May 31, 20202020 Q2OtherPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-050Administrative Order No. 2020-60Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency (Replacing AO 2020-48)Arizona Supreme CourtCourtApr. 6, 2020Apr. 24, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 25 KB
Ex. AZ-013Executive Order 2020-22Protection of Vulnerable Residents at Nursing Care Institutions, Residential Care Institutions, ICF-IIDs and…Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateApr. 7, 2020Apr. 1, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. AZ-012Executive Order 2020-24Requirements for Individuals Traveling to ArizonaGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateApr. 9, 2020May 16, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.5 MB
Ex. AZ-014Executive Order 2020-26 (Apr. 8, 2020)Remote Online NotarizationGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateApr. 10, 2020July 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 776 KB
Ex. AZ-065Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-005Public Health Emergency Order Implementing a 57-Hour Weekend Curfew from 8:00 P.M. on Friday, April 10, 2020…Navajo Department of HealthTribalApr. 10, 2020Apr. 13, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 507 KB
Ex. AZ-066Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-007Public Health Emergency Order Mandating Use of Masks in Public Due to COVID-19Navajo Department of HealthTribalApr. 17, 2020Aug. 4, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 902 KB
Ex. AZ-051Administrative Order No. 2020-70Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency (Replacing AO 2020-60)Arizona Supreme CourtCourtApr. 24, 2020May 8, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 26 KB
Ex. AZ-016Executive Order 2020-33Returning Stronger: Amending the Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected OrderGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateApr. 29, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 3.7 MB
Ex. AZ-015Executive Order 2020-32Requesting Exemption from Executive Order 2020-10: Elective SurgeriesGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMay 1, 2020Apr. 1, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 852 KB
Ex. AZ-018Executive Order 2020-35Reporting by Nursing Care Institutions, Residential Care Institutions, ICF-IIDs and DD Medical Group Homes To…Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateMay 4, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.7 MB
Ex. AZ-089Guidance for Retail (Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected, Return Stronger)Guidance for Retail: Relevant Executive Orders 2020-18, 2020-33, 2020-12Office of the Governor with ADHSStateMay 4, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 40 KB
Ex. AZ-017Executive Order 2020-34Building on COVID-19 Successes: Resuming additional business operations for barbers, cosmetologists and…Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateMay 8, 2020July 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-052Administrative Order No. 2020-75Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtMay 8, 2020May 20, 20202020 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 103 KB
Ex. AZ-090Guidance for Places of Worship (Stay Healthy, Return Smarter, Return Stronger)Guidance for Places of WorshipOffice of the Governor with ADHSStateMay 12, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 44 KB
Ex. AZ-019Executive Order 2020-36Stay Healthy, Return Smarter, Return StrongerGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMay 16, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source readPDF 2.3 MB
Ex. AZ-053Administrative Order No. 2020-79Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtJune 1, 2020July 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 219 KB
Ex. AZ-020Executive Order 2020-40Containing the Spread of COVID-19: Continuing Arizona Mitigation EffortsGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateJune 18, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source readPDF 1.8 MB
Ex. AZ-087Proclamation of the Mayor of the City of Nogales, Arizona, Mandating that City Residents Wear Face Coverings in PublicProclamation mandating face coverings in public within the City of NogalesMayor Arturo R. Garino, on behalf of the City CouncilCityJune 18, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 215 KB
Ex. AZ-098Proclamation by the Chairman of the Yuma County Board of Supervisors requiring face coverings (June 18, 2020), amended June 24, 2020Yuma County face-covering proclamationChairman of the Yuma County Board of SupervisorsCountyJune 18, 2020Mar. 31, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 3.8 MB
Ex. AZ-097Coconino County face-covering proclamation (June 19, 2020; rescinded June 1, 2021) and Flagstaff face-covering proclamation (June 18/19, 2020; ended May 26, 2021)Coconino County and City of Flagstaff face-covering requirementsCoconino County Board of Supervisors (Chair's proclamation); Flagstaff MayorCountyJune 20, 2020June 1, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 6.9 MB
Ex. AZ-100Flagstaff mayoral proclamation requiring face coverings in publicFlagstaff face-covering proclamation (June 18/19, 2020)Mayor Coral J. EvansCityJune 20, 2020May 26, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 4.6 MB
Ex. AZ-088Emergency Proclamation Regarding Face CoveringsEmergency Proclamation Regarding Face Coverings (City of Coolidge)Mayor of the City of CoolidgeCityJune 23, 2020not dated2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. AZ-021Executive Order 2020-412020-2021 School Year: Prioritizing Kids and Schools During COVID-19Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateJune 24, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source readPDF 3.3 MB
Ex. AZ-022Executive Order 2020-43Pausing of Arizona's Reopening: Slowing the Spread of COVID-19Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateJune 29, 2020Mar. 31, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 1.8 MB
Ex. AZ-023Executive Order 2020-44Protecting Public Health for Students and TeachersGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateJune 29, 2020Aug. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Schools and child carePrimary source readPDF 1.7 MB
Ex. AZ-067Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-017Re-issuing the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) requirements; daily curfew; weekend curfews or lockdownsNavajo Department of HealthTribalJuly 5, 2020Aug. 16, 20202020 Q3Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. AZ-060Administrative Order No. 2020-105Disposition of Residential Eviction Cases During the Public Health EmergencyArizona Supreme CourtCourtJuly 7, 2020July 22, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source readPDF 49 KB
Ex. AZ-024Executive Order 2020-47Reducing the Risk, Slowing the Spread: Limiting Indoor DiningGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateJuly 11, 2020Mar. 5, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.7 MB
Ex. AZ-054Administrative Order No. 2020-114Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtJuly 15, 2020Aug. 26, 20202020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 176 KB
Ex. AZ-025Executive Order 2020-49Continued Postponement of Eviction Enforcement ActionsGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateJuly 23, 2020Oct. 31, 20202020 Q32020 Q4OtherPrimary source readPDF 1.5 MB
Ex. AZ-026Executive Order 2020-51Arizona: Open for LearningGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateJuly 23, 2020Apr. 19, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 3.2 MB
Ex. AZ-027Executive Order 2020-52Continuation of Executive Order 2020-43: Slowing the Spread of COVID-19Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateJuly 23, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. AZ-028ADHS closure notice (posted under EO 2020-43 and the Director's Emergency Measures)NOTICE: This Establishment Must Immediately Close for Business Until at Least July 27, 2020Arizona Department of Health Services (Director Cara M. Christ)Sector regulatorJuly 27, 2020July 27, 20202020 Q3Business closurePrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-029ADHS Emergency Measure 2020-02Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Phased ReopeningArizona Department of Health Services (Director Cara M. Christ)Sector regulatorAug. 10, 2020Mar. 5, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. AZ-068Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-021Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Orders; Restating the Requirements for…Navajo Department of HealthTribalAug. 16, 2020Sept. 22, 20202020 Q3Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 277 KB
Ex. AZ-055Administrative Order No. 2020-143Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtAug. 26, 2020Dec. 1, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 101 KB
Ex. AZ-030Executive Order 2020-53Driver License Renewals for Arizonans 65 or Older: Amending and Extending Executive Order 2020-08Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateSept. 1, 2020Dec. 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-069Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-023Re-issuing the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) requirements; daily curfew 9:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.; 57-hour…Navajo Department of HealthTribalSept. 22, 2020Oct. 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Stay-at-homeCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 812 KB
Ex. AZ-070Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-025Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order and Revising Daily Curfew Hours…Navajo Department of HealthTribalOct. 16, 2020Nov. 16, 20202020 Q4Stay-at-homeCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 720 KB
Ex. AZ-056Administrative Order No. 2020-197Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtNov. 1, 2020Apr. 15, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 100 KB
Ex. AZ-071Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-029Public Health Emergency Order Declaring 'Red Status' for BusinessesNavajo Department of HealthTribalNov. 13, 2020Mar. 15, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 719 KB
Ex. AZ-092Executive Order 2020-57Enhanced Surveillance Advisory (monitoring the administration of COVID-19 vaccination)Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateNov. 18, 2020Jan. 27, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Health care ordersVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 2.7 MB
Ex. AZ-031ADHS Emergency Measure 2020-04Slowing the Spread of COVID-19 in SchoolsArizona Department of Health Services (Director Cara M. Christ)Sector regulatorNov. 19, 2020Apr. 19, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 963 KB
Ex. AZ-033Executive Order 2020-60Easing Regulations to Encourage Outdoor DiningGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateDec. 2, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Alcohol and barsPrimary source readPDF 1.5 MB
Ex. AZ-032Executive Order 2020-59Further Mitigation Requirement for EventsGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateDec. 3, 2020Mar. 25, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-072Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-031Continuing the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) requirementsNavajo Department of HealthTribalDec. 3, 2020Jan. 7, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 811 KB
Ex. AZ-09972-hour lockdown Dec. 4-7, 2020 with 10 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew and mask mandateWhite Mountain Apache Tribe lockdown (Dec. 4-7, 2020)White Mountain Apache Tribe (Tribal Council / Chairman's emergency orders)TribalDec. 4, 2020Dec. 7, 20202020 Q4Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 405 KB
Ex. AZ-034Executive Order 2020-61Driver License Renewals for Vulnerable Arizonans During COVID-19Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateDec. 30, 2020Mar. 1, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-073Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-001Continuing the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) requirementsNavajo Department of HealthTribalJan. 7, 2021Mar. 15, 20212021 Q1Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 571 KB
Ex. AZ-036Executive Order 2021-05Next Phase of COVID-19 Mitigation: Lifting Occupancy Limits Implemented Due to COVID-19Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 5, 2021Sept. 29, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-035Executive Order 2021-04Open for In-Person LearningGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 15, 2021July 1, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-074Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-005Public Health Emergency Order Declaring 'Orange Status' for BusinessesNavajo Department of HealthTribalMar. 15, 2021Apr. 26, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 1.0 MB
Ex. AZ-037Executive Order 2021-06New Phase of COVID-19 Mitigation: Business Guidelines Transition From Requirements To RecommendationsGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateMar. 25, 2021Sept. 29, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-075Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-007Continuing the 'Safer at Home' Public Health Emergency Order; Extending Daily Curfews; Extending Business…Navajo Department of HealthTribalMar. 26, 2021Apr. 9, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-038Executive Order 2021-08Lifting Restrictions on Healthcare InstitutionsGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateApr. 1, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 853 KB
Ex. AZ-039ADHS Emergency Measure 2021-01Rescinding Emergency Measure 2020-02Arizona Department of Health Services (Director Cara M. Christ)Sector regulatorApr. 2, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitPrimary source readPDF 879 KB
Ex. AZ-046Informal Opinion I21-003 (R21-004, R21-005)Whether Pima County Resolution No. 2020-96 Violates Executive Order 2021-06Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (Solicitor General's Office)StateApr. 6, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementOtherPrimary source readPDF 164 KB
Ex. AZ-076Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-008Re-Issuing Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Order and Continuing Daily CurfewNavajo Department of HealthTribalApr. 9, 2021June 18, 20212021 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 812 KB
Ex. AZ-057Administrative Order No. 2021-52Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtApr. 15, 2021May 21, 20212021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 95 KB
Ex. AZ-040Executive Order 2021-09Prohibiting Political Jurisdictions of the State from Requiring the Disclosure of an Individual's COVID-19…Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateApr. 19, 2021Sept. 29, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Vaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-041Executive Order 2021-10Providing Schools Options for Face CoveringsGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateApr. 19, 2021Sept. 29, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-042ADHS Emergency Measure 2021-02Rescinding Emergency Measure 2020-04Arizona Department of Health Services (Director Cara M. Christ)Sector regulatorApr. 19, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 691 KB
Ex. AZ-077Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-009Public Health Emergency Order Declaring 'Yellow Status' for BusinessesNavajo Department of HealthTribalApr. 26, 2021Aug. 12, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitPrimary source readPDF 1.0 MB
Ex. AZ-058Administrative Order No. 2021-77Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtMay 21, 2021July 14, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 212 KB
Ex. AZ-093Executive Order 2021-14Enhanced Surveillance Advisory: Monitoring and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19Governor Douglas A. DuceyStateJune 1, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 4.4 MB
Ex. AZ-043Executive Order 2021-15Protecting Student Access to Public Higher EducationGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateJune 15, 2021Sept. 29, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-078Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-012Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order, Implementing a 'Safer at Home'…Navajo Department of HealthTribalJune 18, 2021Aug. 4, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. AZ-044Executive Order 2021-16Rescinding Executive OrdersGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateJuly 1, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. AZ-079Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-013Public Health Emergency Order Continuing 'Yellow Status' for BusinessesNavajo Department of HealthTribalJuly 8, 2021Aug. 12, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 609 KB
Ex. AZ-059Administrative Order No. 2021-109Authorizing Limitation of Court Operations During a Public Health Emergency and Transition to Resumption of…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtJuly 14, 2021Nov. 10, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 104 KB
Ex. AZ-061Administrative Order No. 2021-120Post-Moratoria Disposition of Residential Eviction Cases in Transition from Public Health Emergency Procedures…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtJuly 15, 2021Aug. 11, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source readPDF 131 KB
Ex. AZ-081Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-016Reemphasizing 'Safer-at-Home' Requirements, Gathering Limits, and Discontinuing Daily CurfewNavajo Department of HealthTribalAug. 4, 2021Aug. 12, 20212021 Q3Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursPrimary source readPDF 363 KB
Ex. AZ-080Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-015Clarifying the Mandate to Wear Masks in Public, Including Schools and BusinessesNavajo Department of HealthTribalAug. 6, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 962 KB
Ex. AZ-062Administrative Order No. 2021-129 (corrected)Disposition of Residential Eviction Cases Related to the Public Health Emergency as Defined in the August 3…Arizona Supreme CourtCourtAug. 11, 2021Aug. 26, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source readPDF 295 KB
Ex. AZ-082Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-017Public Health Emergency Order Declaring 'Orange Status' for BusinessesNavajo Department of HealthTribalAug. 12, 2021Oct. 18, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source readPDF 1012 KB
Ex. AZ-083Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-018Public Health Emergency Order Declaring 'Orange Status' for SchoolsNavajo Department of HealthTribalAug. 12, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 932 KB
Ex. AZ-084Navajo Department of Health PHEOs 2020-003, -004, -005, -007, -017, -021, -023, -025, -029, -031; 2021-001, -005, -007, -008, -009, -012, -013, -015, -016, -017, -018, -019Updating Gathering LimitsNavajo Department of HealthTribalAug. 12, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. AZ-045Executive Order 2021-18Returning to our Principles of GovernanceGovernor Douglas A. DuceyStateAug. 16, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Vaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. AZ-047Investigative Report No. 21-003Whether the City of Tucson Ordinance 11869 violates A.R.S. 36-114, 36-184, 36-681 (effective 9/29/2021), or…Arizona Attorney General Mark BrnovichStateSept. 7, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Vaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 190 KB

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Metros in Arizona

The metropolitan files whose counties and cities lie in Arizona. Each holds the local orders that ran alongside, and often ahead of, the State's. All forty metros →

Phoenix and TucsonPHX · 43 instruments · 16 in force in 2021 Q3County and municipal instruments of the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas, March 2020 through September 30, 2021: Maricopa County Board of Supervisors regulations…