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The Hawaii file holds 75 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 73 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 201 records in the Library resolve to Hawaii in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code HIFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 25, 2020 Ex. HI-004End of general restrictions Dec. 1, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 26Primary source read 67 Confirmed from a secondary source 8
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The record in brief

Hawaii's regime was a single unbroken chain of gubernatorial proclamations under HRS chapter 127A, each adopted as rules with 'the force and effect of law' under HRS 127A-25 and enforced as a misdemeanor under HRS 127A-29 (fine up to $5,000, imprisonment up to one year, or both), running from the Emergency Proclamation of March 4, 2020 (Ex. HI-001) through the Twenty-First Proclamation (June 7, 2021; Ex. HI-023), the Emergency Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Response (Aug. 5, 2021; Ex. HI-024), the Delta Response Proclamation (Oct. 1, 2021; Ex. HI-029) and successors to March 25, 2022. 2020 Q2: the Third Supplementary Proclamation (Mar. 23, 2020; Ex. HI-004) ordered 'all persons within the State of Hawaii... to stay at home or in their place of residence' from 12:01 a.m. March 25 through April 30, 2020, ordered every business not on the federal critical-infrastructure list or the proclamation's own list to 'cease,' limited travel to essential businesses to those that 'cannot be conducted through remote technology from homes or places of residence' (the telework mandate), prohibited any gathering of more than ten people, closed fitness centers, gyms, theaters, museums, bowling alleys, playgrounds and 'social clubs' to the public, and confined restaurants to off-premises consumption. The Second Supplementary Proclamation (Mar. 21; Ex. HI-003) imposed the 14-day mandatory self-quarantine on every person entering the State from 12:01 a.m. March 26, 2020; the Fourth (Mar. 31; Ex. HI-005) imposed the same quarantine on interisland travel from April 1. The Fifth (Apr. 16; Ex. HI-006) added the eviction moratorium and required customers and customer-facing employees of essential businesses to wear face coverings; the Sixth (Apr. 25; Ex. HI-007) restated everything, extended the stay-at-home order and both quarantines through May 31, 2020, closed all beaches, and restated Executive Order 20-05 directing health care facilities to render assistance including 'cancelling or postponing elective surgeries and procedures.' The Seventh (May 5; Ex. HI-008) converted the order to 'Safer at Home' effective May 7 and let designated low-risk businesses reopen under guidelines; the Eighth (May 18; Ex. HI-009) converted it to 'Act with Care' through June 30, still ordering all persons to stay at home except for listed businesses and permitted activities, still prohibiting gatherings of more than ten, and adopting the State Roadmap to Recovery and Resilience and the Rules Relating to Safety Guidelines for Barbers and Beauty Operators. 2020 Q3: the Ninth (June 10; Ex. HI-010) lifted the interisland quarantine June 16 but kept the trans-Pacific quarantine, the face-covering rules for customers and employees and the Roadmap; the Tenth (July 17; Ex. HI-011) let businesses operate only 'in accordance with the State Roadmap' as implemented by county orders the Governor approved; the Eleventh (Aug. 6; Ex. HI-057) reinstated the 14-day quarantine for travel to Kauai, Hawaii, Maui and Kalawao Counties from August 11; the Twelfth (Aug. 20; Ex. HI-013) carried the regime through September 30; the Thirteenth (Sept. 22; Ex. HI-014) created the Safe Travels pre-travel negative-test exception effective October 15, 2020. 2020 Q4: the Fourteenth (Oct. 13; Ex. HI-015) carried the quarantines and the county mask orders; the Fifteenth (Nov. 16; Ex. HI-016) imposed the Statewide Face Covering Requirement ('All individuals shall wear face coverings over their noses and mouths when in public settings'); the Sixteenth (Nov. 23; Ex. HI-017) required the negative test result to be in hand before departure; the Seventeenth (Dec. 16; Ex. HI-018) shortened both quarantines to 10 days effective December 17 and ran through February 14, 2021. 2021 Q1 and Q2: the Eighteenth (Feb. 12; Ex. HI-019), Nineteenth (Apr. 9; Ex. HI-020) and Twentieth (May 7; Ex. HI-021) kept the 10-day quarantine, the Safe Travels test exception, the statewide mask mandate and the Roadmap, added a vaccination exception for in-State-vaccinated interisland travelers from May 11, and the Amendment to the Nineteenth (May 25, 2021) lifted the outdoor mask requirement where six feet of distance could be kept; the Twenty-First (June 7; Ex. HI-023) ended the interisland quarantine at 11:59 p.m. June 14, kept the trans-Pacific quarantine with test and vaccination exceptions, kept the indoor mask mandate, kept the eviction moratorium, required every hotel to adopt and publish a COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan, and ran through August 6, 2021. 2021 Q3: the Aug. 5, 2021 Emergency Proclamation (Ex. HI-024; through Oct. 4, 2021) continued the statewide face-covering requirement, the Safe Travels quarantine rules and the county-approval requirement and imposed the vaccination-or-testing regime on all State and county employees from August 16; Executive Order 21-05 (Aug. 10; restated verbatim in Ex. HI-029, Exhibit F) prohibited indoor social gatherings of more than ten and outdoor gatherings of more than twenty-five statewide, set indoor capacity for restaurants, bars, gyms and social establishments at 50 percent with seated service, six-foot spacing, no mingling and masks, and required organizers of professional events over fifty persons to consult the county; Executive Order 21-06 (Sept. 1; Ex. HI-026) established crisis-standards immunities for health care facilities; Executive Order 21-07 (Sept. 13; Ex. HI-027) required contractors and visitors entering State facilities to show vaccination or a negative test; the Supreme Court postponed all jury trials to dates after October 4, 2021 (Aug. 16; Ex. HI-068) and then after November 16, 2021 (Sept. 29; Ex. HI-069); the DOE required masks indoors at every public school (Ex. HI-043) and required all DOE employees to attest and test (Ex. HI-046). Nothing ended on or before September 30, 2021. The gathering caps and capacity limits were carried into EO 21-08 (Nov. 2, eff. Nov. 12, 2021; Ex. HI-030) and lifted statewide only on December 1, 2021; the indoor mask mandate and Safe Travels ended March 26, 2022, the last statewide mask requirement in the nation (Ex. HI-055).

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Hawaii 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 →April 1, 2020: statewide Stay at Home / Work from Home order in force (Ex. HI-004, eff. Mar. 25 through Apr. 30, later extended to May 31 by Ex. HI-006/HI-007); all non-listed businesses ordered to cease; gatherings over ten prohibited; gyms, theaters, museums, bowling alleys, playgrounds and social clubs closed; restaurants off-premises only; 14-day mandatory quarantine for all arrivals (Ex. HI-003, eff. Mar. 26) and for all interisland travel (Ex. HI-005, eff. Apr. 1); DOE schools closed and DOE employees on remote work (Ex. HI-049, HI-073); Judiciary in-person proceedings limited and courthouses closed to the public (Ex. HI-032, HI-033); Insurance Commissioner's COVID-19 memorandum 2020-3I (Ex. HI-071).June 30, 2020: 'Act with Care' order in force (Ex. HI-009, May 18 through June 30, as continued by Ex. HI-010 through July 31): all persons still 'ordered to stay at home or in their place of residence' except for listed businesses and permitted activities; gatherings over ten prohibited; businesses limited to the State Roadmap tiers as implemented by county orders; customers and customer-facing employees required to wear face coverings; 14-day quarantine for all trans-Pacific arrivals (interisland quarantine lifted June 16); eviction moratorium; DOE distance learning through May 28 and summer closure; jury trials postponed to dates after Aug. 31, 2020 (Ex. HI-038); foreclosure declaration requirement (Ex. HI-039).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →July 1, 2020: Ninth Supplementary Proclamation in force through July 31 (Ex. HI-010): Roadmap-limited business operation, face-covering rules, 14-day trans-Pacific quarantine, eviction moratorium, notaries and child-care rules; jury trials postponed to after Aug. 31, 2020 (Ex. HI-038); Judiciary operations order of June 23/July 28 (Ex. HI-040).September 30, 2020: Twelfth Proclamation in force through Sept. 30 (Ex. HI-013) and Thirteenth issued Sept. 22 (Ex. HI-014, through Oct. 31): 14-day trans-Pacific quarantine (test exception not effective until Oct. 15); 14-day interisland quarantine for travel to Kauai, Hawaii, Maui and Kalawao Counties (Ex. HI-057, eff. Aug. 11); face coverings mandatory 'in compliance with county orders, rules and directives approved by me'; Roadmap-limited business operation; eviction moratorium; jury trials in the First Circuit postponed to after Dec. 11, 2020 (Ex. HI-060); Judiciary facility entry screening and face-mask rules (Ex. HI-058); DOE campuses in distance learning with benchmark-based transition (Ex. HI-048).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →October 1, 2020: Thirteenth Proclamation in force (Ex. HI-014): 14-day quarantine for all arrivals until the Oct. 15 pre-travel test exception; interisland quarantine to neighbor islands; county-approved mask orders; Roadmap tiers; eviction moratorium; jury trials postponed (Ex. HI-060); Judiciary entry restrictions (Ex. HI-058).December 31, 2020: Sixteenth (Ex. HI-017, through Dec. 31) and Seventeenth (Ex. HI-018, Dec. 16 through Feb. 14, 2021) in force: Statewide Face Covering Requirement (Ex. HI-016, Exhibit J); Safe Travels: 10-day quarantine (eff. Dec. 17) unless negative test from a Trusted Testing Partner uploaded before departure; 10-day intercounty quarantine to neighbor islands; Roadmap tiers by county; eviction moratorium; Judiciary operations extended through Feb. 14, 2021 with face masks required in all facilities and jury trials only under distancing mandates (Ex. HI-062, HI-063).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →January 1, 2021: Seventeenth Proclamation in force through Feb. 14, 2021 (Ex. HI-018): statewide mask mandate, 10-day quarantine with Safe Travels test exception, intercounty quarantine, Roadmap tiers, eviction moratorium; Judiciary orders of Dec. 22-23, 2020 (Ex. HI-062, HI-063).March 31, 2021: Eighteenth Proclamation in force through Apr. 13, 2021 (Ex. HI-019): 'All persons in the State shall wear a face covering over their nose and mouth when in public' (Exhibit J); 10-day trans-Pacific quarantine with negative-test exception; intercounty quarantine; businesses operating only 'in accordance with the State Roadmap to Recovery and Resilience' as implemented by approved county orders; eviction moratorium; barbers/beauty, mortuary, notary and child-care rules; Judiciary operations order of Feb. 12, 2021 (Ex. HI-041).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →April 1, 2021: Eighteenth Proclamation in force (Ex. HI-019) as above; Judiciary order of Feb. 12, 2021 (Ex. HI-041).June 30, 2021: Twenty-First Proclamation in force through Aug. 6, 2021 (Ex. HI-023): statewide face-covering requirement (indoors; outdoors when six feet cannot be kept, per Exhibit I as amended May 25, 2021); 10-day quarantine for all arrivals unless negative test or (from June 15, in-State vaccination) exception; intercounty quarantine expired 11:59 p.m. June 14; hotels required to adopt and publish COVID-19 Health and Safety Plans; businesses operating under county orders approved by the Governor; eviction moratorium (HRS ch. 521 suspension) to Aug. 6; Judiciary operations order of June 7 and Fifth Amended facilities order of June 15 (Ex. HI-065, HI-066); DOE mask requirement for the 2021-22 year announced (Ex. HI-047).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →July 1, 2021: Twenty-First Proclamation in force (Ex. HI-023) as above, including the mask mandate, the Safe Travels quarantine (vaccination exception extended to all domestically vaccinated travelers July 8), the hotel plan requirement, the county-approval requirement and the eviction moratorium; Judiciary orders Ex. HI-065 and HI-066; Insurance and DOE instruments as listed.September 30, 2021: Aug. 5, 2021 Emergency Proclamation in force through Oct. 4 (Ex. HI-024): statewide face-covering requirement (Exhibit A), Safe Travels quarantine rules (Exhibit B), State and county employee vaccination-or-testing (eff. Aug. 16), county-approval requirement; EO 21-05 (Aug. 10; Ex. HI-029 Exhibit F, Ex. HI-056): gatherings capped at 10 indoors / 25 outdoors, 50 percent indoor capacity for restaurants, bars, gyms and social establishments, seated service, six-foot spacing, no mingling, masks, professional events over 50 to consult the county; EO 21-06 (Sept. 1; Ex. HI-026); EO 21-07 (Sept. 13; Ex. HI-027): vaccination proof or negative test for contractors and visitors entering State facilities; Supreme Court: all jury trials postponed to dates after Oct. 4, 2021 (Ex. HI-068), extended Sept. 29 to after Nov. 16, 2021 (Ex. HI-069), operations order of Aug. 6 (Ex. HI-067); DOE: masks 'must always be worn... by all students and staff when indoors' (Ex. HI-043), employee attestation and weekly testing (Ex. HI-046); DOH 10-day quarantine of close contacts (Ex. HI-052).

The end of general restrictions

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

End of general restrictions

2021-12-01 (gathering and capacity limits); 2022-03-25/26 (mask mandate, Safe Travels, emergency proclamation)

Instrument The Statewide Face Covering Requirement and the Safe Travels quarantine/test/vaccination regime continued to 11:59 p.m. March 25, 2022, when the final COVID-19 emergency proclamation expired (Ex. HI-055).

What remained in force

After Dec. 1, 2021: the statewide indoor face-covering requirement (to Mar. 25, 2022); Safe Travels mandatory quarantine for arriving travelers absent proof of vaccination or negative test (to Mar. 25, 2022); the State and county employee vaccination-or-testing policy and EO 21-07 State-facility access rules (to the end of the emergency); county vaccination-proof programs (Safe Access Oahu, Maui) under the Governor's approval; Judiciary facility and jury-trial orders. Nothing in the general business regime ended before September 30, 2021.

Preemption of local orders

Hawaii did not preempt or bar county orders; it did the opposite. From the Sixth Supplementary Proclamation (Apr. 25, 2020) forward every proclamation invoked HRS 127A-13(a)(5) and provided: 'I direct all counties to obtain my approval, or the approval of the Director of Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA), prior to issuing any emergency order, rule, or proclamation' (Ex. HI-024 at 2; same clause in Ex. HI-009, HI-019, HI-023, HI-029). County mayors' orders (Honolulu, Maui, Hawaii, Kauai; see the HNL metro file) therefore operated as State-approved instruments, and the proclamations stated that any inconsistency 'shall be read to allow a county maximum flexibility to exercise its respective emergency management authority' (Ex. HI-007 at 14). From the Tenth Proclamation (July 17, 2020) the State fixed the framework (Roadmap tiers, statewide mask rule, travel quarantine) and let counties set business capacity and gathering caps within it; EO 21-05 (Aug. 10, 2021) and EO 21-08 (Nov. 2, 2021) reversed the direction by fixing statewide floors that 'supersede less restrictive orders, rules, or directives of any of the counties' while allowing counties to be 'more restrictive' (Ex. HI-030 at 3). The State's employee vaccination policy expressly did not 'preempt the mayor of any county from issuing such a vaccination mandate directive' (Ex. HI-024 at 6).

Third quarter of 2021

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

In force (12)

  • HI-023 (Twenty-First Proclamation, July 1 - Aug. 6, 2021: statewide mask mandate, Safe Travels quarantine, hotel Health and Safety Plan mandate, county-approval requirement, eviction moratorium)
  • HI-024 (Emergency Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Response, Aug. 5 - Oct. 4, 2021: mask mandate Exhibit A, travel quarantine rules Exhibit B, State and county employee vaccination-or-testing from Aug. 16)
  • HI-026 (Executive Order 21-06, Sept. 1, 2021: health care facility crisis-standards immunities)
  • HI-027 (Executive Order 21-07, Sept. 13, 2021: vaccination or negative test for contractors and visitors entering State facilities)
  • HI-031 (Order for Self-Quarantine served on arriving travelers, rev. May 25, 2021)
  • HI-065, HI-066, HI-067 (Supreme Court operations and facilities orders of June 7, June 15 and Aug. 6, 2021: face coverings, screening, remote proceedings)
  • HI-068 (Order Postponing Jury Trials, Aug. 16, 2021, to dates after Oct. 4, 2021)
  • HI-069 (First Extension, Sept. 29, 2021, to dates after Nov. 16, 2021)
  • HI-043, HI-044, HI-045 (DOE and DOH school rules: indoor masks for all students and staff; quarantine of unvaccinated close contacts)
  • HI-046 (DOE attestation and weekly testing of all employees from Aug. 16, 2021)
  • HI-052 (DOH Home Isolation and Quarantine Guidance, Aug. 18, 2021: 10-day quarantine of close contacts under HRS 321-1 and 325-8, recited as mandatory in HI-024 at 8)
  • HI-028 (HIDOT Harbors restatement of EO 21-07, Oct. 8, 2021, describing the rules applied at State harbors from Sept. 13)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Hawaii, 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

Bars and nightclubs closed by the Governor's Mar. 17, 2020 directive and the Third Supplementary Proclamation (Mar. 23; Ex. HI-004); restaurants confined to off-premises consumption Mar. 25 - June 2020 (Ex. HI-004, HI-007, HI-009); dine-in reopened by county under the State Roadmap (Oahu June 5, 2020) with capacity, spacing and mask rules under State-approved county orders through 2021; statewide 50 percent indoor capacity, seated service, six-foot spacing, no mingling and masks Aug. 10 - Nov. 12, 2021 (EO 21-05; Ex. HI-029 Exhibit F) and to Dec. 1, 2021 in counties without vaccination-proof programs (EO 21-08; Ex. HI-030); the proclamations suspended HRS 281 to permit liquor credit and to-go sales (Ex. HI-009 at V).

Retail

Non-listed retail ordered to 'cease' Mar. 25 - May 7, 2020 (Ex. HI-004, HI-007); retail and repair services and shopping malls designated low-risk and permitted to reopen from May 7, 2020 under guidelines (Ex. HI-008), with county timing (Oahu May 15); customer occupancy limits, six-foot spacing, sanitizer, signage and mandatory customer and employee face coverings from Apr. 16, 2020 (Ex. HI-006, HI-007 at III.D); statewide face covering Nov. 16, 2020 - Mar. 25, 2022 (Ex. HI-016 onward).

Personal care

Salons and barbers closed as non-essential Mar. 25 - mid-May 2020; reopened under the Rules Relating to Safety Guidelines for Barbers and Beauty Operators adopted with force of law from May 18, 2020 (Ex. HI-009 Exhibit I) and carried in every proclamation through Aug. 6, 2021 (Ex. HI-019 Exhibit G; HI-023 Exhibit F); face coverings required of customers and operators throughout.

Fitness and entertainment

Fitness centers, gyms, amusement rides, water parks, aquariums, zoos, museums, arcades, fairs, play centers, bowling alleys, movie and other theaters, concert halls and social clubs ordered 'closed to the public' Mar. 25 - June 2020 (Ex. HI-004 at I.C; HI-007 at III.C; HI-009 at III.C); reopened by county tier under the Roadmap; gyms and 'high-risk activities' capped at 50 percent indoor capacity statewide Aug. 10 - Nov. 12, 2021 (EO 21-05) and Dec. 1, 2021 (EO 21-08).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Hotels permitted 'to the extent used for lodging and delivery or carry-out food services' (Ex. HI-004 at I.A.23); every arriving guest subject to 14-day (10-day from Dec. 17, 2020) mandatory quarantine in the hotel room from Mar. 26, 2020 (Ex. HI-003, HI-007 at IV, HI-018), with the Safe Travels test exception from Oct. 15, 2020 and vaccination exceptions from June 15 / July 8, 2021; every hotel operator required to adopt, publish and file a COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan and to house guests who test positive or are close contacts (Ex. HI-023 at III.C; HI-024 at II.B); county short-term-rental bans (metro file).

Offices and telework

Telework mandate: persons could travel to essential businesses only 'to the extent that such businesses or operations cannot be conducted through remote technology from homes or places of residence' (Ex. HI-004 at I.A; restated Ex. HI-007 at III.A, HI-008 at III.A, HI-009 at III.A) Mar. 25 - June 30, 2020; non-essential businesses limited to 'minimum basic operations' including 'the minimum necessary activities to facilitate employees of the business being able to continue to work remotely'; DOE employees ordered to remote work from Mar. 19, 2020 (Ex. HI-049); State facilities closed to unvaccinated, untested contractors and visitors from Sept. 13, 2021 (EO 21-07; Ex. HI-027, HI-028); desk-work mask exception only where not in a shared area (Ex. HI-016 Exhibit J).

Manufacturing

Manufacturing permitted only for 'critical products and industries' or to supply essential businesses (Ex. HI-004 at I.A.21 and I.A.15) Mar. 25 - May 2020; other manufacturing ordered to 'cease' or limited to minimum basic operations; telework clause applied; face coverings and distancing thereafter; supply chain reached by the trans-Pacific quarantine on all arriving persons through Mar. 25, 2022.

Construction

Building and construction trades listed as essential 'critical trades' and permitted to operate under the six-foot, sanitizer and signage requirements throughout the stay-at-home period (Ex. HI-004 at I.A.10); county permitting suspensions under HRS ch. 46 (Ex. HI-007 at V); EO 20-02 suspended public-works wage provisions for COVID-19 contracts; face coverings and gathering caps applied to job sites under the county orders.

Real estate

Real estate, appraisal and title services listed as essential professional services (Ex. HI-004 at I.A.19) but subject to the telework clause and to county showing rules; Rules Relating to Notaries Public adopted to suspend requirements of close physical contact (Ex. HI-007 Exhibit F; carried to HI-023 Exhibit D); eviction moratorium Apr. 16, 2020 - Aug. 6, 2021 (Ex. HI-006 at II; HI-023 at V suspending HRS ch. 521); judicial and non-judicial foreclosure declaration requirement from June 25, 2020 (Ex. HI-039).

Hospitals and long-term care

EO 20-05 directives to increase beds, preserve PPE and postpone elective procedures (Ex. HI-007 Exhibit A); Health Care Immunities rules through 2021; EO 21-06 (Sept. 1, 2021; Ex. HI-026) crisis-standards framework and immunities during the Delta surge; DOH quarantine authority over cases and close contacts under HRS 321-1 and 325-8 recited in every 2021 proclamation (Ex. HI-019 at 7; HI-024 at 8); OHCA visitor-restriction guidance (not saved).

Dental and elective health care

Executive Order 20-05 (Apr. 2020), restated in the Sixth Supplementary Proclamation (Ex. HI-007 Exhibit A), directed all health care facilities and professionals (expressly including dentists licensed under HRS ch. 448) to render assistance, which 'includes cancelling or postponing elective surgeries and procedures'; elective procedures resumed under the Sixth Supplementary Proclamation (Apr. 25, 2020) as hospitals had capacity; the Rules Relating to Immunities for Health Care Practices were carried in every proclamation through 2021 (Ex. HI-019 Exhibit A; HI-023 Exhibit A); face coverings required of patients except when the service requires access to the nose or mouth (Ex. HI-016 Exhibit J).

Schools

DOE (a single statewide district) extended spring break Mar. 16-18, 2020, closed offices and schools and moved employees to remote work from Mar. 19, 2020 (Ex. HI-049, HI-073), kept campuses closed with distance learning through May 28, 2020 (Ex. HI-050); fall 2020 opened Aug. 17 with distance learning for the first four weeks and benchmark-based transition to blended learning from Sept. 17, 2020 (Ex. HI-048); 2021-22 in-person from Aug. 3, 2021 with masks required indoors for all students and staff and quarantine of unvaccinated close contacts (Ex. HI-043, HI-044, HI-045, HI-047); all DOE employees under the Aug. 5, 2021 attestation-and-testing proclamation (Ex. HI-046). Indoor school mask requirement ended Aug. 1, 2022.

Child care

Child care permitted only 'for the children of employees exempted by this Order' Mar. 25 - May 5, 2020 (Ex. HI-004 at I.A.20); Rules Relating to Child Care Services Under Chapter 17-798.2 adopted with force of law from Apr. 25, 2020 and carried in every proclamation (Ex. HI-007 Exhibit E; HI-019 Exhibit C; HI-023 Exhibit C); DHS licensing rules suspended in part (Ex. HI-009 at V).

Worship and gatherings

Any gathering of more than ten people prohibited Mar. 25 - June 30, 2020 (Ex. HI-004, HI-007, HI-009); gathering caps set thereafter by State-approved county orders under the Roadmap; statewide caps of 10 indoors and 25 outdoors on social gatherings Aug. 10 - Dec. 1, 2021 (EO 21-05, EO 21-08; Ex. HI-029 Exhibit F, HI-030, HI-054); professional events over 50 required county consultation.

Courts and public offices

Supreme Court orders in SCMF-20-0000152: in-person appearances limited and trials postponed from Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. HI-032); courthouses closed to the public Mar. 23 - Apr. 30, 2020 (Ex. HI-033); trials postponed to after May 29, 2020 (Ex. HI-034, HI-035); jury trials postponed to after Aug. 31 (Ex. HI-038), Oct. 2 (Ex. HI-042) and, in the First Circuit, Dec. 11, 2020 (Ex. HI-060); facility entry screening, travel exclusions and face masks (Ex. HI-058, HI-062, HI-066); operations orders extended through Feb. 14, 2021 and beyond (Ex. HI-061, HI-063, HI-064, HI-065, HI-067); all jury trials postponed to after Oct. 4, 2021 (Ex. HI-068) and Nov. 16, 2021 (Ex. HI-069); driver's license and State ID expirations extended by proclamation (Ex. HI-019 Exhibit I); county DMV and clerk closures in the metro file.

Travel and quarantine

14-day mandatory self-quarantine for every person entering the State from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020 (Ex. HI-003), enforced by an Order for Self-Quarantine served on each arrival (Ex. HI-031) and by misdemeanor penalties; interisland quarantine Apr. 1 - June 15, 2020 (Ex. HI-005, HI-010), reinstated for neighbor islands Aug. 11, 2020 (Ex. HI-057) to 11:59 p.m. June 14, 2021 (Ex. HI-023); Safe Travels pre-travel negative test exception Oct. 15, 2020 (Ex. HI-014), result required before departure Nov. 24, 2020 (Ex. HI-017); 10 days from Dec. 17, 2020 (Ex. HI-018); vaccination exceptions May 11 (intercounty; Ex. HI-021), June 15 (in-State vaccinated; Ex. HI-023) and July 8, 2021 (all domestic); regime continued to Mar. 26, 2022 (Ex. HI-055).

Face coverings

Customers and customer-facing employees of essential businesses required to wear face coverings from Apr. 16-17, 2020 (Ex. HI-006 at I.C.5; HI-007 at III.D.5; HI-009); county mask orders approved by the Governor July - Nov. 2020 (Ex. HI-013 at III.B; HI-015 at III.B); Statewide Face Covering Requirement from Nov. 16, 2020 ('All individuals shall wear face coverings over their noses and mouths when in public settings'; Ex. HI-016 Exhibit J; HI-019 Exhibit J; HI-023 Exhibit I; HI-024 Exhibit A; HI-029 Exhibit A); outdoor requirement lifted where six feet kept May 25, 2021; indoor requirement ended 11:59 p.m. Mar. 25, 2022 (Ex. HI-055).

Vaccination mandates

All State and county employees required to attest vaccination status and, if not fully vaccinated, to test once or twice weekly from Aug. 16, 2021, on pain of discipline up to termination (Ex. HI-024 at III; DOE implementation Ex. HI-046); contractors and visitors entering State facilities required to show vaccination or a negative test from Sept. 13, 2021 (EO 21-07; Ex. HI-027; HIDOT restatement Ex. HI-028; Delta Proclamation Exhibit E, Ex. HI-029); EO 21-08 removed indoor capacity limits only in counties requiring vaccination or a 48-hour negative test for entry (Ex. HI-030); no statewide health-care-worker mandate was issued by Hawaii (facilities and counties acted; the federal CMS rule is in the Federal file).

Standing duties

The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of Hawaii 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 Hawaii duties →

Hawaii bound every person and every employer to the pandemic protocols through four standing bodies of law that operated whether or not any particular proclamation named the employer. First, the Emergency Management Act, HRS chapter 127A: section 127A-25 lets the Governor adopt rules that 'have the force and effect of law'; section 127A-29 makes violation of any such rule a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 or a year in prison, or both; section 127A-13(a)(1) authorizes quarantine, the closing of property and the summary abatement of public nuisances; section 127A-12(b)(14) authorizes restriction of 'the congregation of the public.' Every COVID-19 proclamation from March 23, 2020 to October 1, 2021 invoked those sections and recited the penalty (Ex. HI-004 at 8; Ex. HI-023 at 6; Ex. HI-024 at 4). Second, the communicable-disease statutes: HRS section 321-1(c) gives the Department of Health authority 'in matters of quarantine' and section 321-1(f) commands every sheriff, police officer and county officer to 'enforce the rules of the department'; section 325-8 defines quarantine as 'compulsory physical separation' by order of the Department or a court and makes disobedience a misdemeanor; section 325-14 and section 321-18 make violation of any Department rule a misdemeanor; HAR section 11-156-5 orders every person diagnosed or provisionally diagnosed with a listed communicable disease to 'remain in the person's residence' for the prescribed period, and the Department states the rule as 'exclusion from school and workplace.' Every proclamation from February 2021 recited the Department's independent authority 'pursuant to sections 321-1 and 325-8, HRS, to require persons to quarantine if they test positive for COVID-19 or if they are a close contact' (Ex. HI-019 at 5; Ex. HI-024 at 6). Third, the workplace duty: HRS section 396-6(a) requires every employer to furnish 'a place of employment which are safe as well as free from recognized hazards' and forbids any employer to 'permit or suffer any employee to go or be in any... place of employment which is not free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm'; HAR section 12-60-2(a)(1) requires every employer to 'do everything reasonable and necessary to protect the life, safety, and health of the employees' and section 12-60-2(b)(2)(A) to 'eliminate or control all existing and potential hazards within the workplace in a timely manner'; HIOSH adopted the federal COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard as HAR section 12-60-51, in force July 25, 2021 to January 25, 2022, after a statutory finding of 'grave danger,' and issued inspection procedures (DIR 2021-02) and a COVID-19 national emphasis program (DIR 2021-03). Fourth, the sanitary code: HRS chapter 322 commands the Department to examine 'all causes of sickness or disease' and to 'cause the same to be abated, destroyed, removed, or prevented,' with notice to owners to abate at their own expense, administrative penalties of up to $10,000 per offense and injunctive relief; the Food Safety Code, HAR chapter 11-50, requires the person in charge of every food establishment to exclude or restrict symptomatic food employees and lets the Department close an establishment by summary suspension of its permit. Hawaii enacted no general COVID-19 liability shield for businesses; the House asked the Legislative Reference Bureau to study the subject in March 2021 (H.R. No. 60), and the only immunity conferred was the health-care immunity of Executive Orders 20-05 and 21-06 and the Rules Relating to Immunities for Health Care Practices, conditioned on facilities and professionals that 'in good faith comply completely with all state and federal orders regarding this emergency' (Ex. HI-007 Exhibit A; Ex. HI-023 Exhibit A; Ex. HI-026). The proclamations themselves made continued operation conditional: from July 17, 2020 through the end of the period every proclamation ordered that 'All persons shall comply with applicable... guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as... State, county, industry and regulatory requirements for safe practices' (Ex. HI-011 at 4; Ex. HI-016 at 5; Ex. HI-023 at 5; Ex. HI-024 at 3; Ex. HI-029 at 4), the Roadmap provided that 'In all cases, businesses and operations must follow applicable CDC, industry and regulatory guidelines related to COVID-19 prior to opening' (Ex. HI-011 Exhibit F), and every hotel operator 'shall adopt a COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan' that 'shall address all applicable guidance from the CDC' (Ex. HI-016 at 5). The verb throughout is 'shall' or 'must'; the Department of Health's own sector guidance of May 21, 2020 used 'are encouraged' and 'recommended' for operators and 'required' for customer face coverings, and its legal force came from the Roadmap and the Safe Practices clause that incorporated it. The federal district court held on July 2, 2020 that violation of the quarantine and of the stay-at-home provisions 'is a misdemeanor' and that the proclamations bear 'a real or substantial relation to the public health crisis' (Carmichael v. Ige); the Intermediate Court of Appeals held on February 25, 2022 that the Act confers 'comprehensive powers,' that its rules carry misdemeanor penalties of up to $5,000 and one year, and that the Governor's successive proclamations were lawful (For Our Rights v. Ige); the Attorney General announced the circuit court's October 15, 2020 ruling that the statute's purpose 'is to confer comprehensive powers to protect the public and save lives' and stated that 'the Governor's emergency proclamations are lawful' and that residents and visitors were to continue 'to follow these rules' (News Release 2020-92).

By character

  • 4 Agency position statement
  • 3 Sanitary code duty
  • 2 Adjudication
  • 2 Covid workplace rule
  • 2 Workplace duty
  • 1 Guidance incorporated
  • 1 Not enacted
  • 1 Order penalty
  • 1 Recommendation only
  • 1 Statutory authority
  • 1 Statutory duty

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ExhibitInstrumentIssuerLevelEffectiveEndQuartersLimitationsSourceFile
Ex. HI-001Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)Proclamation declaring a state of emergency to support ongoing State and county responses to COVID-19Governor David Y. IgeStateMar. 4, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 540 KB
Ex. HI-002Supplementary Proclamation (First)Supplementary Proclamation suspending certain laws to enable State and county responses to COVID-19Governor David Y. IgeStateMar. 16, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationOtherPrimary source readPDF 497 KB
Ex. HI-032Order, In the Matter of the Judiciary's Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak, SCMF-20-0000152Order limiting in-person appearances and postponing trials (Mar. 16, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice Mark E. RecktenwaldCourtMar. 17, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 235 KB
Ex. HI-049HIDOE employee notice, COVID-19 Update: Remote WorkHIDOE notice: employees to begin remote work March 19, schools to close March 30 (Mar. 18, 2020)Hawaii State Department of EducationStateMar. 19, 2020May 28, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 360 KB
Ex. HI-073Memorandum, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparation and ResponseHIDOE memorandum, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparation and Response (Mar. 19, 2020)Hawaii State Department of EducationStateMar. 19, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 2.6 MB
Ex. HI-033Order Directing Courthouse Closures, SCMF-20-0000152Order closing all judiciary facilities to the public except for official court business (Mar. 20, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtMar. 23, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 223 KB
Ex. HI-004Third Supplementary ProclamationThird Supplementary Proclamation (statewide Stay at Home / Work from Home order)Governor David Y. IgeStateMar. 25, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 213 KB
Ex. HI-003Second Supplementary Proclamation and Rules Relating to COVID-19Second Supplementary Proclamation implementing a mandatory self-quarantine for all persons entering the StateGovernor David Y. IgeStateMar. 26, 2020Mar. 25, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 481 KB
Ex. HI-071Commissioner's Memorandum 2020-3I, Request Regarding Policyholders Affected by COVID-19Insurance Commissioner's Memorandum 2020-3I to all admitted and non-admitted insurers (grace periods, no…Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Colin M. Hayashida, Insurance Division, Department of Commerce and Consumer AffairsSector regulatorMar. 27, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source readPDF 141 KB
Ex. HI-005Fourth Supplementary ProclamationFourth Supplementary Proclamation implementing a mandatory self-quarantine for all persons traveling between…Governor David Y. IgeStateApr. 1, 2020June 16, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 486 KB
Ex. HI-006Fifth Supplementary ProclamationFifth Supplementary Proclamation implementing enhanced safe practices and an eviction moratoriumGovernor David Y. IgeStateApr. 16, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source readPDF 510 KB
Ex. HI-034Order Regarding Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing trials to dates after May 29, 2020 (Apr. 17, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtApr. 17, 2020May 29, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 285 KB
Ex. HI-050Memorandum, COVID-19 School Closure Procedures for School Year 2019-20HIDOE memorandum on school closure procedures for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year (Apr. 24, 2020)Hawaii State Department of Education (Superintendent Kishimoto)StateApr. 24, 2020May 28, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source readPDF 138 KB
Ex. HI-007Sixth Supplementary Proclamation (Apr. 25, 2020), Exhibit FSixth Supplementary Proclamation (restated stay-at-home order, travel and interisland quarantines, beach…Governor David Y. IgeStateApr. 26, 2020May 31, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.0 MB
Ex. HI-035Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending the Mar. 16 and Mar. 20 orders through May 29, 2020, expanding remote proceedings and…Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtApr. 27, 2020May 29, 20202020 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 371 KB
Ex. HI-072Commissioner's Memorandum 2020-4A, Waivers of Certain Requirements for Insurers, Instructions, and GuidelinesInsurance Commissioner's Memorandum 2020-4A (COVID-19 accommodations not treated as unfair trade practices…Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Colin M. HayashidaSector regulatorApr. 27, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source readPDF 89 KB
Ex. HI-075Hawaii COVID-19 Daily News Digest, May 5, 2020State JIC digest describing the Seventh Supplementary Proclamation and 'Safer at Home' (May 5, 2020)Hawaii COVID-19 Joint Information Center (State of Hawaii)StateMay 5, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closurePrimary source readPDF 288 KB
Ex. HI-008Seventh Supplementary ProclamationSeventh Supplementary Proclamation ('Safer at Home' order; Phase 1 reopening of designated low-risk…Governor David Y. IgeStateMay 7, 2020May 31, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1010 KB
Ex. HI-074Press reproduction, Governor David Ige unveils 7th Supplemental Proclamation (complete text)Maui Now: complete text of the Seventh Supplementary Proclamation with county reopening notes (May 5, 2020)Maui Now (reproducing the Governor's Seventh Supplementary Proclamation)StateMay 7, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 5.0 MB
Ex. HI-009Eighth Supplementary ProclamationEighth Supplementary Proclamation ('Act with Care' order; State Roadmap to Recovery and Resilience; barbers…Governor David Y. IgeStateMay 18, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 220 KB
Ex. HI-036Order Regarding Jury Trials and Grand Juries, SCMF-20-0000152Order regarding jury trials and grand juries (May 22, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtMay 22, 2020June 23, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 97 KB
Ex. HI-037Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (May 28, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtMay 28, 2020July 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 163 KB
Ex. HI-010Ninth Supplementary ProclamationNinth Supplementary Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency (interisland quarantine lifted June 16…Governor David Y. IgeStateJune 10, 2020July 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.8 MB
Ex. HI-053Release, Governor Ige lifting quarantine requirement for interisland travel on June 16HIDOT release: interisland quarantine lifted effective June 16, 2020; thermal screening and health form…Hawaii Department of Transportation (Office of the Governor release)StateJune 16, 2020Aug. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Travel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 149 KB
Ex. HI-038Order Regarding Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing all jury trials to dates after August 31, 2020 (June 23, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtJune 23, 2020Aug. 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 67 KB
Ex. HI-039Order Regarding Foreclosures, SCMF-20-0000152Order requiring a declaration in every judicial or non-judicial foreclosure and ejectment action that the…Supreme Court of HawaiiCourtJune 25, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source readPDF 215 KB
Ex. HI-011Tenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyTenth Proclamation (Roadmap-limited operation; health screening and self-quarantine for travelers; barbers…Governor David Y. IgeStateJuly 17, 2020Aug. 31, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.8 MB
Ex. HI-040Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (July 28, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtJuly 28, 2020Aug. 28, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 259 KB
Ex. HI-042Order Regarding Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing all jury trials to dates after October 2, 2020 (Aug. 5, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtAug. 5, 2020Oct. 2, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 196 KB
Ex. HI-058Order Regarding Entering Judiciary Facilities, SCMF-20-0000152Order restricting entry to judiciary facilities (screening; exclusion of recent travelers; face coverings)…Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtAug. 10, 2020Oct. 22, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 424 KB
Ex. HI-012Eleventh Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency Interisland Travel QuarantineEleventh Proclamation (14-day mandatory self-quarantine for travel to Kauai, Hawaii, Maui and Kalawao…Governor David Y. IgeStateAug. 11, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary sourceSource
Ex. HI-057Press reproduction of the Eleventh Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency Interisland Travel QuarantineMaui Now: Governor's 11th Supplementary Proclamation takes effect Aug. 11 (full text reproduced; Aug. 8, 2020)Maui Now (reproducing the Governor's Eleventh Proclamation)StateAug. 11, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 461 KB
Ex. HI-013Twelfth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyTwelfth Proclamation (emergency continued through Sept. 30, 2020; Roadmap; county face-covering orders…Governor David Y. IgeStateAug. 20, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.8 MB
Ex. HI-059Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Aug. 28, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtAug. 28, 2020Nov. 25, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 485 KB
Ex. HI-048News release, HIDOE schools will use new COVID-19 benchmarks to plan for gradual transition to blended learning modelsHIDOE release on the 2020-21 distance-learning posture and benchmark-based transition to blended learning…Hawaii State Department of EducationStateSept. 17, 2020Aug. 3, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source readPDF 163 KB
Ex. HI-014Thirteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyThirteenth Proclamation (Safe Travels pre-travel negative-test exception effective Oct. 15, 2020)Governor David Y. IgeStateSept. 22, 2020Oct. 31, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 602 KB
Ex. HI-060Order Regarding Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing First Circuit jury trials to dates after December 11, 2020 (Sept. 28, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtSept. 28, 2020Dec. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 216 KB
Ex. HI-015Fourteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyFourteenth Proclamation (Safe Travels, county masks, Roadmap; emergency through Nov. 30, 2020)Governor David Y. IgeStateOct. 13, 2020Nov. 30, 20202020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 635 KB
Ex. HI-016Fifteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyFifteenth Proclamation (Statewide Face Covering Requirement, Exhibit J; emergency through Dec. 31, 2020)Governor David Y. IgeStateNov. 16, 2020Sept. 30, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 693 KB
Ex. HI-017Sixteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencySixteenth Proclamation (Safe Travels test result required before departure from Nov. 24, 2020; statewide mask…Governor David Y. IgeStateNov. 24, 2020Dec. 31, 20202020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 757 KB
Ex. HI-061Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Nov. 25, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtNov. 25, 2020Dec. 23, 20202020 Q4Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 497 KB
Ex. HI-051News release, Hawaii Department of Health updates quarantine guidance based on review of CDC's new recommendationsDOH release reducing the quarantine period for persons exposed to COVID-19 from 14 to 10 days effective Dec.…Hawaii State Department of HealthStateDec. 4, 2020Aug. 18, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Quarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 194 KB
Ex. HI-018Seventeenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencySeventeenth Proclamation (travel and intercounty quarantines reduced to 10 days effective Dec. 17, 2020…Governor David Y. IgeStateDec. 17, 2020Feb. 14, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 746 KB
Ex. HI-062Second Amended Order Regarding Entering Judiciary Facilities, SCMF-20-0000152Second Amended Order restricting entry to judiciary facilities (travel-quarantine exclusions; face masks)…Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtDec. 22, 2020May 14, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 579 KB
Ex. HI-063Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions through Feb. 14, 2021 (Dec. 23, 2020)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtDec. 23, 2020Feb. 14, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 481 KB
Ex. HI-019Eighteenth Proclamation (Feb. 12, 2021), Exhibit IEighteenth Proclamation (statewide mask mandate Exhibit J; 10-day Safe Travels quarantine; Roadmap; county…Governor David Y. IgeStateFeb. 12, 2021Apr. 13, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 788 KB
Ex. HI-041Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152 (Dkt. 95)Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Feb. 12, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtFeb. 12, 2021Apr. 12, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 375 KB
Ex. HI-020Nineteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyNineteenth Proclamation (statewide face covering Exhibit I; 10-day quarantine; Roadmap; emergency through June…Governor David Y. IgeStateApr. 9, 2021June 8, 20212021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 955 KB
Ex. HI-064Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Apr. 12, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtApr. 12, 2021June 7, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 486 KB
Ex. HI-021Twentieth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Emergency Quarantine for Travel Between CountiesTwentieth Proclamation (vaccination exception to the intercounty quarantine for persons vaccinated in Hawaii…Governor David Y. IgeStateMay 11, 2021June 8, 20212021 Q2Travel and quarantineVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 2.9 MB
Ex. HI-022Amendment to the Nineteenth Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyAmendment to the Nineteenth Proclamation (outdoor face-covering requirement lifted where six feet of distance…Governor David Y. IgeStateMay 25, 2021June 8, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourceSource
Ex. HI-031Order for Self-Quarantine (traveler order form, 10-day version revised May 25, 2021)Order for Self-Quarantine served on persons entering the StateDirector of Emergency Management, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara)StateMay 25, 2021Mar. 26, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 119 KB
Ex. HI-023Twenty-First Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 EmergencyTwenty-First Proclamation (statewide face covering; Safe Travels 10-day quarantine with test and vaccination…Governor David Y. IgeStateJune 7, 2021Aug. 6, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source readPDF 800 KB
Ex. HI-065Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (June 7, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtJune 7, 2021Aug. 6, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 476 KB
Ex. HI-066Fifth Amended Order Regarding Entering Judiciary Facilities, SCMF-20-0000152Fifth Amended Order restricting entry to judiciary facilities (screening; travel exclusions; face coverings)…Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtJune 15, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 482 KB
Ex. HI-043COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidance for School Year 2021-22HIDOE COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidance for School Year 2021-22 (as of July 30, 2021)Hawaii State Department of Education (statewide school district; Superintendent Keith T. Hayashi (interim))StateAug. 3, 2021Aug. 1, 20222021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 520 KB
Ex. HI-044Guidance for K-12 Schools, COVID-19 (Last Revised July 30, 2021)DOH Guidance for K-12 Schools (2021-22 school year: masking, distancing, close-contact quarantine)Hawaii State Department of HealthStateAug. 3, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 426 KB
Ex. HI-047Memorandum, In-Person Learning for School Year 2021-22HIDOE memorandum directing full in-person learning from Aug. 3, 2021 with masking and distancing (May 14…Hawaii State Department of Education (Superintendent Christina M. Kishimoto)StateAug. 3, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 154 KB
Ex. HI-024Emergency Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 ResponseEmergency Proclamation Related to the COVID-19 Response (statewide face covering; Safe Travels quarantine…Governor David Y. IgeStateAug. 5, 2021Oct. 4, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source readPDF 374 KB
Ex. HI-067Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Aug. 6, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtAug. 6, 2021Oct. 1, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 424 KB
Ex. HI-025Executive Order No. 21-05Executive Order No. 21-05 (Statewide Limits for Social Gatherings, Restaurants, Bars, and Social…Governor David Y. IgeStateAug. 10, 2021Oct. 1, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 135 KB
Ex. HI-056Press report on Executive Order No. 21-05Star-Advertiser: Gov. Ige restricts indoor gatherings to 10 people and outdoor activities to 25; 50 percent…Honolulu Star-Advertiser (reporting the Governor's Aug. 10, 2021 executive order)StateAug. 10, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 166 KB
Ex. HI-046Memorandum, Attestation of COVID-19 Testing or VaccinationHIDOE memorandum implementing the Governor's vaccination-or-testing requirement for all DOE employees (Aug.…Hawaii State Department of Education (Interim Superintendent Keith T. Hayashi)StateAug. 16, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Schools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 95 KB
Ex. HI-068Order Postponing Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152Order postponing all jury trials statewide to dates after October 4, 2021 (Aug. 16, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtAug. 16, 2021Oct. 4, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 411 KB
Ex. HI-052COVID-19 Home Isolation and Quarantine Guidance (Updated August 18, 2021)DOH Home Isolation and Quarantine Guidance in force in Q3 2021 (10-day quarantine of close contacts; isolation…Hawaii State Department of Health, Disease Outbreak Control DivisionStateAug. 18, 2021Jan. 20, 20222021 Q3Quarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 233 KB
Ex. HI-045Presentation on Opening Schools, General Business Meeting, Aug. 19, 2021BOE Presentation on Opening Schools, School Year 2021-22 (in-person learning; masks; vaccination…Hawaii State Board of Education / Department of EducationStateAug. 19, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 1.6 MB
Ex. HI-026Executive Order No. 21-06Executive Order No. 21-06 (Healthcare Facilities and Professionals: crisis standards of care framework and…Governor David Y. IgeStateSept. 1, 2021Oct. 1, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 93 KB
Ex. HI-027Executive Order No. 21-07Executive Order No. 21-07 (Access to State Property: vaccination or negative test for contractors and visitors…Governor David Y. IgeStateSept. 13, 2021Oct. 1, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 165 KB
Ex. HI-069First Extension of Order Postponing Jury Trials, SCMF-20-0000152First Extension postponing all jury trials to dates after November 16, 2021 (Sept. 29, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtSept. 29, 2021Nov. 16, 20212021 Q3Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 435 KB
Ex. HI-029Emergency Proclamation Related to the State's COVID-19 Delta ResponseDelta Response Proclamation (statewide face covering; Safe Travels; employee vaccination and testing; Rules…Governor David Y. IgeStateOct. 1, 2021Nov. 30, 2021Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 2.3 MB
Ex. HI-070Order Regarding Judiciary Operations, SCMF-20-0000152Order extending judiciary operations restrictions (Oct. 1, 2021)Supreme Court of Hawaii, Chief Justice RecktenwaldCourtOct. 1, 2021not datedFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 423 KB
Ex. HI-028Harbor Master Notice HMN-M 01.22R, Restatement of EO 21-07 (Access to State Property)Restatement of EO 21-07, Harbor Master Notice, Maui District, revised October 8, 2021Hawaii Department of Transportation, Harbors Division (Maui District)Sector regulatorOct. 8, 2021Mar. 25, 2022Courts and public officesVaccination or testingSupply chainPrimary source readPDF 476 KB
Ex. HI-030Executive Order No. 21-08Executive Order No. 21-08 (Statewide Limits for Social Gatherings, Restaurants, Bars, Social Establishments…Governor David Y. IgeStateNov. 12, 2021Nov. 30, 2021Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 811 KB
Ex. HI-054Press report, State to drop social gathering and restaurant spacing limits, leaving rules up to countiesHPR report of Nov. 23, 2021: statewide gathering caps and restaurant spacing end Dec. 1, 2021; indoor mask…Hawaii Public Radio (reporting the Governor's and mayors' Nov. 23, 2021 announcement)StateDec. 1, 2021—Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 195 KB
Ex. HI-055Report, Final statewide mask requirement ended in Hawaii March 26Ballotpedia News: Hawaii's statewide indoor mask requirement ended March 26, 2022 after 704 days, the last in…Ballotpedia News (reporting the Governor's Mar. 8, 2022 announcement)StateMar. 26, 2022—Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 129 KB

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Metros in Hawaii

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

Honolulu and the Hawaiian countiesHNL · 94 instruments · 23 in force in 2021 Q3Metro HNL: City and County of Honolulu (Oahu), Maui County, Hawaii County, Kauai County.