The States

Louisiana

Name: Louisiana: governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The Louisiana file holds 81 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 78 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 248 records in the Library resolve to Louisiana in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code LAFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. LA-003End of general restrictions May 26, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 14Primary source read 76 Confirmed from a secondary source 5

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The record in brief

Louisiana ran one of the longest continuous statewide COVID-19 regimes in the South. Governor John Bel Edwards declared a statewide public health emergency in Proclamation 25 JBE 2020 on March 11, 2020 under the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act, La. R.S. 29:721 et seq., and the Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act, La. R.S. 29:760 et seq., and renewed it without interruption in roughly monthly proclamations through the whole claim period (it lapsed only on March 16, 2022). Every proclamation carried the force of law under La. R.S. 29:724(A), was enforceable by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the State Fire Marshal, and exposed violators to the misdemeanor penalty of La. R.S. 29:724(E) (fine up to $500 or up to six months in parish jail, or both). 2020 Q2 (with the March 13-31 run-up): 27 JBE 2020 (Mar. 13) banned gatherings of 250 or more and closed every public school to students; 30 JBE 2020 (Mar. 16) cut gatherings to 50, ordered all casinos, video poker establishments, movie theaters, bars, bowling alleys and fitness centers and gyms statewide to 'cease operations completely' from 12:00 a.m. March 17, confined restaurants, cafes and coffee shops to takeout, drive-thru and delivery, suspended legal deadlines statewide and authorized local curfews; 33 JBE 2020 (Mar. 22) placed 'all individuals within the state of Louisiana' under 'a general stay-at-home order' from 5:00 p.m. March 23, closed every place of public amusement, every personal care and grooming business and every mall, required every business outside the CISA lists to 'reduce operations to continue with minimum contact with members of the public and essential employees,' capped gatherings at 10 and closed all State office buildings to the public. The stay-at-home order was extended to April 30 (41 JBE 2020, Apr. 2) and to May 15 (52 JBE 2020, Apr. 30); 47 JBE 2020 (Apr. 15) closed school facilities to students for the rest of the 2019-2020 year; 38 JBE 2020 (Mar. 31) limited funerals and graveside services to 10 attendees; the Louisiana Department of Health's State Health Officer prohibited all routine, non-essential dental visits (Notice DENTAL PROVIDER-004, Mar. 17), restricted medical and surgical procedures (Notices ALL-006 and ALL-007, Mar. 18 and 21, superseded by ALL-010 of Apr. 20, effective Apr. 27) and closed commercial body art and tanning facilities (Mar. 21); the Supreme Court continued every jury trial and confined courts to emergency matters (orders of Mar. 16, 20, 23 and Apr. 6); and the Commissioner of Insurance froze policy cancellations and nonrenewals from March 12 to May 12 (Emergency Rule 40). Phase 1 (58 JBE 2020, effective May 15) reopened restaurants, salons, malls, churches, casinos and gyms at 25 percent occupancy with mandatory employee face coverings and kept amusement venues, massage and tattoo establishments and bars without food permits closed; the Supreme Court barred any jury trial before June 30 and capped courthouses at 25 percent. Phase 2 (74 JBE 2020, effective June 5; renewed by 83 JBE 2020 on June 25 with a 250-person indoor crowd cap) raised most sectors to 50 percent and let bars without food permits open at 25 percent. 2020 Q3: 89 JBE 2020 (July 11, effective July 13) imposed the statewide face-covering order, closed every bar to on-premises consumption and cut crowds to 50 indoors and outdoors; those measures were renewed unchanged by 96, 101 and 110 JBE 2020 through September 11, and the Eastern District of Louisiana refused to enjoin the bar closure in 4 Aces Enterprises v. Edwards (Aug. 17, 2020). Phase 3 (117 JBE 2020, effective Sept. 11; 123 JBE 2020 amendment of Sept. 17) raised most sectors to 75 percent but kept casinos at 50 percent, event centers at 50 percent or 250, crowds at 50 percent or 250, on-premises alcohol service to 8 a.m.-11 p.m., bars closed except in parishes at or below 5 percent positivity that opted in (25 percent or 50 patrons), and the mask order statewide; the LDH State Health Officer ordered every nursing facility to follow CMS QSO-20-39-NH visitation rules (Sept. 18) and every PK-12 school to report cases (Sept. 1); BESE's emergency rule of July 14 fixed school group sizes at 10/25/50 by phase and required face coverings for adults and grades 3-12. 2020 Q4: Phase 3 was renewed (134 JBE 2020, Oct. 8; 143 JBE 2020, Oct. 22; 158 JBE 2020, Nov. 5); a petition signed by a majority of the House of Representatives on October 23, 2020 purporting to terminate the emergency under La. R.S. 29:768(B) was declared unenforceable by the 19th Judicial District Court on November 12, 2020 and the regime continued without interruption; on November 24 the State stepped back to Modified Phase 2 (168 JBE 2020, effective Nov. 25): 50 percent occupancy for restaurants, retail, salons, gyms and malls, crowds capped at 25 percent or 75 indoors and 150 outdoors, bars closed indoors except in opted-in parishes at or below 5 percent positivity, alcohol service ended at 11 p.m., athletic events at 25 percent, event centers at 25 percent or 75, and the statewide mask order. 2021 Q1: Modified Phase 2 was renewed through March 3 (209 JBE 2020, Dec. 22; 6 JBE 2021, Jan. 12; 17 JBE 2021, Feb. 10), and from January 13, 2021 the proclamations ordered every State and local office to 'develop or continue plans to allow for employees to work remotely to the extent practical' and 'strongly encouraged' every business to do the same; the Supreme Court barred jury trials statewide from January 11 to April 1, 2021. Phase 3 resumed March 3 (29 JBE 2021: 75 percent; bars 25 percent or 250; crowds 250 indoors; alcohol to 11 p.m.; masks), and on March 31 (66 JBE 2021) most capacity limits ended but event centers, sporting events and conventions stayed at 50 percent, indoor crowds at 500, and the mask order stayed statewide. 2021 Q2: 79 JBE 2021 (Apr. 27, effective Apr. 28) lifted the general mask order but kept masks on public conveyances, in State offices (opt-out) and in every early childhood, K-12 and postsecondary institution, and kept 75 percent caps (100 percent with masks) on athletic events, event centers, theaters and conventions; 85 JBE 2021 (May 14) freed State offices; 93 JBE 2021 (May 25, effective May 26) ended the last capacity and crowd rules, ended school masks at the close of the 2020-2021 academic year, and kept masks on public conveyances and in correctional institutions; the LDH released its medical, surgical and dental procedure orders effective May 24, 2021. 2021 Q3: the emergency was renewed on June 22 (117 JBE 2021, to July 21) and July 21 (131 JBE 2021, to Aug. 18) with the conveyance mask rule, the correctional mask rule, the high-risk stay-home directive and the State-employee remote-work and quarantine guidelines; on August 2, 2021, 137 JBE 2021 reinstated a statewide indoor mask mandate for every person five and older 'when indoors in any place outside of a private residence,' effective August 4, enforced by citations against businesses and organizations that fail to enforce it; 167 JBE 2021 (Aug. 31) extended it to September 29 and 181 JBE 2021 (Sept. 28) to October 27, so the mandate was in force on every day from August 4 through September 30, 2021 and beyond; 145, 168 and 182 JBE 2021 carried the emergency suspensions; the Commissioner of Insurance issued Emergency Rule 46 (Aug. 12, effective Aug. 9) on hospital surge transfers; the LDH's August 3, 2021 school decision tree fixed 10-day isolation and quarantine rules for K-12 schools. The general mask mandate ended October 27, 2021 (203 JBE 2021), which kept masks in K-12 schools unless a system adopted the LDH quarantine protocol. Louisiana never preempted local orders: every mitigation proclamation preserved local authority to be stricter, and New Orleans was stricter throughout. Louisiana issued no travel-quarantine order and no statewide health-care-worker or State-employee vaccination mandate in the claim period.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Louisiana 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.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Stay-at-home order in force statewide (33 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-005; extended to Apr. 30 by 41 JBE 2020 on Apr. 2, Ex. LA-007); gatherings of 10 or more postponed or cancelled; casinos, video poker, movie theaters, bars, bowling alleys, gyms closed and restaurants takeout-only (30 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-003); places of public amusement, personal care and grooming businesses and malls closed; all non-CISA businesses reduced to minimum contact with the public and essential employees (33 JBE 2020 §§ 4-5); State office buildings closed to the public; public schools closed (27 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-002); funerals limited to 10 (38 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-006); routine dental care prohibited (LDH Notice DENTAL PROVIDER-004, Ex. LA-051); medical and surgical procedures restricted (LDH Notices ALL-006/007, recited in Ex. LA-043); body art and tanning facilities closed (LDH order of Mar. 21, recited in Ex. LA-049); nursing home visitation barred (LDH Notices ALL-002 and NURSING FACILITIES-005, recited in Ex. LA-049); jury trials continued and courts limited to emergency matters (LASC Mar. 16, 20, 23 orders, Exs. LA-059, LA-060; Apr. 6 order, Ex. LA-061); legal deadlines suspended (30 JBE 2020 § 5; 41 JBE 2020 § 5); insurance cancellations and nonrenewals frozen (LDI Emergency Rule 40, Ex. LA-055).	Phase 2 in force (74 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-012, renewed June 25 by 83 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-013, to July 24): restaurants, salons, malls, churches, casinos, gyms and all other businesses at 50 percent occupancy; bars without food permits at 25 percent; waiting areas closed; buffets closed; every owner or employee with public contact required to wear a face covering; places of public amusement, concert and music halls, fairs and festivals closed; 250-person indoor crowd cap (83 JBE 2020 § 2(H)); LDH Notice ALL-020 conditions on medical, surgical and dental procedures (Ex. LA-045); LDH child-care group sizes 25 in Phase 2 (Ex. LA-052); Supreme Court: no jury trial before June 30 and courthouses at 50 percent (Exs. LA-062, LA-063); State Fire Marshal Open Safely Phase 2 guidance incorporated by reference (Exs. LA-076, LA-077, LA-081).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Phase 2 (83 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-013): 50 percent occupancy; 250 indoor crowd cap; employee face coverings; amusement venues closed; LDH ALL-020 procedure conditions extended until further notice (July 2 order, Ex. LA-046).	Phase 3 (117 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-018, as amended by 123 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-019): 75 percent occupancy for restaurants, salons, malls, churches, gyms and other businesses; casinos 50 percent; athletic events 25 percent; event centers 50 percent or 250; crowds 50 percent or 250 indoors and outdoors; bars closed to on-premises consumption except in opted-in parishes at or below 5 percent positivity (25 percent or 50 patrons, closed by 11 p.m.); on-premises alcohol service 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; statewide face-covering order without parish opt-out; LDH nursing home visitation order (Sept. 18, Ex. LA-050); LDH school reporting order (Sept. 1, Ex. LA-053); BESE school standards: groups of 50, buses 75 percent, masks grades 3-12 (Ex. LA-072); State Fire Marshal Phase 3 guidance (Ex. LA-079); ATC Phase 3 guidance (Ex. LA-069).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Phase 3 as above (117/123 JBE 2020; renewed Oct. 8 by 134 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-020, to Nov. 6).	Modified Phase 2 (168 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-023; renewed Dec. 22 by 209 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-025, to Jan. 13, 2021): 50 percent occupancy for restaurants, retail, malls, salons, gyms, casinos and all other businesses; churches 75 percent; athletic events 25 percent; event centers 25 percent or 75; crowds 25 percent capped at 75 indoors and 150 outdoors; bars closed indoors except opted-in parishes at or below 5 percent (25 percent or 50 patrons); alcohol service 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; amusement venues closed; statewide face-covering order; Supreme Court courthouses 50 percent (Ex. LA-063 regime); State Fire Marshal Revised Phase 2 guidance (Ex. LA-080); ATC Return to Revised Phase 2 (Ex. LA-070).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Modified Phase 2 as above (209 JBE 2020, Ex. LA-025).	Phase 3 as eased by 66 JBE 2021 (Ex. LA-029, effective Mar. 31): capacity limits lifted for restaurants, retail, salons, gyms, casinos and other businesses but waiting areas and lobbies closed and buffets self-service closed; athletic events 50 percent; event centers 50 percent or 500; conventions 50 percent with State Fire Marshal plan; indoor crowds capped at 500; bars seated service only; fairs and festivals require SFM plan approval; statewide face-covering order in force; Supreme Court: no jury trial before Apr. 1, 2021 (Ex. LA-065); remote-work clause for public offices and businesses in force Jan. 13-Mar. 31 (6, 17, 29 JBE 2021, Exs. LA-026, LA-027, LA-028).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	66 JBE 2021 regime (Ex. LA-029): 50 percent caps on events, sports and conventions; 500 indoor crowd cap; statewide masks; lobbies and waiting areas closed.	93 JBE 2021 (Ex. LA-032, effective May 26) as renewed by 117 JBE 2021 (Ex. LA-034, June 22): general capacity, crowd and business rules ended; face coverings required on public conveyances and in correctional institutions; K-12 masks ended with the 2020-2021 academic year and left to local education agencies; high-risk persons directed to stay home except enumerated activities (unless fully vaccinated); LDH procedure orders released May 24 (Ex. LA-047); State emergency suspensions in force (94 JBE 2021, Ex. LA-033; 118 JBE 2021 of June 22, 2021, effective June 23-July 21, read but not saved); BESE minimum standards expired June 30, 2021 (Ex. LA-073).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Statewide public health emergency in force (117 JBE 2021, Ex. LA-034, to July 21): high-risk stay-home directive; face coverings on public conveyances and in correctional institutions; State offices encourage masks for unvaccinated; local authority to impose stricter measures preserved; State-employee quarantine and remote-work guidelines and legal-deadline, licensing and procurement suspensions in force (118 JBE 2021); LDH nursing home visitation and school reporting orders in force; no capacity or crowd limits.	Statewide indoor mask mandate in force for every person aged five and older in every place outside a private residence, enforced by citation against businesses and organizations that fail to enforce it (137 JBE 2021, Ex. LA-036, effective Aug. 4; extended by 167 JBE 2021, Ex. LA-038, to Sept. 29, and 181 JBE 2021, Ex. LA-040, to Oct. 27); statewide public health emergency renewed (181/182 JBE 2021, Exs. LA-040, LA-041); conveyance mask rule; high-risk stay-home directive; State-employee remote-work and quarantine guidelines; procurement and licensing suspensions; LDI Emergency Rule 46 hospital surge transfer rule (Ex. LA-056); LDH K-12 isolation and quarantine decision tree of Aug. 3, 2021 (Ex. LA-054); LDH nursing home visitation and school reporting orders; local orders stricter than the State.

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Louisiana, 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

May 26, 2021

Instrument Proclamation 93 JBE 2021 (May 25, 2021), effective May 26, 2021 (Ex. LA-032); LDH State Health Officer Release of Emergency Orders (May 21, 2021), effective May 24, 2021 (Ex. LA-047)

What remained in force

The statewide public health emergency (renewed June 22, July 21, Aug. 2, Aug. 31 and Sept. 28, 2021); the directive that persons at higher risk 'should stay at home' except for enumerated activities; the face-covering requirement on public conveyances and in transportation hubs (restating the CDC order); face coverings in all correctional institutions; face coverings in early childhood, K-12 and postsecondary institutions through the last day of the 2020-2021 academic year; State-employee COVID-19 sick-leave, quarantine and remote-work guidelines (Civil Service Commission and Division of Administration), procurement and legal-deadline suspensions (94, 118, 132, 145, 168, 182 JBE 2021); the LDH nursing home, adult residential care and ICF/DD visitation order of Sept. 18, 2020 (until further notice); the LDH school reporting order of Sept. 1, 2020 (until rescinded); local authority to impose stricter measures (New Orleans reinstated masks July 30, 2021 and vaccination-or-test entry Aug. 16, 2021); and, from August 4, 2021, the reinstated statewide indoor mask mandate (137, 167, 181 JBE 2021) through October 27, 2021.

Preemption of local orders

None. Louisiana did not preempt or bar local COVID-19 orders at any time in the claim period. Proclamation 30 JBE 2020 Section 1 (Mar. 16, 2020): 'This order does not limit the ability of a local jurisdiction or political subdivision from enacting more restrictive limitations.' Every mitigation proclamation from 79 JBE 2021 (Apr. 27, 2021) forward, including 85, 93, 117, 131, 137, 167, 181 and 203 JBE 2021, provides that 'All local governing authorities and operators of private businesses and organizations shall retain the authority to issue more restrictive measures than that imposed by the State,' and 79, 85, 93, 117 and 131 JBE 2021 add 'including requiring members of the public to wear face coverings while in local governmental buildings and private business establishments.' Every phase proclamation declared a statewide state of emergency under La. R.S. 14:329.6 'for the purposes of allowing the chief law enforcement officer of any political subdivision to... promulgate orders for any provision therein, including a local curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.' The only relaxation mechanism ran the other way: 89 JBE 2020 let a parish opt out of the face-covering requirement if its two-week incidence was below 100 per 100,000 (opt-out removed by 117 JBE 2020 on Sept. 11, 2020), and 117, 134, 158, 168 JBE 2020 and 209 JBE 2020, 6, 17 and 29 JBE 2021 let a parish at or below 5 percent positivity opt in to bar service. The Legislature's attempt to end the emergency by petition under La. R.S. 29:768(B) (Oct. 23, 2020) was declared void by the 19th Judicial District Court (Nov. 12, 2020) and had no effect on any instrument; the Governor's proclamations were renewed without interruption.

Third quarter of 2021

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

In force (14)

LA-034 Proclamation 117 JBE 2021 (June 22, 2021; effective June 23-July 21, 2021): emergency renewed; high-risk stay-home directive; conveyance and correctional masks; local stricter measures preserved
LA-035 Proclamation 131 JBE 2021 (July 21, 2021; effective July 21-Aug. 18, 2021): same terms
LA-036 Proclamation 137 JBE 2021 (Aug. 2, 2021; effective Aug. 4-Sept. 1, 2021): statewide indoor mask mandate, persons 5 and older, all places outside a private residence; citations to businesses that fail to enforce
LA-037 Proclamation 145 JBE 2021 (Aug. 6, 2021; effective Aug. 6-Sept. 1, 2021): extension of emergency provisions (procurement, State-employee quarantine and remote-work guidelines, licensing and deadline suspensions)
LA-038 Proclamation 167 JBE 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021; effective Sept. 1-Sept. 29, 2021): mask mandate renewed
LA-039 Proclamation 168 JBE 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021; effective Sept. 1-Sept. 29, 2021): extension of emergency provisions
LA-040 Proclamation 181 JBE 2021 (Sept. 28, 2021; effective Sept. 29-Oct. 27, 2021): mask mandate renewed
LA-041 Proclamation 182 JBE 2021 (Sept. 28, 2021; effective Sept. 29-Oct. 27, 2021): extension of emergency provisions
LA-056 LDI Emergency Rule 46 (Aug. 12, 2021; applicable from 12:01 a.m. Aug. 9, 2021): medical surge patient transfers, health insurers
LA-054 LDH/CHNOLA K-12 School COVID-19 Screening Decision Tree (Aug. 3, 2021): 10-day isolation; quarantine of close contacts unless vaccinated or masked at 3 feet
LA-050 LDH State Health Officer Order on nursing home, ARCP and ICF/DD visitation (Sept. 18, 2020; until further notice)
LA-053 LDH Emergency Order 2020-COVID19-001, school reporting and data sharing (Sept. 1, 2020; until rescinded)
Federal layer: CDC conveyance mask order restated in 117, 131, 137, 167 and 181 JBE 2021 § 3(B)
Local layer: New Orleans indoor mask mandate from July 30, 2021 and vaccination-or-negative-test entry requirement from Aug. 16, 2021, expressly permitted by the State proclamations' local-authority clause

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Louisiana, 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

Mar. 17, 2020 restaurants takeout/drive-thru/delivery only and bars closed (30 JBE 2020); May 15 dine-in at 25% with employee masks, bars with LDH food permit at 25%, bars without permit closed (58); June 5 50%, bars without permit 25% (74/83); July 13 all bars closed to on-premises consumption, 50-person crowd cap (89, renewed 96/101/110 to Sept. 11); Sept. 11 restaurants 75%, alcohol service 8 a.m.-10 p.m. (117), 11 p.m. from Sept. 18 (123), bars only in opted-in parishes at or below 5% positivity, 25% or 50 patrons (117); Nov. 25 restaurants 50%, bars closed indoors except opted-in parishes, alcohol to 11 p.m. (168; renewed 209, 6, 17 to Mar. 3, 2021); Mar. 3, 2021 restaurants 75%, bars statewide 25% or 250 (50% in low-positivity parishes), closed by 11 p.m. (29); Mar. 31 capacity limits lifted, waiting areas closed, bars seated service only (66); Apr. 28 waiting areas and buffets reopen (79); May 26 all conditions ended (93); Aug. 4-Oct. 27, 2021 indoor masks for all patrons and staff except while eating or drinking (137/167/181).

Retail

Mar. 23, 2020 malls closed except stores with direct outdoor entrances providing CISA-essential goods; all non-CISA retail reduced to minimum public contact (33); May 15 malls and stores 25% with SFM-approved plan, common areas closed (58); June 5 50% (74/83; SFM Phase 2 retail guidance LA-076); July 13 masks required of all customers (89); Sept. 11 75% (117; SFM Phase 3 retail guidance LA-079); Nov. 25 50% (168) through Mar. 2, 2021; Mar. 3, 2021 75% (29); Mar. 31 no capacity limit, lobbies and waiting areas closed, masks (66); Apr. 28 masks lifted (79); May 26 all conditions ended (93); Aug. 4-Oct. 27, 2021 indoor masks (137/167/181).

Personal care

Mar. 23, 2020 barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, spas, massage and tattoo parlors closed (33 § 4(A)(2)); body art and tanning facilities closed by LDH order Mar. 21 (LA-049); May 15 salons and barber shops 25%, no esthetic services, massage and tattoo still closed (58); June 5 50%, massage, spa, tattoo and esthetic services reopen at 50% (74; SFM guidance LA-081); Sept. 11 75% (117); Nov. 25 50% (168); Mar. 3, 2021 75% (29); Mar. 31 no capacity limit, waiting areas closed (66); May 26 ended (93); indoor masks Aug. 4-Oct. 27, 2021.

Fitness and entertainment

Mar. 17, 2020 gyms, fitness centers, movie theaters, bowling alleys, casinos closed (30); Mar. 23 all places of public amusement closed (33); May 15 gyms, casinos (25%, 50% of gaming positions, LGCB-approved plan) and theaters 25%, amusement venues, concert halls and bowling alleys closed (58); June 5 gyms, casinos, theaters, bowling, skating 50%, amusement parks, arcades, fairs, festivals, concert halls closed (74/83); Sept. 11 gyms 75%, casinos 50%, athletic events 25% no alcohol, event centers 50%/250 (117); Oct. 22 school outdoor athletics 50% in low-positivity parishes (143); Nov. 25 gyms 50%, athletic events 25%, event centers 25%/75, amusement venues closed (168); Mar. 3, 2021 gyms 50%, athletic events 50%, event centers 50%/250 (29); Mar. 31 gyms no limit, sports and event centers 50%/500, fairs need SFM plan (66); Apr. 28 events 75% or 100% with masks (79); May 26 ended (93).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Hotels never ordered closed; hotel restaurants limited to room service for registered guests from Mar. 17, 2020 (30 § 3); meeting and event space subject to the gathering caps (250/50/10 in March 2020; 50 from July 13, 2020; 50%/250 Sept. 11; 25%/75 Nov. 25; 250 Mar. 3, 2021; 500 Mar. 31; 75% Apr. 28) and event center rules; bars, pools and gyms in hotels subject to the sector rules; conventions and conferences capped at 50% with SFM-approved plan Mar. 3-Apr. 27, 2021 and 75% (100% with masks) Apr. 28-May 25, 2021 (29, 66, 79); Louisiana imposed no traveler quarantine, but Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Arkansas quarantined travelers from Louisiana or New Orleans in spring 2020 (those States' files).

Offices and telework

Mar. 22, 2020 all State office buildings closed to the public; every business not on the CISA lists 'shall reduce operations to continue with minimum contact with members of the public and essential employees' and the 10-person gathering limit applied to business operations (33 §§ 1, 5; extended to May 15 by 41 and 52); 25 JBE 2020 § 8 and every extension proclamation through 182 JBE 2021 direct State-employee guidelines to 'provide for direction, if possible, for the employee to work remotely'; Jan. 13-Mar. 31, 2021: 'All offices of the state of Louisiana and other political subdivisions of the state shall develop or continue plans to allow for employees to work remotely to the extent practical. Further, all businesses in the state of Louisiana are strongly encouraged to develop or continue plans for employees to work remotely' (6, 17, 29 JBE 2021 § 2(B)); offices open to the public capped at 25% (May 15), 50% (June 5 and Nov. 25), 75% (Sept. 11 and Mar. 3, 2021) with lobbies and waiting areas closed through Apr. 27, 2021; State offices required masks until May 14, 2021 (85); indoor masks in every office Aug. 4-Oct. 27, 2021 (137/167/181).

Manufacturing

Never ordered closed; 'factories or manufacturing facilities' expressly excluded from the gathering bans (27, 30, 33 § 2) and CISA-listed manufacturing 'may remain in full operation'; subject to employee face coverings, the statewide mask orders, the minimum-contact rule for non-CISA operations (33 § 5, Mar. 23-May 15, 2020), the 10-person limit on business operations, and the remote-work encouragement of Jan. 13-Mar. 31, 2021.

Construction

Never ordered closed; construction is CISA critical infrastructure and 'may remain in full operation' under 33 JBE 2020 § 3(C) and every phase proclamation, subject to the employee face-covering requirement when interacting with the public (58/74/83/117/168), the statewide face-covering orders (July 13, 2020-Apr. 27, 2021; Aug. 4-Oct. 27, 2021), the 10-person gathering limit applied to business operations (33 § 5, Mar. 23-May 15, 2020), suspension of Public Bid Law deadlines and capital-outlay inspections (32 § 2; 41 § 3), and public bid openings by phone or web conference (30 § 8(I); 182 JBE 2021 § 1(D)(9)).

Real estate

Brokerage offices were non-CISA businesses reduced to minimum public contact Mar. 23-May 15, 2020 (33 § 5); showings and closings subject to the 10-person gathering limit; legal deadlines including prescription and peremption suspended Mar. 17-June 5, 2020 (30 § 5; 41; 52; 59) with eviction proceedings suspended by executive action through the Supreme Court's May 15 and June 5, 2020 orders ('This authority does not extend to any matters suspended by executive action by the Governor, including but not limited to evictions,' LA-062, LA-063); 30 § 5(D) preserved owners' right to reclaim abandoned leased property; offices subject to 25/50/75% caps and closed lobbies through Apr. 27, 2021 and to the mask orders.

Hospitals and long-term care

Mar. 13 and 16, 2020 LDH visitor restrictions for adult day care, hospitals and nursing facilities (ALL-002; NURSING FACILITIES-005), re-issued Apr. 7 and 28 and extended until further notice May 15 (LA-049); Mar. 18-May 24, 2021 procedure orders (above); Sept. 18, 2020 State Health Officer ordered every nursing facility, adult residential care provider and ICF/DD to follow CMS QSO-20-39-NH visitation rules with visitor logs, until further notice (LA-050); 109 JBE 2020 (Aug. 2020) waived nursing home licensed-bed capacity for Hurricane Laura evacuees; LDI Emergency Rule 41 (Mar. 31, 2020) and Emergency Rule 46 (Aug. 12, 2021, effective Aug. 9) required insurers to cover surge transfers to step-down facilities when hospital occupancy exceeded 85% (LA-056).

Dental and elective health care

Mar. 17, 2020 LDH prohibited 'all routine, non-essential dental visits and all routine, non-essential dental procedures/surgeries' for 30 days (DENTAL PROVIDER-004, LA-051; guidance LA-048); Mar. 18 and 21 LDH Notices ALL-006 and ALL-007 restricted medical and surgical procedures (recited in LA-043); Apr. 27 (ALL-010, Apr. 20) procedures only for emergency conditions, to avoid further harm, or time-sensitive conditions with PPE and testing conditions; dental preventive care deemed time-sensitive with precautions (Apr. 24 clarification, LA-044); June 5 (ALL-020) procedures allowed on documented patient need with pre-operative COVID testing, PPE and surge-capacity conditions, dental Section II of ALL-010 continued (LA-045), extended until further notice July 2 (LA-046); released effective May 24, 2021 (LA-047); telehealth rules relaxed Mar. 19, 2020 (32 § 3).

Schools

Mar. 16-Apr. 13, 2020 public schools closed to students (27 § 2); extended to Apr. 30 (41 § 6) and to the end of the 2019-2020 year (47, Apr. 15); testing, attendance and instructional-minute laws suspended (32; 47); 2020-2021: BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 under Act 9 of 2020 1st E.S. fixed group sizes 10/25/50 and bus capacity 25/50/75% by phase, symptom screening and masks for adults and grades 3-12 (LA-072); 168 JBE 2020 § 4 let BESE keep Phase 3 school rules during Modified Phase 2; LDH school reporting order Sept. 1, 2020 (LA-053); masks in all schools kept after the general lift Apr. 28, 2021 (79 § 3(D)) until the last day of the 2020-2021 year (93 § 3(D)); BESE standards expired June 30, 2021 and BESE issued no 2021-2022 mandate (LA-073, LA-074); Aug. 4-Oct. 27, 2021 the statewide indoor mask mandate applied in every school for all persons five and older or enrolled in kindergarten (137/167/181); LDH decision tree of Aug. 3, 2021: 10-day isolation, quarantine of unvaccinated close contacts, 7-day test-out (LA-054); Oct. 27, 2021 K-12 masks continued unless the system adopted LDH quarantine protocols (203).

Child care

Permitted to operate during the stay-at-home order only 'adhering to the guidance issued by the Louisiana Department of Education and Office of Public Health' (33 § 5); LDH/LDOE guidelines of May 7, 2020 required groups of 5 (infants) or 10 including adults in Phase 1, 25 in Phase 2 and 50 in Phase 3, rooms enclosed by walls or partitions, screening, exclusion of sick children (LA-052); early childhood centers required masks Apr. 28-end of the 2020-2021 year (79, 85, 93 § 3(D)) and under the Aug. 4-Oct. 27, 2021 indoor mandate (children under five not in kindergarten exempt).

Worship and gatherings

Mar. 13, 2020 gatherings of 250 banned (27); Mar. 17 gatherings of 50 (30); Mar. 23 gatherings of 10 (33); May 15 churches 25% with SFM outdoor-service guidance (58); June 5 churches 50% (74), 250 indoor crowd cap with churches exempt (83 § 2(G)(4)(f), (H)); July 13 crowds 50 indoors and outdoors, churches exempt (89); Sept. 11 churches 75%, crowds 50%/250 (117); Nov. 25 churches 75%, crowds 25% capped at 75 indoors/150 outdoors (168; SFM worship guidance LA-080); Mar. 3, 2021 churches treated as essential, crowds 250 indoors (29); Mar. 31 crowds 500 indoors (66); Apr. 28 crowds 75% or 100% with masks (79); May 26 ended (93); funerals limited to 10 attendees Mar. 31-Apr. 30, 2020 (38).

Courts and public offices

Mar. 16, 2020 all jury trials continued and civil hearings continued except emergencies (LA-059); Mar. 20 Supreme Court filing deadlines extended to Apr. 14 (LA-060); Apr. 6 in-person proceedings limited to emergencies until May 4 (LA-061); May 15 no jury trial before June 30, courthouses at 25% (LA-062); June 5 courthouses at 50% (LA-063); Jan. 11, 2021 no jury trial before Mar. 1, 2021, courthouses 50% (LA-064); Feb. 11 no jury trial before Apr. 1, 2021 (LA-065); all State office buildings closed to the public from Mar. 22, 2020 (33 § 1); OMV late fees, expirations and hearing deadlines suspended and remote OMV service authorized (27 § 3(B); 30 § 7; 41; 52; extended in every extension proclamation through 182 JBE 2021); public meetings by teleconference (30 § 4); public bid openings closed to the public (30 § 8(I)).

Travel and quarantine

No Louisiana travel-quarantine order. Persons at higher risk 'should stay at home' except for enumerated essential activities in every proclamation from 58 JBE 2020 (May 15, 2020) through 203 JBE 2021 (Oct. 26, 2021), unvaccinated only from Mar. 31, 2021; the CDC conveyance mask order was restated as a State requirement in 79, 85, 93, 117, 131, 137, 167, 181 and 203 JBE 2021 § 3(B); State-employee quarantine guidelines in every extension proclamation; LDH K-12 quarantine rules (LA-054); Louisiana travelers were quarantined by Texas (GA-12, Mar. 29, 2020), Florida (EO 20-86, Mar. 27, 2020) and other States (their files).

Face coverings

May 15, 2020 every owner or employee with public contact must wear a face covering (58 § 2(D); 74 § 2(C)); July 13, 2020 every individual must wear a face covering 'when inside a commercial establishment or any other building or space open to the public, whether indoor or outdoor,' including public and commercial transportation; businesses must require it; citations only to businesses that fail to enforce; parish opt-out below 100 cases per 100,000 (89 § 4); Sept. 11, 2020 statewide without opt-out (117 § 3), continued by 134, 158, 168, 209 JBE 2020 and 6, 17, 29, 66 JBE 2021 to Apr. 27, 2021; Apr. 28, 2021 general mandate lifted, kept on conveyances, in State offices (opt-out) and in all schools (79); May 14 State offices freed (85); May 26 schools freed at year end (93); Aug. 4-Oct. 27, 2021 indoor mandate for all persons five and older in any place outside a private residence, businesses cited for failure to enforce, local authority to be stricter preserved (137, 167, 181); Oct. 27, 2021 recommendation only except K-12 (203).

Vaccination mandates

None issued by the State of Louisiana for health-care workers, State employees or the public in the claim period. Proclamations from 66 JBE 2021 (Mar. 30, 2021) exempted fully vaccinated persons from the high-risk stay-home directive and, from Apr. 28, 2021, from certain mask rules in groups of ten or fewer; 137 JBE 2021 (Aug. 2, 2021) applied the indoor mask mandate to vaccinated and unvaccinated persons alike; the LDH K-12 decision tree of Aug. 3, 2021 exempted fully vaccinated close contacts from quarantine. Vaccination-proof entry rules in the period were local and federal (EO 14042, 14043; FED-B).

Standing duties

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

Louisiana law placed every person, every employer and every owner or operator of premises under standing duties that made the pandemic measures compulsory from March 11, 2020 through the third quarter of 2021 and beyond. Title 40 commands the state health officer to 'prepare, promulgate, and enforce' the Sanitary Code, and requires that the Code 'provide for and require... application and implementation of appropriate control measures to expressly include isolation and quarantine proceedings and measures, for all communicable diseases of public health significance' (R.S. 40:4(A)(2), Ex. DUT-LA-001); paragraph (A)(13) makes the state health officer 'expressly empowered and authorized to issue emergency rules and orders when necessary and for the purposes of controlling... communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases, and any other danger to the public life, health, and safety.' R.S. 40:5 vests in the state health officer and the office of public health 'exclusive jurisdiction, control, and authority' to 'isolate or quarantine for the care and control of communicable disease,' to 'take such action as is necessary to accomplish the subsidence and suppression of diseases of all kinds in order to prevent their spread,' over 'all places of public accommodation' and 'the sanitary conditions required at any public gathering or meeting' (Ex. DUT-LA-002). R.S. 40:6 makes any violation of the Sanitary Code a crime, makes a violation of its isolation or quarantine provisions punishable by up to two years, authorizes the district attorney to enjoin any violation 'when necessary to arrest or prevent epidemics or to abate any imminent menace to the public health,' and adds civil fines of up to $100 per day per violation (Ex. DUT-LA-003). R.S. 40:7 directs the state health officer to quarantine an infected parish or municipality and provides that the resulting rules 'shall be observed and obeyed' (Ex. DUT-LA-004). The Sanitary Code itself (LAC 51:II.117) makes it the state health officer's 'duty' to institute control measures whenever a case of communicable disease occurs and to declare any 'house, building, apartment, room, or place' where a case occurs a place of quarantine, makes it 'a violation of this code for any person to enter or leave any quarantined area,' and gives locality-quarantine rules 'the same force and authority as this code' (Ex. DUT-LA-005). Every one of the Governor's COVID-19 proclamations recited these powers, expressly empowering the Secretary of Health and the State Health Officer 'to take any and all actions authorized thereto under Titles 29 and 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes and under the State Sanitary Code (LAC Title 51)' (Exs. LA-012 sec. 1(C), LA-023, LA-029, LA-036). The emergency statutes made obedience to every proclamation a legal duty enforced by criminal penalty: under R.S. 29:724(A) the Governor's 'proclamations, and regulations so issued shall have the force and effect of law,' and under R.S. 29:724(E) 'any person or representative of any firm, partnership, or corporation violating any order, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to this Chapter, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or confined in the parish jail for not more than six months, or both' (Ex. DUT-LA-006); the Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act, under which Proclamation 25 JBE 2020 issued, declares that 'the government must do all that is reasonable and necessary to protect the health and safety of its citizens' (R.S. 29:761, Ex. DUT-LA-017), empowers the Governor to 'control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein' (R.S. 29:766(D)(7), Ex. DUT-LA-007), and empowers the State 'to close, direct and compel evacuation of, or to decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated any facility of which there is a reasonable cause to believe that it may endanger the public health' (R.S. 29:769(A)(1), Ex. DUT-LA-008); every proclamation from Phase 1 forward also declared a state of emergency 'pursuant to La. R.S. 14:329.6,' under which local chief law enforcement officers may order the 'closing of places of amusement and assembly' and regulate 'the occupancy and use of buildings,' with a $500 or six-month penalty under R.S. 14:329.7 (Exs. DUT-LA-009, DUT-LA-015); parish presidents held parallel powers over 'the occupancy of premises' under R.S. 29:727(F)(7) (Ex. DUT-LA-016). Every Louisiana employer was bound by R.S. 23:13 to 'furnish employment which shall be reasonably safe for the employees therein,' to 'adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such employment and the place of employment safe,' and to 'do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety and welfare of such employees' (Ex. DUT-LA-010), and by the federal general duty clause. In June 2020 the Legislature enacted three liability shields, each retroactive to March 11, 2020, and each protecting only the business that 'substantially compl[ied] with the applicable COVID-19 procedures established by the federal, state, or local agency which governs the business operations' (Acts 2020, No. 336, R.S. 9:2800.25(A), Ex. DUT-LA-011; Acts 2020, No. 362, R.S. 29:773(A), Ex. DUT-LA-012) or, for restaurants, 'in substantial compliance with Proclamation Number 25 JBE 2020 and any subsequent related proclamations and applicable COVID-19 procedures established by a federal, state, or local agency' (Acts 2020, No. 305, Ex. DUT-LA-013): the Legislature made compliance with the health protocols the legal standard of care. The proclamations made continued operation conditional in terms: the stay-at-home order required every non-CISA business to 'reduce operations to continue with minimum contact with members of the public and essential employees, while requiring proper social distancing' (Ex. LA-005 sec. 6); Phase 1 through Phase 3 allowed each sector to operate only 'under the following conditions,' capped occupancy 'as determined by the State Fire Marshal,' required that 'all businesses and organizations shall require that any owner or employee having interaction or contact with the public shall wear a mask or a face covering,' and provided that 'any business operating pursuant to this subsection shall follow the applicable guidance from the State Fire Marshal published at opensafely.la.gov and the Louisiana Department of Health with regard to sanitization and disinfection' (Exs. LA-012, LA-023, LA-029); the statewide face-covering orders required 'all businesses or organizations... [to] require all persons who enter the premises to wear a face covering' and provided that 'citations under this Section shall be written only to businesses or organizations... that fail to enforce the requirement' (Exs. LA-014 sec. 4, LA-023 sec. 3, LA-036 sec. 2). The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district courts' refusal to enjoin the bar-closure proclamations, holding the orders 'at least rationally related to reducing the spread of COVID-19' (Big Tyme Investments, L.L.C. v. Edwards, No. 20-30526 (5th Cir. Jan. 13, 2021), Ex. DUT-LA-014), as the Eastern District of Louisiana had done in 4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards (Ex. LA-075). Where the text of an instrument recommends rather than commands (the proclamations' 'strongly encouraged' clauses for individual masking before July 13, 2020; the 'is encouraged to follow' clause for shopping malls in 66 JBE 2021; the 'should' sentences of the Open Safely and Return to Work guidance), the records say so, and the legal effect of guidance is located in the proclamation clause that incorporates it with the verb 'shall follow.'

By character

5 Statutory authority
3 Liability shield condition
3 Order penalty
3 Statutory duty
1 Adjudication
1 Sanitary code duty
1 Workplace duty

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Ex. DUT-LA-001 Ex. DUT-LA-002 Ex. DUT-LA-003 Ex. DUT-LA-004 Ex. DUT-LA-005 Ex. DUT-LA-006 Ex. DUT-LA-007 Ex. DUT-LA-008 Ex. DUT-LA-009 Ex. DUT-LA-010 Ex. DUT-LA-011 Ex. DUT-LA-012 Ex. DUT-LA-013 Ex. DUT-LA-014 Ex. DUT-LA-015 Ex. DUT-LA-016 Ex. DUT-LA-017

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On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Louisiana 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.

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Ex. LA-001 Proclamation 25 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Mar. 11, 2020

Proclamation 25 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-055 Emergency Rule 40 - Moratorium on Policy Cancellations and…Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the… · Mar. 12, 2020

Emergency Rule 40…

Ex. LA-002 Proclamation 27 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Mar. 13, 2020

Proclamation 27 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-059 Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 16, 2020Supreme Court of Louisiana (Chief Justice… · Mar. 16, 2020

Supreme Court of Louisiana…

Ex. LA-003 Proclamation 30 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Mar. 17, 2020

Proclamation 30 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-066 ATC Advisory of March 16, 2020 - Restriction on bars; expedited…Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control… · Mar. 17, 2020

ATC Advisory of March 16…

Ex. LA-071 Louisiana Law Enforcement Statement on COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation…Louisiana law enforcement agencies with the… · Mar. 17, 2020

Louisiana Law Enforcement…

Ex. LA-048 Additional Guidance Relating to LDH Healthcare Facility Notice…Louisiana Department of Health (with Louisiana… · Mar. 18, 2020

Additional Guidance Relating…

Ex. LA-051 LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-DENTAL PROVIDER-004Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public… · Mar. 18, 2020

LDH Healthcare Facility…

Ex. LA-057 Emergency Rule 36 - Patient Protections Related to the Outbreak of…Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the… · Mar. 18, 2020

Emergency Rule 36 - Patient…

Ex. LA-004 Proclamation 32 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Mar. 19, 2020

Proclamation 32 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-060 Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 20, 2020 (filing deadlines)Supreme Court of Louisiana · Mar. 20, 2020

Supreme Court of Louisiana…

Ex. LA-005 Proclamation 33 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Mar. 23, 2020

Proclamation 33 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-006 Proclamation 38 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Mar. 31, 2020

Proclamation 38 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-058 Emergency Rule 41 - Medical Surge-Related Patient Transfers in…Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the… · Mar. 31, 2020

Emergency Rule 41 - Medical…

Ex. LA-007 Proclamation 41 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Apr. 2, 2020

Proclamation 41 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-061 Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of April 6, 2020Supreme Court of Louisiana · Apr. 6, 2020

Supreme Court of Louisiana…

Ex. LA-008 Proclamation 47 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Apr. 15, 2020

Proclamation 47 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-043 LDH Healthcare Facility Notice/Order #2020-COVID19-ALL-010Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public… · Apr. 27, 2020

LDH Healthcare Facility…

Ex. LA-044 LDH Allowable Medical, Surgical and Dental Procedures: Update…Louisiana Department of Health, Office of the… · Apr. 27, 2020

LDH Allowable Medical…

Ex. LA-009 Proclamation 52 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · May 1, 2020

Proclamation 52 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-052 Office of Public Health Guidelines for Child Care (Child Care…Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public… · May 7, 2020

Office of Public Health…

Ex. LA-010 Proclamation 58 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · May 15, 2020

Proclamation 58 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-011 Proclamation 59 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · May 15, 2020

Proclamation 59 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-049 LDH Emergency Order - Continuation of LDH Notices and Orders due to…Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry… · May 15, 2020

LDH Emergency Order…

Ex. LA-062 Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of May 15, 2020Supreme Court of Louisiana · May 15, 2020

Supreme Court of Louisiana…

Ex. LA-067 ATC Phase One Guidance (May 14, 2020)Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control · May 15, 2020

ATC Phase One Guidance (May…

Ex. LA-012 Proclamation 74 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · June 5, 2020

Proclamation 74 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-045 LDH Healthcare Facility Notice/Order #2020-COVID19-ALL-020Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry… · June 5, 2020

LDH Healthcare Facility…

Ex. LA-063 Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020Supreme Court of Louisiana · June 5, 2020

Supreme Court of Louisiana…

Ex. LA-076 Open Safely - Phase 2: Shopping Malls and Retail Stores (updated June…Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal (with the… · June 5, 2020

Open Safely - Phase 2…

Ex. LA-077 Open Safely - Phase 2: Other Businesses or Organizations Not…Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal · June 5, 2020

Open Safely - Phase 2: Other…

Ex. LA-081 Open Safely - Phase 2: Beauty Shops, Salons, Barber Shops, or Tanning…Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal · June 5, 2020

Open Safely - Phase 2…

Ex. LA-013 Proclamation 83 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · June 26, 2020

Proclamation 83 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-046 LDH Emergency Order - Continuation of LDH Notices and Orders…Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry… · July 5, 2020

LDH Emergency Order…

Ex. LA-014 Proclamation 89 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · July 13, 2020

Proclamation 89 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-072 BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety…Louisiana State Board of Elementary and… · July 14, 2020

BESE emergency rule of July…

Ex. LA-015 Proclamation 96 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · July 24, 2020

Proclamation 96 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-068 ATC Update to Phase Two: Additional Phase 2 Mitigation Measures…Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control · July 24, 2020

ATC Update to Phase Two…

Ex. LA-078 Return to Work Guidance for Businesses (July 27, 2020)Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal /… · July 27, 2020

Return to Work Guidance for…

Ex. LA-016 Proclamation 101 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Aug. 7, 2020

Proclamation 101 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-075 4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards, No. 20-2150, Order and Reasons…United States District Court for the Eastern… · Aug. 17, 2020

4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v.…

Ex. LA-017 Proclamation 110 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Aug. 28, 2020

Proclamation 110 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-053 LDH Emergency Order #2020-COVID19-001 - School Reporting and Data…Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public… · Sept. 1, 2020

LDH Emergency Order…

Ex. LA-018 Proclamation 117 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Sept. 11, 2020

Proclamation 117 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-069 ATC Phase Three: Roadmap for a Resilient Louisiana (updated September…Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control… · Sept. 11, 2020

ATC Phase Three: Roadmap for…

Ex. LA-079 Open Safely - Phase 3: Shopping Malls and Retail Stores (updated…Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal · Sept. 11, 2020

Open Safely - Phase 3…

Ex. LA-019 Proclamation 123 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Sept. 18, 2020

Proclamation 123 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-050 LDH State Health Officer Order - Nursing Home Visitation; Adult…Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry… · Sept. 18, 2020

LDH State Health Officer…

Ex. LA-020 Proclamation 134 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Oct. 9, 2020

Proclamation 134 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-021 Proclamation 143 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Oct. 22, 2020

Proclamation 143 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-022 Proclamation 158 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Nov. 6, 2020

Proclamation 158 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-023 Proclamation 168 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Nov. 25, 2020

Proclamation 168 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-070 ATC Return To Revised Phase 2 (November 2020)Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control · Nov. 25, 2020

ATC Return To Revised Phase…

Ex. LA-080 Open Safely - Return to Revised Phase 2: Places of Worship (updated…Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal · Nov. 25, 2020

Open Safely - Return to…

Ex. LA-024 Proclamation 174 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Dec. 5, 2020

Proclamation 174 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-025 Proclamation 209 JBE 2020Governor John Bel Edwards · Dec. 23, 2020

Proclamation 209 JBE 2020

Ex. LA-064 Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of January 11, 2021Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jan. 11, 2021

Supreme Court of Louisiana…

Ex. LA-026 Proclamation 6 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Jan. 13, 2021

Proclamation 6 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-027 Proclamation 17 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Feb. 10, 2021

Proclamation 17 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-065 Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of February 11, 2021Supreme Court of Louisiana · Feb. 11, 2021

Supreme Court of Louisiana…

Ex. LA-028 Proclamation 29 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Mar. 3, 2021

Proclamation 29 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-029 Proclamation 66 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Mar. 31, 2021

Proclamation 66 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-030 Proclamation 79 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Apr. 28, 2021

Proclamation 79 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-073 BESE emergency rule revision of May 12, 2021 - face covering policy…Louisiana State Board of Elementary and… · May 12, 2021

BESE emergency rule revision…

Ex. LA-031 Proclamation 85 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · May 14, 2021

Proclamation 85 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-047 LDH Release of Emergency Order/Notice (Medical and Surgical…Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public… · May 24, 2021

LDH Release of Emergency…

Ex. LA-032 Proclamation 93 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · May 26, 2021

Proclamation 93 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-033 Proclamation 94 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · May 26, 2021

Proclamation 94 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-034 Proclamation 117 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · June 23, 2021

Proclamation 117 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-074 Statement from BESE President regarding COVID-19-related guidance for…Louisiana State Board of Elementary and… · July 13, 2021

Statement from BESE…

Ex. LA-035 Proclamation 131 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · July 21, 2021

Proclamation 131 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-054 School COVID-19 Screening Decision Tree - Responding to a Symptomatic…Louisiana Department of Health with Children's… · Aug. 3, 2021

School COVID-19 Screening…

Ex. LA-036 Proclamation 137 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Aug. 4, 2021

Proclamation 137 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-037 Proclamation 145 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Aug. 6, 2021

Proclamation 145 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-056 Emergency Rule 46 - Medical Surge-Related Patient Transfers in…Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the… · Aug. 9, 2021

Emergency Rule 46 - Medical…

Ex. LA-038 Proclamation 167 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Sept. 1, 2021

Proclamation 167 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-039 Proclamation 168 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Sept. 1, 2021

Proclamation 168 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-040 Proclamation 181 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Sept. 29, 2021

Proclamation 181 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-041 Proclamation 182 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Sept. 29, 2021

Proclamation 182 JBE 2021

Ex. LA-042 Proclamation 203 JBE 2021Governor John Bel Edwards · Oct. 27, 2021

Proclamation 203 JBE 2021

All instruments

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. LA-001	Proclamation 25 JBE 2020Public Health Emergency - COVID-19	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Mar. 11, 2020	Mar. 16, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.7 MB
Ex. LA-055	Emergency Rule 40 - Moratorium on Policy Cancellations and Non-Renewals for Policyholders in Louisiana during the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)Emergency Rule 40 (re-issued; original of March 26, 2020 rescinded)	Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner (James J. Donelon)	Sector regulator	Mar. 12, 2020	May 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 5.3 MB
Ex. LA-002	Proclamation 27 JBE 2020Additional Measures for COVID-19 - Public Health Emergency	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Mar. 13, 2020	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 732 KB
Ex. LA-059	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 16, 2020Order continuing jury trials and civil proceedings (COVID-19)	Supreme Court of Louisiana (Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson)	Court	Mar. 16, 2020	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 223 KB
Ex. LA-003	Proclamation 30 JBE 2020Additional Measures for COVID-19 - Public Health Emergency (gatherings of 50; closure of casinos, bars…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Mar. 17, 2020	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.7 MB
Ex. LA-066	ATC Advisory of March 16, 2020 - Restriction on bars; expedited delivery permitsDue to COVID-19 ('Coronavirus') ATC will expedite the issuance of Delivery Permits	Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (Commissioner Juana Lombard)	Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 193 KB
Ex. LA-071	Louisiana Law Enforcement Statement on COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation RestrictionsLouisiana Law Enforcement Statement on COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation Restrictions (March 17, 2020)	Louisiana law enforcement agencies with the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and the State Fire Marshal (statement published by ATC)	State	Mar. 17, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 239 KB
Ex. LA-048	Additional Guidance Relating to LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-Dental Provider-004Additional Guidance Relating to LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-Dental Provider-004 (essential…	Louisiana Department of Health (with Louisiana State Board of Dentistry and Louisiana Dental Association)	Sector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 492 KB
Ex. LA-051	LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-DENTAL PROVIDER-004Routine, Non-Essential Visits, Procedures and Surgeries (dental providers)	Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Jimmy Guidry, State Health Officer	Sector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 51 KB
Ex. LA-057	Emergency Rule 36 - Patient Protections Related to the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)Emergency Rule 36 (patient protections: cost-sharing, prescription refills, network adequacy)	Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner	Sector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. LA-004	Proclamation 32 JBE 2020Additional Measures for COVID-19 - Public Health Emergency (school testing and attendance suspensions; Public…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Mar. 19, 2020	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read	PDF 1.5 MB
Ex. LA-060	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 20, 2020 (filing deadlines)Order extending filings due to the Supreme Court between March 12 and April 13, 2020 to April 14, 2020	Supreme Court of Louisiana	Court	Mar. 20, 2020	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 139 KB
Ex. LA-005	Proclamation 33 JBE 2020Additional Measures for COVID-19 - Stay at Home	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Mar. 23, 2020	Apr. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. LA-006	Proclamation 38 JBE 2020Additional Measures for COVID-19 - Funeral Services and Interments; Emergency Temporary Suspension of Certain…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Mar. 31, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read	PDF 239 KB
Ex. LA-058	Emergency Rule 41 - Medical Surge-Related Patient Transfers in Louisiana during the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)Emergency Rule 41	Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner	Sector regulator	Mar. 31, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. LA-007	Proclamation 41 JBE 2020State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Extension of Emergency Provisions (Stay at Home extended)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Apr. 2, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.5 MB
Ex. LA-061	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of April 6, 2020Order continuing jury trials to May 4, 2020 and limiting in-person proceedings to emergency matters	Supreme Court of Louisiana	Court	Apr. 6, 2020	May 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 318 KB
Ex. LA-008	Proclamation 47 JBE 2020State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Elementary and Secondary Education (school facilities closed for the…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Apr. 15, 2020	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 128 KB
Ex. LA-043	LDH Healthcare Facility Notice/Order #2020-COVID19-ALL-010Amended and Updated Notice: Medical and Surgical Procedures; Dental Visits, Procedures and Surgeries; Other…	Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer	Sector regulator	Apr. 27, 2020	June 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 112 KB
Ex. LA-044	LDH Allowable Medical, Surgical and Dental Procedures: Update 04/24/2020Allowable Medical, Surgical and Dental Procedures - Update 04/24/2020	Louisiana Department of Health, Office of the Secretary	Sector regulator	Apr. 27, 2020	June 4, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 94 KB
Ex. LA-009	Proclamation 52 JBE 2020Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Extension of Emergency Provisions (Stay at Home extended to May…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	May 1, 2020	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 8.2 MB
Ex. LA-052	Office of Public Health Guidelines for Child Care (Child Care Guidelines, May 7, 2020)A Message to Early Learning Centers - Checklist for Open Child Care Facilities and Appendices (group sizes by…	Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, with the Louisiana Department of Education	Sector regulator	May 7, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 554 KB
Ex. LA-010	Proclamation 58 JBE 2020State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Phase 1 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	May 15, 2020	June 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 240 KB
Ex. LA-011	Proclamation 59 JBE 2020Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Extension of Emergency Provisions	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	May 15, 2020	June 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 669 KB
Ex. LA-049	LDH Emergency Order - Continuation of LDH Notices and Orders due to COVID-19 Outbreak (May 15, 2020)Emergency Order extending Notices #2020-COVID-ADC/ADHC/PACE-001 (Mar. 13), #2020-COVID19-ALL-002 (Mar. 13…	Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer; Dr. Courtney N. Phillips, Secretary	Sector regulator	May 15, 2020	Sept. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 103 KB
Ex. LA-062	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of May 15, 2020Order: no jury trials before June 30, 2020; in-person proceedings resume at 25% courtroom capacity	Supreme Court of Louisiana	Court	May 15, 2020	June 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 144 KB
Ex. LA-067	ATC Phase One Guidance (May 14, 2020)Phase One Guidance 5-14-2020 (bars with food permits at 25%; bars without food permits closed; curbside)	Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control	Sector regulator	May 15, 2020	June 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. LA-012	Proclamation 74 JBE 2020State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	June 5, 2020	June 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 3.3 MB
Ex. LA-045	LDH Healthcare Facility Notice/Order #2020-COVID19-ALL-020Supplemental Amended and Updated Notice: Medical and Surgical Procedures; Dental Visits, Procedures and…	Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer	Sector regulator	June 5, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 263 KB
Ex. LA-063	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020Order: in-person court capacity 50%; evictions remain suspended by executive action	Supreme Court of Louisiana	Court	June 5, 2020	Jan. 11, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 140 KB
Ex. LA-076	Open Safely - Phase 2: Shopping Malls and Retail Stores (updated June 1, 2020)Phase 2 - Shopping Malls and Retail Stores, START DATE June 5, 2020	Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal (with the Office of the Governor and LDH)	Sector regulator	June 5, 2020	Sept. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 951 KB
Ex. LA-077	Open Safely - Phase 2: Other Businesses or Organizations Not Prohibited from being Open to the Public (updated June 1, 2020)Phase 2 - Other Businesses or Organizations, START DATE June 5, 2020	Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal	Sector regulator	June 5, 2020	Sept. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. LA-081	Open Safely - Phase 2: Beauty Shops, Salons, Barber Shops, or Tanning Salons - Contactless Tanning Only (updated June 1, 2020)Phase 2 - Beauty Shops, Salons, Barber Shops, or Tanning Salons, START DATE June 5, 2020	Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal	Sector regulator	June 5, 2020	Sept. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. LA-013	Proclamation 83 JBE 2020Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	June 26, 2020	July 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.5 MB
Ex. LA-046	LDH Emergency Order - Continuation of LDH Notices and Orders (Extension of Notice/Order #2020-COVID-19-ALL-020)Emergency Order: Extension of Notice/Order #2020-COVID-19-ALL-020 (Medical and Surgical Procedures; Dental…	Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer; Dr. Courtney N. Phillips, Secretary	Sector regulator	July 5, 2020	May 24, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 106 KB
Ex. LA-014	Proclamation 89 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Additional Phase 2 Mitigation Measures (statewide face covering order; bars…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	July 13, 2020	July 24, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.6 MB
Ex. LA-072	BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's releaseBESE adopts minimum health and safety standards for the reopening of Louisiana schools	Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)	Sector regulator	July 14, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 110 KB
Ex. LA-015	Proclamation 96 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Renewal of Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	July 24, 2020	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.4 MB
Ex. LA-068	ATC Update to Phase Two: Additional Phase 2 Mitigation Measures extended to August 7th (July 23, 2020)Update to Phase Two: Roadmap for a Resilient Louisiana - Bars, Curbside, and Conditional Restaurants	Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control	Sector regulator	July 24, 2020	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 183 KB
Ex. LA-078	Return to Work Guidance for Businesses (July 27, 2020)Return to Work Guidance for Businesses	Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal / Louisiana Department of Health (Open Safely)	Sector regulator	July 27, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 635 KB
Ex. LA-016	Proclamation 101 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Renewal of Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Aug. 7, 2020	Aug. 28, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 295 KB
Ex. LA-075	4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards, No. 20-2150, Order and Reasons (E.D. La. Aug. 17, 2020) (Doc. 50)Order and Reasons denying bar owners' motion to enjoin enforcement of Proclamations 89 and 96 JBE 2020…	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Feldman, J.)	Court	Aug. 17, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 448 KB
Ex. LA-017	Proclamation 110 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Renewal of Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Aug. 28, 2020	Sept. 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 263 KB
Ex. LA-053	LDH Emergency Order #2020-COVID19-001 - School Reporting and Data Sharing OrderEmergency Order: Reporting and Data Sharing of known and suspected positive COVID-19 cases occurring in all…	Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer	Sector regulator	Sept. 1, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 86 KB
Ex. LA-018	Proclamation 117 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Sept. 11, 2020	Oct. 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 288 KB
Ex. LA-069	ATC Phase Three: Roadmap for a Resilient Louisiana (updated September 14, 2020)Phase Three: Roadmap for a Resilient Louisiana - Effective Through October 9, 2020	Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (Commissioner Ernest P. Legier, Jr.)	Sector regulator	Sept. 11, 2020	Oct. 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 339 KB
Ex. LA-079	Open Safely - Phase 3: Shopping Malls and Retail Stores (updated September 11, 2020)Phase 3 - Shopping Malls and Retail Stores, START DATE September 11, 2020	Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal	Sector regulator	Sept. 11, 2020	Nov. 25, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 676 KB
Ex. LA-019	Proclamation 123 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana (amendment: alcohol service to 11 p.m.; bars…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Sept. 18, 2020	Oct. 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 89 KB
Ex. LA-050	LDH State Health Officer Order - Nursing Home Visitation; Adult Residential Care Provider Visitation; ICF/DD VisitationHealthcare Facility Notice/Order: State Health Officer Order on (1) Nursing Home Visitation (2) Adult…	Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer	Sector regulator	Sept. 18, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 702 KB
Ex. LA-020	Proclamation 134 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Renewal of Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Oct. 9, 2020	Nov. 6, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 298 KB
Ex. LA-021	Proclamation 143 JBE 2020State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Resilient Louisiana Phase 3 Supplement (athletic events; alcohol at…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Oct. 22, 2020	Nov. 6, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 139 KB
Ex. LA-022	Proclamation 158 JBE 2020State of Emergency - Renewing COVID-19 Resilient Louisiana Phase 3	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Nov. 6, 2020	Dec. 4, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 333 KB
Ex. LA-023	Proclamation 168 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Modified Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Nov. 25, 2020	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
Ex. LA-070	ATC Return To Revised Phase 2 (November 2020)Return to Revised Phase 2 - bars, restaurants and alcohol service under 168 JBE 2020	Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control	Sector regulator	Nov. 25, 2020	Mar. 3, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 325 KB
Ex. LA-080	Open Safely - Return to Revised Phase 2: Places of Worship (updated November 24, 2020)Return to Revised Phase 2 - Places of Worship, START DATE November 25, 2020	Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal	Sector regulator	Nov. 25, 2020	Mar. 3, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 771 KB
Ex. LA-024	Proclamation 174 JBE 2020Renewal of State of Emergency for COVID-19 - Extension of Emergency Provisions	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Dec. 5, 2020	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read	PDF 896 KB
Ex. LA-025	Proclamation 209 JBE 2020COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana (Modified Phase 2 renewed)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Dec. 23, 2020	Jan. 13, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.9 MB
Ex. LA-064	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of January 11, 2021Order: no jury trials before March 1, 2021; courthouses at 50%; remote proceedings encouraged	Supreme Court of Louisiana	Court	Jan. 11, 2021	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 195 KB
Ex. LA-026	Proclamation 6 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana (Modified Phase 2 renewed; remote-work…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Jan. 13, 2021	Feb. 10, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 3.0 MB
Ex. LA-027	Proclamation 17 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 2 of Resilient Louisiana (Modified Phase 2 renewed)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Feb. 10, 2021	Mar. 3, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 339 KB
Ex. LA-065	Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of February 11, 2021Order: no jury trials before April 1, 2021; local courts to determine thereafter	Supreme Court of Louisiana	Court	Feb. 11, 2021	Apr. 1, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 194 KB
Ex. LA-028	Proclamation 29 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Mar. 3, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 3.5 MB
Ex. LA-029	Proclamation 66 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Phase 3 of Resilient Louisiana (capacity limits eased)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Mar. 31, 2021	Apr. 28, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.6 MB
Ex. LA-030	Proclamation 79 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures (general face-covering mandate lifted; masks kept on…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Apr. 28, 2021	May 26, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.7 MB
Ex. LA-073	BESE emergency rule revision of May 12, 2021 - face covering policy; expiration of minimum standards June 30, 2021BESE revises minimum COVID-19 school safety standards to clarify face covering policy	Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education	Sector regulator	May 12, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source	PDF 82 KB
Ex. LA-031	Proclamation 85 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Modification of 79 JBE 2021 Section 3 (State offices no longer require face…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	May 14, 2021	May 26, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 111 KB
Ex. LA-047	LDH Release of Emergency Order/Notice (Medical and Surgical Procedures; Dental Visits, Procedures & Surgeries; Other Healthcare Services)Release of Emergency Order - Medical and Surgical Procedures; Dental Visits, Procedures & Surgeries; Other…	Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH, State Health Officer	Sector regulator	May 24, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 51 KB
Ex. LA-032	Proclamation 93 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures (all business capacity and crowd rules ended; masks on…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	May 26, 2021	June 23, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Primary source read	PDF 167 KB
Ex. LA-033	Proclamation 94 JBE 2021Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	May 26, 2021	June 23, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read	PDF 416 KB
Ex. LA-034	Proclamation 117 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures (emergency renewed)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	June 23, 2021	July 21, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementOther	Primary source read	PDF 1.6 MB
Ex. LA-074	Statement from BESE President regarding COVID-19-related guidance for 2021-2022 school yearStatement: LDE 'Ready to Achieve!' guidance of July 8, 2021 is recommendation only; BESE issued no 2021-2022…	Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (President Sandy Holloway)	Sector regulator	July 13, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 78 KB
Ex. LA-035	Proclamation 131 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures (emergency renewed)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	July 21, 2021	Aug. 18, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementOther	Primary source read	PDF 158 KB
Ex. LA-054	School COVID-19 Screening Decision Tree - Responding to a Symptomatic Individual; Responding to Close Contact (8.03.2021)School COVID-19 Screening Decision Tree (Aug. 3, 2021)	Louisiana Department of Health with Children's Hospital New Orleans (LDH-published school protocol)	Sector regulator	Aug. 3, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child careQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read	PDF 647 KB
Ex. LA-036	Proclamation 137 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures - Statewide Mask Mandate	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Aug. 4, 2021	Sept. 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 3.6 MB
Ex. LA-037	Proclamation 145 JBE 2021Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Aug. 6, 2021	Sept. 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read	PDF 890 KB
Ex. LA-056	Emergency Rule 46 - Medical Surge-Related Patient Transfers in Louisiana during the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)Emergency Rule 46	Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner (James J. Donelon)	Sector regulator	Aug. 9, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read	PDF 107 KB
Ex. LA-038	Proclamation 167 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures - Statewide Mask Mandate (renewed)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Sept. 1, 2021	Sept. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. LA-039	Proclamation 168 JBE 2021Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Sept. 1, 2021	Sept. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read	PDF 881 KB
Ex. LA-040	Proclamation 181 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures - Statewide Mask Mandate (renewed to October 27, 2021)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Sept. 29, 2021	Oct. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 167 KB
Ex. LA-041	Proclamation 182 JBE 2021Extension of Emergency Provisions due to COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (to October 27, 2021)	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Sept. 29, 2021	Oct. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read	PDF 376 KB
Ex. LA-042	Proclamation 203 JBE 2021COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures (statewide mask mandate ended; K-12 masks unless LDH…	Governor John Bel Edwards	State	Oct. 27, 2021	Nov. 24, 2021		Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
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Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 25 JBE 2020 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. LA-001)
Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner (James J. Donelon), Emergency Rule 40 - Moratorium on Policy Cancellations and Non-Renewals for Policyholders in Louisiana during the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. LA-055)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 27 JBE 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. LA-002)
Supreme Court of Louisiana (Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson), Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 16, 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. LA-059)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 30 JBE 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. LA-003)
Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (Commissioner Juana Lombard), ATC Advisory of March 16, 2020 - Restriction on bars; expedited delivery permits (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. LA-066)
Louisiana law enforcement agencies with the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and the State Fire Marshal (statement published by ATC), Louisiana Law Enforcement Statement on COVID-19 Emergency Proclamation Restrictions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. LA-071)
Louisiana Department of Health (with Louisiana State Board of Dentistry and Louisiana Dental Association), Additional Guidance Relating to LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-Dental Provider-004 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. LA-048)
Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Jimmy Guidry, State Health Officer, LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-DENTAL PROVIDER-004 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. LA-051)
Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner, Emergency Rule 36 - Patient Protections Related to the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. LA-057)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 32 JBE 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. LA-004)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 20, 2020 (filing deadlines) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. LA-060)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 33 JBE 2020 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. LA-005)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 38 JBE 2020 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. LA-006)
Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner, Emergency Rule 41 - Medical Surge-Related Patient Transfers in Louisiana during the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. LA-058)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 41 JBE 2020 (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. LA-007)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of April 6, 2020 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. LA-061)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 47 JBE 2020 (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. LA-008)
Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer, LDH Healthcare Facility Notice/Order #2020-COVID19-ALL-010 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. LA-043)
Louisiana Department of Health, Office of the Secretary, LDH Allowable Medical, Surgical and Dental Procedures: Update 04/24/2020 (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. LA-044)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 52 JBE 2020 (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. LA-009)
Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, with the Louisiana Department of Education, Office of Public Health Guidelines for Child Care (Child Care Guidelines, May 7, 2020) (Ex. LA-052)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 58 JBE 2020 (May 14, 2020) (Ex. LA-010)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 59 JBE 2020 (May 14, 2020) (Ex. LA-011)
Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer; Dr. Courtney N. Phillips, Secretary, LDH Emergency Order - Continuation of LDH Notices and Orders due to COVID-19 Outbreak (May 15, 2020) (Ex. LA-049)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of May 15, 2020 (Ex. LA-062)
Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, ATC Phase One Guidance (May 14, 2020) (Ex. LA-067)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 74 JBE 2020 (June 4, 2020) (Ex. LA-012)
Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer, LDH Healthcare Facility Notice/Order #2020-COVID19-ALL-020 (June 4, 2020) (Ex. LA-045)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of June 5, 2020 (Ex. LA-063)
Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal (with the Office of the Governor and LDH), Open Safely - Phase 2: Shopping Malls and Retail Stores (updated June 1, 2020) (Ex. LA-076)
Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal, Open Safely - Phase 2: Other Businesses or Organizations Not Prohibited from being Open to the Public (updated June 1, 2020) (Ex. LA-077)
Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal, Open Safely - Phase 2: Beauty Shops, Salons, Barber Shops, or Tanning Salons - Contactless Tanning Only (updated June 1, 2020) (Ex. LA-081)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 83 JBE 2020 (June 25, 2020) (Ex. LA-013)
Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer; Dr. Courtney N. Phillips, Secretary, LDH Emergency Order - Continuation of LDH Notices and Orders (Extension of Notice/Order #2020-COVID-19-ALL-020) (July 2, 2020) (Ex. LA-046)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 89 JBE 2020 (July 11, 2020) (Ex. LA-014)
Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), BESE emergency rule of July 14, 2020 - Minimum Health and Safety Standards for the Reopening of Louisiana Schools (2020-2021), as described in BESE's release (Ex. LA-072)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 96 JBE 2020 (July 23, 2020) (Ex. LA-015)
Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, ATC Update to Phase Two: Additional Phase 2 Mitigation Measures extended to August 7th (July 23, 2020) (Ex. LA-068)
Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal / Louisiana Department of Health (Open Safely), Return to Work Guidance for Businesses (July 27, 2020) (Ex. LA-078)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 101 JBE 2020 (Aug. 6, 2020) (Ex. LA-016)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Feldman, J.), 4 Aces Enterprises, LLC v. Edwards, No. 20-2150, Order and Reasons (E.D. La. Aug. 17, 2020) (Doc. 50) (Ex. LA-075)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 110 JBE 2020 (Aug. 26, 2020) (Ex. LA-017)
Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer, LDH Emergency Order #2020-COVID19-001 - School Reporting and Data Sharing Order (Sept. 1, 2020) (Ex. LA-053)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 117 JBE 2020 (Sept. 11, 2020) (Ex. LA-018)
Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control (Commissioner Ernest P. Legier, Jr.), ATC Phase Three: Roadmap for a Resilient Louisiana (updated September 14, 2020) (Sept. 14, 2020) (Ex. LA-069)
Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal, Open Safely - Phase 3: Shopping Malls and Retail Stores (updated September 11, 2020) (Sept. 11, 2020) (Ex. LA-079)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 123 JBE 2020 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. LA-019)
Louisiana Department of Health; Jimmy Guidry, M.D., State Health Officer, LDH State Health Officer Order - Nursing Home Visitation; Adult Residential Care Provider Visitation; ICF/DD Visitation (Sept. 18, 2020) (Ex. LA-050)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 134 JBE 2020 (Oct. 8, 2020) (Ex. LA-020)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 143 JBE 2020 (Oct. 22, 2020) (Ex. LA-021)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 158 JBE 2020 (Nov. 5, 2020) (Ex. LA-022)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 168 JBE 2020 (Nov. 24, 2020) (Ex. LA-023)
Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, ATC Return To Revised Phase 2 (November 2020) (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. LA-070)
Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal, Open Safely - Return to Revised Phase 2: Places of Worship (updated November 24, 2020) (Nov. 24, 2020) (Ex. LA-080)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 174 JBE 2020 (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. LA-024)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 209 JBE 2020 (Dec. 22, 2020) (Ex. LA-025)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of January 11, 2021 (Jan. 11, 2021) (Ex. LA-064)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 6 JBE 2021 (Jan. 12, 2021) (Ex. LA-026)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 17 JBE 2021 (Feb. 10, 2021) (Ex. LA-027)
Supreme Court of Louisiana, Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of February 11, 2021 (Feb. 11, 2021) (Ex. LA-065)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 29 JBE 2021 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. LA-028)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 66 JBE 2021 (Mar. 30, 2021) (Ex. LA-029)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 79 JBE 2021 (Apr. 27, 2021) (Ex. LA-030)
Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, BESE emergency rule revision of May 12, 2021 - face covering policy; expiration of minimum standards June 30, 2021 (Ex. LA-073)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 85 JBE 2021 (May 14, 2021) (Ex. LA-031)
Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Joseph Kanter, MD, MPH, State Health Officer, LDH Release of Emergency Order/Notice (Medical and Surgical Procedures; Dental Visits, Procedures & Surgeries; Other Healthcare Services) (May 21, 2021) (Ex. LA-047)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 93 JBE 2021 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. LA-032)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 94 JBE 2021 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. LA-033)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 117 JBE 2021 (June 22, 2021) (Ex. LA-034)
Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (President Sandy Holloway), Statement from BESE President regarding COVID-19-related guidance for 2021-2022 school year (July 13, 2021) (Ex. LA-074)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 131 JBE 2021 (July 21, 2021) (Ex. LA-035)
Louisiana Department of Health with Children's Hospital New Orleans (LDH-published school protocol), School COVID-19 Screening Decision Tree - Responding to a Symptomatic Individual; Responding to Close Contact (8.03.2021) (Aug. 3, 2021) (Ex. LA-054)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 137 JBE 2021 (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. LA-036)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 145 JBE 2021 (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. LA-037)
Louisiana Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner (James J. Donelon), Emergency Rule 46 - Medical Surge-Related Patient Transfers in Louisiana during the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. LA-056)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 167 JBE 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. LA-038)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 168 JBE 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. LA-039)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 181 JBE 2021 (Sept. 28, 2021) (Ex. LA-040)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 182 JBE 2021 (Sept. 28, 2021) (Ex. LA-041)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 203 JBE 2021 (Oct. 26, 2021) (Ex. LA-042)