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The Wyoming file holds 62 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 62 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 94 records in the Library resolve to Wyoming in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code WYFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 19, 2020 Ex. WY-004End of general restrictions Mar. 16, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 7Primary source read 61 Confirmed from a secondary source 1
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The Wyoming file

The record in brief

Wyoming never issued a stay-at-home order. It governed the pandemic through the Governor's Executive Order 2020-2 (March 13, 2020, declaring a state of emergency and a public health emergency under W.S. 19-13-102, 19-13-104 and 35-4-115(a)(i), in force until Executive Order 2022-03 rescinded it on March 15, 2022), and through four numbered Statewide Public Health Orders of the State Health Officer under W.S. 35-1-240(a)(i), (ii) and (iv), each enforced by criminal prosecution under W.S. 35-1-105 and 35-1-106 (a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 or imprisonment of up to one year), and each continued, modified and renumbered every two weeks for fourteen months. Order #1 (March 19, 2020) closed to the public all restaurants, bars, cigar bars, gymnasiums and theaters, closed child care except for children of essential personnel, dismissed all K-12 schools and barred in-person instruction at colleges, universities and trade schools; Order #2 (March 20, 2020) forbade gatherings of ten or more people in a single room or confined space; Order #3 (March 24, 2020, effective March 25) closed nail and hair salons, barber shops, cosmetology, electrology and esthetic services, non-medical massage, and tattoo, body art and piercing shops. The Governor's Statewide Directive of April 3, 2020 required every person arriving from another State or country for a non-work-related purpose to self-quarantine for fourteen days and required hotels and short-term rentals to post the quarantine in their listings; it ended May 8, 2020. Each statewide order superseded county orders while preserving more restrictive county provisions, and from May 1, 2020 each authorized Countywide Variance Orders, less or more restrictive, signed by both the County Health Officer and the State Health Officer. 2020 Q2: the closures ran through April 30; on May 1 gymnasiums and child care reopened under conditions and personal services reopened by appointment with face coverings, screening and no waiting areas while restaurants, bars and theaters stayed closed to on-premises service and the ten-person gathering ban continued; on May 15 restaurants and bars resumed seated service (groups of six, tables six feet apart, staff face coverings, no buffets, no dances or karaoke), theaters reopened in limited capacity, child care groups rose to 25, the gathering cap became 25 (worship and funerals exempt with conditions), and schools were authorized limited on-site instruction; on June 1 outdoor gatherings of up to 250 were permitted with conditions and indoor events remained at 25; on June 15 indoor gatherings rose to 250 with distancing (50 without), and K-12 schools, colleges and trade schools were authorized on-site instruction in groups of no more than 50 per room. The Wyoming Supreme Court's Temporary Plan of March 18, 2020 suspended in-person proceedings in every State court, and its Fourth Order (June 12, 2020) barred jury trials before August 3, 2020. 2020 Q3: the Seventh through Thirteenth Continuations (effective July 1 through October 15) held restaurants, bars, gymnasiums, theaters and personal services to seated service, six-person groups (eight from October 1), six-foot spacing, staff face coverings, screening logs and sanitation rules; forbade gatherings of more than 50 people (events of up to 250 indoors, and outdoors up to 50 percent of venue capacity to a maximum of 1,000, only with conditions); and, from August 1, 2020, required students, teachers and school staff to wear face coverings where six feet of separation could not be maintained, with groups capped at 50 per room. 2020 Q4: the Fifteenth Continuation (effective November 1) carried the same regime; the Seventeenth Continuation (November 19, effective November 24) re-tightened gatherings to 25, capped indoor events at 25 percent of capacity and 100 people and outdoor events at 50 percent and 250, and confined sports and performance participants to groups of 25; county face-covering orders approved by the State Health Officer took effect in Laramie County (November 2), Teton County (July 21) and, by November 18, in at least twelve counties; and the Eighteenth Continuation and Statewide Public Health Order #4 (December 7, effective December 9) imposed the first statewide face-covering requirement in businesses, government facilities, health care and transportation, barred on-premises consumption in bars and restaurants from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., cut groups from eight to six and gym classes from 25 to 10, and limited gatherings to ten. 2021 Q1: the Eighteenth Continuation and Order #4 governed through January 8; the Nineteenth (effective January 9) kept the ten-person cap while restoring late-night bar service; the Twentieth (January 26 to February 14), Twenty-first (February 15 to 28) and Twenty-second (March 1 to 15) eased groups to eight and then ten, permitted buffets, raised event caps and, on March 1, ended Order #3; Order #4 expired March 15, and the Twenty-third Continuation (March 12, effective March 16) removed all restrictions and requirements for all businesses and entities except child care facilities, K-12 schools, colleges, universities and trade schools, and removed the personal-gathering restriction while keeping indoor events of more than 500 people at 50 percent of capacity. 2021 Q2: the Twenty-fourth through Twenty-seventh Continuations (April 1 through May 31) kept the school and child-care face-covering and distancing requirements and the large-indoor-event rule; the statewide orders expired May 31, 2021 and none was issued thereafter. 2021 Q3: Executive Order 2020-2 remained in force (until March 15, 2022); the Supreme Court's Temporary Plan and its procedural orders remained in force (extended thirteen times, most recently July 7, 2022, and terminated effective February 1, 2023); 2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 168 (HEA 93, effective July 1, 2021) limited any new health order restricting movement or activity to ten days and reserved subsequent orders to the Governor (60 days) or, for local orders, to the county commissioners or municipal governing body; Teton District Public Health Order #21-5 (August 26, 2021), approved by the State Health Officer, required face masks in every business and government facility open to the public, health care facility, taxi and public conveyance and in every K-12 school and postsecondary institution in Teton County through September 4, 2021 unless extended; the University of Wyoming required masks indoors wherever six-foot distancing was not possible from August 16, 2021, required entry testing of every student and employee August 18-22, 2021, and extended the requirement indefinitely on September 17, 2021; and Laramie County School District No. 1 and Albany County School District No. 1 adopted indoor mask mandates on September 8, 2021, with Teton, Sheridan and Goshen county districts adopting theirs in the preceding two weeks. No statewide business, gathering, mask or travel order was in force in Wyoming in the third quarter of 2021.

The six quarters

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

QuarterFirst dayLast day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →April 1, 2020: EO 2020-2 in force (WY-001); child care closed except essential personnel; K-12 dismissed; no in-person higher education; gatherings of 10 or more forbidden; personal services closed; Wyoming Supreme Court Temporary Plan suspending in-person proceedings (WY-003, WY-007). April 3: Second Continuations through April 30 (WY-008, WY-009) and the Governor's 14-day self-quarantine directive for non-work travelers (WY-010).June 30, 2020: EO 2020-2; Sixth Continuation of Order #1 (June 15-30) with restaurants and bars limited to seated service in groups of six with six-foot spacing and staff face coverings, gyms, theaters and child care under conditions, schools in groups of 50 (WY-018); Supreme Court Fourth Order: no jury trials before August 3, 2020, in-person proceedings suspended with exceptions (WY-019).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →July 1, 2020: EO 2020-2; Seventh Continuations of Orders #1, #2 and #3 (July 1-15): seated service, groups of six, staff face coverings, screening; gym classes capped at 50, pools one person per 120 square feet; theaters limited; child care conditions; schools groups of 50 (WY-020); gatherings of more than 50 prohibited, events to 250 only with conditions (WY-021); Supreme Court jury moratorium to August 3 (WY-019).September 30, 2020: EO 2020-2; Twelfth Continuations (September 16-30): same business conditions (WY-028); gatherings of more than 50 prohibited, indoor events to 250 with distancing, outdoor events to 50 percent of capacity and 1,000 (WY-029); school face coverings where six feet cannot be maintained and groups of 50 per room (from WY-024, continued); Supreme Court procedural orders extended to October 5, 2020 (WY-023) and the Temporary Plan as amended.
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →October 1, 2020: EO 2020-2; Thirteenth Continuations (October 1-15): groups of up to eight at restaurants and bars, staff face coverings, screening logs (WY-030); gatherings of more than 50 prohibited with event conditions (WY-031); school face coverings and room caps; Supreme Court orders.December 31, 2020: EO 2020-2; Eighteenth Continuation of Order #1 (December 9-January 8): no on-premises consumption 10:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m., groups of six, gym classes of ten, staff face coverings, staff-hour records (WY-038); Eighteenth Continuation of Order #2: gatherings of more than ten prohibited, indoor events 25 percent/100, outdoor 50 percent/250 (WY-039, carrying forward WY-037); Statewide Public Health Order #4: face coverings in businesses, government facilities, health care and transportation (WY-040); county face-covering orders in Laramie (WY-035), Teton, Natrona, Albany and other counties; Supreme Court orders.
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →January 1, 2021: same as December 31, 2020 (WY-038, WY-039, WY-040; EO 2020-2; Supreme Court orders).March 31, 2021: EO 2020-2; Twenty-third Continuation of Order #1 (March 16-31): all business restrictions removed except child care and K-12 schools, colleges, universities and trade schools, which keep face coverings indoors where six feet cannot be maintained, groups of 50 per room, screening and visitor rules (WY-050); Twenty-third Continuation of Order #2: indoor events of more than 500 people at no more than 50 percent of capacity with mask protocols, no personal gathering limit, no outdoor restrictions (WY-051); Order #3 expired February 28 and Order #4 expired March 15, 2021 (WY-046, WY-048, WY-049, WY-052); Supreme Court orders.
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →April 1, 2021: EO 2020-2; Twenty-fourth Continuations (April 1-15): school and child-care face coverings and distancing (room caps removed) (WY-053); indoor events of more than 500 at 50 percent (WY-054); Supreme Court orders.June 30, 2021: EO 2020-2 in force; no statewide public health order in force (the Twenty-seventh Continuations, effective May 17, expired May 31, 2021 and were not renewed: WY-058, WY-059); Supreme Court Temporary Plan and procedural orders in force; 2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 168 enacted April 22, 2021, effective the next day (WY-055).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →July 1, 2021: EO 2020-2 (state of emergency and public health emergency) in force (WY-001); W.S. 35-1-310 and 35-1-240(c) in effect (WY-055); Wyoming Supreme Court Temporary Plan and procedural orders in force (WY-062 recital); no statewide public health order (WY-059); federal layer per FED files.September 30, 2021: EO 2020-2 in force; Supreme Court orders in force; Teton District Public Health Order #21-5 (August 26, 2021; through September 4, 2021 unless extended by the Board of County Commissioners or Town Council; extension status not verified); University of Wyoming indoor mask requirement (August 16, 2021; extended indefinitely September 17, 2021) and entry and 3 percent weekly testing (WY-060, WY-061); Laramie County School District No. 1 and Albany County School District No. 1 indoor mask mandates (September 8, 2021; ACSD1 through October 15, 2021), Teton, Sheridan and Goshen county district mandates (secondary); county health officer isolation and quarantine orders on cases and contacts under W.S. 35-4-103 and 35-1-240(a)(iii) (category only); no statewide business, gathering, mask or travel order.

The end of general restrictions

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

End of general restrictions

Instrument Twenty-third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1 (State Health Officer, entered March 12, 2021), read with the Twenty-third Continuation of Order #2 and the expiration without renewal of Order #4 on March 15, 2021 and of Order #3 on February 28, 2021 (Ex. WY-050, WY-051, WY-046, WY-048, WY-049, WY-052)

What remained in force

Executive Order 2020-2 (state of emergency and public health emergency) until March 15, 2022; Order #1 as continued for child care facilities, K-12 schools, colleges, universities and trade schools (face coverings indoors where six feet of separation cannot be maintained, distancing, screening; room caps removed April 1, 2021) through May 31, 2021; Order #2 as continued for indoor events of more than 500 people (50 percent of venue capacity with mask protocols) through May 31, 2021; the Wyoming Supreme Court's Temporary Plan and procedural orders through February 1, 2023; Countywide Variance Orders and county health officer orders approved by the State Health Officer (e.g., Teton District Order #21-5, August 26, 2021); the University of Wyoming's indoor mask and entry-testing requirements from August 16, 2021; school district mask mandates from late August and September 2021; the federal general layer (CDC conveyance mask order; TSA security directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS from June 21, 2021.

Preemption of local orders

Wyoming did not preempt or bar local orders; it channeled them through the State Health Officer. Under W.S. 35-1-240(a)(iv) county health officers act 'under the direction and supervision of the State Health Officer,' and every statewide order recited that it 'supersedes all previous individual county orders authorized by the Wyoming State Health Officer under Wyoming Statute 35-1-240(a)(iv). To the extent the county order is more restrictive, the more restrictive provisions still apply' (Order #1 para. 7, Ex. WY-004; Order #2 para. 7, Ex. WY-005; Order #3 para. 5, Ex. WY-006). From May 1, 2020 each statewide order authorized 'countywide variances... in the form of a Countywide Variance Order, if approved by the County Health Officer and the State Health Officer,' which 'may be less restrictive (or more restrictive) than the measures imposed in this Order' (Ex. WY-014 para. 5; WY-015). County face-covering orders were issued by county health officers and approved in writing by the State Health Officer (Laramie County Order #10-2020 recital: 'Alexia Harrist, MD, Ph.D., the Wyoming State Health Officer has reviewed and does hereby authorize the issuance of this Order,' Ex. WY-035; Teton District Orders #20-6 and #21-5 likewise). From July 1, 2021, 2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 168 (HEA 93) added W.S. 35-1-310 and 35-1-240(c): a county, municipal or district health officer's order restricting movement or activity requires 48 hours' public notice and comment (absent immediate and life-threatening harm) and 'shall be effective for a period of not more than ten (10) days,' with subsequent orders of any duration issuable only by the board of county commissioners or the municipal governing body; a State Health Officer order of that kind is likewise limited to ten days and 'subsequent orders for the same or substantially same purpose shall only be issued by the governor... and shall be in effect for not more than sixty (60) days' (Ex. WY-055). The act applies only to orders issued on or after July 1, 2021. Nothing in Wyoming law barred a school district, the University of Wyoming's Board of Trustees or a county from imposing mask requirements in 2021, and each did.

Third quarter of 2021

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

In force (6)

  • WY-001 / WY-002: Executive Order 2020-2, Declaration of a State of Emergency and a Public Health Emergency (March 13, 2020), in force until rescinded by Executive Order 2022-03 on March 15, 2022 (EMER predicate; W.S. 35-4-114 immunity and 35-4-115 definitions keyed to it)
  • WY-055: 2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 168 (HEA 93), W.S. 35-1-310 and 35-1-240(c), effective July 1, 2021 (governs every local and State health order issued in Q3 2021)
  • WY-060 / WY-061: University of Wyoming indoor mask requirement (Board of Trustees, August 11, 2021; effective August 16, 2021 through at least September 20, 2021; extended indefinitely September 17, 2021), entry testing of all students and employees (August 18-22, 2021) and weekly random-sample testing of 3 percent of the campus population
  • Teton County, Sheridan County and Goshen County school district mask mandates adopted in late August and early September 2021 (verified_secondary, by category)
  • County health officer isolation and quarantine orders on COVID-19 cases and close contacts under W.S. 35-4-103, 35-4-104 and 35-1-240(a)(iii), and WDH school isolation and quarantine rules applied by districts (category only; no individual instrument retrieved)
  • Federal general layer (FED files): CDC conveyance mask order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA security directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502 (June 21, 2021); presidential entry proclamations and DHS land-border notices to November 8, 2021

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Wyoming, 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

Closed to on-premises consumption March 19-May 14, 2020 (takeout only, five customers at a time) (WY-004, WY-008, WY-012); seated service from May 15, 2020 with groups of six, six-foot spacing, staff face coverings, screening logs, no buffets, no dances or karaoke (WY-016, WY-020, WY-024, WY-026, WY-028); groups of eight from October 1, 2020 (WY-030); groups of six and no on-premises consumption 10:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m. from December 9, 2020 (WY-038); late-night service restored January 9, 2021 (N07); groups of eight February 15 and ten March 1, 2021 with buffets restored (WY-045, WY-046); all restrictions removed March 16, 2021 (WY-050, WY-049); none in Q3 2021 except Teton County's mask order (N10).

Retail

Never closed statewide; exempt from the gathering caps where customers are not within six feet (WY-005 para. 3); county mask orders from July 21, 2020 (Teton) and November 2, 2020 (Laramie) (N09, WY-035); statewide face coverings inside or in line to enter any business, with signage and employee mask duties, December 9, 2020-March 15, 2021 (WY-040, WY-048); Teton County masks August 26-September 4, 2021 (N10).

Personal care

Closed March 25-April 30, 2020 (WY-006, WY-014); reopened May 1, 2020 by appointment only, stations six feet apart, staff and patron face coverings, screening, no waiting areas (WY-014); conditions and a 50-person limit continued through the Twenty-first Continuation (N04); Order #3 expired February 28, 2021 (WY-045, WY-046) with Order #4 masks to March 15, 2021.

Fitness and entertainment

Gymnasiums and theaters closed March 19-April 30, 2020 (WY-004); gyms reopened May 1 with staff masks, closed locker rooms and no classes (WY-012); theaters reopened May 15 in groups of six (WY-016); gym classes capped at 50 and pools at one person per 120 square feet from July 1 (WY-020); classes cut to ten December 9, 2020 (WY-038), raised to 25 January 9 and 50 March 1, 2021 (N07, WY-046); all restrictions removed March 16, 2021 (WY-050); large indoor events above 500 held to 50 percent capacity through May 31, 2021 (WY-051, WY-054, WY-057, WY-058).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Never closed; hotels exempt from the gathering caps for lodging (WY-005); hotel restaurants limited to room service March 19-May 14, 2020 (WY-004); every hotel and short-term rental was required from April 3 to May 8, 2020 to post the 14-day quarantine for non-work travelers in its listing and at the property, and its guests were ordered to quarantine (WY-010, N03); Teton County (Jackson Hole) mask orders July 21, 2020-January 2021 and August 26-September 4, 2021 (N09, N10).

Offices and telework

No statewide telework mandate or office closure order; offices were reached by the ten-person gathering rule (March 20-May 14, 2020, exempting only government service centers and workplaces where people are not within six feet) (WY-005), by the child-care and school closures on the workforce (WY-004, WY-008), by the statewide face-covering order for any business premises visited by the public (WY-040), and by county mask orders' 'personal office' exception (WY-035). The Supreme Court's Temporary Plan suspended in-person court work for law offices (WY-003, WY-019).

Manufacturing

No manufacturing closure; plants reached by the gathering caps' confined-space definition (WY-005, WY-021), by the workforce effects of school closures (WY-004, WY-008) and by the statewide mask order for premises visited by the public (WY-040); supply-chain effects flow from other States' orders (ECO files).

Construction

No construction shutdown; job sites reached by the ten-person gathering rule (exempting groups of workers being transported) March 20-May 14, 2020 (WY-005), by school and child-care closures on the workforce (WY-004), and by the December 2020-March 2021 mask order where the public visits (WY-040).

Real estate

No showing or open-house order; transactions reached by the Supreme Court's suspension of in-person proceedings and jury trials (evictions, foreclosures, title litigation) March 18-August 3, 2020 and remote-procedure orders through 2022 (WY-003, WY-007, WY-019, WY-023, WY-062), by the ten-person gathering rule for open houses (WY-005) and by the mask orders for offices visited by the public (WY-040).

Hospitals and long-term care

Hospitals exempt from the gathering caps (WY-005); elective-procedure suspension by CMS/CDC recommendation and resumption under WY-011; long-term care facilities exempt from gathering caps 'as long as the facility complies with guidance and directives from the CDC, the Wyoming Department of Health, and appropriate licensing and regulatory agencies' (WY-005 para. 3(m)); outdoor visitation permitted June 17-22, 2020 under WDH guidance (NGA; secondary); federal CMS visitation and testing rules govern (FED files).

Dental and elective health care

No State order suspended elective procedures; WDH's April 24, 2020 guidance records that providers 'were encouraged to follow guidance from CMS and CDC that recommended suspending these procedures,' and conditioned resumption on CMS gating criteria and county health officer consultation, barring State-supplied PPE for elective care (WY-011). Dental and medical offices were 'healthcare operations' under the county and State mask orders (WY-035, WY-040).

Schools

Statewide dismissal March 19-May 14, 2020 with no in-person classes before May 18 (WY-004, WY-008, WY-012); limited on-site instruction from May 15 and on-site instruction in groups of 50 from June 15, 2020 (WY-016, WY-018); face coverings for students, teachers and staff where six feet cannot be maintained from August 1, 2020, groups of 50 per room, transport rules (WY-024); requirements continued through every continuation and were the only Order #1 requirements left after March 16, 2021 (WY-050, WY-053, WY-056); room caps removed April 1, 2021 (WY-053); statewide school rules expired May 31, 2021 (WY-058); 2021-22 year: no statewide rule; district mandates in Teton, Sheridan, Goshen, Albany and Laramie counties from late August-September 8, 2021 and the University of Wyoming's indoor mask and testing requirements from August 16, 2021 (WY-060, WY-061, N13); Teton County's Order #21-5 required masks in all schools and postsecondary institutions (N10).

Child care

Closed March 19-April 30, 2020 except for children of essential personnel in groups under ten (WY-004, WY-008); reopened May 1, 2020 in groups under ten with screening (WY-012); groups of 25 from May 15 (WY-016); conditions (hand-washing, screening, drop-off rules, sanitation) continued through May 31, 2021 (WY-050, WY-053, WY-056, WY-058).

Worship and gatherings

Gatherings of ten or more forbidden March 20-May 14, 2020 with no worship exemption (WY-005, WY-009, WY-013); cap 25 from May 15 with worship and funerals exempt on conditions (WY-017); cap 50 from July 1 with events to 250 and outdoor to 1,000 (WY-021, WY-025, WY-027, WY-029, WY-034); cap 25 and events at 25 percent/100 indoors from November 24 (WY-037); cap ten from December 9, 2020 (WY-039, WY-041); 25 from February 15 and 50 from March 1, 2021 (N07, WY-047); personal-gathering limit removed March 16, 2021 (WY-051).

Courts and public offices

Wyoming Supreme Court Temporary Plan (March 18, 2020) suspending in-person proceedings, extended April 1 to May 31, amended April 30, May 15 and June 12, 2020 (no jury trials before August 3, 2020), with procedural orders extended to October 5, 2020 and the plan extended thirteen times through July 7, 2022 and terminated February 1, 2023 (WY-003, WY-007, WY-019, WY-023, WY-062); government buildings open to the public covered by the statewide mask order December 9, 2020-March 15, 2021 (WY-040).

Travel and quarantine

Governor's Statewide Directive of April 3, 2020: 14-day self-quarantine for all persons arriving from another State or country for non-work purposes, continued April 29 and lifted May 8, 2020 (WY-010, N03); no travel restriction thereafter (WY-059: 'There are no travel restrictions in Wyoming for U.S. travelers'); isolation and quarantine of cases and contacts by county health officers under W.S. 35-4-103 throughout (category).

Face coverings

Staff face coverings required in restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters and personal services from May 1 and May 15, 2020 (WY-014, WY-016); school face coverings from August 1, 2020 (WY-024); county mask orders approved by the State Health Officer: Teton July 21, 2020 (N09), Laramie November 2, 2020 (WY-035), twelve counties by November 18, 2020 (N11); Statewide Public Health Order #4 December 9, 2020-March 15, 2021 (WY-040, WY-043, WY-044, WY-048, WY-049); school masks to May 31, 2021 (WY-050-WY-058); Q3 2021: Teton County Order #21-5 (N10), University of Wyoming (WY-060, WY-061), school districts (N13).

Vaccination mandates

No State health-care-worker or State-employee vaccination mandate in the period; the University of Wyoming required COVID-19 testing of every student and employee on entry (August 18-22, 2021) and weekly random testing of 3 percent of the campus population (WY-060, WY-061); federal mandates (EO 14042, 14043; CMS and OSHA rules of November 2021) per FED files.

Standing duties

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

Wyoming's compulsion ran on four standing tracks, none written for COVID-19 and none dependent on the life of a Statewide Public Health Order. First, the public health code of Title 35. Every statewide order and every county order of 2020 and 2021 was issued under W.S. 35-1-240 and 35-4-103 and recited W.S. 35-1-105 and 35-1-106 as its enforcement clause (Ex. WY-004 to WY-058; the recital is recorded in the State records for each order). Section 35-1-240(a) gives the Department of Health, through the State Health Officer, the power and duty to control communicable disease, to 'establish, maintain and enforce isolation and quarantine' with 'physical control over property and over the persons of the people within this state', 'To close theaters, schools and other public places, and to forbid gatherings of people', 'To abate nuisances' and to enforce sanitary standards for hotels, factories, workshops and 'places used for public gatherings' (35-1-240(a)(ii)-(v), (xv); DUT-WY-003). Section 35-1-105(a)(i) forbids every 'person, corporation or other organization' to 'Willfully violate, disobey or disregard the provisions of the public health laws of Wyoming or the terms of any lawful notice, order, rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto', and 35-1-105(a)(vii) binds the owner or occupant of premises to remove a 'nuisance, source of filth or cause of sickness' within forty-eight hours of a health authority's order, with civil damages preserved (35-1-105(b); DUT-WY-002). Section 35-1-106 makes any person 'who shall fail or refuse to obey any lawful order issued by any state, county or municipal health officer' guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment of up to one year, or both (DUT-WY-002). The contagious-disease article adds the Department's power to 'prescribe rules and regulations for the management and control of communicable diseases', with a misdemeanor for 'violating or refusing to obey such rules and regulations or resisting or interfering with any officer or agent' (35-4-101), the mandatory quarantine and travel-regulation machinery (35-4-103) and the crime of escape from quarantine (35-4-105) (DUT-WY-004), and the misdemeanor of doing 'any other act with intent to, or necessarily tending to the spread of such disease' with civil liability 'to any and all persons, who may, from that cause, become infected' (35-4-109, 35-4-110; DUT-WY-005). Second, the emergency layer. Executive Order 2020-2 (March 13, 2020) declared the public health emergency under W.S. 19-13-102, 19-13-104 and 35-4-115(a)(i) and directed the Director of the Department of Health to act under W.S. 35-1-240, 35-1-227 and 35-4-101 to 115 (Ex. WY-001, WY-002). The Wyoming Homeland Security Act lets the Governor 'Make, amend and rescind the necessary orders, rules and regulations to carry out this act' and assign mitigation activities to a State agency, which 'shall undertake and carry out the activity on behalf of the state' (19-13-104(c)(i)), and requires every homeland security program to 'execute and enforce orders, rules and regulations made by the governor' (19-13-116) (DUT-WY-012). Chapter 13 of Title 19 contains no offense provision; in Wyoming the offense for disobeying a pandemic order lies in Title 35, which is why every order recited 35-1-105 and 35-1-106. Third, the workplace duty. Wyoming operates an OSHA-approved State plan (WYOSHA, within the Department of Workforce Services) under the Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety Act, W.S. 27-11-101 to 27-11-114, whose declared policy is that 'the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases and abiding by rules and regulations are the responsibility of both the employer and the employee' (27-11-102(a)(i)) and whose employer duties are that 'Each employer shall furnish to his employees, a place of employment and employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm' and 'shall comply with occupational safety and health standards, rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to this act' (27-11-105(b)(vi)(A)-(B)), enforced by criminal penalties for willful violations causing death and by civil penalties for serious and other violations at federal levels (27-11-107) (DUT-WY-014). WYOSHA adopted no Wyoming COVID-19 standard during the six quarters; its 'COVID-19 Resources' compilations (May 2020 to 2021) are each 'intended as a resource' and list the federal OSHA enforcement memoranda then 'in effect' (DUT-WY-015, DUT-WY-016), and its letter of July 15, 2021 announced partial adoption of the Healthcare ETS by emergency rule, stated that the State plan 'must be "at least as effective" as the Federal program' and that the ETS 'is not enforceable in Wyoming' until the rule issued, and 'encourage[d]' hazard assessments, written COVID-19 plans, PPE, distancing or barriers and paid leave for vaccination (DUT-WY-017). Those instruments are recorded as recommendations; the duty they served is 27-11-105(b)(vi). Fourth, the liability shield and its condition. On April 6, 2021, SEA 57 (2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 118), effective immediately, created W.S. 1-1-141, under which in any 'COVID-19 liability claim' 'there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the claimant accepted and assumed the risk of catching COVID-19 if the claimant entered the premises of another person or entity', and added 35-4-114(d)-(e), under which 'Any health care provider, person or entity shall be immune from liability for damages in an action involving a COVID-19 liability claim unless the person seeking damages proves... gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct', pleaded with particularity and proven by clear and convincing evidence (DUT-WY-008, DUT-WY-009). Wyoming's shield is therefore two-tiered: good-faith compliance with health-officer instructions is a complete immunity for every business entity (35-4-114(a)), and the 2021 act makes gross negligence the floor for every COVID-19 claim. The Legislature thereby declared compliance with the health officers' instructions the conduct the law protects. Fifth, the sanitary and food-establishment layer: 35-1-240(a)(v) and (xv), 35-1-105(a)(vii), and the Wyoming Food, Drug and Cosmetic Safety Act ('No food establishment shall serve, hold for sale or sell food to the public without a valid license', 35-7-124(a); violation of the act or its rules a misdemeanor, 35-7-111, -113) (DUT-WY-018). Sixth, the operating conditions in the orders themselves, cross-referenced from the State layer with their verbs ('must be screened'; 'must wear face coverings'; 'shall perform hand hygiene'; 'must post notices'; long-term care exempt only 'as long as the facility complies with guidance and directives from the CDC') (DUT-WY-021 to DUT-WY-031). Seventh, no Wyoming court decision or Attorney General opinion on the duty of businesses under the orders was located; the Department of Health's guidance documents are recorded as what they are, recommendations ('The Wyoming Department of Health recommends') (DUT-WY-019, DUT-WY-020, DUT-WY-032).

The question these duties answer

Whether the measures Wyoming employers took beyond the four corners of the Statewide Public Health Orders were voluntary within Notice 2021-20 Q&A-14, or were the discharge of standing duties imposed by Wyoming law.

By character

  • 10 Order operating condition
  • 6 Recommendation only
  • 5 Liability shield condition
  • 4 Statutory duty
  • 2 Statutory authority
  • 2 Workplace duty
  • 1 Guidance incorporated
  • 1 Order penalty
  • 1 Sanitary code duty

Exhibits

Ex. DUT-WY-001 Ex. DUT-WY-002 Ex. DUT-WY-003 Ex. DUT-WY-004 Ex. DUT-WY-005 Ex. DUT-WY-006 Ex. DUT-WY-007 Ex. DUT-WY-008 Ex. DUT-WY-009 Ex. DUT-WY-010 Ex. DUT-WY-011 Ex. DUT-WY-012 Ex. DUT-WY-013 Ex. DUT-WY-014 Ex. DUT-WY-015 Ex. DUT-WY-016 Ex. DUT-WY-017 Ex. DUT-WY-018 Ex. DUT-WY-019 Ex. DUT-WY-020 Ex. DUT-WY-021 Ex. DUT-WY-022 Ex. DUT-WY-023 Ex. DUT-WY-024 Ex. DUT-WY-025 Ex. DUT-WY-026 Ex. DUT-WY-027 Ex. DUT-WY-028 Ex. DUT-WY-029 Ex. DUT-WY-030 Ex. DUT-WY-031 Ex. DUT-WY-032

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On the calendar

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

Emergency declaration 2Business closure 5Capacity limit 28Gathering cap 16Face-covering requirement 37Travel and quarantine 1Schools and child care 20Health care orders 1Curfew and hours 1Alcohol and bars 2Events and venues 19Courts and public offices 5Workplace rules 26Vaccination or testing 2Quarantine and isolation 1Other 7

All instruments

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

Showing 62 of 62 instrumentsEvery record that resolves to Wyoming in the Library (94) →
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerLevelEffectiveEndQuartersLimitationsSourceFile
Ex. WY-001Executive Order 2020-2Declaration of a State of Emergency and a Public Health EmergencyGovernor Mark GordonStateMar. 13, 2020Mar. 15, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 454 KB
Ex. WY-002Executive Order 2020-2 (text-layer copy)Declaration of a State of Emergency and a Public Health EmergencyGovernor Mark GordonStateMar. 13, 2020Mar. 15, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 359 KB
Ex. WY-003News release announcing the Order Adopting Temporary Plan to Address Health Risks Posed by the COVID-19 PandemicWyoming Supreme Court Issues COVID-19 Emergency OrderWyoming Supreme Court (Chief Justice Michael K. Davis)CourtMar. 18, 2020Feb. 1, 20232020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 62 KB
Ex. WY-004Statewide Public Health Order #1Statewide Public Health Order Closing Bars, Restaurants, Theaters, Gymnasiums, Child Care Facilities, K-12…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, M.D., Ph.D.StateMar. 19, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 142 KB
Ex. WY-005Statewide Public Health Order #2Statewide Public Health Order Forbidding Gatherings of Ten (10) People or MoreWyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMar. 20, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 562 KB
Ex. WY-006Statewide Public Health Order #3Statewide Public Health Order: Temporary Closure of Nail Salons, Hair Salons, Barber Shops, Massage Parlors…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMar. 25, 2020Mar. 31, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 437 KB
Ex. WY-007Order Extending COVID-19 Emergency Orders to May 31, 2020In the Matter of the Extension to May 31, 2020 of the Wyoming Supreme Court's Emergency Orders Regarding…Wyoming Supreme CourtCourtApr. 1, 2020May 31, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 57 KB
Ex. WY-008Second Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #1Second Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order Closing Bars, Restaurants, Theaters, Gymnasiums, Child…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateApr. 3, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Business closureSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 667 KB
Ex. WY-009Second Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #2Second Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order Forbidding Gatherings of Ten (10) People or MoreWyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateApr. 3, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Gathering capPrimary source readPDF 559 KB
Ex. WY-010Governor DirectiveStatewide Directive for Individuals Arriving in Wyoming from Another State or Country to Self-QuarantineGovernor Mark GordonStateApr. 3, 2020May 8, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 529 KB
Ex. WY-011WDH Guidance on Resuming Elective and Non-emergency ProceduresCOVID-19: Guidance from the Wyoming Department of Health on Resuming Elective and Non-emergency ProceduresWyoming Department of HealthSector regulatorApr. 24, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersOtherPrimary source readPDF 81 KB
Ex. WY-012Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Closing Bars, Restaurants, Theaters…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMay 1, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 231 KB
Ex. WY-013Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Forbidding Gatherings of Ten (10)…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMay 1, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 150 KB
Ex. WY-014Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #3Third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order: Temporary Closure of Nail Salons, Hair…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMay 1, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 145 KB
Ex. WY-015WDH Guidance for Public Officials on COVID-19 (variances and exceptions)Guidance for Public Officials on COVID-19Wyoming Department of HealthStateMay 1, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2OtherPrimary source readPDF 198 KB
Ex. WY-016Fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMay 15, 2020May 31, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 578 KB
Ex. WY-017Fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Forbidding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMay 15, 2020May 31, 20202020 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 289 KB
Ex. WY-019Fourth Order Amending March 18, 2020 Temporary Plan to Address Health Risks Posed by the COVID-19 PandemicIn the Matter of the Wyoming Supreme Court's Temporary Plan Regarding COVID-19 PandemicWyoming Supreme CourtCourtJune 12, 2020Aug. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 136 KB
Ex. WY-018Sixth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Sixth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateJune 15, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. WY-020Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateJuly 1, 2020July 15, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 452 KB
Ex. WY-021Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Seventh Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2: Regarding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateJuly 1, 2020July 15, 20202020 Q3Gathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 329 KB
Ex. WY-022Eighth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Eighth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateJuly 16, 2020July 31, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 270 KB
Ex. WY-023Order Extending COVID-19 Emergency Procedural Orders to October 5, 2020In the Matter of the Extension to October 5, 2020 of the Wyoming Supreme Court's Emergency Orders Regarding…Wyoming Supreme CourtCourtJuly 24, 2020Oct. 5, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 57 KB
Ex. WY-024Ninth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Ninth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateAug. 1, 2020Aug. 15, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 423 KB
Ex. WY-025Ninth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Ninth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than Fifty…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateAug. 1, 2020Aug. 15, 20202020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 258 KB
Ex. WY-026Tenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Tenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants, Theaters…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateAug. 16, 2020Aug. 31, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. WY-027Tenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Tenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than Fifty…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateAug. 16, 2020Aug. 31, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 900 KB
Ex. WY-028Twelfth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Twelfth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateSept. 16, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 525 KB
Ex. WY-029Twelfth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Twelfth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateSept. 16, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q3Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 348 KB
Ex. WY-030Thirteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Thirteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateOct. 1, 2020Oct. 15, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 514 KB
Ex. WY-031Thirteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Thirteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateOct. 1, 2020Oct. 15, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 336 KB
Ex. WY-032Fourteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Fourteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateOct. 16, 2020Oct. 31, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 291 KB
Ex. WY-033Fifteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Fifteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateNov. 1, 2020Nov. 15, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 370 KB
Ex. WY-034Fifteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Fifteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateNov. 1, 2020Nov. 15, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 209 KB
Ex. WY-035Laramie County Health Officer Public Health Order #10-2020Order Requiring All Adults Within Laramie County, Wyoming, Including the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming to Wear…Laramie County Health Officer Stanley E. Hartman, M.D. (Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department), with the written authorization of State Health Officer Alexia HarristCountyNov. 2, 2020Nov. 30, 20202020 Q4Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 450 KB
Ex. WY-036Sixteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Sixteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateNov. 16, 2020Nov. 23, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 217 KB
Ex. WY-037Seventeenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Seventeenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateNov. 24, 2020Dec. 15, 20202020 Q4Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 265 KB
Ex. WY-038Eighteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Eighteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateDec. 9, 2020Jan. 8, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 399 KB
Ex. WY-039Eighteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Eighteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateDec. 9, 2020Jan. 8, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 206 KB
Ex. WY-040Statewide Public Health Order #4Statewide Public Health Order Requiring Face Coverings in Certain Places, With ExceptionsWyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateDec. 9, 2020Jan. 8, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 207 KB
Ex. WY-041Nineteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Nineteenth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateJan. 9, 2021Jan. 25, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 358 KB
Ex. WY-042Twentieth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Twentieth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateJan. 26, 2021Feb. 14, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 377 KB
Ex. WY-043Second Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #4Second Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order Requiring Face Coverings in Certain Places, With…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateJan. 26, 2021Feb. 14, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 198 KB
Ex. WY-044Third Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #4Third Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order Requiring Face Coverings in Certain Places, With…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateFeb. 15, 2021Feb. 28, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 239 KB
Ex. WY-045WDH summary: Changes to Public Health Orders Related to COVID-19Changes to Public Health Orders Related to COVID-19 (February 25, 2021)Wyoming Department of HealthStateMar. 1, 2021Mar. 15, 20212021 Q1OtherPrimary source readPDF 57 KB
Ex. WY-046Twenty-second Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Twenty-second Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Bars, Restaurants…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMar. 1, 2021Mar. 15, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 406 KB
Ex. WY-047Twenty-second Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Twenty-second Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Gatherings of More…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMar. 1, 2021Mar. 15, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 247 KB
Ex. WY-048Fourth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #4Fourth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order Requiring Face Coverings in Certain Places, With…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMar. 1, 2021Mar. 15, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 255 KB
Ex. WY-049Governor's news release of March 8, 2021Governor Gordon Announces Removal of Statewide Mask Requirement, Lifts All Restrictions on Bars, Restaurants…Governor Mark Gordon (Office of the Governor bulletin)StateMar. 16, 2021Mar. 31, 20212021 Q1OtherPrimary source readPDF 834 KB
Ex. WY-050Twenty-third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Twenty-third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Child Care Facilities…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMar. 16, 2021Mar. 31, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 267 KB
Ex. WY-051Twenty-third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Twenty-third Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2: Regarding Large Indoor…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMar. 16, 2021Mar. 31, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 248 KB
Ex. WY-052WDH news release of March 12, 2021Updated Statewide Public Health Orders Go Into Effect TuesdayWyoming Department of HealthStateMar. 16, 2021Mar. 31, 20212021 Q1OtherPrimary source readPDF 56 KB
Ex. WY-053Twenty-fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #1Twenty-fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Child Care…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateApr. 1, 2021Apr. 15, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 241 KB
Ex. WY-054Twenty-fourth Continuation, and Modification, of Statewide Public Health Order #2Twenty-fourth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #2: Regarding Large Indoor Events of More Than…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateApr. 1, 2021Apr. 15, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 263 KB
Ex. WY-056Twenty-sixth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #1Twenty-sixth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order Regarding Child Care Facilities, K-12 Schools…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMay 1, 2021May 16, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 320 KB
Ex. WY-057Twenty-sixth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #2Twenty-sixth Continuation of Statewide Public Health Order #2: Regarding Large Indoor Events of More Than Five…Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia HarristStateMay 1, 2021May 16, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 319 KB
Ex. WY-058WDH news release of May 13, 2021 (Twenty-seventh Continuations of Orders #1 and #2)Statewide Public Health Orders to Remain in PlaceWyoming Department of HealthStateMay 17, 2021May 31, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 46 KB
Ex. WY-055House Enrolled Act No. 93 (2021 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 168), creating W.S. 35-1-310 and 35-1-240(c)An Act relating to the public health; amending and creating provisions governing the issuance of orders…Wyoming Legislature (Sixty-sixth Legislature, 2021 General Session); signed by Governor Gordon April 22, 2021StateJuly 1, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source readPDF 15 KB
Ex. WY-059WDH 'COVID-19 Information and Guidance' page as archived July 1, 2021COVID-19 Information and Guidance (formerly 'COVID-19 Orders and Guidance'), Wayback capture of July 1, 2021Wyoming Department of Health (web page)StateJuly 1, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source readPDF 77 KB
Ex. WY-060University of Wyoming indoor mask requirement and entry-testing requirement (fall 2021 plan)Masks Required Where Distancing Not Possible Indoors on UW CampusUniversity of Wyoming Board of Trustees (August 11, 2021) and President Edward SeidelStateAug. 16, 2021Sept. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 158 KB
Ex. WY-061University of Wyoming Board of Trustees extension of the indoor mask policyBoard of Trustees Extends UW Mask PolicyUniversity of Wyoming Board of TrusteesStateSept. 17, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 145 KB
Ex. WY-062Order Terminating COVID-19 Temporary and Emergency OrdersIn the Matter of the Termination of COVID-19 Related OrdersWyoming Supreme Court (Chief Justice Kate M. Fox)CourtFeb. 1, 2023—Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 89 KB

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