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UPDATED May 22, 2020
State Regulatory Responses to COVID-19 1
State Regulatory Responses to COVID-19
* In recent months, state regulators have been issuing emergency regulations, guidance documents, and press releases responding to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Nearly every state is enacting daily changes to their responses to COVID-19. Major changes are documented below.
* The below survey documents state responses to COVID-19 in the following areas:
Declaring a State of Emergency. All fifty states and the District of Columbia have declared a state of emergency, granting the states access to emergency funds, the National Guard, and other resources to assist affected entities and communities.
Shelter-in-Place. Most states have put in place broad shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders. These orders—among other things—impose restrictions on business across the state, effectively permitting only “life-sustaining” or “essential” businesses to continue to operate.
Restricting Large Gatherings. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued interim guidance recommending that, for the next eight weeks, organizers cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50+ people throughout the United States. Separately, President Trump has advised that individuals avoid gatherings with more than 10 people. States, however, have taken disparate approaches—some have adopted the CDC’s guidance, others permit larger gatherings, and some states are silent on the issue altogether.
Limiting Operations of Restaurants/Bars. Most states are limiting the operations of restaurants and bars. Specifically, a select number of states effectively prohibit on-premises consumption in a restaurant. These rules do, however, continue to permit take-out, drive-through, and pick-up options.
Restricting Operations of Other Facilities. As with restaurants and bars, many states have enacted prohibitions applicable to other retail establishments (e.g., entertainment facilities to the public, including theaters, casinos, and bowling alleys; shopping malls; and gyms and spas).
Closing Schools. Many states have closed schools through the end of April 2020, with many states extending remote-learning through the end of the school year.
Postponing Elections. A minority of states have delayed their local or presidential primary elections.
Offering Guidance on Insurance Coverage. Nearly every state has issued guidance to consumers and the insurance industry alike governing issues ranging from cost-sharing obligations, immunizations, telehealth opportunities, access to information, and more.
Suspending Evictions. Many states are temporarily suspending evictions or foreclosures of residential and/or commercial properties.
Reopening State Economies. The CDC has issued guidance for state and local officials to reopen businesses to the public. States are beginning to allow businesses to reopen and requiring implementation of specific safety measures.
Not every state has addressed each of these issues, and some states have incorporated other important reforms (e.g., unemployment benefits, paid-family leave, visitation at long-term care facilities, etc.). To the extent possible, we have included such references below.
* The below survey details the available state resources, the date on which the resources were issued, and a brief summary offering a general overview of the guidance offered. The initial table provides a high-level overview of the broader survey and contains corresponding state links that refer to the entries in the detailed survey.
* We envision this as an evergreen document that we will aim to update on a biweekly basis. If you operate in a state and notice that we have not included the most up-to-date guidance, please let us know.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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States Emergency Declaration
Stay-in-Place & Essential
Business Closures
Reopening Large
Gatherings Restaurants,
Bars, etc. Other
Facilities Schools Elections Insurance
Tenancy Flexibility or Restrictions1
Alabama X X X X X X X X X R
Alaska X X X X X X X X X R
Arizona X X X X X X X X B
Arkansas X X X X X X X
California X X X X X X X X B
Colorado X X X X X X X X X R
Connecticut X X X X X X X X X B
Delaware X X X X X X X X X R
D.C. X X X X X X X R
Florida X X X X X X X X B
Georgia X X X X X X X X X
Hawaii X X X X X X X X X B
Idaho X X X X X X X X
Illinois X X X X X X X B
Indiana X X X X X X X X X R
Iowa X X X X X X X B
Kansas X X X X X X X X B
Kentucky X X X X X X X X X
Louisiana X X X X X X X X X
Maine X X X X X X X X X B
Maryland X X X X X X X X X B
Massachusetts X X X X X X X R
Michigan X X X X X X X X R
Minnesota X X X X X X X X R
Mississippi X X X X X X X X R
1 R = Residential | C = Commercial | B = Both Residential and Commercial
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States Emergency Declaration
Stay-in-Place & Essential
Business Closures
Reopening Large
Gatherings Restaurants,
Bars, etc. Other
Facilities Schools Elections Insurance
Tenancy Flexibility or Restrictions1
Missouri X X X X X X X X X
Montana X X X X X X X X R
Nebraska X X X X X X X X R
Nevada X X X X X X X X B
New Hampshire X X X X X X X X B
New Jersey X X X X X X X X R
New Mexico X X X X X X X X
New York X X X X X X X X B
North Carolina X X X X X X X X X B
North Dakota X X X X X X X
Ohio X X X X X X X X X C
Oklahoma X X X X X X
Oregon X X X X X X X X B
Pennsylvania X X X X X X X X X R
Rhode Island X X X X X X X X X B
South Carolina X X X X X X X X X
South Dakota X X X
Tennessee X X X X X X X X R
Texas X X X X X X X X X
Utah X X X X X R
Vermont X X X X X X X X
Virginia X X X X X X X X X R
Washington X X X X X X X R
West Virginia X X X X X X X X X
Wisconsin X X X X X X X X B
Wyoming X X X X X X
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
I. Alabama
Amended Statewide Public Health Order | Press Release
05/21/2020 • Provides additional guidance to industries to begin reopening with modifications.
Proclamation 05/21/2020 • Clarifies that the moratorium on evictions will end on June 1, 2020.
Amended Statewide Public Health Order | Guidelines
for All Businesses | Guidelines for Restaurants
and Bars
05/08/2020
• Provides guidance to industries to begin reopening with modifications. • Permits restaurants, bars, and athletic facilities to reopen if they abide by certain
safety guidelines.
Proclamation 05/08/2020 • Provides liability protections for businesses and health care providers in the event of
death or injury of individuals, or the damage of property, in connection with COVID-19.
Amended Statewide Public Health Order | Fact Sheet
04/28/2020
• Permits certain non-essential businesses to reopen to the public if they abide by social distancing requirements.
• Permits all retail stores to reopen if they implement certain social distancing and sanitation protocols and limit their maximum occupancy rate to no more than 50%.
• Clarifies that restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, athletic facilities, and close-contact service providers must remain closed to non-employees.
Amended Statewide Public Health Order | Press Release
04/03/2020 • Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities.
Sixth Supplemental State of Emergency
04/03/2020 • Directs all state, county, and local law enforcement officers to cease enforcement of
any order that would result in the displacement of a person from their residence.
Amended Statewide Public Health Order | FAQs | Press
Release | Poster 03/27/2020
• Prohibits all non-work-related gatherings of 10+ people or gatherings of any size that cannot maintain a consistent 6-foot distance between persons.
• Closes all non-essential businesses and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
• Closes all public and private schools.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Updated Statewide Public Health Order | Press Release
03/20/2020
• Prohibits all non-work-related gatherings of 25+ people or non-work-related gatherings of any size that cannot maintain a consistent 6-foot distance between persons.
• Advises all employers to take reasonable steps to meet these standards for employees and customers.
• Closes the state’s beaches. • Requires delay of all elective dental and medical procedures. • Prohibits any restaurant, bar, brewery, or similar establishments from permitting on-
premises consumption of food or drink, but permits continued take-out or delivery service, provided social distancing protocols are met.
Supplemental State of Emergency | Press Release
03/18/2020 • Reschedules the primary runoff for July 14, 2020 (from March 31, 2020). • Requires closure of all K-12 schools.
FAQs 03/17/2020 • Provides guidance with respect to coverage under travel insurance policies.
Bulletin 2020-02 | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Proclamation 03/13/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
II. Alaska
Press Release 05/19/2020 • Permits all business to reopen on May 22, 2020 if they abide by safety guidelines.
Press Release | Updated Guidance
05/07/2020 • Provides updated guidance for reopening restaurants, retail establishments, personal
services, non-public facing businesses, public-facing businesses, gyms, etc. beginning on April 8, 2020.
Health Mandate 016 | Press Release | Non-retail Businesses | Retail
Businesses | Restaurants | Personal Care Services |
04/22/2020
• Permits non-essential businesses (e.g., restaurants, retail stores, personal care services, gyms, etc.) to resume operations on April 24, 2020 if they meet certain social distancing, staffing, and cleaning protocols.
• Permits indoor and outdoor gatherings of 20 total people.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release | Non-public-facing Businesses |
Gatherings
Health Mandate 013 04/09/2020 • Extends the closure of K-12 public and private schools for the remainder of the 2019-
2020 academic year.
Health Mandate 011 | Health Mandate 012 | FAQs | Press
Release | Attachment A (Essential Businesses) |
Attachment B (Emergency Travel Order)
03/27/2020
• Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or participate in essential activities, work, and travel.
• Closes all non-essential businesses except for “minimum basic operations,” including activities to maintain the value of the inventory, ensure security, process payroll and employee benefit or for related functions, and facilitate teleworking for employees.
Health Mandate 009 03/23/2020 • Closes all personal care service (e.g., hair salons, barber shops, massage therapy
establishments, etc.) • Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
Health Mandate 008 03/20/2020 • Closes all public and private schools through May 1, 2020.
Alaska COVID-19 Economic Stabilization Plan | Press
Release 03/20/2020
• Details the confines of the state’s plan to provide stability to the state economy and ensure residents have the resources needed during the COVID-19 outbreak, including establishing an Alaska COVID-19 Emergency Business Loan Program.
• Prohibits evictions for individuals receiving rental assistance through the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.
• Directs the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation to suspend foreclosures and evictions.
Health Mandate 004 | Press Release
03/17/2020 • Offers guidance to travelers returning from abroad to Alaska.
B20-07 | B20-04 | B20-03 03/17/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Health Mandate 003 | Press Release
03/17/2020
• Closes all bars, breweries, restaurants, food and beverage kiosks or trucks, and other establishments serving food or beverages to public dine-in service through April 1, 2020.
• Closes all entertainment facilities to the public, including theaters, gyms and fitness centers, bowling alleys and bingo halls.
Health Mandate 002 | Press Release
03/16/2020 • Closes all libraries, archives, and museums until March 31, 2020.
• Requires residential school programs to begin the process of returning students to their families and home communities, to be completed by March 27, 2020.
Health Mandate 001 | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Suspends visitation at certain state facilities. • Clarifies that all scheduled public-school days between March 16, 2020 and March
30, 2020 will be days in which students will not be attending school.
Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency | Press
Release 03/11/2020
• Allows the governor to exercise his emergency powers to help meet, mitigate, and respond to the dangers posed by COVID-19.
III. Arizona
Executive Order 2020-36 05/12/2020
• Clarifies that the stay at home order expires on May 15, 2020. • Requires all businesses and entities in the state to establish and implement safety
guidelines. • Urges individuals to maximize physical distance from others.
Executive Order 2020-34 | Press Release | Restaurant
Guidance 05/04/2020
• Permits barber and cosmetology shops to reopen on May 8, 2020 if they implement certain safety protocols for employees and customers.
• Permits restaurants to reopen dine-in services on May 11, 2020 if they abide by certain physical distancing and other safety protocols.
Executive Order 2020-33 | Press Release | Guidance
04/29/2020 • Requires essential businesses to implement certain physical distancing measures. • Permits all retail businesses to reopen to the public on May 8, 2020, if they establish
and implement certain safety protocols.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 2020-25 04/08/2020 • Authorizes the sale of certain goods and food items at restaurants and provides
flexibility on packaging and labeling rules.
Executive Order 2020-21 04/06/2020
• Prohibits eviction action including lock out, notice to vacate, or any other attempt to inhibit the operations of a business for commercial tenants unable to pay rent due to financial hardship caused by COVID-19.
• Directs commercial landlords to consider deferring or adjusting rent payments for commercial tenants that are unable to pay rent due to financial hardship caused by COVID-19.
Press Release 04/03/2020 • Clarifies non-essential services and recreational activities required to close and closes
additional areas (e.g., basketball courts, playgrounds, public restrooms, communal pools, and swap meets).
Executive Order 2020-18 | Press Release
03/30/2020 • Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities and work.
Press Release 03/30/2020 • Extends the closure of public schools through the end of the school year.
Executive Order 2020-14 | Press Release
03/24/2020 • Delays enforcement of eviction orders for residential premises under certain
circumstances as documented by the landlord or property owner.
Executive Order 2020-12 | Press Release
03/23/2020 • Prohibits essential businesses from closing.
Press Release 03/20/2020 • Extends the income tax filing deadline to July 15, 2020 to mirror the new federal
deadline.
Press Release 03/20/2020 • Notes that school will be closed until April 10, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-09 03/19/2020 • Requires all bars, movie theaters, indoor gyms and fitness clubs to close.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
• Requires all restaurants in certain counties to close access to on-site dining, but permits continued service through pick-up, delivery, and drive-thru options.
Executive Order 2020-10 03/19/2020 • Delays all non-essential or elective surgeries that utilize personal protective
equipment or ventilators.
DHS Recommendations 03/17/2020 • Recommends cancelling or postponing mass gatherings of 10+ people.
Press Release 03/13/2020 • Provides guidance with respect to coverage under travel insurance policies.
Executive Order 2020-07 | Press Release
03/11/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Declaration of Emergency | Press Release
03/11/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Executive Order | Press Release
03/11/2020 • Requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to undertake certain regulatory
actions with respect to long-term care facilities, insurance coverage, and price gouging.
IV. V. Arkansas
Executive Order 20-25 | Press Release
05/05/2020 • Extends the public health emergency for 45 days.
Press Release 05/04/2020 • Permits indoor and outdoor venues such as theaters, arenas, stadiums, and auction
houses that are designed for large groups may reopen on May 18, 2020, on a limited basis.
Press Release 05/01/2020 • Permits barber, cosmetology, massage therapy, body art, and medical spa services to
reopen on May 6, 2020, if they follow health safety guidelines.
Press Release | Guidance 04/30/2020 • Permits gyms to reopen on May 4, 2020, if they follow health safety guidelines.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release 04/29/2020 • Permits restaurants to reopen on May 11, 2020, if they abide by certain social
distancing and sanitation protocols.
Press Release 04/22/2020 • Announces target dates to decide whether the state will lift restrictions on certain
services and businesses.
Press Release 04/06/2020 • Extends the closure of K-12 public and private schools for the remainder of the 2019-
2020 academic year.
Executive Order 20-13 | Press Release
04/04/2020
• Directs commercial lodgings and short-term rentals, including, hotels, motels, and vacation rentals, only permit occupancy for certain authorized guests (e.g., healthcare professionals, first responders, law enforcements, state or federal employees on official business, National Guard members on active duty, etc.)
Special Notice | Press Release
04/02/2020 • Limits all state parks to day-use only.
Updated Directive 03/30/2020 • Extends the closure of casinos to April 30, 2020.
Gov. Hutchinson Twitter 03/27/2020 • Urges individuals to stay at home if possible and practice social distancing.
Executive Order | Secretary of Health Order
03/26/2020 • Limits public gatherings of 10+ people.
Secretary of Health Order 03/23/2020 • Closes all barber, body art, cosmetology, massage therapy, and medical spas
establishments until further notice.
Secretary of Health Order 03/19/2020 • Closes all K-12 schools until April 17, 2020. • Closes all dine-in service for bars and restaurants until further notice. • Closes gyms and indoor entertainment venues until further notice.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release 03/17/2020 • Directs the Arkansas Department of Commerce to expedite unemployment benefits.
Gov. Hutchinson Twitter 03/16/2020 • Recommends that residents comply with the CDC event-restriction guidance. • Discourages unnecessary out-of-state travel.
Gov. Hutchinson Twitter 03/15/2020 • Closes onsite instruction of public schools until March 30, 2020.
Executive Order 20-03 | Executive Order 20-04 | Executive Order 20-05
03/11/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
VI. California
Executive Order N-64-20 | Press Release
05/08/2020 • Requires each county’s elections officials to send vote-by-mail ballots for the General
Election to all registered voter.
Executive Order N-63-20 | Press Release
05/08/2020 • Extends various regulatory deadlines, among other things.
Resilience Roadmap | Press Release
05/07/2020 • Provides guidance to industries—including retail, manufacturing, and logistics—to
begin reopening with modifications.
Executive Order N-62-20 | Press Release
05/06/2020
• Provides that workers who contract COVID-19 while on the job may be eligible to receive workers’ compensation.
• Creates a time-limited rebuttable presumption for accessing workers’ compensation benefits applicable to Californians that must work outside of their homes during the stay at home order.
Executive Order N-51-20 | Press Release
04/16/2020 • Orders companies in the food sector (e.g., grocery stores, fast food chains, etc.) that
employ 500+ people to provide two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave for full-time workers who contract COVID-19 or are exposed to the virus and need to self-isolate.
Governor’s Roadmap | Press Release
04/14/2020 • Outlines six indicators the state will consider before modifying its’ stay at home order.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order N-44-20 04/03/2020 • Prohibits sellers of any kind from increasing prices on food, consumer goods, medical
or emergency supplies, and certain other items by more than 10%.
Executive Order N-37-20 03/27/2020 • Prohibits eviction orders for renters affected by COVID-19 through May 31, 2020.
Executive Order N-34-20 03/20/2020 • Permits vote-by-mail procedures to be used in three upcoming special elections.
Executive Order N-33-20 | FAQs
03/19/2020 • Orders all individuals living in California to stay home or at their places of residence. • Identifies critical infrastructure sectors that will remain open via reference to federal
guidance.
Executive Order N-28-20 | Press Release
03/16/2020 • Authorizes local governments to halt evictions for commercial and residential tenants,
slows foreclosures, and protects against utility shutoffs for Californians affected by COVID-19.
Gov. Newsom Twitter 03/15/2020 • Advises that bars, night clubs, wineries, and breweries close and restaurants focus on
takeout for those isolating.
Executive Order N-26-20 | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Directs school districts to use state dollars to fund distance learning and high-quality
educational opportunities, provide school meals and, as practicable, arrange for the supervision for students during school hours.
CDPH Guidance 03/11/2020 • Suggests that large gatherings that include 250+ should be postponed or cancelled and
that smaller gatherings held in venues that do not allow social distancing of 6 feet per person should be postponed or cancelled.
Bulletin | Press Release | Screening Letter
03/05/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Proclamation of a State of Emergency | Press Release
03/04/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
VII. Colorado
Executive Order 2020-058 05/07/2020 • Extends the declaration of a state emergency for 30 days, among other things.
Executive Order 2020-051 04/30/2020 • Extends the moratorium on residential evictions and foreclosures, among other things.
Executive Order 2020-044 | Press Release | Public Health
Order 20-28 | FAQs | Guidance
04/26/2020
• Permits certain businesses that implement social distancing and cleaning protocols to reopen to the public, including, among others: o Retail businesses and personal care services may reopen on May 1, 2020. o All non-essential commercial businesses may reopen at 50% reduced in-person
staffing capacity on May 4, 2020. • Closes all K-12 schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year. • Clarifies that all vulnerable individuals (e.g., individuals age 65+ or with underlying
medical conditions, etc.) should stay at home, except when conducting essential activities or work.
• Directs employers to accommodate workers with childcare responsibilities and workers who live in the same household as vulnerable person.
Executive Order 2020-039 4/17/2020 • Orders workers in “critical businesses and critical government functions” to wear non-
medical face coverings.
Executive Order 2020-036 | Press Release
04/14/2020 • Extends the restrictions of in-person contact for the 2020 elections and the secretary
of state’s operations.
Executive Order 2020-025 | Press Release
04/06/2020 • Extends the stay at home order until April 26, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-017 | Press Release | FAQs |
Amended Public Health Order 20-24
03/25/2020
• Requires residents of the state to stay at home, unless engaging in a critical activity or working at a critical business.
Executive Order 2020-013 | Public Health Order | FAQs
03/22/2020 • Requires all non-essential employers to reduce in-person work that takes place
outside a private residence by at least 50%.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order D 2020-012 03/20/2020 • Suspends the enforcement of residential eviction activities until April 30, 2020 and
directs state agencies to work with property owners and landlords to identify any lawful measures to avoid eviction procedures against tenants.
Updated Notice of Public Health Order 20-22
03/19/2020
• Closes bars, restaurants, gyms, theaters, and casinos until April 30, 2020. • Closes all non-essential personal services facilities (e.g., hair or nail salons, spas,
tattoos, massage parlors, etc.) and racetrack and off-track pari-mutuel wagering facilities.
• Allows establishments to continue to offer food and beverage using delivery service, window service, walk-up service, drive-through service, or drive-up service.
Executive Order 2020-008 03/19/2020 • Allows Colorado’s political parties to amend certain rules and procedures governing
the conduct of their assemblies and conventions and to limit in-person contact during the election process.
Executive Order 2020-009 03/19/2020 • Orders the temporary cessation of all elective and non-essential surgeries and
procedures.
Executive Order 2020-007 03/18/2020 • Extends the closure of schools until April 17, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-006 | Executive Order 2020-004 |
Press Release 03/18/2020
• Requires the closure of downhill ski resorts until April 6, 2020.
Notice of Public Health Order 20-23
03/18/2020 • Limits all mass gatherings to under 10 people in a single room or space at the same
time in a venue like an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, private club, or any other confined indoor or outdoor space.
Emergency Regulation | Consumer Advisory |
Bulletin B-4.104 03/17/2020
• Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Notice of Public Health Order 20-20 | Press Release
03/12/2020 • Restricts visitors to skilled nursing facilities, assisted living residences, and
intermediate care facilities.
Emergency Rules on Paid Sick Leave | Press Release
03/11/2020 • Temporarily requires employers in certain industries to provide a small amount of
paid sick leave to employees with flu-like symptoms while awaiting COVID-19 testing.
Executive Order 2020-003 | Press Release
03/11/2020 • Declares a state of emergency through April 10, 2020.
VIII. Connecticut
Executive Order 7PP | Press Release | Guidance |
Certification 05/18/2020
• Permits non-essential businesses to reopen on May 20, 2020 if they certify that they will comply with safety guidelines prior to reopening.
Executive Order 7MM 05/12/2020
• Establishes an expedited approval process for restaurants and other establishments that serve food to get permission to create or expand outdoor dining areas.
• Permits certain businesses (i.e., retail stores) to get permission to sell goods on the sidewalk or in other outdoor areas.
Executive Order 7II | Press Release
05/05/2020 • Closes schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Order 7BB | Press Release
04/17/2020 • Orders all individuals living in the state to wear face coverings in public whenever
close contact is unavoidable. • Postpones the presidential primary further to August 11, 2020.
Executive Order 7X | Press Release
04/10/2020
• Orders a 60-day grace period for rent payments in both April and May for residential tenants.
• Prohibits all notices of evictions for residential tenants. • Requires a landlord to apply a residential tenant’s security deposit to their rent
payment in certain situations (e.g., if a tenant provides written notice of a significant loss in revenue or increase in expenses as a result of COVID-19).
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
• Extends all closures and previous orders (e.g., public schools, restaurants, gyms, etc.) through May 20, 2020.
Executive Order 7T 04/02/2020 • Prohibits non-essential lodging (e.g., hotels, short-term residential rentals, etc.). • Clarifies limits on restaurants, bars, and private clubs.
Executive Order 7S 04/01/2020
• Provides a tax deferral program for any landlord or taxpayer that rents or leases to any commercial, residential, or institutional tenant or lessee that can show they will suffer a significant income decline or that equal forbearance was offered to their tenants or lessees.
Executive Order 7R 03/31/2020 • Restricts entrance to state parks, forests, and other lands. • Permits curbside pickup of alcoholic beverages by extending their permit premises.
Executive Order 7N 03/26/2020 • Prohibits public gatherings of 5+ people. • Requires restaurants to use carry out or delivery, use touchless payment systems, and
remote ordering and payment.
Executive Order 7L | Press Release
03/24/2020 • Extends the closure of public schools through April 20, 2020.
Executive Order 7H | Press Release
03/20/2020 • Directs all non-essential businesses and not-for-profit entities to prohibit all in-person
functions, excluding essential businesses or entities providing essential services/functions.
Connecticut Supreme Court Order
03/20/2020 • Suspends all orders for evictions and ejectments through May 1, 2020.
Gov. Lamont Twitter 03/19/2020 • Announces that the state’s presidential primary has been postponed to June 2, 2020.
Press Release | Press Release
03/18/2020 • Offers a regional approach to combatting COVID-19 throughout the tri-state area (i.e.,
Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York).
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
• Establishes uniform standards that will: Limit crowd capacity for social and recreational gatherings to 50 people. Require restaurants and bars that serve food to temporarily move to take-out
and delivery services only. Require bars that do not serve food to close. Temporarily close movie theaters, gyms and fitness centers, and similar public
workout facilities and studios (New Jersey and New York will close their commercial casinos and Connecticut will close its physical off-track betting facilities).
DRS Extension of Filing Deadlines
03/16/2020 • Grants an automatic extension of at least 30 days for filing deadlines for certain annual
tax returns.
Executive Order 7C | Press Release
03/15/2020 • Cancels classes at all public schools until March 31, 2020.
Executive Order 7B | Press Release
03/14/2020
• Suspends in-person state and local government open meeting requirements. • Allows pharmacists to compound and sell hand sanitizer. • Waives requirements for pharmacists to use certain personal protective equipment
when working with non-hazardous, sterile compounds.
Order | Executive Order 7A | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Prohibits any visitation to nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Executive Order 7 | Press Release
03/12/2020
• Prohibits gatherings of 250+ people for social and recreational activities (e.g., community, civil, leisure, or sporting events; parades; concerts; festivals; movie screenings; plays or performances; conventions; and similar activities) through April 30, 2020.
• Waives the requirement that the school year total 180 days (i.e., nothing precludes schools from satisfying their existing mandate by holding sessions through June 30, 2020).
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Declaration of Public Health and Civil Preparedness
Emergencies 03/10/2020
• Declares a public health emergency and civil preparedness emergency throughout the state until September 9, 2020, unless terminated earlier.
Blast Fax 2020-07 | Press Release
03/09/2020 • Directs health care facilities to impose restrictions on all visitors.
Bulletin IC-39 | Press Release
03/09/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
IX. Delaware
Press Release 05/19/2020 • Provides guidance for retail stores and restaurants to begin expanding their
operations by appointments and outdoors.
Extension of Declaration of Emergency
05/08/2020 • Extends the state emergency until May 31, 2020.
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency | Press
Release | Press Release | Press Release
05/07/2020
• Reschedules the presidential primary for July 7, 2020. • Permits certain nonessential businesses to reopen, including retail stores for curbside
pickup, among others, on May 8, 2020, if they abide by certain safety guidelines.
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency
04/30/2020 • Clarifies the moratorium on eviction orders and other tenancy flexibility.
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency
04/25/2020 • Orders businesses to provide employees with face coverings to wear while working in
areas open to the general public and areas in which coming within 6 feet of other staff are likely.
Press Release 04/24/2020 • Closes K-12 public schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency | Press
Release 04/06/2020
• Prohibits the use of all short-term rental units (e.g., vacation home rentals, hotels, motels, and condo rentals)
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency | Press
Release 04/01/2020
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people until May 15, 2020. • Issues directives for in-store social distancing for retail businesses.
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency | Press
Release 03/29/2020
• Orders all out-of-state travelers into Delaware to self-quarantine for 14 days.
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency | Press
Release 03/24/2020
• Prohibits late fees and evictions for all residential rental units during the state of emergency.
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency | Press
Release | FAQs | List of Essential Businesses
03/22/2020
• Requires all residents to shelter in place, permitting residents to leave their homes only to undertake essential activities.
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency | Press
Release 03/21/2020
• Closes the state’s beaches.
Modified Declaration of State of Emergency
03/18/2020 • Limits restaurants, taverns and bars to take-out and delivery service only, bans public
gatherings of 50+ people, and closes gaming activity at Delaware casinos.
Letter | Press Release 03/13/2020 • Directs all Delaware public schools to close until March 27, 2020.
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Declaration of a State of Emergency | Press Release
03/12/2020
• Declares a state of emergency. • Advises event organizers in Delaware to cancel non-essential public gatherings of 100
people or more, to prevent community spread of coronavirus. • Prohibits price gouging, or an excessive price increase of goods or services, during the
coronavirus outbreak.
Bulletin 115 | Press Release 03/09/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
District of Columbia
Mayor’s Charge 04/23/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses in D.C.
Mayor’s Update 05/13/2020 • Extends the stay at home order to June 8, 2020.
Mayor’s Order 2020-063 | Press Release | Guidance
04/15/2020 • Extends the public health emergency, closure of public schools, and closure of non-
essential businesses through May 15, 2020. • Issues various directives to protect vulnerable populations and essential workers.
Mayor’s Order 2020-058 | Press Release | FAQs
04/08/2020 • Requires essential retail businesses to implement certain social distancing practices. • Establishes a mandatory 90-day mortgage deferment program, upon request, for
residential and commercial mortgage holders.
Mayor’s Order 2020-054 | Press Release
03/30/2020 • Orders all persons currently living in D.C. to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities and work.
Mayor’s Order 2020-053 | Press Release
03/24/2020
• Closes all non-essential businesses and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
• Encourages businesses to utilize telework policies, if available. • Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
Commissioner’s Order 01-2020
03/20/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Mayor’s Order 2020-051
03/20/2020
• Prohibits mass gatherings of 50+ people anywhere in the District. • Requires restaurants and taverns to suspend table seating until April 24, 2020, but
permits restaurants and taverns to operate delivery and grab-and-go operations. • Suspends operations of nightclubs, multi-purpose facilities, health clubs, health spas,
massage establishments, and theaters.
DC Superior Court Corona Virus Advisory
03/13/2020 • Suspends evictions of all tenants and foreclosed homeowners.
D.C. Public Schools Letter 03/13/2020 • Closes D.C. public schools until March 23, 2020.
Mayor’s Order 2020-050 | Declaration of Public Health
Emergency (2020-045) | Declaration of Public Health
Emergency (2020-046)
03/11/2020
• Declares a public health emergency.
X. XI. Florida Executive Order 2020-123 05/15/2020
• Permits the use of indoor seating and services for all food establishments, retail stores, gyms, among other non-essential businesses in the state, if they limit their occupancy by 50% and abide by other safety guidelines.
Executive Order 20-121 05/15/2020 • Extends the mortgage foreclosure and eviction relief until June 2, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-120 | Guidance
05/09/2020 • Permits barbershops and cosmetology salons to reopen on May 11, 2020 if they abide
by certain safety guidelines.
Emergency Order 05/09/2020 • Extends the state of emergency until May 31, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-112 04/29/2020 • Permits restaurants and other food establishments, retail stores, museums, and
libraries to reopen on May 4, 2020 if they abide by social distancing measures and limit their indoor occupancy.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 2020-111 04/29/2020 • Extends the stay at home order until May 4, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-94 04/02/2020 • Suspends all statutes related to mortgage foreclosures and rental evictions.
Executive Order 2020-91 | Essential Services
04/01/2020
• Requires all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or participate in essential activities and work.
• Closes all non-essential businesses and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Executive Order 20-87 | Executive Order 20-103
03/27/2020 • Prohibits the use of short-term vacation rentals.
Executive Order 20-83 03/24/2020 • Directs the Florida Surgeon General and Health Officer to issue a public health
advisory against gatherings of 10+ people and urge individuals to work remotely.
Executive Order 20-68 03/17/2020
• Closes bars, pubs, and nightclubs that derive more than 50% of their gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages.
• Directs parties accessing public beaches to follow CDC guidance by limiting gatherings to no more than 10 people, distancing themselves from other parties by 6 feet, and supporting beach closures at the discretion of local authorities.
• Requires restaurants to limit their occupancy to 50% of their current building occupancy and adhere to CDC guidance.
DOE Guidance 03/17/2020 • Closes all public and private K-12 schools until April 15, 2020.
OIR-20-01M | Executive Order 20-51 | OIR
Informational Memorandum 20-02M | OIR-20-03M
03/16/2020
• Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
CFO Statement on Travel Insurance | CFO Letter to
03/16/2020 • Provides guidance with respect to coverage under travel insurance policies.
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Travel Insurance Agents and Insurers
Executive Order 20-52 03/09/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Executive Order 20-51 03/01/2020 • Establishes COVID-19 response protocols and directs a public health emergency in
Florida.
XII. XIII. Georgia
Executive Order 05/12/2020 • Requires all businesses operating in the state to abide by certain safety guidelines.
Executive Order | Press Release
04/30/2020 • Extends the stay at home order until June 12, 2020.
Executive Order 04/27/2020 • Provides additional guidance for food service establishments. • Permits bowling alleys and theaters to fully reopen.
Executive Order | Press Release | Guidance
04/20/2020
• Permits medical, dental, optometry, and other healthcare-related practices to immediately reopen and see patients; and requires such practices to operate in accordance with CDC guidelines.
• Permits gyms, bowling alleys, hairdressers, and other personal care businesses to conduct “minimum basic operations,” including remaining open to the public, among other things, beginning April 24, 2020; and requires such businesses, if open, to implement certain measures to mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19 (e.g., limiting occupancy, increasing sanitation, providing personal protective equipment for employees, etc.).
• Clarifies that businesses, non-profits, and other organizations are prohibited from gathering 10+ people in a single location (e.g., individuals must be at least six feet apart).
Executive Order 04/08/2020 • Prohibits the use of short-term vacation rentals.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 04/03/2020 • Clarifies the definition of essential services and enforcement provisions of the stay at
home order.
Executive Order | Press Release | Guidance
04/02/2020
• Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or participate in essential activities and work.
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+people. • Directs all non-essential businesses to limit their operations. • Closes all restaurants and private social clubs for dine-in services. • Closes all gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, theaters, and performance venues.
Executive Order 04/01/2020 • Extends the closure of public elementary schools through the end of the school year.
Executive Order 03/26/2020 • Extends the closure of public elementary schools through April 24, 2020.
Executive Order 03/23/2020
• Orders certain people living in Georgia with serious underlying conditions (e.g., those living in a nursing home, those who have chronic lung disease, etc.) to shelter in place.
• Closes all bars. • Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
Press Release 03/16/2020 • Declares a public health emergency.
Executive Order | Gov. Kemp Twitter
03/16/2020 • Closes public elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools until March 31,
2020.
Press Release 03/14/2020 • Reschedules the presidential primary for May 19, 2020.
Executive Order 03/14/2020 • Declares a public health state of emergency.
Directive 20-EX-3 | Press Release
03/09/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
XIV. Hawaii
Eighth Supplementary Proclamation |
Memorandum | Reopening Presentation
05/18/2020
• Outlines a framework for reopening additional nonessential businesses in June 2020. • Extends the moratorium on evictions to June 30, 2020. • Extends the 14-day self-quarantine restriction for all individuals traveling to the state
to June 30, 2020.
Seventh Supplementary Proclamation | Press Release
05/05/2020 • Permits certain nonessential businesses (e.g., retail, car washes, auto dealerships, etc.)
to reopen on May 7, 2020 if they abide by safety guidelines and limit their services.
Sixth Supplementary Proclamation | Press Release
04/25/2020 • Extends the stay at home order and eviction moratorium through May 31, 2020.
Fifth Supplementary Proclamation | Press Release
04/17/2020
• Orders a moratorium on residential evictions. • Closes all state beaches and restricts certain recreational activities (e.g., limiting
boating, hiking, and fishing outings). • Requires essential business employees who have contact with customers or goods to
wear face coverings and requires personnel to monitor and enforce social distancing practices.
Commissioner’s Memorandum 2020-3
03/27/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Third Supplementary Proclamation | Press Release
03/23/2020 • Requires all persons to stay at home or in their place of residence, except as necessary
to maintain continuity of operations of the federal critical infrastructure. • Cites the federal government guidance.
Second Supplemental Emergency Proclamation
03/21/2020 • Orders all individuals—both residents and visitors—arriving or returning to the state
to a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine.
Press Release 03/19/2020 • Extends school closures until April 6, 2020 for all public and charter schools.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release 03/17/2020
• Limits social gatherings to 10 people or fewer. • Closes bars and clubs. • Closes restaurants or provide drive-thru, take out, pick-up, or delivery. • Closes theaters, entertainment centers, and visitor attractions. • Advises that residents avoid any discretionary travel. • Suspends services and activities in places of worship. • Waives the one-week waiting period for unemployment benefits for those unemployed
because of COVID-19.
Press Release | FAQs 03/17/2020 • Suspends all eviction activities.
Supplemental Emergency Proclamation | Press Release
03/16/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Consumer Alert 03/12/2020 • Warns consumers against price gouging and scams. • Provides guidance with respect to coverage under travel insurance policies.
Emergency Proclamation | Press Release
03/05/2020 • Issues an emergency proclamation.
XV. Idaho
Press Release | Guidance 05/18/2020 • Provides guidance to industries—including bars, breweries, pools, among others—to
begin reopening with modifications.
Press Release | Guidance 05/06/2020 • Provides guidance to industries—including indoor gym and recreational facilities—to
begin reopening with modifications.
Stages of Reopening | Resources for Business |
Press Release 04/24/2020
• Outlines a framework for businesses to reopen after the state meets certain criteria (e.g., a downward trend in cases reported within a 14-day period, etc.) and in accordance with state protocols.
Amended Order | Press Release
04/15/2020 • Extends the statewide stay at home order to April 30, 2020.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Idaho Supreme Court Order 03/26/2020 • Suspends non-urgent cases (e.g., non-drug related eviction matters).
Health Department Order | List of Essential Businesses |
Emergency Declaration | Press Release | FAQs
03/25/2020
• Orders all individuals living in the state to self-isolate at their place of residence, unless they provide or receive certain essential services, engage in certain essential activities, and/or work for essential businesses.
• Prohibits all public and private gatherings. • Closes all bars, nightclubs, indoor gyms, and recreation facilities. • Closes all restaurants and cafes, except for takeout and delivery service.
Press Release 03/18/2020
• Adopts the CDC’s guidance and encourages residents to: Avoid discretionary travel. Avoid social gatherings of more than 10 people. Work from home whenever possible. Take advantage of drive-thru, pick-up, or delivery options for food.
• Does not mandate categorical closures of schools and/or other establishments at this time.
Proclamation | Press Release 03/13/2020 • Issues a proactive emergency declaration to activate the use of the Idaho Emergency
Operations Plan and make funds available for use in the Emergency Disaster Fund.
Press Release 03/09/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Illinois
XVI. Executive Order 2020-32 04/30/2020
• Orders essential businesses to limit their occupancy and follow certain safety protocols.
• Clarifies the stay at home order and essential businesses that may remain open.
Executive Order 2020-30 | Executive Order 2020-10
04/23/2020 • Prohibits foreclosures and evictions of residential and non-residential tenants, except
in certain situations (e.g., the tenant poses imminent risk to the property, etc.).
Executive Order 2020-18 04/01/2020 • Extends statewide stay at home order and non-essential business closures until April
30, 2020.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 2020-08 03/20/2020 • Issues a statewide stay at home order, but permits certain essential activities. • Prohibits public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a
single household.
Executive Order 2020-07 | Press Release
03/15/2020 • Closes all bars and restaurants in the state until March 30, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-05 | Executive Order 2020-06 |
Press Release 03/13/2020
• Closes all schools until March 30, 2020. • Urges the Illinois Commerce Commission to immediately institute a moratorium on
shutoffs for all utility companies across Illinois—including energy, telecommunications, and water—until the state disaster proclamation has been lifted.
Executive Order 2020-04 | Press Release
03/12/2020 • Cancels all major sporting events with large spectator crowds until May 1, 2020. • Encourages businesses across the state to take advantage of teleworking capabilities. • Provides that the election will proceed as scheduled on March 17, 2020.
Press Release 03/11/2020 • Announces plans to file emergency rules this week to clarify that individuals
unemployed due to COVID-19 can generally qualify for unemployment benefits to the full extent permitted by federal law.
Press Release 03/09/2020 • Issues disaster proclamation to unlock additional federal resources, formalize
emergency procedures underway across the state, and help the state prepare for the potential of further spread of COVID-19.
Company Bulletin 2020-02 03/02/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services
XVII. Indiana
Executive Order 20-28 | Press Release | Guidelines
5/21/2020
• Permits additional nonessential businesses to begin reopening with modifications. • Requires all businesses to develop a plan to implement certain safety measures and
provide them to all employees/staff. • Clarifies that the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures due to nonpayment ends
on July 1, 2020.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 20-26 | Press Release | Guidance |
FAQs 05/01/2020
• Permits certain nonessential businesses to reopen beginning on May 4, 2020 if they abide by general safety guidelines and limit their occupancy.
Executive Order 20-22 | Press Release | Updated
FAQs 04/20/2020
• Extends the “stay at home” order until May 1, 2020. • Clarifies that essential retail businesses may remain open to the public if they abide by
social distancing guidelines.
Executive Order 20-18 04/06/2020 • Closes all non-essential businesses and directs essential businesses to follow certain
social distancing guidelines.
Executive Order 20-16 04/02/2020 • Closes all public schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Order 20-14 03/31/2020 • Extends closures of restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and other establishments until April
6, 2020.
Executive Order 20-08 | FAQs | Press Release
03/23/2020 • Requires all individuals living in the state to stay at home or in their place of residence,
except if undertaking essential businesses or operations.
Executive Order 20-07 | Press Release
03/20/2020 • Reschedules the state’s presidential primary to June 2, 2020 (from May 5, 2020).
Executive Order 20-06 03/19/2020 • Prohibits eviction and foreclosure actions or proceedings involving residential real
estate or property during the state of emergency.
Press Release 03/19/2020 • Extends closures of all K-12 public and private schools until May 1, 2020.
• Delays the state’s income tax due date to July 15, 2020. • Offers a broad interpretation of the state’s unemployment laws.
FAQs 03/17/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
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Executive Order 20-04 | Press Release
03/16/2020
• Adheres to the CDC guidance for large events and mass gatherings, recommending no in-person events of 50+ people.
• Requires bars, nightclubs, and restaurants to close to in-person patrons, though they may provide take-out and delivery services through March 31, 2020.
• Advises hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to cancel and/or postpone elective and non-urgent surgical procedures immediately.
Press Release | Press Release
03/12/2020
• Provides schools with a 20-day waiver of the required 180 instruction days for use as needed for the remainder of the academic year.
• Advises that nursing facilities and hospitals restrict and screen visitors. • Notes that the Indiana Department of Correction has suspended visitation at all
facilities. • Encourages businesses to utilize telework policies, if available. • Suspends all non-essential out-of-state and international travel through April 26,
2020.
Executive Order 20-02 | Press Release
03/06/2020 • Declares a public health emergency.
XVIII. Iowa
Proclamation | Press Release 05/20/2020 • Permits additional nonessential businesses—including movie theaters, zoos,
aquariums, among others—to begin reopening with modifications.
Proclamation | Press Release 05/13/2020
• Permits salons, barbershops, and massage and tattoo establishments to reopen throughout Iowa in a limited fashion if they abide by safety guidelines.
• Permits restaurants, fitness centers, libraries, and race tracks to reopen in the 22 counties where they have remained closed.
Proclamation | Press Release 05/06/2020 • Permits additional nonessential businesses to begin reopening—including drive-in
theaters, campgrounds, tanning facilities, and medical spas—if they comply with certain safety requirements.
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Proclamation Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Press Release
04/27/2020
• Permits certain restaurants, fitness centers, malls, libraries, and other retail establishments to reopen to the public in a limited capacity (e.g. limiting the number of customers to 50% of normal operating capacity) and requires such businesses to implement social distancing, hygiene, and public health measures.
• Extends the closure of certain businesses (e.g., bars, theaters, casinos, etc.) until May 15, 2020.
Press Release 04/17/2020 • Extends the closure of all schools through the 2019-2020 academic year.
Proclamation 04/10/2020 • Extends the state public health emergency. • Suspends several regulatory provisions related to the health care workforce.
Proclamation | Press Release 04/06/2020 • Closes additional businesses and areas (e.g., malls, tobacco or vaping stores,
entertainment sores, etc.).
Proclamation | Press Release 04/02/2020 • Extends closures of certain businesses and schools through April 30, 2020. • Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
Proclamation | Press Release 03/26/2020
• Extends closures of restaurants, bars, fitness centers, swimming pools, salons, medical spas, barbershops, tattoo establishments, tanning facilities, massage therapy establishments, theaters, casinos and gaming facilities, and senior care facilities until April 7, 2020.
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people. • Closes nonessential retail stores (e.g., bookstores, shoe and clothing stores, etc.) until
April 7, 2020.
Proclamation 03/22/2020 • Suspends foreclosures for residential, commercial, and agricultural real property.
State Public Health Emergency Declaration
03/20/2020 • Relaxes a number of restrictions and regulations (e.g., penalties related to the
collection of property taxes, liquor licensing, etc.). • Suspends evictions and terminations of rental agreements by landlords.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
FAQs | Bulletin 20-03 03/17/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Proclamation of Disaster Emergency | Press Release
03/17/2020
• Declares a public health disaster emergency. • Takes significant steps to promote social distancing, including requirements that:
Restaurants and bars close to the general public, except to the extent they sell food or beverages that are promptly taken from the premises (e.g., carry-out or drive-through).
Fitness centers, health clubs, health spas, gyms, and aquatic centers close. Theaters or other performance venues at which live performances or motion
pictures are shown close. Casinos and other facilities conducting pari-mutuel wagering or gaming
operations close. Planned large gatherings and events be canceled or postponed until after
termination of the disaster. All facilities that conduct adult day services or other senior citizen centers
close. • Prohibits social, community, spiritual, religious, recreational, leisure, and sporting
gatherings and events of 10+ people at all locations and venues, including but not limited to parades, festivals, conventions, and fundraisers.
Press Release 03/15/2020 • Recommends that Iowa schools close for four weeks.
XIX. XX. Kansas
Executive Order 20-34 | Press Release| Reopening
Plan/Guidance 05/19/2020
• Permits certain nonessential businesses to reopen on May 22, 2020 if they abide by safety measures.
• Clarifies that the statewide stay at home order is no longer in effect. • Clarifies that local government may implement more restrictive orders or provisions
regarding businesses, mass gatherings, or stay-home requirements. • Prohibits gatherings of 15+ people.
Executive Order 20-24 04/16/2020 • Extends the statewide stay at home order to May 3, 2020.
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Executive Order 20-16 | Press Release
03/28/2020 • Directs all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities and work. • Enumerates the essential functions of businesses that may remain open.
Executive Order 20-07 03/17/2020 • Closes K-12 schools until May 29, 2020.
Kansas Lottery Twitter 03/17/2020 • Announces closure all state-owned casino gaming until March 30, 2020.
Executive Order 20-06 03/17/2020 • Suspends mortgage foreclosures and any commercial or residential eviction efforts
and judicial proceedings.
Bulletin 2020-01 | Press Release | Press Release
03/17/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order 20-04 | Press Release
03/17/2020
• Prohibits all public or private mass gatherings (i.e., any planned or spontaneous public or private event or convening that will bring together/is likely to bring together 50+ people in a confined or enclosed space at the time), including mass gatherings at auditoriums, theaters, movie theaters, museums, stadiums, arenas, conference rooms, meeting halls, exhibition centers, taverns, health and fitness centers, recreation centers, and licensed pools.
• Offers exemptions for several activities or facilities, including hotels and motels, airports, retail food establishments/restaurants and bars (if they preserve social distancing of 6 feet between tables, booths, bar stools, and the ordering counter and cease self-service of unpackaged foods), etc.
Executive Order 20-05 | Press Release
03/17/2020
• Directs all Kansas utility providers (covering all electrical, natural gas, water, telecommunications utilities, and internet service providers) not under the jurisdiction over the Kansas Corporation Commission to temporarily suspend the practice of disconnecting service to Kansas citizens for non-payment until May 1, 2020 (or the end of the state of disaster emergency, whichever occurs earlier).
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State of Disaster Emergency Proclamation | Press Release
03/12/2020 • Issues an emergency declaration.
XXI. Kentucky
Press Release 05/07/2020 • Establishes a new tentative schedule for certain nonessential businesses to reopen.
Press Release 05/04/2020 • Permits certain nonessential businesses to reopen non-essential businesses to reopen
on May 11, 2020 if they abide by safety guidelines.
Press Release | Guidance 04/29/2020
• Announces a tentative schedule for certain nonessential businesses (e.g., manufacturing, construction, professional services, retail, etc.) to reopen with limited occupancy and social distancing protocols in place if the state reaches a safe public health benchmark.
• Encourages industry groups and trade associations to submit reopening proposals.
Press Release 04/28/2020 • Announces 10 rules for businesses to follow if they reopen in the future.
Press Release 04/20/2020 • Advises schools to remain closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Press Release 04/17/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses and activities in the state.
Executive Order 2020-275 04/08/2020 • Requires essential retail businesses to limit the number of shoppers allowed to enter
their business to one adult member per household.
Press Release 04/02/2020 • Urges schools to suspend in-person until at least May 1, 2020. • Closes all state parks to overnight stays.
Press Release 03/26/2020 • Urges individuals living in the state to stay “Healthy at Home.”
Executive Order 2020-257 | Press Release
03/25/2020 • Enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 03/23/2020 • Orders all in-person retail business that are not life-sustaining to close.
Executive Order 03/19/2020 • Prohibits all mass gatherings. • Requires any gathering, to the extent practicable, to implement CDC guidance.
Executive Order | Press Release
03/17/2020
• Requires all public-facing businesses that encourage public congregation or, that by the nature of the service to the public, cannot comply with CDC guidelines concerning social distancing (e.g., hospitality and recreational facilities, community and recreation centers, gyms and exercise facilities, concert venues, etc.), to cease all in-person operations.
Kentucky Supreme Court Order
03/16/2020 • Suspends eviction orders and hearings.
Executive Order 2020-236 03/16/2020 • Postpones the state’s primary election to June 23, 2020.
Cabinet for Health and Family Services Order
03/16/2020
• Provides the following directives until March 30, 2020: Restricts food and beverage sales to carry-out, delivery, and drive-thru only
(i.e., no onsite consumption). Restricts liquor, beer, and wine sales to carry-out, delivery, and drive-thru only
(i.e., no onsite consumption). Requires establishments offering carrying-out, delivery, and drive-thru to
ensure that patrons and employees engage in appropriate social distancing (i.e., stay 6 feet away from each other).
Executive Order 2020-235 03/16/2020 • Ensures that residents who temporarily lose their jobs or are quarantined because of
COVID-19 will be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. • Waives the waiting period to receive unemployment insurance benefits.
Press Release 03/12/2020 • Recommends that all schools consider ceasing in-person classes for an extended
period of time.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release 03/11/2020
• Encourages every resident to do what they can to avoid large gatherings and minimize time in groups and public spaces.
• Asks places of worship to cancel services temporarily due to the proximity. • Suspends out-of-state travel for state employees. • Urges more businesses to allow employees to telecommute and to provide paid sick
leave. • Closes all state prisons to visitors.
Press Release 03/10/2020 • Directs state nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to stop taking visitors.
Executive Order 2020-220 03/09/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order 2020-216 03/07/2020 • Prohibits price gouging during a state of emergency.
Executive Order 2020-215 03/06/2020 • Declares a state of emergency to ensure that the state has access to necessary
resources.
XXII. Louisiana
Proclamation JBE 2020-58 | Guidance | Press Release
05/14/2020 • Permits certain nonessential businesses—including restaurants, offices, gyms, barber
shops, nail salons, casinos, theaters, bars, among others—to reopen at 25% of their maximum occupancy rate on May 15, 2020, if they abide by certain guidelines.
Proclamation JBE 2020-52 | Press Release
04/27/2020
• Permits restaurants to open their outside areas for people to eat meals (without tableside service).
• Clarifies that non-essential retail businesses may continue to be open with less than 10 people total inside.
• Extends the stay at home order until May 15, 2020.
Proclamation JBE 2020-47 | Press Release
04/15/2020 • Closes all public schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Proclamation JBE 2020-46 | Press Release
04/14/2020 • Reschedules the presidential primary election to July 11, 2020.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Proclamation JBE 2020-41 04/02/2020 • Extends the statewide stay at home order and non-essential business closures to April
30, 2020. • Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
Proclamation JBE 2020-33 | Press Release
03/22/2020 • Issues a statewide stay at home order until April 12, 2020. • Follows the federal government guidelines when classifying essential businesses.
Emergency Rule 36 03/18/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Proclamation 2020-30 | Press Release
03/16/2020
• Requires certain businesses to undertake the following measures until April 13, 2020:
All gatherings of 50+ people be postponed or cancelled (i.e., applies to gatherings in a single space at the same time where individuals will be in close proximity to one another), but does not apply to normal operations at locations like airports, medical facilities, shopping centers/malls, office buildings, grocery or department stores, etc.
All casinos, video poker establishments, movie theaters, bars, bowling alleys, and fitness centers/gyms cease operations completely.
Truck stops cease all gaming operations. All restaurants, cafes, and coffee shops prohibit any on-premises consumption
of food or beverages, but may permit take-out, drive-thru, and delivery services.
• Suspends all legal deadlines (e.g., eviction hearings and court orders, etc.)
Proclamation JBE 2020-28 | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Postpones the state’s upcoming elections, reschedules the presidential primary for
June 20, 2020.
Proclamation JBE 2020-27 03/13/2020 • Closes public schools until April 13, 2020. • Suspends certain provisions of state law with respect to unemployment insurance.
Proclamation JBE 2020-25 | Press Release
03/11/2020 • Declares a public health emergency.
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XXIII. Maine
Press Release 05/19/2020 • Amends dates for reopening certain nonessential businesses, including gyms, fitness
centers, campgrounds, and nail salons.
Press Release | Guidance 05/08/2020 • Permits certain nonessential businesses located in rural areas, including retail stores
and restaurants, to reopen if they abide by safety guidelines.
Executive Order | Press Release
04/29/2020 • Allows individuals to visit businesses for nonessential activities and extends the stay
at home order through May 31, 2020.
Press Release 04/28/2020 • Permits certain businesses and activities to reopen in phases and in accordance with
safety precautions.
Press Release 04/23/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses in the state.
Executive Order | Press Release
04/16/2020
• Prohibits eviction actions against residential and commercial tenants, except in certain situations (e.g., the tenant poses imminent risk of harm to the property, etc.)
• Establishes a rent relief program providing certain households with a one-time payment of up to $500 in rental assistance.
Proclamation | Press Release 04/14/2020 • Extends the state of emergency through May 15, 2020.
Executive Order | Press Release
04/10/2020 • Reschedules the state primary election to July 14, 2020.
Executive Order | Press Release
03/31/2020
• Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or participate in essential activities or businesses.
• Restricts the use of public transportation and sharing private vehicles. • Orders all public and private K-12 schools to remain closed until May 1, 2020. • Mandates in-store requirements for essential stores. • Extends the closure of restaurants and bars until April 30, 2020.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 03/24/2020 • Enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Executive Order | Press Release
03/18/2020
• Mandates that all restaurants and bars close to dine-in customers until March 31, 2020, but permits take-out, delivery, and drive-through options to continue.
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people. • Strongly urges non-essential public-facing businesses, such as gyms, hair salons,
theatres, casinos, shopping malls, to close.
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Order
03/18/2020 • Suspends all eviction and foreclosure cases unless otherwise ordered by the court.
Declaration of Abnormal Market Disruption
03/17/2020 • Prohibits price gouging for certain necessities.
Press Release 03/15/2020
• To enhance the social distancing recommendations, recommends: Ending classroom instruction in all public schools as soon as reasonably
practical. Postponing all non-urgent medical procedures, elective surgeries, and
appointments at hospitals and health care providers across the state until further notice.
Restricting visitors and all non-essential health care personnel to long-term care facilities.
Proclamation of Civil Emergency | Press Release
03/15/2020 • Declares a civil emergency through April 14, 2020 and allows the state to deploy all
available state resources to protect the health and safety of its residents.
Press Release 03/12/2020 • Establishes an insurance emergency to improve access to care and require private
health insurance plans to cover costs related to COVID-19 testing. • Suspends all non-essential out-of-state work travel by state employees
Bulletin 442 03/12/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
XXIV. Maryland Emergency Order | Press
Release | Guidance 05/13/2020
• Provides guidance to industries—including retail, manufacturing, and personal care services—to begin reopening with modifications.
• Authorizes local jurisdictions to issue orders (1) closing nonessential businesses and (2) requiring individuals to remain indoors or refrain from congregating.
Amended DOH Order | Executive Order 20-05-06-
01 | Press Release 05/06/2020
• Announces the resumption of elective medical procedures and the broadening of permitted outdoor activities under the state’s stay-at-home order.
Press Release 04/24/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses and activities in the state.
Emergency Order 04/15/2020 • Orders all individuals in the state to wear face coverings in public. • Issues physical distancing measures for retail establishments.
Proclamation 04/10/2020 • Establishes a plan for the primary election.
Emergency Order 04/03/2020 • Prohibits residential and commercial evictions and suspends certain lending limits.
Emergency Order 04/01/2020 • Designates employees and volunteers performing disability services as health care
providers under essential businesses and services.
Amended Emergency Order | Interpretive Guidance
03/30/2020
• Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or participate in essential activities and work.
• Prohibits all gatherings of 10+ people. • Permits staff and owners to be on-site at non-essential businesses for only “minimal
operations,” including facilitating remote working by other staff; maintaining essential property; preventing loss or damage to property; performing essential administrative functions, caring for live animals; and continuing to sell retail products on a delivery basis (for retail establishments only).
• Extends the closure of restaurants, bars, fitness centers, theaters, malls, and other establishments until further notice.
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Interpretive Guidance 03/23/2020 • Enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Emergency Order 03/19/2020
• Prohibits social, community, spiritual, religious, recreational, leisure, and sporting gatherings and events of 50+ people at all locations and vehicles, including but not limited to parades, festivals, conventions, and fundraisers.
• Closes all restaurants and bars to the general public, unless food and beverage is sold and promptly taken from the premises (i.e., on a carry-out, delivery, or drive-through basis).
• Closes all fitness centers, theaters, and shopping centers to the general public. • Closes all recreational establishments (e.g., bingo halls, bowling alleys, pool halls,
amusement parks, roller- and ice-skating rinks, etc.).
Proclamation | Press Release | Letter
03/17/2020 • Postpones the primary election until June 2, 2020.
Emergency Order 03/16/2020 • Prohibits evictions of residential tenants that can demonstrate they have suffered
substantial loss of income from COVID-19.
Emergency Order 03/16/2020 • Temporarily prohibits electric, gas, sewage, disposal, telegraph, telephone, water, or
cable television companies and internet service providers from terminating the service of a customer during the state of emergency.
Emergency Order | Press Release
03/15/2020 • Demands closure of all Maryland casinos, racetracks, and simulcast betting facilities to
the general public indefinitely.
Bulletin 20-06 | Emergency Regulation 31.01.02 | FAQs |
Press Release
03/12/2020
• Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order | Executive Order | Press Release
03/12/2020 • Closes schools until March 27, 2020.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Declaration of State of Emergency | Press Release
03/05/2020 • Declares a state of emergency to increase the state’s coordinated response across all
levels of government.
XXV. Massachusetts
Press Release | Guidance | Reopening Summary
05/19/2020 • Permits certain nonessential businesses—including office spaces (excluding Boston),
limited personal services, and retail stores for curbside pick-up—to reopen on May 25, 2020 if they certify that they will comply with safety guidelines prior to reopening.
Press Release 05/11/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses in the state. • Provides guidance to industries to begin reopening with modifications.
Executive Order No. 31 | Press Release
05/01/2020 • Orders all residents to use a face covering or mask in public places where maintaining
proper social distancing measures are not possible.
Press Release 04/28/2020 • Extends the stay at home order and non-essential business closures to May 18, 2020.
Guidance 04/07/2020 • Issues directives for grocery stores related to COVID-19.
MA SB 2621 04/06/2020 • Prohibits evictions of residential tenants during the COVID-19 health emergency.
Housing Court Standing Order 4-20
04/03/2020 • Suspends all non-emergency cases (e.g., eviction, foreclosure, etc.)
Executive Order | Press Release | Updated Essential
Services List 03/31/2020
• Extends the essential services order until May 4, 2020. • Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
Executive Order | Press Release | COVID-19 Essential Services
03/23/2020 • Orders all businesses that do not provide essential services to close their physical
workplaces and facilities to workers, customers, and the public.
Emergency Order 03/20/2020 • Authorizes the deferral of certain inspections of residential real estate.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Emergency Order | Press Release | Revised Guidance
03/15/2020
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people in a room or single pace at the same time in a venue such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, theater, gymnasium, fitness center, private club, or any other confined indoor or outdoor space.
• Restricts restaurants, bars, or establishments that offer food/drink to permit on-premises consumption of food or drink, but permits continued provision of food for take-out and by delivery, provided that they follow social distancing protocols.
Emergency Order | Bulletin 2020-03 | Bulletin 2020-02
03/15/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Emergency Order | Press Release
03/15/2020 • Orders a 3-week suspension of school operations for educational purposes at all public
and private elementary and secondary schools until April 6, 2020.
Press Release 03/11/2020 • Provides guidance with respect to coverage under travel insurance policies.
Emergency Order | Press Release
03/10/2020 • Declares a public state of emergency.
XXVI. Michigan
Executive Order 2020-96 | Executive Order 2020-97 |
Press Release 05/21/2020
• Permits retail businesses and auto dealerships to reopen on an appointment-basis if they abide by safety measures.
Executive Order 2020-92 | Executive Order 2020-91 |
Press Release 05/18/2020
• Permits certain non-essential businesses located in specific counties—including retail businesses, offices, restaurants, and bars—to partially reopen on May 22, 2020 if they abide by safety protocols.
Executive Order 2020-85 | Press Release
05/14/2020 • Extends the suspension of evictions to June 12, 2020.
Safe Start Plan | Press Release
05/07/2020 • Details the six phases of her MI Safe Start Plan to re-engage the state’s economy. • Details best practices for workplaces to follow.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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Executive Order 2020-77 | Press Release
05/07/2020 • Allows manufacturing workers to resume work on May 11, 2020. • Requires manufacturing facilities to adopt measures to protect their workers from the
spread of COVID-19.
Executive Order 2020-70 | Press Release
05/01/2020
• Permits certain nonessential businesses to resume operations on May 7, 2020, including construction, real-estate activities, and work that is traditionally and primarily performed outdoors, if they abide by safety protocols.
• Permits additional businesses to sell goods via delivery or curbside pickup.
Executive Order 2020-59 | Press Release
04/24/2020 • Extends the stay at home order through May 15, 2020.
Press Release 04/23/2020 • Provides certain borrowers with a 90-day grace period for all mortgage payments.
Executive Order 2020-54 | Press Release
04/17/2020 • Extends the moratorium on evictions through May 15, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-43 | Press Release
04/13/2020 • Extends the closure of non-essential businesses and public places until April 30,
2020.
Executive Order 2020-42 04/09/2020 • Extends the stay at home order until April 30, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-35 | Press Release
04/02/2020 • Extends the closure of K-12 schools for the remainder of the school year.
Executive Order 2020-21 03/23/2020 • Orders residents of the state to stay at home or at their place of residence and suspend
activities that are not necessary to sustain or protect life.
Executive Order 2020-20 03/21/2020 • Clarifies that all facilities that provide non-essential personal care services (e.g. hair,
nail, tanning, massage, spa, tattoo, body art and piercing services) must temporarily close.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 2020-19 03/20/2020 • Prohibits residential evictions.
Executive Order 2020-17 03/20/2020 • Imposes temporary restrictions on non-essential medical and dental procedures.
Executive Order 2020-11 | Press Release
03/16/2020 • Prohibits all assemblages of 50+ people in the state until April 5, 2020. • Closes all K-12 school buildings (i.e., public, private, and boarding) to students until
April 5, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-09 | Press Release
03/16/2020
Closes the following places of public accommodation until March 30, 2020: • Restaurants, food courts, coffeehouses, and other places offering food or beverage for
consumption. • Bars, taverns, brew pubs, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, wineries, tasting
rooms, special licensees, clubs, and other places of public accommodation offering alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption.
• Hookah bars, cigar bars, and vaping lounges offering their products for on-premises consumption.
• Theaters, cinemas, and indoor and outdoor performance venues. • Libraries and museums. • Gymnasiums, fitness centers, recreation centers, indoor sports facilities, indoor
exercise facilities, exercise studios, and spas. • Casinos, racetracks, and Millionaire Parties.
Executive Order 2020-10 | Press Release
03/16/2020 • Temporarily expands eligibility for unemployment benefits through April 14, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-18 | Executive Order 2020-08 |
Press Release 03/15/2020
• Temporarily imposes enhanced restrictions on the excessive pricing of goods, materials, emergency supplies, and consumer food items.
Executive Order 2020-07 | Press Release
03/14/2020 • Restricts visitor access to all health care facilities, residential care facilities, congregate
care facilities, and juvenile justice facilities.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release 03/12/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order 2020-04 03/10/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
XXVII. Minnesota
Press Release | Reopening Plan | Guidance
05/20/2020 • Permits restaurants and bars to provide outdoor dining beginning June 1, 2020 if
they abide by safety guidelines.
Executive Order 20-51 05/05/2020 • Provides guidelines for restarting elective surgeries.
Executive Order 20-48 | Press Release
04/30/2020
• Extends the stay at home order until May 18, 2020. • Permits certain non-essential workers to return to work on May 4, 2020 if they are
not able to perform certain work activities from home and if they abide by safety protocols.
Executive Order 20-40 | Guidance | Press Release
04/23/2020
• Permits certain workers (e.g., employees of industrial and manufacturing businesses and office-based businesses) to return to work if they comply with certain safety requirements.
• Clarifies that workers who can work from home must continue to do so.
Executive Order 20-35 | Press Release
04/13/2020 • Extends the state of emergency through May 13, 2020.
Executive Order 20-20 | Press Release | FAQs
03/25/2020 • Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to engage in
essential/critical activities and work.
Executive Order 20-14 03/23/2020 • Prohibits evictions, foreclosures, and the termination of residential leases.
Executive Order 20-10 03/20/2020 • Prohibits price gouging during the peacetime emergency.
Executive Order 20-09 03/19/2020 • Orders health care providers to postpone elective surgeries and procedures.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 20-08 | Executive Order 20-04 |
Press Release 03/16/2020
• Closes restaurants and bars to dine-in customers. • Closes other places of public accommodation and amusement, including theaters,
museums, fitness centers, community clubs, and tanning establishments, body art establishments, spas, salons, etc.
Executive Order 20-05 03/16/2020 • Expands access to unemployment insurance.
Executive Order 20-02 | Press Release
03/15/2020 • Authorizes the temporary closure of Minnesota K-12 public schools until March 27,
2020.
Letter | Press Release 03/13/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services. • Provides guidance with respect to coverage under travel insurance policies.
Executive Order 20-01 | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Declares a peacetime emergency in Minnesota.
XXVIII. Mississippi
Executive Order 1486 05/15/2020 • Repeals the limit on hours of operation for restaurants providing in-house dining,
among other things.
Executive Order 1480 05/08/2020 • Permits gyms and personal care businesses to reopen if they abide by certain safety
guidelines.
Executive Order 1478 05/04/2020
• Permits restaurants and bars to reopen for dine-in services on May 7, 2020 if they abide by certain safety guidelines.
• Permits certain parks and outdoor recreational activities to reopen in a limited capacity on May 7, 2020.
Executive Order 1477 04/24/2020
• Permits certain businesses and non-profit entities to reopen to the public in accordance with certain health safety measures on April 27, 2020.
• Clarifies that other businesses (e.g., restaurants, bars, gyms, personal care services, etc.) are limited to drive-thru, curbside, and/or delivery service.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Executive Order 1473 04/17/2020 • Permits non-essential retail businesses to provide delivery and curbside pickup. • Permits beaches and state parks to reopen on a limited basis.
Executive Order 1466 | Executive Order 1465
04/01/2020
• Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or participate in essential activities and work.
• Closes all non-essential businesses. • Suspends evictions for residential properties.
Executive Order 1463 03/24/2020
• Limits restaurants, bars, and other food establishments to take-out and delivery service, unless they reduce their capacity to no more than 10 people.
• Orders people to avoid social gatherings of 10+ people, except during normal operations of locations like airports, medical and healthcare facilities, grocery and department stores, offices, factories, and other manufacturing facilities or any essential business or operation.
• Enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Gov. Reeves Twitter 03/16/2020 • Closes casinos until further notice.
Bulletin 2020-01 | FAQs 03/16/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Proclamation | MS Department of Education
Twitter 03/14/2020
• Declares a state of emergency. • Asks school districts to extend their spring bring by at least one week.
XXIX. Missouri Public Health Order | Press
Release | Guidance 04/27/2020
• Permits non-essential businesses to reopen to the public if they abide by social distancing requirements.
• Imposes specific occupancy thresholds on retail establishments and other limitations on restaurants.
Executive Order 20-09 04/24/2020 • Extends the state of emergency through June 15, 2020.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Health Department Order | Press Release
04/16/2020 • Extends the statewide stay at home order through May 3, 2020.
Press Release 04/09/2020 • Extends the closure of public and charter schools through the remainder of the 2019-
2020 academic year.
Health Department Order | Press Release
04/03/2020 • Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities and work.
Press Release 03/21/2020
• Orders compliance with the CDC guidelines, instructing people to avoid social gatherings of 10+ people.
• Requires residents to avoid eating or drinking at restaurants, bars, or food courts, but provides that the use of drive-thru, pickup, or delivery options is allowed.
• Provides that schools will remain closed until April 6, 2020.
Press Release 03/18/2020 • Postpones municipal elections until June 2, 2020 (from April 7, 2020).
Gov. Parson Twitter 03/17/2020 • Closes casinos under March 30, 2020.
Press Release 03/16/2020 • Urges the cancellation or suspension of public gatherings of 50+ individuals with the
exception of educational institutions, daycare facilities, and business operations.
Executive Order 20-02 | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Declares a state of emergency allowing more flexibility in utilizing resources and
deploying them around the state where they are most appropriate.
Bulletin 20-03| Bulletin 20-04
03/03/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
XXX. Montana
Press Release 05/19/2020 • Announces that the state will enter Phase 2 of reopening businesses (e.g., permitting
certain nonessential businesses to increase their capacity to 75%) on June 1, 2020.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release 05/11/2020 • Provides guidance to industries—including gyms, movie theaters, and museums—to
reopen with modifications.
Directive | Press Release 04/22/2020 • Permits non-essential businesses to reopen to the public in phases between April 26
and May 4, 2020 if they comply with certain safety guidelines. • Permits all schools to reopen at the discretion of local school boards on May 7, 2020.
Directive | Press Release 04/13/2020 • Establishes a rental assistance program (e.g., relief funds) for households experiencing
substantial financial hardship due to COVID-19.
Directive | Press Release 04/07/2020 • Extends most directives (e.g., school and business closures, stay at home order, etc.) to
April 24, 2020.
Directive 03/30/2020 • Prohibits evictions, foreclosures, rental agreement terminations, refusal to renew or
extend the terms of a tenancy, late fees due to nonpayment, rent increases, or other measurers for nonpayment of rent for residential properties.
Directive | Press Release 03/26/2020 • Requires all individuals within Montana to stay at home, unless performing an
essential activity and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Directive 03/24/2020 • Extends school and business closures through April 10, 2020.
Directive | Press Release 03/20/2020
• Closes several establishments to ingress, egress, use, and occupancy by members of the public, including:
Restaurants, food courts, cafes, coffeehouses, and other similar establishments offering food or beverage for on-premises consumption.
Alcohol beverage service businesses. Cigar bars. Health clubs, spas, gyms, aquatic centers, pools and hot springs, etc. Move and performance theaters, nightclubs, concert halls, bowling alleys, etc. Casinos.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release | Press Release
03/17/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Press Release 03/17/2020 • Makes unemployment benefits accessible to workers laid off due to COVID-19 and
waives the typical one week waiting period before receiving benefits.
Directive | Press Release 03/15/2020 • Directs Montana’s public K-12 schools to close until March 27, 2020. • Recommends that the public limits all gatherings, especially those of 50+ people, in
every community across the state.
Executive Order 2-2020 | Press Release
03/12/2020 • Declares a state of emergency, allowing the governor to direct a coordinated response
to COVID-19.
XXXI. Nebraska
Press Release | Guidance 04/29/2020 • Permits restaurants and certain other non-essential businesses located in specific
counties to reopen if they abide by health guidelines and occupancy restrictions.
Proclamation | Guidance | Press Release
04/09/2020 • Urges all individuals living in the state to stay at home for 21 days unless conducting
essential activities or services.
Directed Health Measure Order 2020-010 | Press
Release 04/09/2020
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people statewide. • Extends the closure of non-essential businesses to all businesses in the state. • Closes all public, private, and parochial K-12 schools. • Suspends all organized team sports (e.g., youth and adult).
Press Release 04/06/2020 • Urges all individuals living in the state to “stay home, stay healthy, and stay
connected.”
Press Release | FAQs 03/31/2020 • Orders social distancing restrictions statewide through April 20, 2020.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Directed Health Measure | Press Release
03/30/2020
• In 30 counties, prohibits gatherings of 10+ people, closes all restaurants, bars, taverns, private clubs, and any dine-in establishments, except for carry-out and delivery services.
• Requires certain individuals to self-quarantine for 14 days.
Executive Order 20-07 03/25/2020 • Prohibits eviction orders for residential renters affected by COVID-19 through May
31, 2020.
Executive Order 20-04 | Press Release
03/17/2020 • Permits the loosening of eligibility requirements for unemployment insurance
benefits.
Guidance | Press Release | Press Release
03/16/2020
• Offers guidance advising against public events and gatherings with 50+ people statewide.
• Details the scenarios in which bars and restaurants will move to takeout-only and schools will close.
Proclamation | Press Release 03/13/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Consumer Alert | Consumer Alert
03/13/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services. • Provides guidance with respect to coverage under travel insurance policies.
XXXII. Nevada
Directive 018 | Press Release | Guidance
05/08/2020
• Provides guidance to industries—including financial services, food establishments, and general office environments, among others—to begin reopening with modifications.
• Permits certain non-essential businesses (e.g., restaurants, personal care businesses, etc.) to reopen in a limited capacity if they abide by certain guidelines.
Directive 016 | Press Release | FAQs | Guidance
04/29/2020 • Permits non-essential retail businesses to provide delivery and curbside pickup. • Extends the stay at home order through May 15, 2020.
Press Release 04/21/2020 • Closes all schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release | Plan 04/21/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses and activities in the state.
Guidance 04/16/2020 • Issues additional guidance on essential and non-essential businesses.
Directive 013 | Guidance 04/08/2020
• Extends the closure of publicly accessible sporting and recreational venues (e.g., golf courses, basketball courts, etc.).
• Closes showrooms of essential businesses (e.g., auto showrooms, furniture showrooms, etc.).
• Prohibits places of worship from holding in-person worship services. • Prohibits real estate open house showings and in-person showings of single family
and multi-family residences currently occupied by renters. • Requires essential businesses implement measures to control in-store traffic.
• Prohibits supermarkets and grocery stores operating as essential businesses from offering self-serve food stations, salad bars, or unpackaged bulk dry goods to customers.
Directive 010 | Press Release
04/01/2020 • Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities and work. • Extends the state of emergency to April 30, 2020.
Directive 008 | Guidance 03/29/2020 • Suspends all lockout, notice to vacate, notice to pay or quit, eviction, foreclosure
action, or other proceeding involving residential or commercial real estate for an individual that defaults on a rental agreement or mortgage.
Guidance | Emergency Regulation
03/27/2020 • Enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Directive 007 | Press Release
03/24/2020 • Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
Directive 003 03/20/2020 • Closes all non-essential businesses that promote social gathering and/or extended
periods of public interaction.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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State Executive Actions Date Summary
Press Release 03/17/2020
• Limits restaurants, taverns and bars to take-out and delivery service only. • Advises that only essential services (e.g., fire, police, transit, and health services))
should remain open, while non-essential services (e.g., beauty shops, barbershops, and salons) should close until further notice.
• Suggests that all gatherings should be postponed or cancelled. • Encourages the closure of places of worship. • Requires pubs, wineries, bars, and breweries that do not include meals provided by a
full kitchen to close. • Suggests that casinos close.
Declaration of Health Emergency | Press Release
03/12/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Consumer Alert 03/13/2020 • Provides guidance with respect to coverage under travel insurance policies.
Emergency Regulation | Press Release | Consumer
Alert | Press Release | FAQs 03/05/2020
• Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
XXXIII. New Hampshire
Emergency Order 40 | Press Release | Retail Store
Guidance | Restaurant Guidance
05/01/2020
• Permits retail stores and other non-essential businesses to reopen on May 11, 2020 if they abide by safety guidelines.
• Permits restaurants to reopen on May 18, 2020 if they abide by safety guidelines.
Emergency Order 32 04/16/2020 • Closes all K-12 public schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Emergency Order 27 04/06/2020 • Restricts lodging providers (e.g., hotels and other short-term rentals) to only provide
lodging for vulnerable populations (e.g., children in emergency placements, victims of domestic violence, homeless individuals and families, etc.)
Emergency Order 26 04/04/2020 • Extends all state closures until May 4, 2020.
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Extension of State of Emergency
04/03/2020 • Extends the state of emergency until April 24, 2020.
Emergency Order 24 04/03/2020 • Clarifies that the temporary prohibition on evictions and foreclosures does not apply
to certain eviction proceedings (e.g., if the tenant substantially damaged to the property or if the tenant abandoned the property, etc.).
Emergency Order 17 | Press Release | List of Essential
Services 03/26/2020
• Requires all individuals within the state to stay at home, unless performing an essential activity and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Emergency Order 16 | Press Release
03/24/2020 • Prohibits public gatherings of 10+ people.
Emergency Order 6 | Emergency Order 7 |
Emergency Order 8 | Press Release
03/18/2020
• Authorizes all restaurants, diners, bars, saloons, private clubs or any other establishment that have both a restaurant license and on-premises license to allow for takeout or delivery of beer or wine.
• Grants school districts greater flexibility when developing remote learning software tools.
• Expands access to telehealth services.
Press Release | FAQs | FAQs 03/17/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Emergency Order 3 | Emergency Order 5
03/17/2020
• Allows individuals who are unable to work or who have reduced hours due to the COVID-19 pandemic to have immediate access to unemployment benefits.
• Prohibits all providers of electric, gas, water, telephone, cable, VOIP, internet service, and deliverable fuel services from disconnecting or discontinuing service for non-payments.
Emergency Order 4| Press Release
03/17/2020 • Prohibits landlords from starting eviction proceedings for those unable to pay due to
their financial situations and all judicial and non-judicial foreclosure actions.
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Emergency Order 2 03/16/2020 • Prohibits scheduled gatherings of 50+ attendees and onsite beverage consumption.
Emergency Order 1 03/15/2020 • Declares remote instruction and support for public K-12 school districts through April
3, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-04 03/13/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
XXXIV. New Jersey
Press Release 05/15/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses and activities in the state.
Executive Order 147 | Press Release
05/18/2020 • Permits additional nonessential retail stores to reopen by appointment only and with
social distancing measures in place on May 20, 2020.
Executive Order 142 | Press Release
05/12/2020 • Permits nonessential retail stores to provide curbside pickup on May 18, 2020 if they
abide by certain guidelines.
Executive Order 138 | Press Release
05/06/2020 • Extends the public health emergency.
Press Release 05/02/2020 • Closes schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Press Release 04/27/2020 • Announces clarifications to the list of essential businesses permitted to operate.
Executive Order 128 04/24/2020 • Permits tenants to direct their landlords to use their security deposits to offset rent or
back rent.
Press Release 04/16/2020 • Prohibits rent increases for certain properties.
Executive Order 126 | Press Release
04/13/2020 • Prohibits cable and telecommunications from terminating Internet and voice service
due to nonpayment.
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Executive Order 122 | Press Release
04/08/2020 • Orders essential retail businesses to implement certain social distancing and health
safety practices.
Executive Order 120 | Press Release
04/08/2020 • Reschedules the presidential primary to July 7, 2020.
Administrative Order | Press Release
03/24/2020 • Clarifies that municipalities may impose additional restrictions on beaches and
boardwalks and finds certain businesses to be essential.
Executive Order 107 | Press Release | Blog Post
03/21/2020
• Orders all state residents to remain in their home or at their place of residence unless they are obtaining goods or services from essential retail businesses, obtaining take-out food, seeking medical attention, etc.
• Cancels gatherings of individuals at social events. • Requires non-essential retail businesses to close to the public. • Applies strictly to in-person retail business that are not essential. • Notes that if a business is not a retail business, it may continue to operate, but it must
accommodate its workforce wherever practicable for telework or work-from-home arrangements.
Executive Order 106 03/19/2020 • Prohibits the enforcement of residential property evictions and foreclosures.
Press Release 03/18/2020
• Offers a regional approach to combatting COVID-19 throughout the tri-state area (i.e., Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York).
• Establishes uniform standards that will: Limit crowd capacity for social and recreational gatherings to 50 people. Require restaurants and bars that serve food to temporarily move to take-out
and delivery services only. Require bars that do not serve food to close. Temporarily close movie theaters, gyms and fitness centers, and similar public
workout facilities and studios (New Jersey and New York will close their commercial casinos and Connecticut will close its physical off-track betting facilities).
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Administrative Order | Press Release
03/17/2020 • Closes all indoor portions of retail shopping malls. • Closes all places of public amusement, whether indoors or outdoors.
Executive Order 104 | Press Release
03/16/2020
• Prohibits all gatherings of 50+ people, with limited exceptions. • Closes all schools and requires them to remain closed as long as the Order remains in
effect. • Closes all casinos, concert venues, nightclubs, racetracks, gyms, fitness centers and
classes, movie theaters, and performing arts centers. • Requires all other non-essential retail, recreational, and entertainment businesses to
cease daily operations from 8:00PM to 5:00AM. • Limits all restaurant establishments to offering delivery and/or take out-services only.
Bulletin 20-03 03/10/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order 103 | Press Release
03/09/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
New Mexico
Executive Order 2020-30 | Executive Order 2020-22 |
Press Release 05/15/2020
• Extends all previous orders related to COVID-19 until June 1, 2020.
Press Release | Guidance 05/13/2020 • Permits certain nonessential businesses (e.g., retailers, offices, and churches) to
reopen at 25% occupancy if they abide by certain safety guidelines.
Public Health Order | Press Release
05/05/2020 • Requires essential businesses to implement certain social distancing and health safety
protocols.
Public Health Order | Press Release
04/30/2020 • Permits certain non-essential businesses to reopen (e.g., firearm retailers, pet services,
etc.) on May 1, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-012 | Press Release
03/27/2020 • Extends closures for K-12 public schools through the rest of the academic year.
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New Mexico Court Order 03/24/2020 • Suspends all eviction orders for inability to pay rent during the state of emergency.
Public Health Order | Press Release
03/23/2020 • Requires all businesses—except essential businesses—to reduce their in-person
workforce at each business by 100%.
Bulletin 2020-004 | Press Release | Bulletin 2020-005
03/17/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Public Health Order | Press Release
03/16/2020
• Prohibits all mass gatherings (i.e., private or public gatherings that bring together 100+ people in a single room or connected space in close proximity to one another).
• Requires all restaurants, bars, breweries, eateries, and other food service establishments to operate at no greater than 50% of maximum occupancy and no greater than 50% of seating capacity.
• Closes all casinos and horse racing facilities.
Executive Order 2020-005 | Press Release
03/13/2020
• Orders the closure of all public schools until April 6, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-004 03/11/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
XXXV. New York
Press Release | Press Release
05/19/2020 • Announces that additional counties may begin reopening certain businesses.
Press Release 05/11/2020 • Announces that certain regions may reopen businesses beginning on May 15, 2020.
Press Release 05/07/2020 • Extends the state’s moratorium on COVID-19-related residential or commercial
evictions until August 20, 2020.
Press Release 05/01/2020 • Closes schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Press Release 04/26/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses and activities in the state.
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Press Release 04/16/2020 • Extends the statewide stay at home order and business closures until May 15, 2020.
Press Release 04/15/2020 • Orders all individuals living in the state to wear masks or face coverings in public.
Executive Order 202.16 | Press Release
04/12/2020 • Requires all essential businesses to provide employees with face masks when in direct
contact with customers or members of the public.
Executive Order 202.11 03/27/2020 • Authorizes the issuance of an appearance ticket, a Notice of Violation, or an Order to
Remedy to entities that do not limit operations or the number of people in a space. • Extends the closure of schools until April 15, 2020.
Executive Order 202.9 03/21/2020 • Requires lenders to provide an opportunity for a forbearance of mortgage payments
for any person or entity facing financial hardship due to COVID-19.
Executive Order 202.8 | Guidance
03/20/2020 • Closes all non-essential businesses in the state. • Finds certain institutions to be essential. • Directs a 90-Day moratorium on any residential or commercial evictions.
Executive Order 202.7 | Press Release
03/19/2020
• Closes all barbershops, hair salons, tattoo or piercing parlors, and related personal care services.
• Requires all non-essential businesses to reduce the in-person workforce at any work locations by 75%.
Executive Order 202.6 03/18/2020 • Requires all non-essential businesses and not-for-profit entities in the state to reduce
the in-person workforce at any locations by 50% by March 20, 2020.
Executive Order 202.5 03/18/2020
• Requires all indoor common portions of retail shopping malls with an excess of 100,000 square feet of retail space available for lease to close and cease access to the public.
• Requires all places of public amusement (i.e., amusement parks, funplexes, theme parks, bowling alleys, etc.)—whether indoors or outdoors—to close to the public.
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Press Release 03/16/2020
• Offers a regional approach to combatting COVID-19 throughout the tri-state area (i.e., Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York).
• Establishes uniform standards that will: Limit crowd capacity for social and recreational gatherings to 50 people. Require restaurants and bars that serve food to temporarily move to take-out
and delivery services only. Require bars that do not serve food to close. Temporarily close movie theaters, gyms and fitness centers, and similar public
workout facilities and studios (New Jersey and New York will close their commercial casinos and Connecticut will close its physical off-track betting facilities).
Executive Order 202.3 03/16/2020
• Requires large gatherings of 50+ people to be cancelled or postponed. • Requires any restaurant or bar to cease serving patrons food or beverage on-premises,
but permits such entities to continue serving food or beverage for off-premises consumption.
• Requires any facility authorized to conduct video lottery gaming or casino lottery gaming to cease operation.
• Requires any gym, fitness centers/classes, and movie theaters to cease operation.
Executive Order 202.4 03/16/2020 • Directs all schools to close until April 1, 2020. • Delays village elections statewide until the April 28, 2020 primary election.
Executive Order 202.2 | Press Release
03/14/2020 • Suspends the candidate petitioning process for the June primaries. • Modifies the signature requirements for ballot access.
Insurance Circular Letter 5 | Insurance Circular Letter 4 | Insurance Circular Letter 3
03/13/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order 202.1 03/07/2020 • Suspends legal requirements related to waiting periods for unemployment insurance
claimants whose claims arise directly out of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Executive Order 202 01/30/2020 • Declares a disaster emergency.
XXXVI. North Carolina
Executive Order 141 | Press Release | FAQs | Guidance
05/20/2020 • Permits additional nonessential businesses—including restaurants, personal care
services, among others—to begin reopening with modifications. • Clarifies that the stay at home order has been lifted.
Executive Order 138 | Press Release | Guidance | FAQs
05/05/2020 • Permits certain retail and other nonessential businesses to reopen on May 8, 2020 if
they comply with safety guidelines and occupancy limitations. • Permits individuals to leave home for nonessential goods and services.
Press Release 04/24/2020 • Closes K-12 schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Order 135 | Press Release
04/23/2020 • Extends the stay at home order through May 8, 2020. • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses and activities in the state.
Executive Order 131 | Press Release | FAQs
04/09/2020 • Orders retail stores deemed essential businesses to implement certain social
distancing and health safety measures.
Executive Order 124 03/31/2020
• Clarifies that there should be no new eviction proceedings and no new rental bonds due based on the North Carolina Supreme Court Order.
• Urges law enforcement to delay the execution of Writs of Possession for Real Property • Encourages all lenders to work with property owners to the best of their abilities to
provide loan payment flexibility.
Executive Order 121 | Press Release
03/27/2020
• Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or participate in essential activities and work.
• Closes all non-essential businesses and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
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Emergency Order 120 | Press Release
03/25/2020
• Prohibits gatherings of 50+ people. • Closes businesses that require close social interaction (e.g., parlors, bowling alleys,
indoor exercise facilities, movie theaters, barber shops, etc.). • Extends the closure of K-12 public schools until May 15, 2020.
Executive Order 118. | Press Release
03/17/2020 • Closes all restaurants and bars for dine-in customers, but allows takeout and delivery
operations to continue. • Makes unemployment benefits more widely available.
North Carolina Courts Memorandum | Letter
03/15/2020 • Suspends certain cases before the Clerks of Superior Court, including all foreclosures,
evictions, and other proceedings.
Executive Order 117 | Press Release
03/14/2020 • Prohibits mass gatherings of 100+ people in a single room or single space at the same
time. • Closes K-12 public schools until March 30, 2020.
Bulletin 20-B-05 | Bulletin 20-B-04
03/12/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order 116 | Press Release
03/10/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
North Dakota
Executive Order 2020-06.6 | Press Release | Guidance
05/15/2020 • Provides guidance for large gatherings, banquets, and other event venues.
Executive Order 2020-10 | Press Release
05/01/2020 • Closes schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Order 2020-06.4 | Press Release | Guidance
04/29/2020 • Permits restaurants, bars, and certain other non-essential businesses to reopen on
May 1, 2020 if they abide by certain safety protocols.
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Amended Executive Order 2020-06.3 | Press Release
04/15/2020 • Extends the closure of non-essential businesses through April 30, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-06.2 04/01/2020 • Extends the closure of restaurants, bars, and other establishments.
Press Release 03/30/2020 • Urges individuals to stay home if they’re sick, avoid unnecessary travel, and refrain
from holding gatherings of 10+ people.
Executive Order 2020-06.1 | Press Release
03/27/2020 • Closes all salons operated by licensed cosmetologists, including manicurists and
estheticians, as well as massage therapy, barbershop and tattoo/body art facilities.
North Dakota Supreme Court Order
03/26/2020 • Suspends all eviction proceedings.
Executive Order 2020-06 | Press Release
03/19/2020 • Directs bars and restaurants to close to on-site patrons. • Extends school closure until April 1, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-03 | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Press Release 03/12/2020 • Recommends different strategies for events and public gatherings based on three
levels of risk.
Bulletin 2020-1 | Press Release
03/11/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
XXXVII. Ohio
Director’s Order 05/20/2020 • Rescinds the stay at home order, among other things.
Press Release 05/12/2020 • Permits personal care services to reopen on May 15, 2020 if they abide by certain
safety guidelines.
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Press Release | Guidance 05/07/2020
• Permits restaurants and bars to reopen outdoor dining on May 15, 2020 and dine-in service on May 21, 2020 if they abide by certain safety guidelines.
• Permits personal care services (i.e., hair salons, barbershops, etc.) to reopen on May 15, 2020 if they abide by certain safety guidelines.
Director’s Order 04/30/2020
• Permits general office environments to reopen, and manufacturing/construction operations to resume, on May 4, 2020 if they abide by safety protocols.
• Permits retail establishments to reopen on May 12, 2020 if they limit their occupancy and implement safety measures.
Press Release | Guidance 04/27/2020 • Permits retail businesses and certain other non-essential businesses to reopen in
phases if they abide by social distancing and safety requirements.
Press Release 04/20/2020 • Closes all K-12 schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Amended Director’s Order | Press Release
04/02/2020 • Extends the “stay at home order” until May 1, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-08D 04/01/2020
• Directs landlords to suspend rent payments for small business commercial tenants that are facing financial hardship due to COVID-19 for at least 90 days.
• Issues a moratorium on evictions of small business commercial tenants for at least 90 days.
• Directs lenders to provide an opportunity for forbearance to commercial real estate borrowers with commercial mortgage loans for at least 90 days.
Ohio Supreme Court Guidance
03/30/2020 • Urges courts to consider suspending evictions, foreclosures, and scheduled move-outs.
Director’s Order | Press Release | FAQs
03/22/2020 • Requires all individuals to stay at home, unless they are engaged in essential work or
activity. • Cites the federal government guidance and finds certain institutions to be essential.
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Director’s Order | Press Release | Press Release
03/17/2020
• Prohibits mass gatherings (i.e., any event or convening that brings together 50+ people in a single room or single space at the same time).
• Orders the temporary closure of certain businesses (e.g., bowling alleys, health clubs, indoor trampoline parks, indoor water parks, movie theaters, barbershops, hair salons, nail salons, and tattoo parlors).
Director’s Order | Press Release
03/17/2020 • Declares that elective surgeries and procedures in state hospitals be postponed.
Director’s Order | Press Release | Joint Statement
03/16/2020 • Closes all polling places on the state of the state’s presidential primary.
Executive Order 2020-03D 03/16/2020 • Permits flexibility with respect to unemployment benefits.
Director’s Order | Press Release
03/15/2020 • Closes all bars and restaurants to in-house patrons, but permits restaurants to
continue to operate take-out and delivery options.
Press Release 03/12/2020 • Closes all K-12 schools until April 3, 2020.
Bulletin 2020-02 03/11/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order 2020-01D-2D| Press Release
03/09/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Oklahoma
Fifth Amended Executive Order 2020-13
04/30/2020 • Extends the stay at home order through May 30, 2020.
Fourth Amended Executive Order | Press Release
04/24/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening the state’s economy.
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Executive Order 2020-13 04/08/2020 • Requires individuals age 65+ or people who have serious underlying medical
conditions to stay at home unless conducting essential work or activities. • Relaxes various regulations (e.g., licensing requirements) as they relate to COVID-19.
Executive Order 2020-12 | Press Release
04/02/2020 • Declares a statewide health emergency.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Joint Order
03/27/2020 • Closes all courthouses to non-emergency matters (i.e., evictions and foreclosures),
suspends all civil, criminal and juvenile jury trials, and extends all appellate deadlines.
Amended Executive Order 2020-07 | Press Release
03/24/2020
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people. • Requires restaurants in Oklahoma counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases to provide
take-out and delivery options only and closes all bars in those counties. • Closes all businesses not identified as being within a critical infrastructure sector (e.g.,
gyms, salons, massage parlors and movie theaters), where counties have community spread effective through April 15, 2020.
Gov. Stitt Twitter 03/17/2020 • Recommends that residents consider curbside pickup and delivery from restaurants.
Executive Order 2020-08 | Executive Order 2020-07
03/17/2020
• Declares a state of emergency. • Advises that residents avoid social gatherings in groups of 10+ people. • Recommends that residents avoid eating or drinking at bars, restaurants, and food
courts and use drive-thru, pickup, or delivery options.
Department of Education Twitter
03/17/2020 • Closes schools until April 6, 2020.
Press Release | Press Release
03/10/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Oregon
Executive Order 20-25 | Press Release
05/14/2020 • Permits certain non-essential businesses to reopen in specific counties on May 15,
2020 if they abide by safety guidelines.
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Executive Order 20-24 05/01/2020 • Extends the declaration of an emergency through July 6, 2020.
Executive Order 20-17 04/17/2020 • Closes higher education institutions through June 13, 2020.
Executive Order 20-20 | Press Release
04/08/2020 • Closes K-12 schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Order 20-15 04/07/2020 • Extends the declaration of an abnormal market disruption regarding essential items
like hand sanitizer and toilet paper, to prevent price gouging during this public health crisis.
Executive Order 20-14 04/07/2020 • Extends the prohibition of on-premise consumption of food and drink until further
notice.
Executive Order 20-13 | Executive Order 20-11
04/01/2020 • Prohibits landlords of residential and non-residential properties from evicting
residents or terminating rental agreements due to nonpayment.
Executive Order 20-12 | Press Release
03/23/2020
• Directs everyone in Oregon to stay at home to the maximum extent possible and adds to the list of businesses that will be temporarily closed (e.g., amusement parks, arcades, art galleries, barbershops and hair salons, museums, nail salons, jewelry shops and boutiques, etc.).
Executive Order 20-12 | Press Release
03/24/2020 • Enumerates the retail businesses that may remain open.
Executive Order 20-09 | Press Release
03/18/2020 • Directs higher education institutions to move their curriculum to online learning and
prohibits in-person classroom interactions through April 28, 2020.
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Executive Order 20-07 | Press Release
03/16/2020
• Prohibits gatherings of 25+ people—except for essential locations like workplaces, grocery stores, pharmacies, and retail stores—through April 28, 2020.
• Restricts restaurants, bars, and other establishments that offer food or beverages for sale to carry-out and delivery only with no on-site consumption permitted.
• Urges all other businesses to assess their practices, implement strong social distancing measures, and close their doors temporarily if they cannot put the new guidance in place.
Executive Order 20-06 | Press Release
03/16/2020 • Declares an abnormal market disruption regarding essential items like hand sanitizer
and toilet paper, to prevent price gouging during this public health crisis.
Press Release 03/08/2020 • Declares a public state of emergency.
FAQs 03/05/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Pennsylvania
Amended Executive Order | Press Release
05/22/2020 • Clarifies that the moratorium on evictions and foreclosures only applies to cases of
nonpayment.
Amended Executive Order | Press Release
05/21/2020 • Announces additional counties that may reopen on May 22, 2020.
Press Release | Guidance 05/19/2020 • Provides guidance to the real estate industry to reopen with modifications.
Press Release 05/15/2020 • Announces additional counties that may reopen on May 22, 2020.
Press Release | Press Release
05/08/2020 • Announces that certain counties may further reopen on May 15, 2020.
Executive Order | Press Release
05/07/2020 • Extends the moratorium on foreclosures and evictions for 60 days.
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Executive Order | Press Release
05/06/2020 • Provides liability protections for health care practitioners in the event of death or
injury of individuals, or the damage of property, in connection with COVID-19.
Press Release | Guidance 05/04/2020 • Details procedures businesses must follow to conduct in-person operations in counties
slated to move to reopen on May 8, 2020.
Press Release 05/01/2020 • Permits certain nonessential businesses in 24 counties to reopen on May 8, 2020.
Press Release 04/27/2020 • Announces that, beginning May 1, 2020, golf courses, marinas, guided fishing trips,
and privately-owned campgrounds may reopen.
Press Release |Press Release | Guidance
04/22/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening certain businesses and activities in the state.
Press Release 04/20/2020 • Extends the stay at home order until May 8, 2020.
DOH Order | Press Release 04/15/2020
• Requires businesses authorized to maintain in-person operations to implement certain social distancing, mitigation, and cleaning protocols (e.g., stagger work start and stop times, limit persons in employee common areas, provide masks for employees to wear during their time at the business, etc.).
Press Release 04/13/2020 • Announces formation of multistate council (with New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Delaware, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts) to restore the economy.
Press Release 04/09/2020 • Extends school closures for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Order | Secretary of Health Order | Press
Release | Updated Industry Guidance
04/01/2020
• Expands the ‘stay at home’ order to all of Pennsylvania.
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Amended Executive Order | Press Release
03/27/2020 • Expands ‘stay at home’ order to additional counties.
Executive Order | Press Release | Press Release |
Industry Operation Guidance
03/20/2020
• Orders non-life sustaining businesses to close. • Cites the federal government guidance.
Press Release 03/18/2020 • Prohibits eviction, ejectment, or other displacement from a residence based on a
failure to make a payment that can be made.
Gov. Wolf Twitter 03/18/2020 • Notes that all restaurants/bars are required to close din-in facilities. • Advises residents to refrain from non-essential travel. • Suggests that non-essential businesses should close.
Press Release 03/16/2020
• Directs all public schools and child/adult care centers to close until March 31, 2020. • Strongly urges the suspension of large gatherings, events, and conferences of 10+
people and asks that individuals and groups cancel any gatherings planned over the next eight weeks.
Press Release 03/15/2020 • Orders all restaurants and bars to close dine-in services until March 31, 2020.
Press Release | Letter to Business Owners
03/14/2020
• Strongly urges non-essential businesses (e.g., community and recreation centers; gyms, including yoga, barre and spin facilities; hair salons, nail salons and spas; casinos; concert venues; theaters; bars; sporting event venues and golf courses; retail facilities, including shopping malls) to close.
Notice 2020-03 | FAQs | Press Release | Press
Release 03/10/2020
• Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
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Emergency Order | Press Release
03/06/2020 • Declares a public state of emergency.
Rhode Island
Executive Order 20-32 05/08/2020 • Permits additional non-essential businesses to reopen in a limited capacity (e.g., in-
store pickup and limited browsing) if they abide by certain safety guidelines.
Executive Order 20-31 | Press Release | Guidance
05/07/2020
• Permits non-essential retail stores to reopen in a limited capacity if they abide by safety guidelines.
• Announces that the stay at home order is no longer in place and recommends that individuals who can work from home should continue to do so.
Executive Order 20-30 05/05/2020 • Requires cloth face coverings in public, subject to limited exceptions.
Press Release 04/27/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses in the state.
Executive Order 20-27 04/17/2020 • Reschedules the state primary election to July 2, 2020.
Executive Order 20-24 04/14/2020
• Requires all employees of the state’s customer/client-facing businesses, office-based business, and other businesses still in operation to wear cloth face coverings, unless an employee can easily, continuously, and measurably maintain at least 6 feet of distance from other employees for the duration of the work day.
Executive Order 20-23 04/10/2020 • Extends various executive orders (e.g., closures of non-essential businesses) until May
8, 2020.
Executive Order 20-18 04/08/2020 • Extends the public state of emergency until May 8, 2020.
Executive Order 20-13 | Executive Order 20-14 |
Press Release 03/28/2020
• Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or participate in essential activities and work.
• Closes all non-essential businesses and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
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• Prohibits gatherings of 5+ people. • Requires any person coming to Rhode Island from another state for a non-work-
related purpose to immediately self-quarantine for 14 days, except public health, public safety, or healthcare workers.
Gov. Raimondo Twitter | Executive Order 20-11
03/23/2020 • Postpones the presidential primary election until June 2, 2020 (from April 28, 2020).
Executive Order 20-09 03/22/2020
• Closes all close-contact businesses (e.g., gyms, hair salons, spas, etc.), public recreation and entertainment establishments (e.g., theaters, sporting events, bowling alleys, etc.).
• Requires all business sector personnel work from home as possible. • Requires all public and private enterprises that remain open to post appropriate
notices. • Prohibits all gatherings of 10+ people.
Press Release 03/19/2020 • Prohibits state courts from processing any residential or commercial evictions for
thirty days.
Press Release 03/18/2020
• Provides that schools will be distance learning until April 3, 2020. • Mandates that all regulated utilizes not terminate services at this time and to stop
sending past due accounts to collection agencies. • Directs insurers to cover visits conducted via telehealth platforms.
Press Release 03/17/2020 • Extends the deadline for tax returns and payments to June 1, 2020.
Executive Order 20-04 | Press Release
03/16/2020
• Directs restaurants, bars, and other food establishments to close dine-in services until March 30, 2020 (i.e., no on-premise food consumption for restaurants, bars, coffee shops, or other food establishments, though establishments may continue to conduct pick-up, drive-thru, and delivery only).
• Prohibits public gatherings of 25 people or more.
Press Release 03/14/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
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Press Release 03/13/2020 • Urges individuals to avoid all crowded places, large events, and mass gatherings.
Press Release | Executive Order 20-02
03/09/2020 • Declares a public state of emergency.
South Carolina
Executive Order 2020-36 05/15/2020 • Permits additional non-essential businesses (e.g., gyms, barbershops, tanning salons,
etc.) to reopen if they abide by safety protocols.
Executive Order 2020-34 | Press Release | Guidelines
05/08/2020 • Permits restaurants to provide limited indoor dining services if they abide by certain
guidelines.
Executive Order 2020-33 05/08/2020 • Reschedules the state elections to July 14, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-31 | Press Release
05/01/2020 • Lifts the work-or-home order. • Announces that beginning on May 4, 2020, restaurants may provide outdoor
customer dining service in addition to existing take out, curbside, and delivery services.
Executive Order 2020-28 | Press Release
04/20/2020
• Permits various “non-essential” retail stores (e.g., furniture, clothing, and jewelry stores, etc.) to reopen to the public on April 20, 2020; and requires such stores, if open, to implement certain safety measures (e.g., limiting occupancy, increasing sanitation, and following social distancing protocols).
• Permits public access to piers, wharfs, beaches, and other public facilities; and authorizes local officials to close such spaces to preserve/protect public health.
Executive Order 2020-23 04/12/2020 • Extends school closures for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Order 2020-22 | Press Release
04/08/2020 • Allows furloughed employees to receive “COVID-19 Support Payments” from their
employers and still qualify for unemployment benefits.
Executive Order 2020-21 | Press Release
04/06/2020 • Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities or businesses.
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• Requires essential retail businesses to implement certain social distancing practices.
Executive Order 2020-17 | Press Release
03/31/2020 • Closes all non-essential businesses, including entertainment venues, recreational and
athletic facilities and activities, and close-contact service providers.
Executive Order 2020-16 03/30/2020 • Closes all public beaches and waters.
Executive Order 2020-15 03/28/2020 • Extends the closure of all public schools until further notice.
Executive Order 2020-13 | Press Release
03/23/2020 • Prohibits public gathering of 3+ people.
South Carolina Supreme Court Order
03/18/2020
• Orders all evictions currently scheduled/ordered to be rescheduled for a date no earlier than May 1, 2020 and prohibits courts from accepting applications for ejectment, scheduling hearings, issuing warrants of ejectment, or proceeding in any other manner regarding evictions.
Emergency Order 2020-10 03/17/2020
• Directs all restaurants or other food-service establishments to suspend on-premises/dine-in consumption until March 31, 2020.
• Prohibits/directs the postponement of any organized event or public gathering scheduled to be hosted at any location or facilities owned or operated by the state until March 31, 2020.
Emergency Order 2020-09 03/15/2020 • Directs all state elections to be postponed or rescheduled. • Urges public gatherings to be cancelled or limited to 100 people (exempts meetings of
state/local government bodies and private businesses/employers).
Emergency Order 2020-08 03/13/2020
• Declares a public state of emergency. • Directs all public schools to close until March 31, 2020. • Directs state correctional institutions and local detention facilities to suspend
visitation. • Declares a prohibition against price gouging.
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Press Release 03/12/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
South Dakota
Executive Order 2020-20 | Press Release | Guidance
04/28/2020 • Outlines a framework for the state to get “back to normal.”
Executive Order 2020-18 04/24/2020 • Orders individuals age 65+ and anyone with serious underlying medical conditions to
stay at home, unless they are conducting essential work or activities, until May 11, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-15 04/09/2020 • Extends the state of emergency through May 31, 2020.
Executive Order 2020-12 04/07/2020 • Clarifies that individuals living in South Dakota are required to follow federal
guidelines through May 31, 2020.
Bulletin 20-02 03/25/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Executive Order 2020-08 | Graphic
03/23/2020 • Directs individuals living in South Dakota to review and follow federal guidelines. • Asks individuals living in South Dakota to stay at home to reduce exposure.
Press Release 03/13/2020 • Declares a public state of emergency. • Urges schools to close through March 31, 2020.
Tennessee
Executive Order 38 05/22/2020 • Provides guidance for businesses and activities to reopen with modifications.
Executive Order 35 05/07/2020 • Permits additional nonessential businesses to reopen (e.g., bowling alleys, arcades,
shooting ranges, etc.) if they abide by certain safety guidelines.
Executive Order 30 04/28/2020 • Encourages individuals living in the state to return to work, if permitted.
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Executive Order 29 | Press Release | Retail Guidelines |
Restaurant Guidelines 04/24/2020
• Permits restaurants and retail stores in certain counties to reopen to the public while complying with certain safety guidelines.
Press Release 04/20/2020 • Announces that businesses will begin reopening on April 27, 2020.
Executive Order 27 04/13/2020 • Extends the stay at home order through April 30, 2020.
Executive Order 25 04/08/2020 • Limits non-emergency health care procedures.
Executive Order 23 | Press Release
04/02/2020 • Requires all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities.
Executive Order 22 | Press Release
03/30/2020 • Urges all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Tennessee Supreme Court Order
03/25/2020 • Prohibits all court officials from taking action to effectuate an eviction, ejectment, or
other displacement from a residence based on failure to make a rent, loan, or other similar payment.
Executive Order 17 | Press Release
03/22/2020
• Prohibits social gatherings of 10+ people. • Requires food establishments to close dine-in services (e.g., permits take-out or
delivery). • Requires gyms and similar facilities to close until April 6, 2020.
Press Release 03/16/2020 • Urges schools to close through March 31, 2020.
Press Release 03/13/2020 • Urges congregations and groups to consider alternatives to traditional services by
utilizing live streams, pre-recorded messages, and other electronic means. • Discourages events of 250+ people.
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• Advises schools to exercise discretion when cancelling school for K-12 students.
Emergency Order 14 | Press Release
03/12/2020 • Declares a public state of emergency.
Press Release 03/11/2020 • Clarifies unemployment insurance benefits for COVID-19-related claims.
Bulletin 20-02 | Press Release
03/09/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Texas
Press Release 05/05/2020
• Announces that wedding venues may open immediately. • Permits cosmetology salons, hair salons, barbershops, nail salons, etc. to reopen
beginning on May 8, 2020 subject to certain occupancy limits. • Allows office buildings and gyms to open subject to certain occupancy limits beginning
on May 18, 2020.
Executive Order GA-18 | Press Release | Report
04/27/2020 • Permits all retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, and certain other non-essential
businesses to reopen to the public on May 1, 2020 and requires such businesses to limit their capacity to 25% of their listed occupancy, among other things.
Proclamation 04/17/2020
• Permits “non-essential” retail stores to reopen limited services to the public on April 24, 2020, including services that can be made available for pickup, delivery by mail, or delivery to the customer’s doorstep in accordance with state and federal guidelines.
• Closes schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Proclamation 04/12/2020 • Extends state disaster declaration.
Press Release 04/07/2020 • Closes all state parks and historic sites until further notice.
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Executive Order GA-14 | Press Release | Essential
Services 03/31/2020
• Cites federal guidelines and urges individuals to avoid eating or drink at bars, restaurants, and food courts, or visiting gyms, massage establishments, tattoo studios, piercing studios, or cosmetology salons, except for drive-thru, pickup, or delivery.
• Enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Texas Supreme Court Order 03/19/2020 • Suspends all hearings, deadlines, and other proceedings for residential property
evictions.
Executive Order GA-08 03/19/2020
• Per federal guidelines, directs individuals through April 3, 2020 to avoid: o Eating or drinking at bars, restaurants, and food courts; o Visiting gyms or massage parlors; o Attending social gatherings of 10+ people; and o Visiting nursing homes.
• Directs schools to temporarily close until April 3, 2020.
Proclamation | Press Release 03/18/2020 • Suspends provisions of the Texas Election Code to allow political subdivisions to
postpone their 2020 local elections.
Emergency Rule | Bulletin B-0005-20
| FAQs | Notice 03/18/2020
• Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Press Release 03/15/2020 • Waives state laws that prohibit trucks from the alcohol industry from delivering
supplies to grocery stores.
Proclamation 03/13/2020 • Declares a public state of emergency.
Utah
Executive Order | Press Release | Guidelines
05/15/2020 • Provides guidance to additional industries—including faith groups, arts and
entertainment venues, among others—to begin reopening with modifications.
Executive Order | Press Release | Guidelines
05/06/2020 • Provides guidance to industries—including gyms and personal care services—to begin
reopening with modifications.
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Executive Order | Guidelines | Press Release
04/29/2020 • Announces phased in guidelines for the general public and businesses to maximize
public health and economic reactivation. • Rescinds the stay at home order.
Press Release | Directive 04/13/2020 • Extends the stay at home order.
Executive Order 04/02/2020 • Suspends enforcement of residential evictions for tenants who were current on rent
payments as of March 31, 2020 and have suffered a loss of income or job loss as a result of COVID-19.
Public Health Order | Press Release
04/01/2020 • Extends the closure of dine-in services and institutes new requirements for food
establishments until April 15, 2020.
Executive Order | Press Release
04/01/2020
• Institutes a moratorium on residential evictions for a narrow group of tenants (i.e., those who have suffered wage or job loss as a result of COVID-19, have undergone self-isolation or quarantine in compliance with state law, or have tested positive for COVID-19).
• Emphasizes that the order does not create or order rent forgiveness or prohibit evictions for any other reason.
• Remains in effect through May 15, 2020.
Directive | Press Release 03/26/2020 • Clarifies actions that individuals and businesses should take to slow the spread of
COVID-19, including staying home (e.g., not a shelter in place order).
Press Release 03/24/2020 • Extends dismissal of K-12 public schools and suspends teaching for technical colleges
until May 1, 2020.
FAQs | Bulletin 2020-1 03/17/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
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Order | Press Release 03/17/2020
• Suspends all restaurants, bars, and food service establishments from offering dine-in operations until April 1, 2020, but permits continued curbside takeout or delivery.
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ individuals. • Advises that all individuals avoid discretionary travel, shopping trips (other than
shopping for food and other essentials), and social visits. • Recommends that businesses implement social distancing measures in communal
areas.
Press Release 03/16/2020 • Recommends limiting gatherings of 100+ people. • Notes that K-12 schools and public college and university campuses will transition to
online or remote teaching.
Press Release 03/06/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Vermont
Addendum 15 to Executive Order 01-20 | Press Release
| Guidance 05/22/2020
• Permits additional nonessential businesses—including restaurants, bars, and hair salons, among others—to reopen in a limited capacity if they abide by safety guidelines.
Addendum 14 to Executive Order 01-20 | Press Release
05/15/2020 • Extends state of emergency and issues other COVID-19-related directives.
Addendum 13 to Executive Order 01-20 | Press Release
05/06/2020 • Provides guidance to outdoor businesses to begin reopening with modifications.
Addendum 12 to Executive Order 01-20 | Addendum 11 to Executive Order 01-20 | Press Release | Addendum
10 to Executive Order 01-20 | Press Release
04/24/2020
• Directs all entities currently operating, or soon to be opened, to implement specified physical distancing, health, and sanitation measures.
• Permits certain entities to resume operations on April 27, 2020 if they comply with certain safety measures, including, among other things:
o Outdoor businesses, construction operations, and recreation maintenance. • Manufacturing and distribution operations, and interior construction of uninhabited
structures.
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Addendum 8 to Executive Order 01-20 | Press Release
04/03/2020 • Clarifies the expiration date for two previous directives to ensure all are complying
with the state’s stay-at-home order until April 15, 2020.
Public Utility Commission Order
03/27/2020
• Expands the moratorium on utility disconnections (i.e., directing utilities to stop any disconnection of residential utility service due to nonpayment of electricity, natural gas, and telecommunication bills) to include non-residential ratepayers (e.g., commercial and industrial customers) and regulated water companies through April 30, 2020.
Addendum 6 to Executive Order 01-20 | Press Release
| FAQs 03/24/2020
• Requires all individuals within the state to stay at home, unless performing an essential activity and enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Addendum 4 01-20 | Press Release
03/21/2020
• Closes all close-contact businesses (e.g., gyms, hair salons, nail salons, etc.). • Requires all public and private enterprises to post appropriate notices for compliance
with the states’ recommendations. • Prohibits non-essential gatherings of 10+ people.
Emergency Order 01-20 | Addendum 01-20 | Press
Release 03/16/2020
• Declares a public state of emergency. • Prohibits non-essential gatherings of 50+ people. • Orders all bars and restaurants to close. • Orders all schools to close.
Bulletin 209 03/06/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Virginia
Press Release 05/19/2020 • Announces new housing resources and tenant protections, including capping rental
late fees and delaying rental evictions and mortgage foreclosures, among other things.
Executive Order 62 | Press Release
05/12/2020 • Permits certain localities in Northern Virginia to delay entering Phase One of the
“Forward Virginia” plan to ease restrictions on certain business operations.
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Executive Order 61| Press Release | Guidelines
05/09/2020
• Permits restaurants and other food establishments to provide outdoor dining services in a limited capacity if they abide by certain guidelines.
• Permits certain retail businesses, personal care services, and other nonessential businesses in a limited capacity if they abide by safety guidelines.
• Provides additional guidance for all businesses. • Closes schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Press Release | Forward Virginia Blueprint
05/04/2020
• Outlines phased plan to gradually ease restrictions. • Requires all businesses—at the outset—to comply with social distancing guidelines,
enhanced cleaning and disinfecting procedures, and enhanced workplace safety measures.
Press Release 04/24/2020 • Establishes the blueprint to ease economic restrictions, including by promoting
testing and tracing, increasing the amount of personal protective equipment available, etc.
Press Release 04/15/2020 • Extends the closure of non-essential businesses through May 8, 2020.
Press Release | Executive Order 13
04/08/2020 • Requests that the General Assembly move the state’s general election and all special
elections scheduled for May 5, 2020 to the November 3, 2020 general election date. • Moves the June 9, 2020 primary elections to June 23, 2020.
Executive Order 55 | Press Release
03/30/2020 • Orders all persons currently living in the state to stay at home, except to conduct or
participate in essential activities and work.
Executive Order 53 | FAQs | Press Release
03/23/2020 • Applies strictly to in-person retail business that are not essential. • Advises that other categories of business utilize teleworking as much as possible or
adhere to social distancing recommendations.
Press Release | FAQs | Order 03/17/2020 • Encourages individuals to avoid non-essential gatherings of 10+ people. • Directs all restaurants, fitness centers, and theaters, among others, to reduce their
capacity to 10 patrons or close.
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• Directs the Virginia Employment Commission to waive the waiting period for unemployment benefits.
• Directs utility companies (e.g., water, electric, and natural gas) to suspend service disconnections for 60 days.
Order Suspending Disconnection of Service
03/16/2020 • Orders electric, gas, water, or sewer utilities to suspend disconnection of service to
any customer.
Press Release 03/13/2020 • Directs all K-12 public and private schools to close.
Emergency Order 51 03/12/2020 • Declares a public state of emergency.
Press Release 03/11/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Washington
Press Release 05/19/2020 • Provides guidance for real estate and fitness operations to begin reopening with
modifications.
Press Release | Guidance 05/13/2020 • Provides guidance for certain industries—including professional and personal
services—to reopen with modifications.
Press Release 05/12/2020 • Provides guidance for partially reopened in-store retail and manufacturing operations
for certain counties.
Press Release | Press Release
05/08/2020 • Provides guidance for certain essential programs to begin reopening with
modifications.
Press Release 05/05/2020 • Extends certain statutory waivers and suspensions until May 11, 2020.
Proclamation | Press Release 05/04/2020 • Extends all previous orders to May 31, 2020. • Permits certain nonessential businesses to reopen, including landscaping, auto sales,
curbside pick-up, car washes, and pet walkers.
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Press Release | Announcement | Guidance
04/24/2020 • Announces a plan to allow current construction projects to be completed.
Press Release 04/22/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses and activities in the state.
Proclamation | Press Release 04/16/2020 • Extends the moratorium on evictions to June 4, 2020.
Proclamation | Press Release 04/06/2020 • Extends school closures for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year.
Press Release 04/02/2020 • Extends the statewide stay at home order through May 4, 2020.
DFI Guidance on Servicing Mortgages | Press Release
03/31/2020 • Urges companies servicing mortgages to work with homeowners adversely affected by
COVID-19, including payment forbearance for those who need it.
Amended Proclamation | Press Release | List of Essential Businesses
03/23/2020
• Prohibits individuals from leaving their homes or participating in social, spiritual and recreational gatherings of any kind regardless of the number of participants.
• Closes all non-essential businesses except for performing basic minimum operations (e.g., activities necessary to maintain the value of the business’ inventory, ensure security, process payroll and employee benefits, etc.)
• Enumerates the essential businesses that may remain open.
Proclamation 20-19 03/18/2020 • Prohibits residential evictions through April 17, 2020.
Proclamation 20-23 03/18/2020 • Provides relief to utility customers.
Proclamation 20-05 | Press Release
03/16/2020
• Prohibits the onsite consumption of food and/or beverages in a public venue (e.g., restaurants, bars, coffee shops, catered events, bowling alleys, etc.) until April 1, 2020.
• Directs public venues (e.g., theaters, bowling alleys, gyms, fitness centers, barbershops, etc.) to close and retail businesses (except pharmacies and grocery stores) to implement certain sanitation and social distancing measures until April 1, 2020.
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Press Release 03/15/2020 • Directs restaurants and bars statewide to temporarily close. • Prohibits gatherings of 50+ and gatherings of under 50 participants unless previously
announced criteria for public health and social distancing are met.
Emergency Order 20-12 | Press Release
03/13/2020 • Directs all K-12 public and private schools to close until April 24, 2020.
Proclamation 20-07 | Press Release
03/11/2020 • Prohibits gatherings of 250+ people for social, spiritual, and recreational activities in
certain counties.
Emergency Order 20-01 | Press Release | FAQs | Blog
03/11/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Press Release | Press Release
03/10/2020 • Enhances the flexibility of the unemployment insurance program.
Proclamation 20-01 | Press Release | FAQs | Blog
03/05/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
Emergency Proclamation | Press Release
02/29/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
West Virginia
Executive Order 39-20 | Press Release | Press Release | Restaurant
Guidance
05/19/2020
• Permits additional nonessential businesses—including restaurants and bars for in-door dining, retail stores, among others—to reopen in a limited capacity on May 21, 2020 if they abide by safety measures.
Press Release 05/11/2020 • Announces additional guidance for reopening restaurants and retail stores in a limited
capacity.
Press Release 05/04/2020 • Permits wellness facilities (gyms and fitness centers supervised by licensed
professionals) and drive-in movie theaters to reopen as of May 11, 2020.
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Press Release 04/28/2020 • Announces guidance for reopening certain small businesses, restaurants, and religious
entities.
Press Release 04/21/2020 • Closes schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Order 9-20 | Summary
03/23/2020
• Requires all individuals within the state to stay at home, unless performing an essential activity.
• Requires non-essential businesses and operations to temporarily cease operations. • Cites the federal government guidance and finds certain institutions to be essential.
Press Release 03/21/2020 • Urges all individuals to follow federal guidelines related to COVID-19.
Press Release 03/20/2020 • Suspends several statutory rules (e.g., suspends permit and training deadlines for
certain professions).
Executive Order 6-20 | Press Release
03/19/2020 • Closes all barbershops, hair salons, and nail salons.
Executive Order 3-20 | Press Release
03/18/2020 • Closes all gyms and recreational facilities.
Executive Order | Press Release
03/18/2020 • Directs all restaurants and bars to limit service to carry out, drive-thru, and delivery
operations only.
Proclamation | Press Release 03/16/2020 • Declares a state of emergency and invokes emergency powers under West Virginia
law. • Mirrors the State Preparedness Proclamation.
Press Release 03/12/2020 • Implements a state employee travel ban on both out-of-state and international travel
for state business and asks all residents of the state to reconsider non-essential out-of-state travel for personal business.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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Bulletin 2020-01 | Emergency Order
03/09/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
State Preparedness Proclamation | Press Release
03/04/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Wisconsin
Emergency Order 36 | Press Release | FAQs
05/11/2020 • Permits retail stores to reopen in a limited capacity if they abide by safety guidelines.
Press Release | Guidance 05/08/2020 • Provides guidance to all industries to begin reopening with modifications.
Badger Bounce Back Plan | Press Release
05/05/2020 • Details efforts for the state’s contact tracing plan.
Emergency Order 34 | Press Release
04/27/2020 • Expands options for businesses to safely serve the public, including permitting all
businesses to offer curbside pickup, opening golf courses, permitting certain construction businesses to do aesthetic or operational work, etc.
Emergency Order 31 04/20/2020 • Outlines a framework for reopening businesses and activities in the state.
Emergency Order 28 | Press Release
04/16/2020 • Extends the statewide stay at home order to May 26, 2020.
Emergency Order 15 03/27/2020
• Prohibits landlords from serving any notice terminating a tenancy for failure to pay rent.
• Prohibits landlords from commencing a civil action of eviction unless certain requirements are met.
• Prohibits mortgagees from commencing a civil action to foreclose upon real estate.
Emergency Order 12 | Press Release
03/24/2020 • Permits individuals to leave their residences to provide any services or perform any
work that is essential. • Cites the federal government guidance and finds certain institutions to be essential.
UPDATED May 22, 2020
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Press Release 03/22/2020
• Directs regulated utilities to stop utility disconnection for nonpayment for all customers (including commercial and industrial accounts); cease assessing late fees to customer accounts; halt the practice of requiring deposits from customers for reconnection of service, etc.
Emergency Order 8 03/20/2020
• Bans all mass gatherings of 10+ people in a single space. • Closes all schools to the public until further notice
• Closes all close-contact businesses (e.g., hair salons, nail salons, spas, etc.) until further notice.
• Requires bars and restaurants to close dine-in services (e.g., utilize take-out or delivery).
• Exempts certain entities from the ban on mass gatherings while implementing social distancing as practicable (e.g., commercial and non-profit entities, etc.).
Mass Gathering Restriction FAQs | Gov. Evers Twitter
03/17/2020 • Orders a statewide moratorium on mass gatherings of 10+ people.
FAQs | Order 03/15/2020 • Closes all schools until April 6, 2020.
Letter | Declaration of Public Health Emergency
03/12/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Bulletin | Press Release 03/06/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.
XXXVIII. Wyoming
Press Release | Public Health Order 1 | 2 | 3
04/28/2020
• Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people, subject to certain exemptions (e.g., retail establishments where more than 10 people may be present but are not generally within 6 feet of one another).
• Orders nail salons, hair salons, barbershops, massage therapy services, tattoo/body art shops, etc. to remain closed.
• Requires restaurants, food courts, and other similar places of public accommodation offering food or beverage for on-premises consumption; gymnasiums; cigar bars;
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entertainment venues; and bars, taverns, clubs, etc. to remain closed to ingress/egress by members of the public and subjects them to other operational restrictions.
Press Release 04/23/2020 • Develops a plan in coordination with the Wyoming Department of Health to ease
restrictions on a county-by-county basis.
Press Release 04/17/2020 • Confirms that COVID-19 public health orders will remain in place through April 30,
2020.
Second Continuation of Public Health Order 1 | 2 | 3
04/03/2020 • Extends the closure of all public spaces (i.e., schools, theaters, bars, nightclubs, coffee
shops, personal care, etc.) until April 30, 2020.
Public Health Order 2 03/27/2020 • Prohibits gatherings of 10+ people.
Press Release 03/25/2020 • Urges all individuals in Wyoming to stay home whenever possible.
Press Release 03/20/2020 • Closes all public spaces (i.e., schools, theaters, bars, nightclubs, coffee shops, etc.) until
April 3, 2020.
Press Release 03/15/2020 • Recommends that all schools close until April 3, 2020.
Order 2020-02 03/13/2020 • Declares a state of emergency.
Bulletin 20-01 03/11/2020 • Issues guidance on insurance coverage of COVID-19-related services.