State by State Coronavirus-Related Restrictions

Vaccine and testing regulations: A requirement that state employees who aren’t fully vaccinated submit to weekly testing was lifted in March 2022.

Vaccine and testing regulations: Most state and local government agencies are barred from imposing workplace vaccine requirements. The prohibition does not apply to government-run medical facilities, including nursing homes, but those facilities must grant employee requests for exemptions on medical or religious grounds under legislation signed June 24 by Gov. Chris Sununu.

Vaccine and testing regulations: Gov. Phil Murphy issued an executive order June 12 ending the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers in health care settings, including long-term care facilities. Murphy had previously lifted a testing requirement for health care staff and testing and vaccine mandates for employees at congregate living facilities such as group homes and prisons.

Mask regulations: A state requirement for universal masking in health care facilities is no longer in effect, Murphy said April 17.

Vaccine and testing regulations: With the end of the state public health emergency March 31 and of the federal emergency May 11, there are no longer any vaccine or testing requirements in place. 

Mask regulations: The state no longer requires masking in hospitals, long-term care facilities and other congregate settings. Major hospital systems ended their own face-covering mandates in April, according to the New Mexico Department of Health.

Vaccine and testing regulations: A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers will officially end Oct. 4. The New York State Department of Health stopped citing health care providers for failure to comply with the rule in May, when it announced plans to rescind the order.

A requirement that unvaccinated state employees submit to regular COVID-19 testing ended in June 2022. 

On Feb. 10, New York City dropped a requirement that current and prospective municipal workers show proof of vaccination. A similar mandate for private-sector workers was lifted Nov. 1, 2022.

Mask regulations: As of Feb. 12, the state no longer requires masking in hospitals, nursing homes and other health care settings. Individual facilities and health systems may set their own policies, and face-covering remains mandatory in New York City public hospitals. A statewide public transit mask mandate ended in September 2022.

Vaccine and testing regulations: There are no longer any vaccine or testing requirements for state employees or health care workers.

Mask regulations: Health care and long-term care facilities follow the CDC guidance on masking, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Vaccine and testing regulations: State and local governments are barred from requiring employees to be vaccinated. Private employers with vaccine mandates must allow exemptions on the basis of an employee’s medical condition; a recent COVID-19 infection; religious, philosophical or moral objections to vaccination; or agreement to submit to periodic testing. Businesses are prohibited from requiring documentation of a customer’s vaccination status. 

No current regulations: Gov. Mike DeWine (R) ended the state’s public health emergency in June 2021. There are no state vaccine or mask mandates in force, nor any prohibitions of mandates. 

Vaccine and testing regulations: Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed an order that prohibits state agencies from requiring a visitor to show proof of vaccination to enter public buildings. The order exempts agencies that conduct medical activities requiring patient interaction.

Vaccine and testing regulations: A vaccine requirement for health care workers ended May 11.  A similar order covering school staff will expire June 17 with the end of the school year. A vaccine mandate for state government employees was lifted April 1, 2022.

Mask regulations: A statewide indoor mask mandate expired March 12, 2022. A face-covering requirement for workers in health care settings ended April 3.

Vaccine and testing regulations: State health care employees and workers in high-risk congregate-care facilities were required to be vaccinated by Sept. 7, 2021, or undergo regular testing. New hires in such facilities must be vaccinated.

Philadelphia requires city-employed health care workers who interact with patients to be vaccinated. Vaccine mandates for other city employees ended in May. Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, rescinded a vaccine mandate for county employees May 18.

Vaccine and testing regulations: Health care workers were required to be vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021, unless they were medically exempt.

Vaccine and testing regulations: Gov. Henry McMaster (R) signed legislation in April 2022, that bars the state, local governments and school districts from requiring COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for employment or attendance and prohibits places of public accommodation such as hospitals, restaurants, theaters and stores from denying service based on vaccination status. The measure took effect immediately and will remain in force through at least the end of 2023.

Mask regulations: There is no statewide requirement, and McMaster issued an executive order in May 2021 invalidating local mask orders in effect at the time. A local mandate covering indoor public spaces in in unincorporated parts of Richland County expired in May 2022.

Vaccine and testing regulations: Gov. Kristi Noem (R) issued an executive order in April 2021 barring state and local governments from issuing or requiring the use of vaccine passports.