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Travel restrictions issued by states in response to the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic, 2020-2022.

At present, zero states have travel restrictions that governors or state agencies issued in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Overall, beginning in March 2020, 27 states and Washington D.C. enacted travel restrictions during the pandemic.

This page also includes travel recommendations or advisories issued by governors or state agencies. To see a state-by-state breakdown, click here . Although this page primarily focuses on state-level restrictions, readers can find a timeline of federal travel restrictions at the bottom.

On this page, you will find:

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You will find the five most recent updates to statewide travel restrictions on this timeline. To get more information on COVID-19 travel restrictions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia going back to March, 2020, click here .

• December 28, 2022 : The Biden Administration announced that people over the age of two flying from China would need to provide a negative COVID-19 test beginning January 5, 2023. [1]
• August 13, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled to or from Louisiana on or after August 13. [2]
• August 6, 2021 : The Washington D.C. Department of Health issued updated travel guidance that recommended but no longer required unvaccinated out-of-state travelers and returning residents to quarantine upon arrival and get a COVID-19 test. The updated guidance still recommended that unvaccinated travelers who did not seek a COVID-19 test self-quarantine for 10 days. [3]
• July 29, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled to or from Botswana, Cuba, Gibraltar, Isle of Man or Martiniquen on or after July 29. [4]
• July 8, 2021 : Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) revised the state's travel restrictions to allow travelers fully vaccinated in the United States to bypass the requirement to quarantine for 10 days or provide a negative COVID-19 test. Previously, only travelers fully vaccinated in the state of Hawaii could bypass the restrictions. [5]
• July 6, 2021 : Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee (D) rescinded an executive order requiring unvaccinated out-of-state travelers to quarantine or provide a negative COVID-19 test. [6]

The chart below shows the dates when states issued and rescinded COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Map of active travel restrictions by state

The map below shows the states that have implemented at least one restriction on or requirement of interstate travelers through executive orders issued by governors or state agencies and which of those restrictions are still active. To date, twenty-seven states have issued at least one executive order restricting interstate travel. Of the 27 executive orders issued by governors or state agencies placing restrictions on out-of-state visitors, 27 have been rescinded. This total and the map below do not reflect recommendations or advisories related to travel.

Travel restrictions, advisories, and recommendations by state

In addition to executive orders, this section lists recommendations, advisories, and requests related to interstate travel made by governors and state agencies in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. Click a state below to learn more.

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A red dot next to a state indicates active travel restrictions. A green dot indicates that a state does not have active travel restrictions. Ballotpedia considers states to have active restrictions on travel if a governor or agency has issued an order or directive requiring a traveler to quarantine upon arrival, present a negative COVID-19 test, or provide proof of vaccination. Ballotpedia does not count requests to quarantine, present a negative COVID-19 test, or provide proof of vaccination as travel restrictions.

As of February 24, 2023, Alabama had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at the Alabama Tourism Department .

Does Alaska have restrictions on travel? No. Out-of-state visitors are encouraged to arrive in the state with a negative COVID-19 test taken prior to departure. Visitors without a negative COVID-19 test can get tested at the airport at their own expense. The state recommends that visitors practice social distancing or enter self-quarantine while awaiting the results of the test. Asymptomatic visitors who can provide proof of a positive COVID-19 test taken within 90 days of departure and fully vaccinated visitors do not need to take a test. [7]

Visitors are still required to fill out a travel declaration form and submit a self-isolation plan to the state.

More information can be found at the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services website.

• April 16, 2021 : Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) announced that travelers to Alaska will be eligible to receive a free coronavirus vaccine starting June 1. The vaccines will be available at at the Juneau, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, and Anchorage airports. [8]
• February 14, 2021 : Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum issued a health advisory that removes the testing and quarantine requirements for out-of-state travelers and returning residents. People entering the state are encouraged to either submit a test taken prior to departure or get tested at the airport. People who cannot provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test to screeners at the airport are encouraged to social distance until they receive the results of their test. The state recommends that visitors self-quarantine while awaiting test results. [9]
• May 29, 2020 : Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) announced he was extending the 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers and residents returning to the state through June 5. According to Dunleavy, travelers who can prove they tested negative for COVID-19 before coming to Alaska can bypass the 14-day quarantine requirement. Dunleavy asked travelers to get tested at least 72 hours before arriving in the state. [10] [11]
• May 15, 2020 : Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) extended the travel restrictions on out-of-state travelers and residents returning to the state through June 2. The restrictions had been set to expire on May 19. [12]
• April 21, 2020: Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) said the international and out-of-state travel restrictions had been extended through May 19. The mandatory quarantine also applies to Alaska residents returning to state. [13]
• March 11, 2020 : Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) ordered all people traveling to Alaska, including residents, to fill out a travel declaration and complete a two-week quarantine. The order went into effect on March 25, 2020, and was to be reevaluated by April 21, 2020. [14]

Does Arizona have restrictions on travel? No. The 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers was rescinded on May 12 by Gov. Doug Ducey (R). [15]

For more information, see the Arizona Office of Tourism .

• May 12, 2020 : As part of Arizona's reopening plan, Gov. Doug Ducey (R) rescinded the executive order that enacted the 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state visitors. [16]
• April 7, 2020 : Ducey ordered all people traveling to Arizona from areas of the country with widespread COVID-19 cases to self-quarantine for 14 days. The order specifically mentioned Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey as areas with significant community spread. The order went into effect on April 9 and remained in effect until the expiration of Arizona's stay-at-home order. [17]

Does Arkansas have restrictions on travel? No. The 14-day quarantine requirement for travelers expired June 15, 2020. [18]

More information can be found at the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism .

• June 15, 2020 : The 14-day travel requirement for out-of-state travelers from coronavirus hot spot areas expired. [19]
• May 14, 2020 : Nathaniel Smith, the Arkansas Secretary of Health, issued a 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers who have been in an international location or New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or New Orleans in the last 14 days. [20]
• May 6, 2020 : Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) lifted an order, signed April 4, that restricted hotels and short-term rentals to authorized guests, including essential workers. The order was enacted to discourage recreational travel into Arkansas. [21]
• March 30, 2020 : The Arkansas Department of Health released an advisory urging travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and New Orleans to self-quarantine for 14 days. The advisory also included international travelers. [22]

Does California have restrictions on travel? No. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a travel advisory asking out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. The advisory asks residents to limit non-essential travel. [23]

More information can be found at Visit California .

• December 31, 2020 : The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued an order requiring anyone entering the county from outside the Southern California Region to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival. The order took effect January 1, 2021, and was set to remain in effect until the regional stay-at-home order expired. According to the California Department of Public Health, the Southern California Region includes the following counties: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura. [24]
• November 28, 2020 : The Santa Clara County Public Health Department issued a mandatory directive discouraging nonessential travel and requiring travelers coming from at least 150 miles outside of the county border to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. The order took effect on November 30, 2020. [25]
• November 13, 2020 : Govs. Jay Inslee (D-Wa.), Kate Brown (D-Ore.), and Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) issued travel advisories asking out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. They also asked residents to limit non-essential travel. [26]

As of February 24, 2023, Colorado had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at the Colorado Tourism Office .

Connecticut

Does Connecticut have restrictions on travel? No. Gov. Ned Lamont (D) ended the quarantine or test requirement for travelers on March 19, 2021. The state encourages travelers to review U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travel guidance on post-travel quarantine and testing. The state also encourages travelers to quarantine upon entering the state for a full seven days with a negative COVID-19 test taken 3-5 days into quarantine, or a full 10 days without a COVID-19 test. [27]

More information can be found at Connecticut's official state website .

• March 19, 2021 : Gov. Ned Lamont (D) ended the requirement that out-of-state travelers and returning residents self-quarantine for 10 days or provide a negative COVID-19 test upon entering the state. [28]
• December 18, 2020 : Gov. Ned Lamont (D) issued an order requiring all travelers from all states except New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to self-quarantine for 10 days upon entering Connecticut. Travelers from avoid having to quarantine if they can produce a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of departure. [29]
• October 20, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Arizona and Maryland had been added to the tristate self-quarantine list. The governors advised against traveling between their three states, but agreed not to mandate self-quarantines for travel between Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. [30]
• October 19, 2020 : Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced that he would modify the travel advisory threshold to decrease the number of states on the list. States would need to be at 10 cases per 100,000 and have a 5% test positivity rate to qualify. Previously, a state would qualify if it had 10 cases per 100,000 and a 10% positivity rate. [31]
• October 6, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that New Mexico had been added to the tristate quarantine list. [32]
• September 22, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming had been added to the tristate quarantine list. [33]
• September 15, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Puerto Rico had been re-added to the joint travel advisory, while California, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, and Ohio had been removed. [34]
• September 8, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia had been added to the joint travel advisory list. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were removed from the list. [35]
• August 25, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on Aug. 25 that Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Maryland, and Montana had been removed from the joint travel advisory list. The territory of Guam was added to the list. [36]
• August 18, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on Aug. 18 that Delaware and Alaska had been added to the tristate quarantine list. Washington was removed from the list. [37]
• August 11 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Hawaii, South Dakota, and the Virgin Islands had been added to the tristate quarantine list. The governors removed Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio, and Rhode Island. [38]
• August 4, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Rhode Island had been added to the tristate quarantine list, requiring visitors from that state to quarantine for 14 days upon entering New Jersey, Connecticut, or New York. Delaware and Washington D.C. were removed from the list. [39]
• July 28, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Illinois, Kentucky Minnesota, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico had been added to the joint travel advisory, bringing the total number of states to 37. [40]
• July 21, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that 10 additional states had been added to the joint travel advisory. Travelers from Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, and Washington will need to quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. Minnesota was removed from the list, bringing the total to 31. [41]
• July 20, 2020 : Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced that all incoming travelers to Connecticut must fill out an online travel health form before arriving. Lamont said visitors could be subject to a $1,000 fine if they fail to fill out the form or quarantine. [42]
• July 14, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that New Mexico, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota had been added to the joint travel advisory originally announced June 24. Travelers from those states will need to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in the tristate area. Delaware, which was added to the list July 7, has been removed. The list now includes 22 states. Gov. Cuomo also announced that visitors to New York from those 22 states will need to fill out a contact form with contact information or face a $10,000 fine. Gov. Lamont said Connecticut would join New York in requiring visitors to fill out a form. [43] [44] [45]
• July 7, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Delaware, Kansas, and Oklahoma had been added to the joint travel advisory originally announced June 24. Visitors from those states will need to quarantine for 14 days upon entering Connecticut, New York, or New Jersey. The full list of states includes Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. [46]
• June 30, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that eight more states had been added to a joint travel advisory requiring out-of-state visitors to self-quarantine for 14 days. The governors announced the travel advisory June 24 and originally included Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. The list was expanded to include California, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Tennessee. [47]
• June 24, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on June 24 that travelers arriving in their states from states with a high infection rate must quarantine for 14 days. The infection rate is based on a seven-day rolling average of the number of infections per 100,000 residents. As of June 24, the states that meet that threshold are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. [48]
• March 28, 2020 : Gov. Ned Lamont (D) urged out-of-state visitors to self-quarantine. [49]

Does Delaware have restrictions on travel? No. The 14-day quarantine requirement on out-of-state travelers expired June 1. [50]

More information can be found at the Delaware Tourism Office .

• June 1, 2020 : Gov. John Carney (D) lifted the 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers June 1. [51]
• May 26, 2020 : Gov. John Carney Jr. (D) announced that he would end travel restrictions on out-of-state visitors on June 1. [52]
• March 29, 2020 : Gov. Carney ordered an automatic two-week quarantine for anyone traveling to Delaware. [53]

Does Florida have restrictions on travel? No. On August 6, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) rescinded the executive order requiring travelers from Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. [54]

More information can be found at Visit Florida .

• August 6, 2020 : Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) rescinded the executive order requiring travelers from Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. [55]
• July 20, 2020 : The Florida Department of Transportation confirmed that at least one checkpoint along the Florida-Georgia border established in March to get travelers from states like New York and Connecticut to self-quarantine had been discontinued. [56]
• June 5, 2020 : Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced that travelers from Louisiana would no longer need to self-quarantine for 14 days. The requirements remained in effect for visitors from Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. [57]
• March 27, 2020 : Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ordered all people traveling to Florida from Louisiana or an area with a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 on roadways to self-quarantine for two weeks. Those preforming health, military, or emergency duties were exempt. Travelers were required to inform residents with whom they had direct contact if they traveled to an area with a widespread outbreak of COVID-19. DeSantis also instructed the Florida Department of Transportation to establish checkpoints and the Florida Highway Patrol and County Sheriffs to enforce the order. Failure to comply could have resulted in fines up to $500 and jail time up to 60 days. [58]
• March 24, 2020 : Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ordered travelers flying into Florida from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to self-quarantine for two weeks. [59] Those preforming health, military, or emergency duties were exempt. Travelers were required to inform residents with whom they had direct contact if they traveled to an area with a widespread outbreak of COVID-19. Failure to comply could have resulted in fines up to $500 and jail time up to 60 days. [60]

As of February 24, 2023, Georgia had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at Explore Georgia .

Does Hawaii have restrictions on travel? No.

More information can be found at Go Hawaii .

• July 8, 2021 : Gov. David Ige (D) revised the state's travel restrictions to allow travelers fully vaccinated in the United States to bypass the requirement to quarantine for 10 days or provide a negative COVID-19 test. Previously, only travelers fully vaccinated in the state of Hawaii could bypass the restrictions. [61]
• June 25, 2021 : Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) announced fully vaccinated interstate travelers will be able to bypass Hawaii's testing and quarantine requirements starting July 8. [62]
• June 15, 2021 : Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) ended the requirement that intra-island travelers submit a negative COVID-19 test or quarantine upon arrival. He also amended the state's travel restrictions to allow travelers who have been vaccinated in Hawaii to bypass the quarantine or test requirement if they leave and then return to the state. [63]
• June 4, 2021 : Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) announced that fully vaccinated travelers who have been vaccinated in Hawaii will be able to bypass the quarantine or test requirement when flying in from out of state beginning June 15. He also announced all inter-county travel restrictions will end on June 15. [64]
• May 11, 2021 : Under the Vaccine Exemption Program, fully vaccinated individuals in Hawaii no longer need to quarantine for 10 days or present a negative COVID-19 test to travel between islands. Individuals must provide proof of vaccination to bypass the quarantine or test requirement. [65]
• April 20, 2021 : Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) announced that fully vaccinated residents traveling between islands will be exempt from quarantine requirements beginning May 11. Under the policy, travelers are exempt 15 days after receiving their last COVID-19 vaccine shot. [66]
• December 17, 2020 : Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) issued an executive order reducing the required self-isolation period for untested out-of-state and inter-island travelers from 14 days to 10 days, effective Dec. 17. The change follows updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which shortened on Dec. 2 the recommended quarantine period for individuals who do not report symptoms from 14 days to 10 days. [67]
• November 27, 2020 : Gov. David Ige (D) announced he had approved a request from Kaua'i Mayor Derek Kawakami to require all out-of-state and inter-island travelers to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival, even if they have had a negative COVID-19 test. [68]
• November 19, 2020 : Hawaii Gov. David Ige (D) announced that travelers would need to upload their negative COVID-19 test results prior to departure beginning November 24. Travelers who do not have their test results before arriving on the island will need to quarantine for 14 days, even if they receive a negative result after they arrive. [69]
• October 15, 2020 : The state's pre-travel testing program went into effect, allowing visitors to avoid the 14-day quarantine if they can present a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of arrival. Travelers who test positive or whose results are pending will still need to quarantine. [70]
• October 7, 2020 : Gov. David Ige (D) said that a pre-test program would launch for out-of-state travelers October 15, allowing visitors to avoid the 14-day quarantine if they can present a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of arrival. Travelers who test positive or whose results are pending will still need to quarantine. [71]
• August 18, 2020 : Gov. David Ige (D) extended the restrictions requiring travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days through October 1. The restrictions had previously been scheduled to expire on September 1. [72]
• July 13, 2020 : Gov. David Ige (D) announced that he was extending the quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers through September 1. Previously, Ige had said a new program would take effect August 1 that would allow visitors to avoid the quarantine requirement by presenting a negative coronavirus test. The program will not start before September 1. [73]
• June 24, 2020 : Gov. David Ige (D) announced that, beginning August 1, out-of-state travelers can avoid a 14-day quarantine requirement if they can present a recent negative COVID-19 test. Hawaii airports will not be providing testing. Travelers who cannot present a negative test will need to quarantine for 14 days. All travelers will still be required to fill out a travel form. [74]
• June 16, 2020 : The Hawaii State Department of Health announced that it will no longer require a 14-day quarantine for inter-island travelers. However, all passengers and crew will need to fill out a travel and health form before boarding. [75]
• June 11, 2020 : Gov. Ige announced he was extending the quarantine requirement for out-of-state and returning travelers through July 31. [76]
• May 16, 2020 : Gov. Ige announced he was extending the 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers through June 30. [77]
• March 17, 2020 : Ige issued an automatic two-week quarantine for people traveling to Hawaii. Ige asked would-be visitors to the state to postpone their trips for 30 days. [78]

Does Idaho have restrictions on travel? No. Visitors are encouraged to self-quarantine, but the 14-day quarantine requirement for travelers expired May 15, 2020. [79]

More information can be found at Visit Idaho .

• May 15, 2020 : Gov. Brad Little (R) announced that out-of-state visitors would no longer need to self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Idaho. Little said people were encouraged to self-quarantine. [80]
• April 15, 2020 : Gov. Little issued a travel restriction that required out-of-state visitors to self-quarantine for 14 days. The restriction was included in an extension Little issued to the stay-at-home order that went into effect March 25 and was set to expire on April 15. Workers engaged in essential activities were exempt from the order. [81]

As of February 24, 2023, Illinois had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at the Illinois Department of Public Health .

• July 6, 2020 : Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Allison Arwady issued an order requiring travelers entering the city of Chicago from states experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases to self-quarantine for 14 days. The order applied to travelers from the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. [82]

As of February 24, 2023, Indiana had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at Visit Indy .

Does Iowa have restrictions on travel? No.

More information can be found at Travel Iowa .

• March 21, 2020 : Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) urged Iowans returning from out-of-state to self-quarantine for 14-days. [83]

Does Kansas have restrictions on travel? No.

More information can be found at Travel Kansas .

• August 13, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled to or from Louisiana on or after August 13. [84]
• July 29, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled to or from Botswana, Cuba, Gibraltar, Isle of Man or Martiniquen on or after July 29. [85]
• June 17, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled to or from Kuwait, Mongolia or Saint Martin on or after June 17. [86]
• May 20, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled to Maine or the Colorado counties of Alamosa, Baca, Costilla, Dolores, Mesa, Mineral, Otero, Prowers, Rio Grande, Saguache, Sedgwick or Yuma on or after May 20. The department also included travelers who to Costa Rica, French Guiana, Georgia, Lithuania or the Netherlands on or after May 20. [87]
• May 10, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled to certain Colorado counties on or after May 6. The counties include Adams, Arapahoe, Archuleta, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Crowley, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Jefferson, Lake, Larimer, Park, Phillips, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, San Juan, Teller and Weld. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment also included the city of Denver in its update. [88]
• May 6, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled to Colorado on or after May 6. [89]
• April 22, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include people who've traveled from Minnesota on or after April 22. People who traveled to that state, as well as the countries of Argentina, Aruba, Bahrain, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Sweden and Turkey, on or after April 22 must self-quarantine. [90]
• April 8, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include travelers from Connecticut and Pennsylvania. People who traveled to those states on or after April 8 must self-quarantine. [91]
• March 26, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include travelers from Delaware, Michigan, and Rhode Island. People who traveled to those states on or after March 26 must self-quarantine. [92]
• March 12, 2021 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its travel quarantine list to include travelers from New York and New Jersey. [93]
• August 11, 2020 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment removed Florida from its travel quarantine list and added a requirement that anyone who has traveled to or attended an out-of-state mass gathering event of 500 people or greater quarantine for 14 days upon entering or returning to Kansas. Anyone who traveled to or from Florida between June 29-August 11 must still complete a two week quarantine. [94]
• July 28, 2020 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment removed Arizona from its quarantine list. People who had traveled to or from Florida were required to self-quarantine for 14 days. [95]
• July 14, 2020 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment removed Alabama, Arkansas, and South Carolina from its quarantine list. The 14 day quarantine requirement applied to travelers from Arizona and Florida. [96]
• June 17, 2020 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment updated its list of states with widespread community transmission to include Alabama, Arizona, and Arkansas. Kansas residents who have traveled to those states will need to self-quarantine for 14 days. [97]
• May 12, 2020 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment mandated that residents who had traveled to Maryland self-quarantine for 14 days. [98]
• March 27, 2020 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment mandated residents who traveled to Colorado or Louisiana on or after March 27 to self-quarantine for two weeks. [99] [100]
• March 23, 2020 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment mandated residents who traveled to New Jersey or Illinois on or after March 23 to self-quarantine for two weeks. [101] [102]
• March 18, 2020 : The Kansas Department of Health and Environment mandated residents who traveled to California, Florida, New York, and Washington on or after March 15 to self-quarantine for two weeks. [103] [104]

Does Kentucky have restrictions on travel? No. Visitors from nine states are encouraged to self-quarantine for 14 days. The nine states on the travel advisory include Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. According to officials, the advisory is not an order. [105]

More information can be found at Team Kentucky .

• July 20, 2020 : Gov. Andy Beshear (D) issued a travel advisory requesting that visitors from nine states self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. Officials said the advisory was not a requirement. The nine states in the advisory include Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. [106]
• May 6, 2020 : Gov. Andy Beshear (D) ended the travel restrictions that required out-of-state travelers to quarantine. [107]
• May 6, 2020 : Gov. Beshear issued a revised order restricting travel after parts of the original order were struck down by a federal judge. The new order asked out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days if they plan on staying in the state for more than 24 hours. [108]
• May 4, 2020 : A federal judge struck down parts of Gov. Beshear 's travel ban, ruling the ban "does not pass constitutional muster." The lawsuit was originally filed by three churchgoers who attended a service in Louisville and were told by the state to self-quarantine. [109]
• April 2, 2020 : Gov. Andy Beshear (D) issued an order requiring all people traveling to Kentucky to self-quarantine for two weeks. [110]
• March 30, 2020 : Gov. Andy Beshear (D) issued an order that required residents to self-quarantine for any out-of-state travel, unless they traveled to care for a person in need, bought groceries or necessary supplies, went to work, were required by a court order, or obtained healthcare. [111] [112]

As of February 24, 2023, Louisiana had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at the Louisiana Office of Tourism .

Does Maine have restrictions on travel? No. Maine ended its quarantine requirement for out-of-state visitors from all states on May 1, 2021. International travelers are still required to quarantine for at least seven days. [113]

More information can be found at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services .

• May 1, 2021 : The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention ended the requirement that out-of-state travelers from outside New England quarantine or provide a negative COVID-19 test upon entering the state. [114]
• April 27, 2021 : Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director Nirav Shah announced that out-of-state visitors will no longer need to quarantine or provide a negative test upon entering the state beginning May 1. [115]
• March 5, 2021 : As part of a reopening plan for the spring and summer tourism season, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced that travelers from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island would no longer need to quarantine upon arrival in the state. Mills also said that the mandatory travel restrictions would become recommendations on May 1. [116]
• September 23, 2020 : Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced that Massachusetts travelers entering Maine would no longer be required to test negative or quarantine for 14 days. [117]
• July 1, 2020 : Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced that she lifting the 14-day quarantine requirement for travelers from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut beginning July 3. [118]
• June 8, 2020 : Mills announced that out-of-state visitors from New Hampshire and Vermont were no longer required to quarantine for 14 days. Beginning June 12, visitors from those states can stay in lodging establishments throughout Maine. Mills also announced that, effective July 1, visitors from all other states will need to quarantine for 14 days unless they have recently received a negative COVID-19 test. Travelers will need to fill out a Certificate of Compliance at lodging establishments, including hotels and short-term rentals. [119]
• April 3, 2020 : Gov. Mills issued an executive order requiring all out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for two weeks. Individuals providing essential services were exempt. The order directed state agencies, such as the Maine Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority, to post the order at all major points of entry into the state. According to the order, individuals in violation of the quarantine restrictions could have been subject a penalty of up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. [120]

Does Maryland have restrictions on travel? No. On March 12, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) ended the requirement that out-of-state travelers and returning residents self-quarantine or test negative. An advisory remained in place encouraging travelers to get tested upon arrival in the state. [121]

More information can be found at the Maryland Office of Tourism .

• March 12, 2021 : Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) ended the requirement that out-of-state travelers and returning residents self-quarantine or test negative. [122]
• March 9, 2021 : Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced he would ease some coronavirus restrictions beginning March 12 at 5 p.m., including the quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers. [123]
• December 17, 2020 : Gov. Larry Hogan (R) issued an order requiring out-of-state travelers and returning residents to obtain a negative COVID-19 test result or quarantine for 10 days. The order does not apply to people traveling to or from Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. The order requires Maryland residents to limit nonessential travel. [124]
• November 10, 2020 : Gov. Larry Hogan (R) issued a travel advisory asking Maryland residents to avoid non-essential travel to other states, especially states with a COVID-19 positivity rate greater than 10%. Residents or out-of-state travelers who arrive in Maryland from a state that meets that threshold are asked to get tested and self-quarantine until the results come back. [125]
• July 29, 2020 : Gov. Larry Hogan (R) issued a travel advisory asking Maryland residents to refrain from traveling to Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Texas. The percentage of positive test results in those states is over 10%. Hogan urged people who have traveled to one of those states to get a coronavirus test. [126]
• March 19, 2020 : Gov. Larry Hogan (R) instructed the Maryland Transportation Authority Police to restrict traffic at BWI Marshall Airport Terminal to only ticketed passengers, those helping disabled passengers, and employees. Hogan also urged residents to limit transit use to essential travel. [127]

Massachusetts

Does Massachusetts have restrictions on travel? No. On March 22, 2021, Gov. Charlie Baker (R) replaced the travel ordering requiring visitors to quarantine or present a negative COVID-19 test with a travel advisory. The advisory urges travelers to quarantine for 10 days, unless they are fully vaccinated or have received a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of arrival. [128]

More information can be found at Mass.gov .

• March 22, 2021 : Gov. Charlie Baker (R) replaced the travel order with a travel advisory urging travelers to quarantine for 10 days if they have no received a negative COVID-19 test. [129]
• March 18, 2021 : Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced the state’s travel restrictions, which require travelers to quarantine or provide a negative COVID-19 test, will become an advisory on Monday, March 22. [130]
• March 8, 2021 : In an update to its travel website, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health updated its list of exemptions to the state's quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers to include fully vaccinated individuals. People who've been fully vaccinated for 14 days do not need to quarantine for 10 days or produce a negative COVID-19 test result. [131]
• November 28, 2020 : The Massachusetts Department of Public Health removed Vermont from the list of low-risk states, leaving Hawaii the only state in that category. Travelers from low-risk states are exempt from the quarantine requirement, and do not need to fill out a travel form. [132]
• September 19, 2020 : The Massachusetts Department of Public Health removed Wyoming from its list of low-risk states. Travelers from Wyoming must self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Massachusetts. [133]
• September 12, 2020 : The Massachusetts Department of Public Health removed Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia from the list of low-risk states. The state had designated Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, and Colorado low risk at the end of August. Travelers from low-risk states are exempt from the 14 day quarantine requirement. [134]
• August 29, 2020 : Massachusetts added Colorado, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia to its list of lower-risk states, exempting travelers and returning residents from having to quarantine for two weeks upon arriving in Massachusetts. [135]
• August 1, 2020 : Starting Aug. 1, most travelers and returning residents were required fill out a travel form and self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering the state or produce a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of arrival. Travelers from states classified as lower-risk, which included Connecticut, Vermont, and Hawaii, among others, were exempt from the test or quarantine requirements. [136]
• July 24, 2020 : Statewide enforceable travel restrictions took effect, requiring all non-exempt travelers to the state to fill out a travel form (unless they are travelling from a state defined as low risk by the Department of Public Health) and either self-quarantine for 14 days or provide a negative COVID-19 test administered no more than 72 hours prior to arrival. Non-compliance carried with it a $500 per day fine. [137]
• June 30, 2020 : Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced that visitors to Massachusetts from Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, and New Jersey will no longer need to self-quarantine for 14 days. The advisory to self-quarantine remains in effect for visitors from other parts of the country. [138]
• March 27, 2020 : Gov. Charles D. Baker (R) directed all people, except essential workers, traveling to Massachusetts to self-quarantine for two weeks. Baker also asked travelers experiencing symptoms similar to COVID-19 not to come to the state. [139]

As of February 24, 2023, Michigan had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at Pure Michigan .

As of February 24, 2023, Minnesota had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at Explore Minnesota .

Mississippi

As of February 24, 2023, Mississippi had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at Visit Mississippi .

As of February 24, 2023, Missouri had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at Visit Missouri .

Does Montana have restrictions on travel? No. The quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers expired on June 1, 2020. [140]

More information can be found at Visit Montana .

• June 1, 2020 : As part of Phase Two of the state’s reopening plan, the 14-day quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers was lifted June 1. [141]
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• March 30, 2020 : Gov. Steve Bullock (D) issued an executive order requiring residents and non-residents traveling to Montana, except those traveling for work, to self-quarantine for two weeks. The order also instructed the Montana National Guard to conduct temperature checks and exposure risks inquiries at airports and rail stations in the state. [142]

Does Nebraska have restrictions on travel? No.

More information can be found at Visit Nebraska .

• March 24, 2020 : At his daily press briefing, Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) asked residents who traveled to a country or a state with a widespread COVID-19 outbreak to self-quarantine for two weeks. [143] This was a recommendation and not legally binding.

Does Nevada have restrictions on travel? No. Visitors are encouraged to follow CDC guidelines. [144]

More information can be found at Travel Nevada .

• May 29, 2020 : Gov. Steve Sisolak issued an updated travel advisory that asked visitors to follow CDC guidelines. [145]
• March 31, 2020 : Gov. Steve Sisolak issued a travel advisory asking out-of-state visitors to self-quarantine for 14 days. The advisory was not enforceable by law. [146]

New Hampshire

Does New Hampshire have restrictions on travel? No. However, travelers from outside New England who plan to stay in the state for an extended period are asked to self-quarantine for two weeks. [147]

More information can be found at Visit New Hampshire .

• March 28, 2020 : Gov. Chris Sununu (R) requested people traveling to New Hampshire for reasons other than same-day trips for work, care of a loved one, or for essential supplies to self-quarantine for two weeks. [148]

Does New Jersey have restrictions on travel? No. Gov. Phil Murphy (D) ended the quarantine requirement for unvaccinated out-of-state travelers on May 17, 2021. [149]

More information can be found at the Official Site of the State of New Jersey .

• May 17, 2021 : New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) ended the requirement that unvaccinated people self-quarantine for 10 days upon arrival. Murphy exempted vaccinated people from the quarantine requirement on April 5, 2021. [150]
• April 5, 2021 : New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced updated travel guidance to reflect the most recent CDC recommendations. The new guidance says fully vaccinated individuals do not need to test negative or quarantine after interstate travel. [151]
• November 25, 2020 : Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced he was replacing the state's travel advisory list with a general request that all travelers from outside New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Delaware self-quarantine for 14 days. [152]
• October 20, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Arizona and Maryland had been added to the tristate self-quarantine list. The governors advised against traveling between their three states, but agreed not to mandate self-quarantines for travel between Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. New Jersey also removed Delaware from its quarantine list. [153]
• October 6, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that New Mexico had been added to the tristate quarantine list. [154]
• September 22, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming had been added to the tristate quarantine list. [155]
• September 15, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Puerto Rico had been re-added to the joint travel advisory, while California, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, and Ohio had been removed. [156]
• September 8, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia had been added to the joint travel advisory list. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were removed from the list. [157]
• August 25, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on Aug. 25 that Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Maryland, and Montana had been removed from the joint travel advisory list. The territory of Guam was added to the list. [158]
• August 18, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on Aug. 18 that Delaware and Alaska had been added to the tristate quarantine list. Washington was removed from the list. [159]
• August 11 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Hawaii, South Dakota, and the Virgin Islands had been added to the tristate quarantine list. The governors removed Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio, and Rhode Island. [160]
• August 4, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Rhode Island had been added to the tristate quarantine list, requiring visitors from that state to quarantine for 14 days upon entering New Jersey, Connecticut, or New York. Delaware and Washington D.C. were removed from the list. [161]
• July 28, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Illinois, Kentucky Minnesota, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico had been added to the joint travel advisory, bringing the total number of states to 37. [162]
• July 21, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that 10 additional states had been added to the joint travel advisory. Travelers from Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, and Washington will need to quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. Minnesota was removed from the list, bringing the total to 31. [163]
• July 14, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that New Mexico, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota had been added to the joint travel advisory originally announced June 24. Travelers from those states will need to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in the tristate area. Delaware, which was added to the list July 7, has been removed. The list now includes 22 states. [164] [165]
• July 7, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Delaware, Kansas, and Oklahoma had been added to the joint travel advisory originally announced June 24. Visitors from those states will need to quarantine for 14 days upon entering Connecticut, New York, or New Jersey. The full list of states includes Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. [166]
• June 30, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that eight more states had been added to a joint travel advisory requiring out-of-state visitors to self-quarantine for 14 days. The governors announced the travel advisory June 24 and originally included Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. The list was expanded to include California, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Tennessee. [167]
• June 24, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on June 24 that travelers arriving in their states from states with a high infection rate must quarantine for 14 days. The infection rate is based on a seven-day rolling average of the number of infections per 100,000 residents. As of June 24, the states that meet that threshold are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. [168]

Does New Mexico have restrictions on travel? No. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) ended the state's mandatory quarantine requirement for travelers from high-risk states on February 11, 2021. The state recommends that all out-of-state travelers quarantine for 14 days from the time of arrival and seek a COVID-19 test. [169]

More information can be found at the New Mexico Department of Health website.

• February 10, 2021 : Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) announced the state would end its quarantine requirements for out-of-state travelers on Thursday, February 11. Instead of a mandatory self-quarantine for people entering the state from high-risk areas, the state will encourage all out-of-state travelers to quarantine before getting tested. [170]
• September 23, 2020 : New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) added Colorado, Oregon, and Rhode Island to the list of high-risk states. Travelers from high-risk states must self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in New Mexico. Michigan and Hawaii were moved from high-risk to low-risk, exempting travelers from those states from the quarantine requirement. [171]
• September 3, 2020 : New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) announced that, beginning September 4, out-of-state travelers from states with a 5% positivity rate or greater or a new case rate greater than 80 per 1 million residents would be required to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. Additionally, travelers from any state can avoid the quarantine requirement by presenting a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours before or after entry into the state. Travelers waiting for a test result must still self-quarantine until the results come back.
• June 30, 2020 : Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) extended the stay-at-home order and the mandatory 14-day quarantine for all out-of-state travelers. Essential workers, including airline employees and military personnel, are exempt from the quarantine requirement. [172]
• May 28, 2020: Gov. Grisham announced the limited reopening of some businesses as part of New Mexico's reopening plan. The new order, which goes into effect June 1, also modifies the quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers to permit some business travel. [173]
• March 27, 2020 : Gov. Grisham signed an executive order requiring all travelers who entered New Mexico through an airport to self-quarantine for 14 days. The order directed the New Mexico Department of Health to work with other state agencies to ensure visitors who enter through an airport self-quarantine. The order did not apply to essential workers, including airport or airline personnel. [174]

Does New York have restrictions on travel? No. As of April 1, 2021, domestic travelers to New York are no longer required to quarantine for 10 days or present a negative COVID-19 test. All travelers are required to fill out an online Traveler Health Form. The New York State Department of Health recommends that travelers who aren't fully vaccinated self-quarantine. [175]

More information can be here .

• April 10, 2021 : The New York State Department of Health issued an updated travel advisory that removes the testing and quarantine requirements for asymptomatic international travelers. However, the advisory recommends all unvaccinated travelers follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidance to quarantine for at least seven days upon arrival. The advisory recommends that fully vaccinated international travelers get tested three to five days after arrival in New York, and recommends that unvaccinated international travelers—or those who haven't recovered from COVID-19 within the last three months—consider self-quarantining while waiting for a test result. Additionally, the advisory includes new requirements for healthcare workers. Domestic and international healthcare workers who work in nursing homes or assisted living residences must not return to work for 14 days upon arrival. Healthcare workers in other settings must not return to work for 10 days after international travel, unless they receive a negative COVID-19 test within three to five days of arrival, in which case the furlough can end after seven days. [176] [177]
• April 1, 2021 : Travelers to New York are no longer required to self-quarantine upon arrival or display a negative COVID-19 test. The New York State Department of Health recommends all travelers self-quarantine. Travelers are still required to fill out an online Traveler Health Form. [178]
• March 11, 2021 : New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced domestic travelers will not have to quarantine when arriving from out-of-state starting April 1. All travelers will still have to fill out the Traveler Health Form before arriving in the state. [179]
• March 3, 2021 : New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced that domestic travelers would no longer need to quarantine upon arrival in the state if they have been fully vaccinated within the last 90 days. [180]
• October 31, 2020 : New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced a new testing requirement for incoming travelers. The policy, which replaces the joint quarantine list previously maintained alongside Connecticut and New Jersey, requires visitors and returning residents to take a COVID-19 within three days of arriving in New York. Visitors will need to quarantine for three days, and take another test on the fourth day. If both tests come back negative, the quarantine can end. The policy was scheduled to take effect on Wednesday, November 4 and does not apply to travelers from states that border New York. [181]
• October 20, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Arizona and Maryland had been added to the tristate self-quarantine list. The governors advised against traveling between their three states, but agreed not to mandate self-quarantines for travel between Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. [182]
• October 6, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that New Mexico had been added to the tristate quarantine list. [183]
• September 22, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Arizona, Minnesota, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming had been added to the tristate quarantine list. [184]
• September 15, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Puerto Rico had been re-added to the joint travel advisory, while California, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, and Ohio had been removed. [185]
• September 8, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia had been added to the joint travel advisory list. Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were removed from the list. [186]
• August 25, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on Aug. 25 that Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Maryland, and Montana had been removed from the joint travel advisory list. The territory of Guam was added to the list. [187]
• August 18, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on Aug. 18 that Delaware and Alaska had been added to the tristate quarantine list. Washington was removed from the list. [188]
• August 11 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Hawaii, South Dakota, and the Virgin Islands had been added to the tristate quarantine list. The governors removed Alaska, New Mexico, Ohio, and Rhode Island. [189]
• August 4, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Rhode Island had been added to the tristate quarantine list, requiring visitors from that state to quarantine for 14 days upon entering New Jersey, Connecticut, or New York. Delaware and Washington D.C. were removed from the list. [190]
• July 28, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Illinois, Kentucky Minnesota, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico had been added to the joint travel advisory, bringing the total number of states to 37. [191]
• July 21, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that 10 additional states had been added to the joint travel advisory. Travelers from Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, and Washington will need to quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. Minnesota was removed from the list, bringing the total to 31. [192]
• July 14, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that New Mexico, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota had been added to the joint travel advisory originally announced June 24. Travelers from those states will need to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in the tristate area. Delaware, which was added to the list July 7, has been removed. The list now includes 22 states. Gov. Cuomo also announced that visitors to New York from those 22 states will need to fill out a contact form with contact information or face a $10,000 fine. Gov. Lamont said Connecticut would join New York in requiring visitors to fill out a form. [193] [194] [195]
• July 7, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that Delaware, Kansas, and Oklahoma had been added to the joint travel advisory originally announced June 24. Visitors from those states will need to quarantine for 14 days upon entering Connecticut, New York, or New Jersey. The full list of states includes Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah [196]
• June 30, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced that eight more states had been added to a joint travel advisory requiring out-of-state visitors to self-quarantine for 14 days. The governors announced the travel advisory June 24 and originally included Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. The list was expanded to include California, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and Tennessee. [197]
• June 24, 2020 : Govs. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.), Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) announced on June 24 that travelers arriving in their states from states with a high infection rate must quarantine for 14 days. The infection rate is based on a seven-day rolling average of the number of infections per 100,000 residents. As of June 24, the states that meet that threshold are Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. [198]

North Carolina

As of February 24, 2023, North Carolina had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at Visit North Carolina .

North Dakota

Does North Dakota have restrictions on travel? No. The quarantine requirement for out-of-state visitors ended May 8, 2020. [199]

More information can be found at North Dakota Tourism .

• May 8, 2020 : Mylynn Tufte, the State Health Official, issued an amended confinement order which requires only international visitors to North Dakota to self-quarantine for 14 days. [200]
• March 28, 2020 : State Health Official Mylynn Tufte issued an order directing people traveling to North Dakota from another country or from a state classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having widespread COVID-19 outbreak to self-quarantine for two weeks. Certain essential workers were exempt. [201]

Does Ohio have restrictions on travel? No. On July 22, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) issued an advisory asking travelers from states with positive testing rates of 15% or higher to self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Ohio. The advisory also applied to Ohio residents returning from those states. DeWine said the advisory was not a mandate. At the time the advisory was issued, nine states met the threshold, including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina, and Texas.

More information can be found at Ohio Department of Health .

• March 10, 2021 : The Ohio Department of Public Health ended its COVID-19 travel advisory that asked residents returning from states with positivity rates above 15% to self-quarantine for 14 days. [202]
• January 27, 2021 : The Ohio Department of Health removed Tennessee and Georgia from its travel advisory list. The list now includes twelve states. People who've traveled from those states are advised to self-quarantine for 14 days. [203]
• December 2, 2020 : The Ohio Department of Public Health updated its travel advisory list to include Ohio, whose positive testing rate had exceeded 15%. The advisory urges travelers from states with a positivity rate of 15% or higher to self-quarantine upon arrival in Ohio. [204]
• July 22, 2020 : Ohio Gov. DeWine issued a travel advisory that asks travelers from states reporting positive coronavirus testing rates of 15% or higher to self-quarantine for 14 days. DeWine said the advisory was not a mandate. The states affected by the advisory include Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina, and Texas. [205]
• April 2, 2020 : The state's stay-at-home order includes a request that out-of-state travelers self-quarantine for 14 days. [206]

Does Oklahoma have restrictions on travel? No. The quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers ended on May 11, 2020. Visitors are encouraged to follow CDC guidelines [207] .

More information can be found at the Oklahoma State Department of Health .

• May 11, 2020 : The requirement for out-of-state travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Louisiana, and Washington to self-quarantine for 14 days ended with the release of Gov. Kevin Stitt 's (R) Amended Executive Order 2020-13, which went into effect May 12. Amended Executive Order 2020-13 called for out-of-state travelers to adhere to all CDC recommendations. [208]
• March 29, 2020 : Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) issued an amendment to Executive Order 2020-07 requiring people entering Oklahoma from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California, Louisiana, and Washington to self-quarantine for two weeks. [209]

Does Oregon have restrictions on travel? No. Governor Kate Brown (D), along with Washington and California Govs. Jay Inslee (D) and Gavin Newsom (D), issued an advisory asking travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in the state. The advisory asked residents to limit non-essential travel. [210]

More information can be found at Travel Oregon .

• November 13, 2020 : Govs. Jay Inslee (D-Wa.), Kate Brown (D-Ore.), and Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) issued travel advisories asking out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. They also asked residents to limit non-essential travel. [211]

Pennsylvania

Does Pennsylvania have restrictions on travel? No. Gov. Tom Wolf (D) ended the state's travel restrictions on March 1, 2021. [212]

More information can be found at the Pennsylvania Department of Health .

• March 1, 2021 : Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) announced he was ending the state's quarantine requirement for out-of-state and returning residents. [213]
• November 17, 2020 : Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine issued an order requiring out-of-state travelers and returning residents to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival unless they can show evidence of a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of entering the state. The quarantine requirement does not apply to people coming to Pennsylvania for work or medical purposes. The order was scheduled to take effect on November 20. [214]
• September 13, 2020 : Pennsylvania removed California and Texas from its travel advisory and added Illinois. [215]
• July 24, 2020 : Wyoming and Missouri were added to the state's advisory list, bringing the total number of states on the list to 20. [216]
• July 15, 2020 : Delaware was removed from the state's quarantine list, bringing the total number of states on the list to 18. [217]
• July 12, 2020 : The Pennsylvania Department of Health added Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma to its quarantine list. Visitors from those states are recommended to self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Pennsylvania. [218]
• July 2, 2020 : The Pennsylvania Department of Health recommended that residents who travel to 15 states with rising COVID-19 cases quarantine for 14 days upon returning to Pennsylvania. The states include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. [219] [220]
• April 13, 2020 : The Pennsylvania Department of Health recommended that out-of-state travelers, especially those from areas with high rates of infection or community spread, self-quarantine for 14 days. [221]

Rhode Island

Does Rhode Island have restrictions on travel? No. Gov. Daniel McKee (D) rescinded an executive order requiring unvaccinated out-of-state travelers to quarantine or provide a negative COVID-19 test on July 6, 2021. [222]

More information can be found at Visit Rhode Island .

• July 6, 2021 : Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee (D) rescinded an executive order requiring unvaccinated out-of-state travelers to quarantine or provide a negative COVID-19 test. [223]
• February 1, 2021 : The Rhode Island Department of Health removed Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming states from its travel restrictions list. Travelers arriving in Rhode Island from those states are not required to quarantine for 14 days. Thirty-three states remain on the list. [224]
• June 30, 2020 : Out-of-state visitors and Rhode Island residents traveling to Rhode Island from parts of the country with a positive coronavirus test rate of 5% or higher will need to provide a negative test result or quarantine for 14 days. [225]
• March 28, 2020 : Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) issued an executive requiring any person traveling to Rhode Island for any reason other than employment to automatically self-quarantine for two weeks. Residents who can work from home are required to do so. If a resident was unable to telecommute, they needed to self-quarantine when not at work. Public health, public safety, and healthcare workers were exempt. [226]

South Carolina

Does South Carolina have restrictions on travel? No. The quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers expired May 1, 2020. [227]

More information can be found at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control .

• May 1, 2020 : Gov. Henry McMaster (R) announced he was lifting the executive order requiring visitors from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and New Orleans to self-quarantine for two weeks. [228]
• March 27, 2020 : McMaster issued an executive order requiring people traveling to South Carolina from Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and New Orleans to self-quarantine for two weeks. Failure to do so could have resulted in $1,000 in fines and up to one month in jail. [229]

South Dakota

As of February 24, 2023, South Dakota had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at Travel South Dakota .

As of February 24, 2023, Tennessee had not issued any travel restrictions.

More information can be found at the State of Tennessee's Department of Tourist Development .

Does Texas have restrictions on travel? No. The quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers ended on May 21, 2020. [230]

More information can be found at Texas .

• May 21, 2020 : Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ended quarantine requirements for out-of-state travelers. [231]
• April 26, 2020 : Abbott issued a new executive order lifting restricting on out-of-state travelers from Louisiana. Travelers from the remaining states on the list still needed to self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering Texas. [232]
• March 29, 2020 : Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order requiring people traveling into Texas on roadways from Louisiana or other states and cities determined thereafter self-quarantine for two weeks. Vital workers, determined by the Texas Division of Emergency Management, were exempt. Those who qualified for quarantine needed to fill out a form provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Failure to comply could have resulted in a $1,000 fine and or jail time up to 180 days. The order went into effect March 30. [233]
• March 26, 2020 : Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order requiring people flying to Texas from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, or New Orleans self-quarantine for two weeks. California, Louisiana, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, and Miami were later added. [234] Vital workers, determined by the Texas Division of Emergency Management, are exempt. Those who qualify for quarantine must fill out a form provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Failure to comply could have resulted in a $1,000 fine and or jail time up to 180 days. The order went into effect March 28. [235]

Does Utah have restrictions on travel? No.

More information can be found at Visit Utah .

• June 30, 2020 : Utah ended its requirement that travelers to parts of the state in the "moderate risk" phase of reopening self-quarantine for 14-days.
• May 1, 2020 : The requirement that out-of-state visitors fill out a travel declaration upon entry expired. Travelers to parts of Utah in the "moderate risk" phase of the reopening plan who have come from a high-risk area or situation are required to self-quarantine for 14-days. [236] [237]
• April 8, 2020 : Gov. Gary Herbert (R) issued an order requiring all visitors over the age 18 who enter Utah through airports or roadways to complete a travel declaration within three hours of entering the state. Drivers entering Utah would receive a text message with a link to the form, whereas travelers in the airport would receive a card from an airport employee with instructions to fill out a form online. The form required travelers to answer a number of questions related to COVID-19 symptoms and travel history. [238]

Does Vermont have restrictions on travel? No. Gov. Phil Scott (R) ended the requirement that unvaccinated out-of-state travelers and returning residents quarantine for 10 days or present a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival on May 14, 2021. [239]

More information can be found at the Vermont Department of Tourism & Marketing .

• May 14, 2021 : Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) ended the requirement that unvaccinated out-of-state travelers and returning residents quarantine for 10 days or present a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival. [240]
• February 19, 2021 : Gov. Phil Scott (R) announced that fully vaccinated residents who travel to another state will no longer need to quarantine when returning to Vermont beginning Feb. 23. Fully vaccinated residents will receive cards that they can display upon request when traveling in or out of the state. Scott also said that fully vaccinated out-of-state travelers will not need to quarantine if they can provide proof of vaccination. [241]
• November 11, 2020 : Gov. Phil Scott (R) issued an order requiring all visitors to Vermont to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. After 7 days, visitors can take a COVID-19 test and end their quarantine early if they test negative. Visitors engaged in essential travel are exempt from the quarantine requirement. [242]
• June 26, 2020 : Beginning July 1, out-of-state visitors arriving from low-risk counties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia in a personal vehicle will no longer need to quarantine for 14-days after arriving in Vermont. Vermont residents who visit those counties and then return home will also no longer need to quarantine. [243]
• June 5, 2020 : Gov. Phil Scott (R) announced that the quarantine requirement will be lifted for out-of-state travelers from counties across New England with similar COVID-19 caseloads to Vermont starting June 8. The Agency of Commerce and Community said it would release a map June 8 at 5 p.m. identifying quarantine and non-quarantine counties. Additionally, Vermont residents will be allowed to travel to the non-quarantine counties and return home without quarantining for 14 days. [244]
• March 30, 2020 : Gov. Scott issued an addendum to Executive Order 01-20 requiring all residents and non-residents traveling to Vermont to self-quarantine for two weeks. Those traveling for essential purposes were exempt. According to the order, essential purposes were defined as traveling for safety, food, beverages, medicine, healthcare, care for others and essential work outlined in Stay Home/Stay Safe order. Scott also asked would-be travelers displaying symptoms or coming from an area with a widespread outbreak of COVID-19 not to enter Vermont. A reevaluation for the order was set for April 15. [245]

Does Virginia have restrictions on travel? No. The quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers ended on June 12, 2020. [246]

More information can be found at Virginia is for Lovers .

• June 12, 2020 : The Virginia Department of Health no longer recommends that out-of-state travelers from areas with high rates of community spread self-quarantine for 14 days. The recommendation remains in place for people who have traveled internationally or on a cruise ship or river boat. [247]
• May 4, 2020 : The Virginia Department of Health recommended that visitors or residents who have traveled internationally, or on a cruise ship or river boat, or to an area of the U.S. with high rates of community spread, to self-quarantine for 14 days. [248]

Does Washington have restrictions on travel? No. Gov. Jay Inslee (D) asked residents and travelers coming into Washington to follow U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travel guidance. [249]

More information can be found at Experience Washington .

• April 6, 2021 : Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) updated his travel proclamation to clarify that all types of travel, including domestic and international, should follow CDC guidelines. [250]
• March 19, 2021 : Gov. Jay Inslee (D) rescinded a travel advisory issued November 13, 2020, asking out-of-state travelers and returning residents to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival and avoid non-essential travel. Inslee asked residents and travelers to comply with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travel guidance. [251]
• November 13, 2020 : Gov. Jay Inslee (D) issued a travel advisory asking out-of-state travelers or returning residents to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival. The advisory also asks Washington residents to limit non-essential travel. [252]

Washington D.C.

Does Washington D.C. have restrictions on travel? No. The City recommends that unvaccinated travelers get a COVID-19 test 1-3 days before leaving on a trip and 3-5 days after returning home. The City recommends travelers self-quarantine for seven days after returning home, even if he or she tests negative. If a traveler opts to not take a test, the City recommends a 10-day self-quarantine. [253]

More information can be found at Coronavirus D.C. .

• August 6, 2021 : The Washington D.C. Department of Health issued updated travel guidance that recommended but no longer required unvaccinated out-of-state travelers and returning residents to quarantine upon arrival and get a COVID-19 test. The updated guidance still recommended that unvaccinated travelers who did not seek a COVID-19 test self-quarantine for 10 days. [254]
• November 4, 2020 : D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced a new advisory that requires visitors to the city to take a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of traveling. Visitors who are in the city for longer than three days are asked to take a test within 3-5 days of arrival. The advisory asks those who test positive or come into contact with someone who tested positive to refrain from entering the city. [255]
• July 27, 2020 : As part of Phase Two of D.C.'s reopening plan, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) ordered non-essential travelers from "high-risk" states to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in the city. [256]

West Virginia

Does West Virginia have restrictions on travel? No. The quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers ended May 21, 2020. [257]

More information can be found at West Virginia Tourism .

• May 21, 2020 : Gov. Jim Justice (R) ended the order requiring out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days. [258]
• March 31, 2020 : Gov. Justice issued an executive order requiring all non-residents traveling to West Virginia from a COVID-19 hotspot self-quarantine for two weeks. The order instructed West Virginia State Police to monitor roadways for such possible travelers. Those traveling for essential business were exempt. Failure to comply with the order could have resulted in fines up to $500 and jail time no more than one year. [259]

Does Wisconsin have restrictions on travel? No.

More information can be found at Wisconsin Department of Tourism .

• April 19, 2020 : The Wisconsin Department of Health Services urged Wisconsin residents returning from outside their communities, including from out-of-state, to self-quarantine for 14 days. [260]

Does Wyoming have restrictions on travel? No. The quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers ended on May 7, 2020. [261]

More information can be found at Travel Wyoming .

• May 7, 2020 : Gov. Mark Gordon (R) announced that out-of-state travelers will no longer need to quarantine for 14 days. [262]
• April 3, 2020 : Gordon extended restrictions on businesses and individuals through the end of April. At the same time, he issued a new order requiring out-of-state travelers to self-quarantine for 14 days. [263]

Timeline of federal travel restrictions

To read about other federal responses to the coronavirus pandemic, click here .

• July 16, 2020 : Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced on Twitter that the Department would extend its prohibition on nonessential travel to Canada and Mexico through Aug. 20. [264]
• June 16, 2020 : Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf announced that the U.S. would keep restrictions limiting non-essential travel to or from Mexico and Canada in place through July 21. [265]
• May 24, 2020 : President Donald Trump issued a proclamation suspending entry into the U.S. of foreign nationals who had been in Brazil at any point in the previous 14 days. [266]
• May 19, 2020 : Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced the U.S. would extend travel restrictions in place at the Canadian and Mexican borders another 30 days to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. The restrictions were enacted in late March in cooperation with both countries, and extended for an additional 30 days on April 20. Essential travel, including for trade and commerce, is still allowed, but travel for tourism or recreation is prohibited. [267]
• April 20, 2020 : Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced that travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico would be extended another 30 days. The restrictions, implemented in agreement with Canada and Mexico in late March, prohibit nonessential travel. [268]
• March 20, 2020 : The United States and Mexico mutually agreed to close the border to non-essential traffic. [269]
• March 17, 2020 : The United States and Canada mutually agreed to close their border to non-essential traffic. [270]
• March 14, 2020 : Trump issued a proclamation suspending entry into the U.S. of foreign nationals who had been in the United Kingdom at any point in the previous 14 days. [271]
• March 11, 2020' : Trump issued a proclamation suspending entry into the U.S. of foreign nationals who had been in the Schengen Area of the European Union at any time in the previous 14 days. The Schengen Area comprises 26 European countries. [272]
• February 29, 2020 : Trump issued a proclamation suspending entry into the U.S. of foreign nationals who had been in Iran at any point in the previous 14 days. [273]
• January 31, 2020 : Trump issued a proclamation suspending entry into the U.S. of foreign nationals who had been in mainland China at any point in the previous 14 days. The proclamation took effect February 2. [274]

Background and context

On January 5, 2020, the World Health Organization first reported on a cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases in Wuhan city, the capital of Hubei Province in China. [275] Scientists in China identified a novel coronavirus as the cause of the pneumonia cases on January 7, 2020. [276] Shortly thereafter, the World Health Organization began confirming cases of the novel coronavirus in countries like Thailand, Japan, and elsewhere, prompting a January 17 briefing on the new virus by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . On that same day, the CDC began screening for the coronavirus at three U.S. airports. The first case of the coronavirus in the United States was confirmed on January 21 in Washington state. [277] [278] [279]

On March 11, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy became the first governor to announce restrictions on out-of-state travelers. [280] On that day, the CDC and state and local health departments reported 1,267 cases in the United States. [281]

State and local government policies around travel during the coronavirus pandemic varied widely. Those policies generated a similar variety of responses from pundits, policy makers, lawmakers, and more. The main areas of disagreement about travel restrictions are:

• Travel restrictions prevent the spread of the virus
• Travel restrictions promote the state's safety image
• Travel restrictions are constitutional
• Travel restrictions protect tourism workers
• Certain travel restrictions are unconstitutional
• Travel restrictions are unfair to tourism businesses
• Travel restrictions are difficult to enforce
• Travel restrictions are ineffective
• Travel restrictions damage local economies

General resources

Click the links below to explore official resources related to the coronavirus outbreak.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Department of Education
• World Health Organization
• Trends in Number of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the US Reported to CDC, by State/Territory
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations, Our World in Data (Number of vaccines administered)
• Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker, New York Times (Progress of vaccine trials)
• Documenting America's Path to Recovery
• COVID-19 vaccine distribution
• Officeholders and candidates diagnosed with, dead from, or quarantined because of coronavirus
• Federal government responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
• School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic
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• ↑ Travel and Leisure , "Alaska Will Give Tourists Free COVID-19 Vaccines This Summer," April 19, 2021
• ↑ KTVA , "Alaska governor extends quarantine for out-of-state travelers until June 5," May 29, 2020
• ↑ Must Read Alaska , "Dunleavy: Travel quarantine can be avoided by pre-travel test for COVID-19," May 29, 2020
• ↑ Office of Governor Mike Dunleavy , "Governor Issues COVID-19 Health Mandate Updates," May 15, 2020
• ↑ Anchorage Daily News , "Gov. Dunleavy says Alaska will ease some coronavirus restrictions starting later this week," April 21, 2020
• ↑ The Anchorage Press , "All people arriving in Alaska must quarantine for 14 days, Governor says," March 23, 2020
• ↑ State of Arizona Executive Order , "Executive Order 2020-36 Stay Healthy, Return Smarter, Return Stronger," May 12, 2020
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• ↑ THV 11 , "Out-of-state travelers can stay in hotels, lodges and Arkansas state parks again," May 6, 2020
• ↑ Arkansas Department of Health , "Advisory for Travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Orleans and All International Locations," March 30, 2020
• ↑ Office of Governor Gavin Newsom , "California, Oregon & Washington Issue Travel Advisories," November 13, 2020
• ↑ JD Supra , "L.A. County Orders 10-Day Mandatory Quarantine for Certain Travelers," January 4, 2021
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• ↑ OBP , "West Coast states issue COVID-19 travel advisories," November 13, 2020
• ↑ NBC Connecticut , "COVID-19 Travel Advisory Mandate for Conn. to be Lifted Later This Week," March 15, 2021
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• ↑ Hartford Courant , "New York, New Jersey COVID-19 quarantine list grows to 35 states, territories," October 20, 2020
• ↑ ABC 7 New York , "Reopen Connecticut: CT will modify rules of its travel advisory list," October 20, 2020
• ↑ Democrat and Chronicle , "New York, New Jersey COVID-19 quarantine list grows to 35 states, territories," October 6, 2020
• ↑ NBC New York , "5 More States Added to Tri-State Quarantine List as U.S. COVID-19 Cases Near 7 Million," September 22, 2020
• ↑ KTVZ , "Six states removed from CT’s travel advisory list, Puerto Rico added," September 15, 2020
• ↑ NBC New York , "4 More States Land on Quarantine List as NYC Debuts New Enforcement Measure," September 8, 2020
• ↑ Newsday , "Five states removed from New York's travel quarantine list, one territory added," August 25, 2020
• ↑ NBC Connecticut , "Alaska, Delaware Added to List of COVID-19 Hot Spots That Require CT Residents to Quarantine," August 18, 2020
• ↑ NBC New York , "Hawaii, Virgin Islands Added to Quarantine List as NY Virus Numbers Remain in Check," August 11, 2020
• ↑ Yahoo News , "Connecticut Again Expands Travel Quarantine List," August 4, 2020
• ↑ Yahoo Money , "Only 13 states escape New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut's coronavirus travel restrictions," July 28, 2020
• ↑ CBS News , "Travelers from nearly two-thirds of U.S. states will now have to self-quarantine when entering New York," July 21, 2020
• ↑ NBC Connecticut , "Travelers Coming to CT From COVID-19 Hotspots Must Follow Protocols Or Could Face Fine," July 20, 2020
• ↑ NBC New York , "22 States Now on Tri-State Quarantine List as Cuomo Ups Ante With New NY Emergency Order," July 14, 2020
• ↑ CNY Central , "Four more states added to New York travel advisory for mandatory quarantine, one removed," July 14, 2020
• ↑ NBC Connecticut , Connecticut Increases States on Travel Quarantine Advisory List to 22," July 14, 2020
• ↑ Yahoo Money , "New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut expand coronavirus travel restrictions," July 7, 2020
• ↑ CNN , "NY, NJ and CT expand quarantine advisories for travelers from 8 more states with high coronavirus rates," June 30, 2020
• ↑ New York Times , "N.Y. Will Impose Quarantine on Visitors From States With Big Outbreaks," June 24, 2020
• ↑ The Office of Governor Ned Lamont , "Governor Lamont Statement on Reports of President Trump Considering Regional Quarantine," March 28, 2020
• ↑ NBC Philadelphia , "Del. Enters Phase 1 of Reopening as Salons, Restaurants Open at 30% Capacity," June 1, 2020
• ↑ Delaware.gov , "Governor Carney Announces Lifting of Short-Term Rental Ban, Out-of-State Quarantine on June 1," May 26, 2020
• ↑ Delaware.gov , "Governor Carney Orders Out-of-State Travelers to Immediately Self-Quarantine for 14 Days," March 29, 2020
• ↑ Florida Politics , "Gov. DeSantis quietly lifts travel restrictions for New York area," August 6, 2020
• ↑ New4Jax , "Florida’s COVID-19 checkpoint on I-95 finally closed," July 20, 2020
• ↑ Nola.com , "Florida lifts coronavirus travel restrictions for Louisiana residents entering state," June 5, 2020
• ↑ State of Florida , "Emergency Management - COVID-19 - Additional Requirements of Certain Individuals Traveling to Florida," accessed April 2, 2020
• ↑ CBSN Philly , "Coronavirus Latest: Florida Governor Mandates 14-Day Self-Quarantine For Travelers Coming From New York, New Jersey And Connecticut," March 24, 2020
• ↑ State of Florida , "Emergency Management - COVID-19 - Isolation of Individuals Traveling to Florida," accessed April 2, 2020
• ↑ Governor David Y. Ige , "OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR NEWS RELEASE: HAWAI‘I BOUND DOMESTIC TRAVELERS FULLY VACCINATED IN U.S., TO BYPASS TESTING/QUARANTINE STARTING JULY 8," June 24, 2021
• ↑ The Washington Post , "Hawaii’s multistep road to a full reopening begins now," June 15, 2021
• ↑ Governor of the State of Hawaii , "OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR NEWS RELEASE: INTER-COUNTY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TO END ON JUNE 15 – GOV. IGE SETS BENCHMARKS FOR EASING DOMESTIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS," June 4, 2021
• ↑ USA Today , "Hawaii rolls out inter-island vaccine passport plan, starting with locals," May 12, 2021
• ↑ Washington Post , "Hawaii will ease restrictions for vaccinated travelers, starting with inter-island visitors," April 20, 2021
• ↑ Hawaii Governor , "GOVERNOR’S OFFICE – NEWS RELEASE – GOV. IGE ISSUES 17TH COVID-19 EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION, REDUCING QUARANTINE PERIOD FOR TRAVELERS INTO AND WITHIN HAWAI‘I ," December 16, 2020
• ↑ Governor David Ige , "OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR — NEWS RELEASE — KAUAI MAYOR TO IMPOSE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON ITS PARTICIPATION IN STATE’S PRE-TRAVEL TESTING PROGRAM  LC," November 27, 2020
• ↑ Tulsa World , "The Latest: Hawaii imposes new COVID-19 travel restrictions," November 19, 2020
• ↑ Hawaii News Now , "Ige urges vigilance as Hawaii launches pre-travel testing program," October 15, 2020
• ↑ Go Hawaii , "Travel requirements," accessed on October 8, 2020
• ↑ Pacific Business News , "State extends 14-day quarantine for arriving passengers until Oct. 1, reinstates other restrictions for Oahu," August 18, 2020
• ↑ USA Today , "Scratch that August trip to Hawaii. The state just extended its quarantine until Sept. 1," July 13, 2020
• ↑ Office of the Governor , "STATE TO LAUNCH COVID-19 PRE-TRAVEL TESTING PROGRAM FOR OUT-OF-STATE TRAVELERS AUGUST 1," June 24, 2020
• ↑ Hawaii News Now , "With new procedures in place, state ends inter-island quarantine rule," June 15, 2020
• ↑ SF Gate , "Hawaii, Canada to extend visitor restrictions," June 11, 2020
• ↑ SF Gate , "Hawaii extends 14-day room quarantine for tourists," May 16, 2020
• ↑ Star Advertiser , "Gov. David Ige calls for 30-day suspension of visitors to Hawaii," March 17, 2020
• ↑ KSL News Radio , "Idaho, Wyoming loosen COVID-19 travel restrictions," May 15, 2020
• ↑ Idaho Department of Health and Welfare , "Order to Self-Isolate," April 15, 2020
• ↑ City of Chicago , "Emergency Travel Order," accessed July 7, 2020
• ↑ Office of the Governor of Iowa , "Gov. Reynolds, IDPH recommend self isolation for those who traveled out of state ," April 21, 2020
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• ↑ Kansas Department of Health and Environment , "KDHE amends travel quarantine list," May 20, 2021
• ↑ KNST , "Kansas reduces travel restrictions to certain Colorado counties," May 10, 2021
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• ↑ Kansas Department of Health and Environment , "Travel-Related Quarantine Guidelines," accessed March 26, 2021
• ↑ Kansas Department of Health and Environment , "Travel-Related Quarantine Guidelines," July 28, 2020
• ↑ Kansas Department of Health and Environment , "KDHE amends travel quarantine list Arkansas, Alabama and South Carolina removed," July 14, 2020
• ↑ KWCH , "Travel-Related Quarantine Guidelines | COVID-19," accessed June 18, 2020
• ↑ KWCH , "Louisiana, Colorado added to KDHE travel-related quarantine list," March 18, 2020
• ↑ KDHE , "KDHE adds states to travel quarantine list," March 27, 2020
• ↑ WLWT5 , "Travel advisory: Kentucky governor asks anyone who travels to these states to self-quarantine," July 20, 2020
• ↑ Kentucky.gov , "Gov. Beshear Updates Kentuckians on the Fight to Defeat COVID-19," accessed May 22, 2020
• ↑ WDRB , "Beshear issues new travel restrictions after federal judge ruled previous order unconstitutional," May 6, 2020
• ↑ WLKY , "Federal judge says Kentucky's travel ban is unconstitutional," May 4, 2020
• ↑ Louisville Courier Journal , "Gov. Andy Beshear orders people entering Kentucky to self-quarantine for 14 days," April 2, 2020
• ↑ Commonwealth of Kentucky , "Kentucky's Response to COVID-19," accessed April 1, 2020
• ↑ ky.gov , "Executive Order," accessed April 1, 2020
• ↑ NECN , "Maine Ends COVID-19 Travel Requirements," May 2, 2021
• ↑ Bangor Daily News , "Starting Saturday, people from all other states can travel to Maine without quarantining," April 27, 2021
• ↑ Office of Governor Janet T. Mills , "Governor Mills Unveils Plan to Protect Public Health, Support Maine’s Economy During Upcoming Tourism Season," March 5, 2021
• ↑ CBS Boston , "Maine Removes Coronavirus Travel Restrictions For Massachusetts," September 23, 2020
• ↑ [ https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/maine-keeping-travel-restrictions-in-place-for-massachusetts-residents/ WWLP , "Maine keeping travel restrictions in place for Massachusetts residents ," July 2, 2020]
• ↑ Covid-19 Response Office of the Governor , "Keep Maine Healthy FAQs," accessed June 10, 2020
• ↑ Office of Governor Janet T. Mills , "Governor Mills Issues Executive Order Mandating Quarantine Restrictions on Travelers Arriving in Maine to Protect Public Health and Safety," April 3, 2020
• ↑ The Office of Governor Larry Hogan , "Governor Hogan Announces Lifting of Capacity Limits, Masking and Distancing Protocols Maintained," accessed March 11, 2021
• ↑ Baltimore Sun , "Maryland Gov. Hogan issues new restrictions on nonessential travel to fight coronavirus spread during holidays," December 17, 2020
• ↑ The Office of Governor Larry Hogan , "Governor Hogan Announces Series of Actions to Slow the Spread of COVID-19," November 10, 2020
• ↑ Baltimore Sun , "Hogan tightens mask restrictions, discourages travel to 9 states to ‘continue making progress’ against coronavirus," July 29, 2020
• ↑ Maryland.gov , "Governor Hogan Announces Further Actions To Slow The Spread of COVID-19, Relaunches ‘Maryland Unites’ Initiative," accessed April 1
• ↑ NBC Boston , "Mass. Will Relax Its Travel Restrictions Soon. Here's What You Need to Know," March 22, 2021
• ↑ Mass.gov , "Baker-Polito Administration Announces Transition to Phase IV of Reopening Plan," March 18, 2021
• ↑ Boston.com , "Massachusetts relaxes COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals," March 10, 2021
• ↑ WWLP , "Massachusetts travel restrictions updated due to rise in COVID-19 cases," November 30, 2020
• ↑ NBC Boston , "Mass. Adds 1 State Back to Travel Restriction List," September 18, 2020
• ↑ NBC Boston , "Mass. Puts 3 States Back on Travel Restriction List," September 11, 2020
• ↑ MassLive , "Massachusetts lifts COVID-19 travel restrictions on these 4 states," August 28, 2020
• ↑ Mass.gov , "COVID-19 Travel Order," accessed July 31, 2020
• ↑ Mass.gov , "Baker-Polito Administration Issues New Travel Order Effective August 1st," July 24, 2020
• ↑ Boston.com , "Massachusetts updates self-quarantine advisory to exempt visitors from 7 other Northeast states," June 30, 2020
• ↑ The Inquirer and Mirror , "Gov. Baker calls for self-quarantine of all travelers entering Massachusetts," March 27, 2020
• ↑ Independent Record , "Montana sees 'cluster' outbreaks, but low COVID-19 case growth otherwise," June 1, 2020
• ↑ Seeley Swan Pathfinder , "Governor Bullock Directs 14-Day Quarantine for Travelers Arriving in Montana From Another State or Country," March 26, 2020
• ↑ Omaha World-Herald , "Ricketts calls for Nebraskans to self-quarantine after travel to Denver, K.C., Chicago," March 24, 2020
• ↑ Nevada Health Response , "Governor Sisolak adjusts travel advisory for Nevada as the State enters Phase 2, May 29, 2020
• ↑ The Nevada Independent , "Sisolak issues travel advisory, urging travelers to self-quarantine, Nevadans to avoid nonessential travel," March 31, 2020
• ↑ New Hampshire Safer At Home , "Out-of-state Visitors," accessed August 4, 2020
• ↑ New Hampshire Public Radio , "Governor asks extended visitors to self-quarantine," March 28, 2020
• ↑ NJ.com , "N.J. lifts travel advisory that required COVID quarantine, Murphy announces," May 17, 2021
• ↑ State of New Jersey , "Governor Murphy Announces New COVID-19 Travel Guidelines," March 5, 2021
• ↑ North Jersey , "NJ drops travel advisory metrics but still urges quarantining as COVID-19 cases rise," November 25, 2020
• ↑ State of New Mexico , "Order rescinding executive order 2020-075 and instituting advisory quarantine and testing for individuals traveling to New Mexico," accessed February 11, 2021
• ↑ KRQE , "New Mexico to phase out travel quarantine requirements," February 10, 2021
• ↑ KRQE , "Gov. updates New Mexico travel order; lists states requiring quarantine," September 23, 2020
• ↑ New Mexico Department of Health , "State extends emergency public health order," July 1, 2020
• ↑ Office of Michelle Lujan Grisham , "Gov. announces limited reopening for dine-in restaurants, indoor malls, gyms, salons and more," May 28, 2020
• ↑ State of New Mexico , "Executive Order 2020-013 Directing Individuals Traveling to New Mexico Through an Airport to Self-Isolate or Self-Quarantine for a Limited Period and Directing the New Mexico Department of Health to Initiate Lawful Isolation and Quarantine Proceedings for Individuals Who Do Not Self-Isolate or Self-Quarantine," March 27, 2020
• ↑ WGRZ , "NY lifting most domestic travel restrictions starting today," April 1, 2021
• ↑ National Law Review , "New York State Issues Updated Travel Advisory; Relaxes Travel Restrictions," April 13, 2021
• ↑ USA Today , "New York won't require fully vaccinated international travelers to quarantine anymore," April 13, 2021
• ↑ Governor Andrew Cuomo , "Governor Cuomo Announces Quarantine for Domestic Travel Will No Longer Be Required Starting April 1st," March 11, 2021
• ↑ NBC New York , "Cuomo Kills Domestic Travel Rules for Fully Vaccinated People, Sets More Key Reopening Dates," March 3, 2021
• ↑ CBS 6 Albany , "No More Quarantine List: What you need to know about New York's new travel rule," November 4, 2020
• ↑ Department of Health , "STATE HEALTH OFFICER CONFINEMENT ORDER RELATING TO DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF 2019-nCoV/COVID-19 PURSUANT TO NORTH DAKOTA CENTURY CODE 23-01-05(12)", May 8, 2020
• ↑ North Dakota Department of Health , "Tufte orders quarantine for individuals traveling from international locations or select states," March 28, 2020
• ↑ NBC4i , "Ohio Department of Health revises COVID-19 travel guidance, eliminates self-quarantine," March 10, 2021
• ↑ NBC 4I , "Twelve states listed on latest Ohio travel advisory," January 27, 2021
• ↑ Cincinnati.com , "Ohio gets added to its own list: Here are states with Ohio and Kentucky COVID-19 travel restrictions," December 2, 2020
• ↑ Cincinnati.com , "Gov. Mike DeWine issues travel advisory, asking Ohioans to quarantine if traveling from these states," July 22, 2020
• ↑ Ohio Department of Health , "Amended Director's Stay At Home Order," April 2, 2020
• ↑ Office of the Governor , "Amended Executive Order 2020-13," accessed June 18, 2020
• ↑ KSLA , "Gov. Stitt issues updates to Executive Order, orders mandatory quarantine for travelers from six states," March 29, 2020
• ↑ Oregon.gov , "Oregon, California & Washington Issue Travel Advisories," November 13, 2020
• ↑ Governor Tom Wolf , "Gov. Wolf Revises Mitigation Order on Gatherings and Lifts Out-of-State Travel Restrictions," March 1, 2021
• ↑ CBS News , "Pennsylvania health secretary: Out-of-state travelers must test negative for COVID-19, or quarantine," November 17, 2020
• ↑ York Daily Record , "Pa. travel: California and Texas removed from state's COVID-19 quarantine list, 17 states remain," September 13, 2020
• ↑ ABC 6 , "Pennsylvania adds Missouri, Wyoming to 14-day quarantine travel advisory list," accessed July 26, 2020
• ↑ ABC 27 , "Delaware removed from Pennsylvania travel quarantine list," July 15, 2020
• ↑ ABC 27 , "4 more states added to Pennsylvania travel quarantine list," July 12, 2020
• ↑ Yahoo News , "PA Sets Travel Quarantine: Stay Home After Trips To 15 States," July 2, 2020
• ↑ PA Media , "Wolf Administration Urges Pennsylvanians to Avoid Large Gatherings, Wear Masks Over Holiday Weekend," July 2, 2020
• ↑ Department of Health , "COVID-19 Information for Travelers," accessed May 11, 2020
• ↑ RI removes 6 states from COVID-19 travel advisory list," February 1, 2021
• ↑ Patch , "RI Reopening: Travel Restrictions Set For Those Coming To State," June 29, 2020
• ↑ RI.gov , "Amended Eleventh Supplemental Emergency Declaration — Staying at home, reducing gatherings, certain retail business closures and further quarantine provisions," accessed April 2, 2020
• ↑ Governor Henry McMaster , "Gov. Henry McMaster to Lift “Work-or-Home” Order May 4th," May 1, 2020
• ↑ WSOC", "Visitors from coronavirus hot spots to quarantine, SC governor says," March 28, 2020
• ↑ Texas Tribune , "Gov. Greg Abbott lifts coronavirus restrictions for travelers from New York, Georgia and other hot spots," May 21, 2020
• ↑ KCBD , "Abbott lifts self-quarantine for Texas-Louisiana travelers," April 28, 2020
• ↑ Office of the Texas Governor , "Governor Abbott Mandates 14-Day Quarantine For Road Travelers Arriving In Texas From Any Location In Louisiana," March 30, 2020
• ↑ Office of the Texas Governor , "Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Mandating 14-Day Quarantine For Travelers Arriving From CA, LA, WA, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, and Miami," March 30, 2020
• ↑ Office of the Texas Governor , "Governor Abbott Issues Executive Order Mandating 14-Day Quarantine For Travelers Arriving From New York Tri-State Area, New Orleans," March 26, 2020
• ↑ Entry.Utah.Gov , "Inbound Travel Declaration Program , accessed June 29, 2020
• ↑ Visit Utah , "RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL IN UTAH," accessed June 29, 2020
• ↑ KSL News Radio , "Governor announces travel restrictions into Utah," April 8, 2020
• ↑ Burlington Free Press , "Answering 7 questions about Vermont's new mask mandate and COVID guidelines," May 15, 2021
• ↑ Saint Albans Messenger , "COVID-19: Gov. Phil Scott announces relaxed restrictions on travel, long-term care facilities," February 19, 2021
• ↑ The Hill , "Vermont orders quarantine for visitors amid new COVID-19 outbreak," November 11, 2020
• ↑ Office of Governor Phil Scott , "GOVERNOR PHIL SCOTT EXPANDS TRUSTED TRAVEL POLICY," June 26, 2020
• ↑ NECN , "Vermont Expands Travel, Dining and Lodging Capacity," June 5, 2020
• ↑ State of Vermont , "Quarantine Restrictions on Travelers Arriving in Vermont," accessed April 2, 2020
• ↑ Virginia Department of Health , "Travelers," accessed June 30, 2020
• ↑ Virginia Department of Health , "Travelers," accessed May 11, 2020
• ↑ Washington Governor Jay Inslee , "Inslee rescinds state travel advisory to align with CDC travel advisory guidance," March 19, 2021
• ↑ Washington Governor Jay Inslee , "Inslee updates travel restriction proclamation," April 6, 2021
• ↑ Office of the Governor , "COVID-19 Travel Advisory," November 13, 2020
• ↑ WTOP , "Mayor Bowser’s newest order for DC: Visitors need to get tested," November 5, 2020
• ↑ Office of the Mayor , "Mayor Bowser Issues Mayor’s Order on Requirements for Residents and Persons Traveling to/from COVID-19 Hotspots," July 24, 2020
• ↑ Office of the Governor , "COVID-19 UPDATE: Gov. Justice announces reopening dates for swimming pools, movie theaters, bowling alleys and other places with indoor amusement," May 21, 2020
• ↑ State of West Virginia , "Executive Order," accessed April 2, 2020
• ↑ Wisconsin Department of Health Services , "COVID-19: Travel," accessed May 11, 2020
• ↑ Wyoming News Now , "Out-of-state travelers no longer need to quarantine starting Friday," May 7, 2020
• ↑ Powell Tribune , "Governor extends Wyoming’s COVID-19 restrictions through April," April 3, 2020
• ↑ U.S. News and World Report , "Non-Essential Travel Restrictions Extended at U.S. Borders With Canada, Mexico," July 16, 2020
• ↑ USA Today , "US extends border closure agreements with Canada, Mexico into July," June 16, 2020
• ↑ Whitehouse.gov , "Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Novel Coronavirus," May 24, 2020
• ↑ Reuters , "U.S. extends travel restrictions at Canada, Mexico land borders," May 19, 2020
• ↑ The Hill , "US announces extended travel restrictions with Mexico, Canada," April 20, 2020
• ↑ Politico , "Trump to partially close U.S.-Mexico border," March 20, 2020
• ↑ The Washington Post , "Trump says border with Canada will be temporarily closed to ‘non-essential traffic,’" March 18, 2020
• ↑ Whitehouse.gov , "Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus," March 14, 2020
• ↑ Whitehouse.gov , "Proclamation—Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus," March 11, 2020
• ↑ Whitehouse.gov , "Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting Coronavirus," February 29, 2020
• ↑ Whitehouse.gov , "Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus," January 31, 2020
• ↑ World Health Organization , "Pneumonia of unknown cause – China," January 5, 2020
• ↑ World Health Organization , "Novel Coronavirus – China," January 12, 2020
• ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , "Transcript of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Response Telebriefing," January 17, 2020
• ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , "Public Health Screening to Begin at 3 U.S. Airports for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“2019-nCoV”)," January 17, 2020
• ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , "First Travel-related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in United States," January 21, 2020
• ↑ CNN , "The US now has 1,267 cases of the coronavirus," March 11, 2020
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States have ended covid-related restrictions; several now bar vaccine mandates.

Throughout the  coronavirus pandemic , governors and health departments across the country issued orders and recommendations on the status of schools, businesses and public services. 

With the arrival of  COVID-19 vaccines  in late 2020, the closures, capacity limits and large-scale mask orders that marked earlier phases of the pandemic gave way to vaccine and testing mandates and more targeted face-covering rules, which many states extended or reinstated as the delta and omicron variants spread in 2021 and 2022. As those waves receded, pandemic restrictions largely subsided as well. 

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Some states and local governments maintained vaccination or masking orders for public employees and health care workers into 2023, but almost all such mandates had lapsed by May 11 of that year, when the federal government’s  COVID-19 public health emergency ended . Several states have barred or limited mask and vaccine orders and other requirements through legislation or executive action.

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At the national level, President Joe Biden's  executive order  requiring  health care workers  and federal executive branch employees to be vaccinated expired May 11, 2023. Another federal order that mandated masks on public modes of transportation, including commercial flights, and in transit hubs such as airports and bus and train stations, also ended that day, but it had not been enforced for more than a year due to a court order.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services formally ended vaccine or testing requirements for staff at long-term care facilities that participate in Medicare or Medicaid in August 2023.

There are no longer any states with general mask orders. A small number of state and local governments still require face-covering at certain times (such as respiratory illness season) in some high-risk settings, such as hospitals, nursing homes and shelters. Some states direct health care facilities to follow U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  guidance on mask use  in medical settings. In most states, private businesses and venues may require masking or proof of vaccination as a condition for entry.

Here’s a look at each state’s vaccine, testing and mask requirements.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  State law bars local governments, schools and businesses from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for admission or to receive goods or services and grants workers broad rights to get religious or medical exemptions to workplace vaccine mandates.

Gov. Kay Ivey (R) issued an order prohibiting any state executive branch agency from penalizing a business or individual for not complying with President Biden’s federal vaccine mandate.

More information: Check the state public health department’s COVID-19 page .

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) issued an order in April 2021 banning all executive branch departments from requiring anyone to provide proof of vaccination to travel to or around the state.

More information: Check the state’s COVID-19 page .

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Laws signed by then-Gov. Doug Ducey (R) in April and May 2022 prohibit state and local government entities from requiring Arizonans to get a COVID-19 vaccine (government-owned or -operated health care institutions are exempt) and bar state officials from requiring COVID-19 vaccines at schools.

Mask regulations:  Ducey signed a measure in April 2022 banning face-covering orders for minors. School districts and local governments cannot require anyone under age 18 to wear a mask without parental consent. He signed legislation the following month prohibiting mask mandates in buildings run by state or local government.

More information: Check the state health department’s COVID-19 page . 

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed legislation Sept. 14 barring state and local government bodies from requiring vaccination against COVID-19 as a condition for employment, entry or provision of services. The measure took effect immediately.

Mask regulations:  Then-Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) signed a bill that bans state and local mask mandates, but it was overturned by a state judge in December 2021.

More information: Check the Arkansas Department of Health's COVID-19 page .

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A statewide vaccine mandate for health care workers ended in April 2023. A requirement that state employees be vaccinated or undergo regular testing was lifted in September 2022. San Luis Obispo County requires health care workers to get flu shots and be up to date on COVID-19 vaccines during respiratory illness season, defined as Nov. 1 to April 30. 

Mask regulations:  A statewide mask requirement covering health care and long-term care facilities, emergency and homeless shelters, and jails and prisons ended in April 2023.

Several Bay Area and Northern California jurisdictions maintain mask requirements in medical facilities throughout respiratory illness season. Mandates in the city of San Francisco and in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties ended April 30.

More information: Read California’s current safety measures .

Vaccine and testing regulations:  The state Board of Public Health ended a vaccine requirement for health care workers in July 2022. A similar mandate for state employees was repealed the following month.

Mask regulations:  The state dropped its mask mandate for health care facilities in October 2022. A mask requirement for workers at federally regulated long-term care facilities in areas of high COVID-19 transmission lapsed with the end of the public health emergency. Health care workers are directed to follow CDC guidance on face-covering.

More Information: Check the Colorado Department of Health & Public Environment’s  COVID-19 page .

Connecticut

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A vaccine mandate for state employees and staff at schools and childcare facilities ended in April 2022 as most of Gov. Ned Lamont's COVID-related executive orders expired. The state's latest COVID-19 guidance refers people to the CDC's COVID website.

Mask regulations:  A face-covering requirement for health care facilities, long-term care facilities and shelters ended in April 2022.

More information: See Connecticut’s COVID-19 response page .  

Vaccine and testing regulations: Following the end of the federal and state public health emergencies on May 11, 2023, there are no longer vaccination or testing requirements for state employees, according to the Delaware Division of Public Health. Health care and long-term care facilities are encouraged to follow current CDC guidelines for infection control.

Mask regulations:  A mask mandate for K-12 schools and childcare facilities ended March 31, 2022. With the end of the public health emergency, medical and long-term care facilities are no longer under a state mask order and are encouraged to follow the CDC guidance on masking.

More information: Read Delaware’s COVID-19 guidance .  

District of Columbia

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A requirement that District government employees, contractors and interns be fully vaccinated ended April 24, 2023.

Mask regulations:  Face-covering is required in health care facilities when the COVID-19 community level is rated high by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

More information: Read the District’s COVID-19 guidances and resources .

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A state law that took effect June 1, 2023, bars businesses, government bodies and educational institutions from requiring COVID-19 vaccination or testing as a condition of employment, entry or provision of services.

Mask regulations:  The same measure bars private and public-sector entities from imposing mask mandates.

More information: Read about Florida’s COVID-19 response .

Vaccine and testing requirements:  Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed an order in August 2021 that prohibits local governments from mandating COVID-19 restrictions such as vaccination requirements for private businesses. A state law in effect through at least June 30, 2023, bars government entities from requiring vaccination as a condition for employment or receiving public services.

Mask requirements:  Kemp's August 2021 order also allows bars local governments from enforcing mask mandates on private businesses without the business's consent. He signed legislation in March 2022 that allows parents to decide whether their children wear a mask in school, even if the local district implements a mandate. 

An indoor mask mandate enforced in Athens and Clarke County during periods of high COVID-19 transmission expired in full Oct. 6.    

More information: Check the state department of health’s COVID-19 page .

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Democratic Gov. David Ige’s order that state employees show proof of vaccination or undergo regular testing was lifted March 25, 2022, as were all vaccine, testing and quarantine requirements for travel to Hawaii.

Mask regulations:  Hawaii’s statewide mask mandate, the last in the country, expired March 25, 2022. 

More information: Check the state’s COVID-19 page for updates.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Brad Little (R) signed legislation in April 2023 that prohibits most public and private employers from imposing vaccine mandates on employees. The measure, which took effect immediately, also prohibits government entities, businesses and venues from requiring proof of vaccination as a condition for someone to enter a premises or receive services. 

More information: Check the state’s COVID-19 page for more information.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A requirement that unvaccinated staff at health care and long-term care facilities get tested weekly for COVID-19 was lifted by Gov. J.P. Pritzker (D) in October 2022. 

Mask regulations:  Face-covering is no longer required in health care and long-term care facilities, per Pritzker's October 2022 order. Masks are recommended at facilities in areas of high community spread.

More information: Check the state health department’s COVID-19 page .

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Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) signed legislation in April 2021 banning state and local governments from requiring vaccine passports.

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Vaccine and testing regulations:  A state law enacted in 2021 expands employees’ rights to claim religious or medical exemptions to workplace vaccine mandates. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed legislation in June 2022 barring public and private schools, colleges and universities, and childcare centers from requiring COVID-19 vaccination as a condition for attendance.

Mask regulations:  State law prohibits local governments from ordering businesses to impose mask rules. On May 16, 2022, a federal appeals court panel ruled that Iowa school districts cannot issue mask mandates unless they’re needed to comply with other federal or state laws.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Laura Kelly (D) signed legislation in November 2021 requiring employers that mandate vaccines to allow for a medical or religious exemption.

No current regulations:  There are no state vaccine or mask mandates in force, nor any prohibitions of mandates. 

No current regulations: Then-Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) ended the state’s emergency public health order in March 2022. There are no state vaccine or mask mandates in force, nor any prohibitions of mandates. 

Vaccine and testing regulations:  The state Department of Health of Human Services rescinded a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in September 2023.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Employees at health care and residential care facilities operated by the state or local governments must show proof of vaccination. Those who do not are "required to wear appropriate personal protective equipment," as determined by the facility, while on the job, under an April 18, 2023, health department order.

Massachusetts

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Long-term care providers and home care workers were required to be vaccinated by Oct. 31, 2021. A vaccine mandate for state government employees was lifted May 11, 2023, in conjunction with the end of the state and federal public health emergencies, as was a similar rule for Boston city employees.

Mask regulations:  Mask mandates covering long-term care facilities, medical facilities, prisons and shelters ended May 11, 2023. Then-Gov. Charlie Baker (R) lifted a statewide mask mandate for K-12 public schools on Feb. 28, 2022.

More information: Read Massachusetts’ COVID-19 updates .

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A state budget law enacted in September 2021 prohibits publicly funded agencies from requiring employees or customers to be vaccinated.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A requirement that state employees get vaccinated or submit to regular testing expired in May 2022.

More information: See Minnesota's  COVID-19 response page .

Mississippi

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation in April 2022 that bars state agencies and local governments from imposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements on employees or people seeking services.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Mike Parson (R) issued an order that prohibits state agencies from compelling an individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or penalizing a business for noncompliance with federal vaccine mandates. State law prohibits local governments from requiring residents to show proof of vaccination to access public services.

More information:  Check the state health department’s COVID-19 page . 

Vaccine and testing regulations:  In April 2021, Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed an executive order prohibiting vaccine passports in Montana. Employers, including private companies, are barred by state law from discriminating based on vaccination status.

Mask regulations:  State law restricts local jurisdictions’ authority to impose mask orders, and Gianforte announced an emergency rule in August 2021 directing schools to allow parents and students to opt out of face-covering mandates.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Legislation signed by then-Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) in February 2022 requires employers to allow for exemptions from workplace vaccine mandates for medical or religious reasons.

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

New Hampshire

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 in June 2022 by Gov. Chris Sununu.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Phil Murphy issued an executive order in June 2023 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 mask mandate for health care facilities ended in April 2023.

More information: Read New Jersey’s COVID-19 information hub .

Vaccine and testing regulations:  With the end of the state public health emergency on March 31, 2023, and of the federal emergency the following May, there are no vaccine or testing requirements in place. 

Mask regulations:  The state no longer requires masking in hospitals, long-term care facilities and other congregate settings. 

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers was formally lifted in October. A requirement that unvaccinated state employees submit to regular COVID-19 testing ended in June 2022. 

On Feb. 10, 2023, 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 the previous November.

Mask regulations:  A state mask mandate for hospitals, nursing homes and other health care settings was rescinded in February 2023. Face-covering is required for staff and visitors at public hospitals, health centers and nursing homes in New York City.

More information:  Read about New York's COVID-19 response and resources .

North Carolina

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.

More information:  See the state health department’s COVID-19 guidance .

North Dakota

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. 

More information:  Check the state health department’s  COVID-19 page .

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, 2023. A similar order covering school staff expired the following month. 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, 2023.

Pennsylvania

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 ended vaccine requirements for city employees and health care workers in May 2023. Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, rescinded a vaccine mandate for county employees the same month.

More information: Visit the state department of health’s COVID-19 page .

Puerto Rico

Vaccine and testing regulations:  Gov. Pedro Pierluisi (D) issued an executive order in March 2022 lifting workplace vaccine and booster mandates except for those necessary to comply with federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rules.

Mask regulations:  Pierluisi ended Puerto Rico’s general indoor mask order in March 2022 and lifted the mandate for schools and childcare centers the following September. Face-covering requirements in medical and long-term care facilities were lifted May 11, 2023.

More information:  Check the Puerto Rico health department’s  COVID-19 guidelines and protocols (Spanish).

Rhode Island

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

Mask regulations:  Face-covering is required for health care workers who are not up to date with their vaccines when weekly COVID-19 community levels in their area exceed 50 cases per 100,000 people (check the Rhode Island Department of Health’s  COVID-19 data hub ). 

More information:  See the health department’s  COVID-19 information page .

South Carolina

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.

South Dakota

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.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  State law prohibits private employers from compelling workers to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination and from taking “adverse action” or discriminating against those to object to getting vaccinated.

Mask regulations:  Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed legislation in November 2021 restricting local governments’ authority to institute face-covering orders.

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A state law that took effect Sept. 1, 2023, prohibits state and local government bodies from imposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The measure does not cover private businesses. 

Mask regulations:  The 2023 law also bars most government entities from mandating mask use to prevent the spread of COVID-19. There are exceptions for health care, corrections and juvenile justice centers and residential facilities for people with intellectual or development disabilities.  

Vaccine or testing regulations:  State agencies and public universities are prohibited from requiring proof of vaccination. Private employers with workplace vaccine requirements must allow exemptions for medical reasons, prior COVID-19 infection, or religious or personal beliefs.

Vaccine or testing regulations:  A requirement that state employees get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing was lifted in April 2022.

Vaccine or testing regulations:  Upon taking office in January 2022, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) rescinded his predecessor’s executive order mandating vaccination for state employees.

Mask regulations:  State legislation adopted in February 2022 effectively bars school mask mandates by allowing parents to decide whether or not their children wear masks in public schools and early childhood programs. 

Vaccine and testing regulations:  A vaccine requirement covering employees at most state agencies was rescinded May 11. A similar order for health care and education workers expired Oct. 31, 2022, with the end of the state's COVID-19 emergency order.

Mask regulations:  A general indoor mask mandate was lifted March 12, 2022. A mask order covering health care, long-term care and correctional facilities was lifted April 3, 2023.

West Virginia

Vaccine and testing regulations:  State law prohibits government entities from requiring proof of vaccination as a condition for entering their premises or utilizing services. Employers with workplace vaccine mandates are required to except employees with valid medical or religious exemptions.

More information:  Check the state health department’s  COVID-19 page .

Vaccine and testing regulations: Gov. Mark Gordon (R) issued a directive in May 2021 that prohibits state bodies from requiring proof of vaccination to access facilities and services and encouraging, but not requiring, local governments and private business to do the same.

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Mississippi River Barge Movements Restricted Due to Critical Low Water Levels

The Lower Mississippi River is turning into a sandbox. Water levels at St. Louis and south have been dropping throughout the summer and, in September, levels became critical, slowing or in some cases stalling the 2022 harvest from getting to the Gulf for export. On top of many safety restrictions hampering shippers, barge freight costs soared to record highs and are continuing to rise for the month of October.

The low water is an issue throughout the entire system due to lack of rain in the entire Midwest and Ohio River Valley. Precipitation in these areas is very important for maintaining sufficient water levels on key rivers, Thomas Russell, Russell Marine Group, told DTN on Oct. 1. "In recent weeks, low water levels, particularly on the Lower Mississippi, have resulted in barge terminals having difficulty loading barges with some barge terminals unable to operate due to low water at docks."

To make matters worse, Russell said some loaded barges were required to off load some cargo because draft restrictions changed by the time the barges were ready to move. Barge draft reductions and tow size reductions have been implemented for weeks and there have been numerous tow groundings resulting in traffic slowdowns and stoppages.

DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick said, "In short, we are not seeing anything significant that could bring help to water levels on the three main rivers -- Missouri, Mississippi, or Ohio. We're seeing some smaller systems and even strong cold fronts, but they haven't been bringing much rainfall. Models are pointing to another strong cold front next week which may have a chance at some more widespread moderate rain, but I have a hard time believing it will bring enough to affect river levels on those three rivers."

Baranick added that we would need to see a slower-moving system with widespread moderate to heavy rain to have a large impact on the river system, but "everything we're seeing so far is pretty quick and doesn't put down a lot of precipitation."

In a Sept. 30 press release, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, said it has been monitoring low water levels along the Mississippi River this week.

"In addition to the Dredge Potter, we have the Dredge Jadwin from the Vicksburg District working the lower end of the Mississippi and we are using the Dredge Goetz from the St. Paul District to address the Illinois Waterway," he continued. "The St. Louis District has also utilized the Louisville District's contract Dredge Bill Holman."

Along with actively dredging the river to keep the channel open, their water management office is closely monitoring the current conditions and forecasting future conditions.

"We are currently at -0.7 feet on the St. Louis gage and are preparing the channel for -7.0 feet, although as we experienced in 2012, the fate and transport of sediment gets dicey when below -5.0," said Chief of Water Control Operations Joan Stemler. "The Missouri River cutoff, which usually impacts us in late November or early December, is the next point we are watching," she continued.

The St. Louis District maintains close contact with its counterparts at the U.S. Coast Guard and the river industry and will be closely monitoring this evolving situation.

"As if agricultural shippers did not have enough supply chain challenges to occupy multiple lifetimes, there is current and growing concern related to the diminished water levels along the inland waterway system that will impact barge transportation. Currently, the area of particular concern is the Mississippi River south of St. Louis," said Executive Director Soy Transportation Coalition Mike Steenhoek. "This will become more acute as we increasingly enter harvest season. Due to the scarcity of precipitation throughout the year, the water depth along our navigable waterways is limiting the efficiency of barge transportation in two ways -- channel depth and channel width." Steenhoek explained both:

CHANNEL DEPTH

"Barge companies are having to load barges lighter in order to prevent groundings, which have already occurred and are a growing concern. A typical barge can be loaded with 1,500 short tons of freight (50,000 bushels of soybeans). A 15-barge tow can therefore easily accommodate 750,000 bushels of soybeans. Each reduced foot of water depth (i.e. "draft") will result in 150-200 fewer short tons (5,000-6,700 fewer bushels of soybeans) being loaded per barge.

"Let's assume a soybean-growing region will need to transport 100 million bushels of soybeans via barge. Under normal conditions, 100 million bushels divided by 750,000 bushels per 15 barge tow equals 133 barge tows required. If the water level for loading is decreased by one foot and if you utilize the conservative 150 fewer short tons (5,000 fewer bushels) per load, the 15-barge tow will be loaded with 75,000 fewer bushels. This is the equivalent of removing the entire production of three soybean farms from a single barge tow (500 acres of soybeans per farm times 50 bushels an acre equals 25,000 bushels). Under this scenario, 148 barge tows will be required (100 million divided by 675,000 bushels per 15 barge tow)."

CHANNEL WIDTH

"Barge companies are announcing a maximum of 25 barges south of St. Louis. Since there are no locks and dams located on the Mississippi River south of St. Louis, barge tow sizes are larger since they do not need to transit lock chambers and the size limitations they impose. During drought conditions, the shipping channel becomes narrower, which necessitates reduced tow sizes. Barge tows south of St. Louis can often include 30-40 barges. A reduced maximum to 25 barges is therefore significant."

Russell noted that water levels in New Orleans are hovering around three to four feet and will continue to hold that range during October, and ship and barge movements are currently operating as usual. "However, the slow flow of the river current is allowing a wedge of saltwater from the Gulf to work its way upstream into the river. To prevent the salt water from entering fresh drinking water intakes, the Corp of Engineers will construct a mud berm on the river bottom. This happened in both 1988 and 2012 at mile 64 below New Orleans. Plans for the berm are being finalized. During construction, expect vessel traffic to be restricted to one way. After construction is complete, vessel deep drafts will likely have to be reduced to a number to be the determined draft," said Russell.

"The situation is fluid and approaching unprecedented territory," said Russell. "Expect additional barge draft, tow size restrictions, and ongoing grounding delays. Allow for extra barge transit times. Barge ETA's will be hit or miss until barges are within two days of New Orleans and past the most problematic low water areas."

Mississippi River St. Louis, Missouri, hydrograph: https://water.weather.gov/…

Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, hydrograph: https://water.weather.gov/…

Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, hydrograph: https://water.weather.gov/…

Mississippi River hydrograph at Vicksburg, Mississippi:

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Graduation season is officially in full swing.

One of the most notable aspects of a university or college's commencement ceremony is its keynote speaker, who provides some words of wisdom as the graduating students enter the next phase in their lives.

Some universities, such as Belhaven, have already conducted graduation ceremonies. Read on to see who will speak at some of Mississippi's other universities and colleges.

Jackson State University

Jackson State University will feature two commencement speakers this year, both of whom are Jackson State alumni.

Who : U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves

When: 9 a.m., May 3

Where: Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center

Judge Carlton W. Reeves currently serves as chair of the United States Sentencing Commission. In addition to this role, Reeves has served as a U.S. District judge since 2010, when he was nominated by former President Barack Obama.

Reeves, a Yazoo City native, graduated from Jackson State with a degree in political science in 1986.

Who: U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler

When: 9 a.m., May 4

Where: Veterans Memorial Stadium

Sen. Laphonza Butler, a native of Magnolia, was recently appointed to the Senate following Sen. Dianne Feinstein's death in September 2023.

Prior to serving as a senator, Butler became the first Black woman to serve as president of EMILY's List, a political action committee that supports female Democratic candidates who run on a platform of supporting abortion rights within the U.S.

Both keynote speeches will be live streamed on Jackson State's Facebook page and Youtube channel.

Tougaloo College

Tougaloo College will have two keynote speakers for two different ceremonies on Sunday, May 5.

Who: Cornell William Brooks

When: 8 a.m., May 5

Where: Historic Woodworth Chapel

Cornell William Brooks, professor of the practice of nonprofit organizations and professor of the practice of public leadership and social justice in the Harvard Kennedy School, will speak at the baccalaureate ceremony Sunday morning.

Brooks is also the former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and a former Civil Rights Attorney.

Who: Marcia L. Fudge

When: 10 a.m., May 5

Where: Campus Green

Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Marcia L. Fudge will speak at Tougaloo's general commencement ceremony Sunday morning on the green space in front of the Historic Woodworth Chapel.

As the 18th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fudge worked to support low income families by expanding affordable housing.

Alcorn State

Who: Montell Jordan

Golden Class of 1974, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Graduate Studies and School of Nursing: 9 a.m., May 11

College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business and School of Education and Psychology: 1 p.m., May 11

Where: Both of the above will take place in the Dave L. Whitney HPER Complex

Grammy Award-winning artist and recipient of the 2023 Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, Montell Jordan, will speak at Alcorn State's commencement ceremonies on May 11.

Montell, also an author and pastor, is best known for his 1995 hit "This Is How We Do It," which also includes Coolio, TLC and Madonna.

Montell's musical career began when a professor at Pepperdine University told the student he regretted not pursuing music. Montell left his set path to law school and pursued his dreams.

After the success of his musical career, Montell became a minister, answering what he considers his true calling. Today, he runs the nonprofit Marriage Masterpeace with his wife, Kristin Jordan.

The commencement ceremonies will also include members of the graduating class of 1974 to celebrate its 50 year anniversary.

Mississippi State University

Starkville campus:

Who : Mark E. Keenum

ACCESS Program, College of Business and College of Education: 3:30 p.m., May 9

College of Arts and Sciences, College of Professional and Continuing Studies and College of Architecture, Art and Design: 9:30 a.m., May 10

Academic Affairs, Bagley College of Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Forest Resources and College of Veterinary Medicine: 3:30 p.m., May 10

Where: All of the above will take place in the Humphrey Coliseum

Meridian Campus:

Who: Mark E. Keenum

When: 11 a.m., May 9

Where: MSU Riley Center, Meridian campus

Mississippi State University president Mark E. Keenum will serve as commencement speaker for his university.

Keenum, the university's 19th president, has served in his role since 2009. He has also served as commencement speaker on several occasions.

University of Mississippi

Who : Wright Thompson

When: 9 a.m., May 11

Where: The University of Mississippi Grove

ESPN senior writer Wright Thompson will serve as keynote speaker for the University of Mississippi's commencement ceremony.

Thompson, a Mississippi native, has also authored three books including "The Best American Sports Writing," "The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business" and "Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon and the Things That Last."

Thompson's upcoming book, "The Barn" focuses on the death of Emmett Till, a Black teen tortured and murdered in 1955 while he was visiting Mississippi.

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University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg campus:

Who : Joe Paul

When: All commencement ceremonies:

All doctoral, specialist and master's students: 5 p.m., May 9

College of Business and Economic Development and the College of Education and Human Sciences: 9 a.m., May 10

College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Nursing and Health Professions: 2 p.m., May 10

Where: All of the above will take place in the Bernard Reed Green Coliseum

Gulf Park campus:

Who: Joe Paul

When: 3 p.m., May 11

Where: Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi

The University of Southern Mississippi's commencement will be the university's own president Joe Paul.

Southern has several commencement ceremonies scheduled for different colleges starting May 9 and ending May 11 with a ceremony on the Gulf Park campus.

All except the Gulf Park campus commencement will take place at the Bernard Reed Green Coliseum and will open with a speech from Paul.

Joe Paul has served as Southern's president since 2022.

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Mississippi College

Who : Gayle Wicker

When: 5:30 p.m., May 2

When: Mississippi College Quad

Mississippi College alum Gayle Wicker will speak at the college's central ceremony on May 2.

Wicker served as Mississippi College student body president in 1971, the first woman to do so.

Wicker, a Tupelo native, also made Mississippi College history when she became the first female admissions counselor shortly after she graduated.

The central ceremony will include celebrations for all students before individual ceremonies that night.

Who: Keith Dunn

When: 9:30 a.m., May 11

Where: The Bowl

Interim President Keith Dunn will give opening remarks at the Millsaps general commencement ceremony on May 11. Millsaps recently announced Frank Neville will take over from Dunn in June as the college's 12th president.

William Carey University

William Carey University will have two commencement speakers at different ceremonies due to the size of this year's graduating class.

Both commencement ceremonies will take place in the Temple Baptist Church in Hattiesburg.

Who : Michael Heindl

When: 10 a.m., May 10

Where: Temple Baptist Church

Michael Heindl, the president of Northwest Mississippi Community College will speak at the first of the two commencement ceremonies.

Who: Mary Graham

When: 2 p.m., May 10

The second commencement ceremony will feature a keynote speech from Mary Graham, president of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Got a news tip? Contact Mary Boyte at [email protected]

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COVID-19 Travel Reimbursement FAQs

State of Mississippi Travel Policy Rules & Regulations Manual

It is the policy of the University that all reasonable and necessary expenses for official travel incurred by University employees are reimbursed according to the laws of the State of Mississippi. Penalty for presenting fraudulent claim is a fine of no more than $250.00, civil liability for the full amount received illegally, and, in addition, removal from office or position held by the person presenting such claim (Section 25-3-45, Mississippi Code 1972).

Vendor Information Required (Faculty/Staff/Student)

Employees who have not been reimbursed by Travel previously must provide their social security numbers so that we may enter them for reimbursements.  Students provide a W9. Once travelers are input, they should not provide them in the future travel. 

Travel documents are found on the Procurement website under Travel, Travel Forms and Instructions: https://www.usm.edu/procurement-contract-services/travel.php

Travel submissions should be made via ap-travelFREEMississippi .  Before making reservations or completing travel documents, please review the following procedures.  Should you have questions, please contact Bonnie Housley @ 601-266-4038 the main office number at 601-266-4131.

Authorization for University Travel

Each employee required to travel in performance of official duties should have prior authorization from the department chair and/or other designated officials. If traveling using grant funding, approval must be obtained by the Grants Budget Office. The originating department must endeavor to submit properly completed forms with all required signatures.

Required Approvals and Procedures

• Business trip/meeting - a meeting with other USM colleagues on a different campus, teaching or training on another USM campus, meetings with potential research clients, meetings with IHL and Department of Finance within the state of MS, meetings with external agencies to promote funded research at USM, collection of field data for research, travel between campuses, etc.
• Organized meeting - when an organization (national, regional or local) organizes a meeting to promote professional development, present and discuss research, annual board meetings for the organization, collaboration with fellow colleagues, etc. Usually, but not always, there will be a brochure, marketing flyer, and/or a registration fee.

https://www.usm.edu/procurement-contract-services/internalportal/download-instructions-charging-registration-fees-using-procurement-car.php

• For conferences/workshops/seminars/organized association meetings, a copy of the literature showing the agenda, meals provided, and block room rates is required.  If no rates are listed, please note this on the PTT/Voucher.  If a block is unavailable, reserving another room or hotel at or below the block rate is acceptable without requiring a Waiver or additional approval.
• A fee sheet showing the cost of registration fees and any meals included is required.
• When booking airfare, be advised that House Bill 1488, effective July 1, 2002, allows employees to make reservations for all travel arrangements, either through one of the state contract travel agencies or by other methods. Basically, this means the employee has the option of booking their own flights if they can save money. If reservations are made over the Internet or by other methods, a receipt and itinerary shall accompany the request for reimbursement. For all flights which are NOT booked through one of the contract travel agencies, the state agency must maintain in its files cost comparisons showing a minimum of two (2) fares.  These cost comparisons must show the fare and any issuance cost and must show a savings and shall be submitted along with the employee's Travel Voucher.  Neither of these quotes should be through a travel agency if they will not be used. The least expensive routing shall be reimbursed.

State Contract Vendors - For detailed information on vendors and the contract visit:  https://www.dfa.ms.gov/dfa-offices/purchasing-travel-and-fleet-management/bureau-of-purchasing-and-contracting/competitive-contracts/s-t-u/travel-agency-services/  

• If a traveler decides to drive instead of fly, a Drive vs Fly comparison with supporting details and documentation is required.  It’s located on the Travel website under Forms. The least expensive of the Drive Vs Fly will be reimbursed.
• Some of the state contract travel agencies provide flight insurance. Additional flight insurance will not be reimbursed. When neither of these methods are used to purchase airfare, flight insurance may be reimbursed. Employees are responsible for reading the insurance purchase agreement prior to purchase. A signed Waiver Request Form is required and should explain the need for the purchase and the likelihood of its use.
• International Travel REQUIRES a PTT approved by all applicable signatures; chair/next higher level of expenditure authority, Dean, Vice President, and President. An International Travel Justification form is required.  Errors or incomplete forms will be returned for correction.
• Upon receipt of required PTTs, the Travel Office will audit for compliance and sign.  
• Once a PTT has been submitted, changes that will extend your stay, change dates or increase expenses must be approved by the budget authority.  An email will suffice.

Travel Advances

Travel advances are authorized by Section 25-1-79, Mississippi Code of 1972 and are submitted on the PTT.

USM employees will not be issued advances except as stated below.  (Please note, in lieu of an advance, reimbursements can be issued for travel expenses paid prior to the trip by following standard travel reimbursement procedures.

Advances are issued for:

• International Travel
• Graduate or undergraduate Student travel
• Travel by teams or large groups

  https://www.usm.edu/sites/default/files/groups/department-procurement-contract-services/pdf/group_travel_brochure_2015.pdf

• When the advance is serving to fund programs or research start-up operations, and is approved by the Dean, VP, Associate Dean or Senior Financial Officer.

Athletics personnel may have two outstanding advances at a time unless additional are needed. 

When faculty or staff will be traveling with a group of 6 or more students, a PO can be created for motel and airline tickets.  Please contact a buyer in Procurement.

Groups may submit a Check Request to pay registration fees through the Travel department.  Forms are on our website. 

Meals: The actual cost cannot exceed the maximum meal allowance per student. (ex. Per Diem $36.00, group of 6, actual cost cannot exceed $216.00). An original itemized meal receipt MUST be obtained from the restaurant. A list of the individuals that participated in that meal MUST accompany the receipt.

Travel Advances must be reconciled within “15 days” from trip end date. The only exception is when the second trip is within five working days of the first. In addition, a traveler must reconcile an outstanding travel advance before he or she will be issued any reimbursement, whether it be for travel or for another business-related expense.

If the employee is past due a second time, the employee will be ineligible for future advances for a period of one year. Any travel during that year will be on a “reimbursement only” basis.

If an employee has had their eligibility for advances revoked and then reinstated, any further revocation will be permanent.

Should a payroll deduction be necessary, the traveler will not receive future advances. The deduction will not exceed half of the employee's net pay but will continue until the debt is resolved.

Returned checks will disqualify a traveler for future advances.

Prior to Trip Expense (PTE)

PTEs are submitted on the travel voucher and can be submitted when travelers purchase registration/public carrier tickets/lodging prior to their trip.  Standard travel procedures and submission should be followed.

There are times when travelers must deviate from standard travel procedures and a Waiver should be submitted to prove the deviation is justified, economical or otherwise in the best interest of USM.  The university should maintain all records of deviations from state travel policy guidelines in its files for auditing purposes. 

This form should be submitted for approval prior to making any reservations or commitments. On the form, select from the following, which are a list of possible reasons a Waiver Request Form may be needed: 

• Requesting authority to pay an amount greater than the state contract 
• Requesting authority to rent a vehicle with a cost greater than the mid-size on state contract
• Requesting authority to purchase vehicle rental insurance 
• Requesting authority to rent a vehicle not on state contract 
• Requesting authority to pay a hotel other than the conference hotel 
• Requesting authority to pay greater than the least expensive cost comparison for airline tickets 
• Requesting authority to pay first-class or business-class airfare (six hours or longer non-stop) 
• Other 

Provide a clear explanation and all necessary information that proves the request to be economical or otherwise in the best interest of the State. Failure to provide adequate information will cause delay and may potentially cause rejection of the request. All applicable cost information, such as contract fare, lowest available fare, conference hotel rate, actual rate paid, etc., should be provided.

Receipt Policy

All receipts must be itemized as proof of expense for expenses over $10.

• Gas receipts must show the price per gallon and the number of gallons. Prepaid receipts are unacceptable.
• Missing receipts require a Missing Invoice Affidavit found on the Accounts Payable website under Forms and Instructions.

https://www.usm.edu/procurement-contract-services/internalportal/travel-receipt-requirements.php

Travel Reimbursement Voucher

Travel Vouchers must have legible signatures.  The signature is a certification by the traveler that reimbursement is being requested for actual expenses that are valid business expense.  

Receipts/invoices must be attached, and emailed in ONE PDF to [email protected]

Vouchers received in the Travel Office by 5 PM Wednesday will be paid within three weeks after submission UNLESS the voucher has errors or missing documentation. 

• Proper itemized receipts are required as proof of expense, credit card statements may not be submitted in lieu of receipts/invoices.
• Personal travel can be taken with business travel but at the traveler’s expense.
• Reimbursement will be made for all taxes paid by the traveler.  PCard purchases and direct billing can be an exception so please verify with appropriate procurement personnel.
• If two are more travelers are traveling together, the Accompanied By designation should be filled in and each person should submit their own expenses.  If sharing a room and one traveler doesn’t have a hotel invoice, a copy of invoice from the other traveler should be submitted. 
• For travel in a privately-owned vehicle, the mileage between two points of travel should be made from the most direct practical route.  Any around town mileage is limited to 10 miles unless addresses for each destination is given.
• Mileage should not be claimed from a home address unless it is their work base or is the shortest distance.
• Should a traveler prefer to have fuel reimbursed, a gas receipt must be provided for POVs.  For rental vehicles, the rental receipt and itemized gas receipt. 
• The State does not reimburse taxi fares for optional travel to/from restaurants or for personal use.

  International Travel

Reimbursement policy for International Travel follows the same guidelines as domestic travel. All receipts must be converted into US dollars. See the CONVERSION RATES FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL listed below.

Reimbursement for International Meals

Reimbursement for meals will be based on the US Department of State maximum travel per diem allowances for foreign areas. Please contact the Travel Office for the per diem allowed in the area you will be traveling in.

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U.S. Department of State Travel Alerts and Warnings

GSA Hotel Rates

The state now utilizes GSA rates for general, business use hotel stays.  Rooms must be reserved at the In-State per diem State rate and the Out-of-State Government rate.  

 Please use the GSA Link for rates, rules, and procedures. 

  https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates

NOTE:  The GSA M&IE rates for meals do NOT apply to USM.  We reimburse per diem as follows:

Meals Provided

Reduce the amount of the per diem you are claiming if you were provided any meals during your travel. For example, if your trip includes meals that are already paid for by the state (such as through a registration fee for a conference, or hotel breakfast), you must not claim those meals.  

The breakdown for breakfast, lunch and dinner is provided so you can deduct any of those meals from the maximum amounts.  

The following table lists the maximum daily amount employees can receive for a single calendar day of travel when that day is neither the first nor the last day (amounts are rounded to nearest whole dollar).

The breakdown is 20% Breakfast, 30% Lunch and 50% Dinner of total allowed.

POV Mileage

Mileage Rates run January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024. Travel will update campus and forms accordingly for any changes.

The preferred website for travel mileage information is now MapQuest.

More information can be found at:   https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-increases-mileage-rate-for-remainder-of-2022

If a fleet vehicle is available to the employee and the employee chooses not to use it but rather drive their own personal vehicle, then reimbursement will be at the lower rate of .18.  More information on mileage rates is available from the State of Mississippi Travel webpage . 

Rental Vehicles

Rental cars should only be reserved when they are required and must be reserved with one of USM’s state contracted agencies. 

If the State Contract Car Rental Agency does not have any rental cars available, an approved Waiver Request must be submitted with the voucher for the use of another rental car agency.  

Should the traveler feel that a vehicle larger than medium size is required, they must submit a Waiver Request for approval. A copy of the Waiver Request must be attached to the Travel Voucher.

The provisions of the approved State Contract Car Rental Agency apply only to rentals in the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii with some franchise locations exceptions. You will be advised at the time of booking if your rental is not under the contract rate and provisions. It is better, however, to always ask at the time of rental if the rental includes CDW/LDW insurance.

If you are involved in an accident while driving a rental car you should

• Contact the police immediately
• Contact the State Contract Car Rental Office where you rented the vehicle
• Obtain the Officer's badge number and the phone number of where you would call to get a copy of the accident report
• Call and request a copy of the accident report be sent to you
• Contact the Accident Liaison (601-266-4414) and inform the representative of the accident. Once you receive a copy of the accident report, forward a copy of it to the representative. They will then file the necessary paperwork for any liability damages caused in the accident.

Parking and Other Traffic Violations -- These are the sole responsibility of the driver. The rental agency, State of Mississippi, and USM are NOT liable.

International Car Rental

Contact the State Contract Car Rental Agency to see if there is a franchise located in the country you will be traveling to. If there is not one, you may book your car rental with the agency of your choice. Be sure to purchase Collision Damage Waiver/Loss Damage Waiver insurance.

Van Rental for Group Travel

When a van is required for group travel, ALWAYS contact the State Contract Rental Agency at least 72 hours prior to the date needed. This will allow the Rental Agency to have the vans available for you when you need them.

If none are available:

• Check around for the best rental rate on the size van you need. Be sure they include Collision Damage Waiver/Loss Damage Waiver (CDW/LDW) in their quote. You MUST always purchase insurance if the vehicle you are renting is not on State Contract.
• You will need to complete a Waiver form. The Waiver and instructions are located on the Travel Forms page.

Entertainment Expense

When traveling, reimbursement for meals involving non-employees will be considered entertainment, development or business expenses and will be reimbursed. The University policy for entertainment will apply; see Entertainment Reimbursement Guidelines on the Accounts Payable website. Attach the USM Business Related Expense form to the Travel Voucher along with the original itemized receipt of the expense. The BREF is located within the Travel Voucher document. Total meal tips should not exceed 20% of the reimbursable amount of the meal (excluding the price of any alcohol purchased).

 Who do I contact in travel for assistance?

• Bonnie%20Housley , Travel Coordinator, 601.266.4038
• April%20Wright , Assistant Travel Coordinator (Domestic Vouchers & Mileage), 601.266.4699

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Instructions for Permission to Travel & Travel Voucher
• Instructions for Registrations Fees for using Pcard
• Instructions for Employee Reimbursements Report
• Meal Allowance Index by State
• USM Travel Authorization Checklist
• Domestic Travel Workbook (Permission to Travel Form is included)
• International Travel Workbook (Permission to Travel Form is included)
• Mileage Only Workbook (Permission to Travel Form is included)
• Student Group Travel Workbook
• Athletic Individual Travel Workbook (Permission to Travel Form is included)
• Athletic Group Travel Workbook (Permission to Travel Form is included)
• Admissions (Recruiting Only) Travel Workbook (Permission to Travel is included)
• Waiver Request Form
• Airfare Refund for Canceled Travel Form
• Drive Vs Fly Worksheet
• IRS Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner) - Form & Instructions

If applicable, USM General Counsel provides Student Waiver and Release Forms which may be obtained at the following link https://www.usm.edu/general-counsel/internalportal/forms.php  

Required Signatures:

The Department Head, Dean and Vice-President have the authority to approve or reject a Travel Request form.  Domestic PTTs and vouchers need a minimum of three (3) signatures: the Traveler, the Next Higher Administrator or Signature Authority, and the Travel Coordinator. If travel is funded by a grant, it must also be approved by Sponsored Programs Administration.  Foreign travel requires the approval of Chair, Dean, SPA (if grant funded), VP/Provost and President.  No Employee can approve his/her own travel, next higher required.   

*Employees are encouraged to maintain copies of their completed travel forms related to any and all University Travel.

**Attach the Mileage Reimbursement form to the Travel Voucher when destinations traveled extend beyond the spaces provided on the original Travel Voucher.

Send completed travel forms to: Travel Office Box 5104 or email to [email protected]

Procurement and Contract Services would like to remind all faculty, staff, and students of the current State rental car contracts for use on official business that can help reduce travel costs.  Did you know that on a day trip to the coast or to Jackson, using a state contract rental car could cut your costs nearly in half?  Of course, those savings will depend on the distance, vehicle size, and number of days your travels keep you away from your office.  Although you must purchase the fuel on your own and seek reimbursement through the Travel Office, you can pay for rental car using your USM procurement card if you have one.

• All Rental Providers  

* IF YOU DO NOT USE THE STATE CONTRACT PROVIDER and are involved in an accident, and are at fault, any damages to the rental car are the personal responsibility of the employee, not USM.

• Fuel Reimbursement Requirements
• Vehicle charges not allowed on PCard
• Van Rental Information
• University Insurance ID for Rental Vehicles - Updated 7/5/2023

* Auto insurance cards are for liability only coverage while traveling on USM business in a rental car, USM vehicle, or personal vehicle.

For Current State of Mississippi Vehicle Rental Contracts and Rates:

In State Contracts and Rate Sheets

We encourage you to use our links to compare these companies’ services and offerings for your future travel needs. Our office is always available to assist you with questions regarding your travel at 601.266.4131.

If you are involved in an accident while driving a rental car you should:

Contact the Accident Liaison (601-266-4414) and inform the representative of the accident. Once you receive a copy of the accident report, forward a copy of it to the representative. They will then file the necessary paperwork for any liability damages caused in the accident. Parking and Other Traffic Violations -- These are the sole responsibility of the driver. The rental agency, State of Mississippi, and USM are NOT liable.

Penalty for presenting fraudulent claim is a fine of no more than $250.00, civil liability for the full amount received illegally, and, in addition, removal from office or position held by the person presenting such claim (Section 25-3-45, Mississippi Code 1972).

Out-of-State Vehicle Rentals

Hertz is the primary rental company as they are the state contract vendor. Use Hertz if at all possible.

There's no need to purchase insurance as it comes with using the state contract.

If Hertz does not have an appropriate vehicle, and since Enterprise and National car rental agencies are NOT on the state contract for out-of-state vehicle rentals, until further notice, the following guidance shall apply to USM travelers for out-of-state vehicle rentals:

Use any other car rental firm as long as they will offer a price equal to or lower than the state contract pricing, but remember, if Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) insurance and Loss Damage Waiver (LDW) insurance is not included, you should purchase these insurances since you are not using a state contract where it would normally be included in the rental price.

If an equal vehicle at an equal price is not available, follow the usual purchasing procedures.

- If you are spending a total of $5,000 of less, use any car rental firm, but remember to purchase CDW/LDW insurance since you are not using a state contract which would normally include the insurance.

- If over $5,000, get two quotes and use the lower quote with any other car rental firm, but remember to purchase CDW/LDW insurance since you are not using a state contract which would normally include the insurance.

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Procurement and Contract Services (PUR) - To view the individual Purchasing policies listed below, please visit USM Institutional Policies .

• Accounts Payable Policies and Procedures (ADMA-PUR-001)
• Barnes & Noble Department Purchase Policy (ADMA-PUR-006)
• Conference Cards, Student I.D. Cards Policy (ADMA-PUR-007)
• Fleet Management Policies and Procedures (ADMA-PUR-018)
• Gift Card and Gift Certificate Purchase Policy (ADMA-PUR-013)
• Hospitality Policy - Allowable Entertainment and Miscellaneous Expenditures (ADMA-PUR-002)
• Hospitality Policy - Prohibited Entertainment and Miscellaneous Expenditures (ADMA-PUR-003)
• Miscellaneous Purchasing Procedures (ADMA-PUR-015)
• New Employee Moving Policy (ADMA-PUR-004)
• Payments to Individuals - Documentation and Processing (ADMA-PUR-014)
• Petty Cash Policy and Procedures (ADMA-PUR-016)
• Property Accounting - Policies and Procedures (ADMA-PUR-017)
• Purchasing Policy (ADMA-PUR-012)
• Travel Policies (ADMA-PUR-005)
• University Catering Policy (ADMA-PUR-008)
• University Snack Policy (ADMA-PUR-009)
• Vendor Maintenance Procedure (ADMA-PUR-010)

Procurement and Contract Services 214 Bond Hall

Hattiesburg Campus

Email procurementFREEMississippi

Phone 601.266.4131

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Phone 228.872.4245

The federal COVID health emergency ends today. Here's what it means for New Jersey

3-minute read.

When Gov. Phil Murphy lifted the statewide public health emergency related to the COVID pandemic in March of 2022, it signaled the end of most major COVID policies and restrictions in the state as public officials called for a "more normal way of life" with cases, hospitalizations and deaths finally falling.

But many federal COVID regulations remained on the books. That changes after Thursday.

The federal Public Health Emergency will expire at the end of Thursday on the order of President Joe Biden. That means several provisions will also be ending that will impact who pays for vaccines, treatment and testing.

Free vaccines and treatments

The federal government says it has enough vaccines and medication including Paxlovid to continue supplying them to the public for free. But the caveat here is that officials often use the words "for now" and "while supplies last" when discussing this.

The government has not indicated when its supply will run out and the commercial market takes over and begins charging. Until then, health care facilities must administer them for free regardless of insurance status.

COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees and contractors also ends Thursday.

Free test kits

Insurance carriers are no longer required to cover the cost of free at-home test kits that so much of the public has depended upon for a quick check before traveling, visiting family or entering a health care facility.

Lab tests are also no longer required to be covered fully by private insurance.

Those on Medicare can continue to receive PCR and antigen tests at no cost, but only when ordered by a doctor or other medical professional.

Medicaid recipients will continue to get those tests for free until September 2024.

The federal government maintains it has a "strong stockpile" of test kits available and will continue shipping them across the U.S. for distribution.

And the state Health Department said it has funding through mid-2024 to supply test kits to "at-risk populations," such as prisoners or those living in nursing homes, said Nancy Kearney, an agency spokeswoman.

Symptoms: This is one key symptom of long COVID you don't want to mess with

One of the last travel restrictions will be lifted on Friday.

International air travelers will no longer have to show proof that they are vaccinated on inbound flights. Travel groups have pushed to end that requirement, saying it has impeded tourism. Requirements to take a COVID test prior to flying to the U.S. were lifted last summer.

Tracking COVID

Less COVID data will be funneled to government health departments and the data that does arrive will not be as timely as the health emergency ends.

Labs will no longer be required to send their COVID test results to the government to compile statistics and track the virus. Hospitals will still be required to do so until April, but on a weekly basis instead of daily.

The CDC maintains that it will continue to have enough data to monitor the virus nationwide and at the local level.

In New Jersey, the state Health Department will continue to monitor COVID via emergency room visits, Kearney said.

COVID outlook in NJ

In New Jersey, the gradual clawing back of pandemic restrictions — from mask-wearing and vaccination mandates to school closings and hospital visitations — impacted the day-to-day lives of New Jerseyans and were signs that the pandemic was waning.

Most major COVID policies in New Jersey ended in March 2022, when Murphy lifted the statewide public health emergency, calling for a "more normal way of life" as cases, hospitalizations and deaths continued to drop.

There have been more than 33,001 confirmed COVID deaths in New Jersey as of Wednesday and another 3,161 probable deaths from people who exhibited symptoms at the height of the pandemic but were never tested due mostly to a lack of resources, state data shows.

Experts say New Jersey, like much of the U.S., will see seasonal surges of COVID in colder weather as it has each December and January for the last several years before dipping in spring and summer.

"The end of the public health emergency does not mean the end of COVID-19," said Kearney, of the state Health Department. "While cases and hospitalizations have decreased significantly, the department continues to remain vigilant and continues to urge those who are unvaccinated to get vaccinated and those who are eligible for a bivalent vaccine to get one to ensure the greatest protections against the virus."

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Twenty-one states ban abortion or restrict the procedure earlier in pregnancy than the standard set by Roe v. Wade, which governed reproductive rights for nearly half a century until the Supreme Court overturned the decision in 2022.

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The New York Times is tracking abortion laws in each state after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which ended the constitutional right to an abortion.

Where abortion is legal

In a few states that have enacted bans or restrictions, abortion remains legal for now as courts determine whether these laws can take effect. Abortion is legal in the rest of the country, and many states have added new protections since Dobbs.

Ban in effect

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State details.

More details on the current status of abortion in each state are below.

An earlier version of this article misstated the legal status of abortion in Utah. As of 4 p.m. on June 24, the state attorney general had issued a statement saying the state’s abortion ban had been triggered, but it had not yet been authorized by the legislature’s general counsel. By 8:30 p.m., the counsel authorized the ban and it went into effect.

A table in an earlier version of this article misstated which abortion ban is being challenged in Texas state court. Abortion rights supporters are challenging a pre-Roe ban, not the state’s trigger ban.

An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to the legal status of abortion in Indiana. While Indiana abortion providers stopped offering abortion services in anticipation of an abortion ban taking effect on Aug. 1, the law did not take effect.

Region by region: How these states could broaden abortion access

The year began with nationwide conservative efforts to shrink abortion access . Advocates for the procedure hope to end 2024 by reversing some of these restrictions, via the ballot box.

And the outcome of their efforts could have major implications for something opponents have long waged war on − interstate abortion travel.

With ballot initiatives underway in nearly a dozen states to let voters weigh in on where to set the limits, the success or failure of these measures will have impacts beyond state lines and on regions broadly, advocates told USA TODAY.

Acting as a sort of sanctuaries for neighboring abortion access deserts, states with more liberal abortion laws have seen an influx of out-of-state patients since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case guaranteeing a constitutional right to the procedure. 

And a slew of proposed abortion-related constitutional amendments in 2024 could add to the map.  

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“Unless there's a national right to abortion care, we're absolutely doing it state by state, community by community as best as possible,” said Adrienne Mansanares, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. 

Abortion travel escalated post-Roe

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and decades of federal abortion precedent in June 2022, decisions around the procedure and any limits or exceptions returned to states, creating a nationwide legislative patchwork.  

Over a dozen predominantly red states have implemented near total bans on abortions, while a handful of blue states including Oregon and Vermont allow abortions regardless of the gestational period, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. Some states restored an abortion limit similar to that of Roe. 

The varying laws have led to a rise in patients traveling between states seeking an abortion, Mansanares said.

Planned Parenthood’s health centers in Colorado, a state with wider abortion access, saw a tenfold increase in patients seeking care from nearby Texas, Oklahoma and Arizona between 2020 and last year, according to the organization's records. In October 2020 through September 2021, their Colorado health centers saw 374 of these out-of-state patients; from October 2022 through September 2023, the clinics served approximately 3,800 patients from the same three states. Over 75% of these women scheduled appointments for abortions.

The bulk of women came from the Lone Star State, where the procedure is almost completely banned. 

"When state bans go into effect, they impact the entire country,” Mansanares said. 

This year, voters in at least three states will decide whether to enshrine abortion access in their constitution. And there are still ongoing initiatives to add such a decision to the ballot in about a dozen more states, including Colorado. 

If passed, these referendums could cement some states’ statuses as abortion access points, while opening new points of access in others. 

Women travel both to and from Florida for abortions

Sitting in the southeast where some of the country’s tightest abortion laws are concentrated, Florida has been a relative haven for patients in the South in the wake of Roe’s overturning. 

But with the state’s current 15-week limit about to drop to six weeks, after a recent state Supreme Court ruling, women in Florida and the surrounding region could face a shortage of care, said Serra Sippel, interim executive director of The Brigid Alliance, a group that provides resources for abortion travel. 

Already, Florida is among The Brigid Alliances top states from which they help patients travel, often seeking abortions in D.C. or Maryland, Sippel said.

And she said the group is bracing for this need to grow after May 1, when the six-week limit is set to go into effect. 

November ballot measure could change Florida yet again

The Florida Supreme Court at the same time cleared the way for a measure protecting abortion through viability, often around 24 weeks, to appear on November’s ballot.  

Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the “100% pro-life" group North Carolina Values Coalition, said she is worried about the effects of both Florida court decisions in her own southern state. 

“All states in the South, once Florida's heartbeat bill goes into effect, will have either a heartbeat bill or a gestational limit at conception,” Fitzgerald said. “And so that means North Carolina's 12-week limit on abortion will cause women to flood across our borders, again, to obtain abortions.” 

Along with Virginia, which allows abortion through 26 weeks of pregnancy, North Carolina has some of the lowest restrictions on the procedure compared to the rest of the south. Even after the state legislature last summer lowered the limit from 20 to 12 weeks, with exceptions, North Carolina saw one of the highest number of out-of-state patients in 2023, behind Illinois, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

Fitzgerald said she wants a limit like other southern states for the Tar Heel State and is concerned about referendums like Florida's.

“It should be a concern for everyone who believes in the sanctity of human life,” she said. 

Travel for abortion care is 'not ideal'

Still, abortion access advocates say interstate travel is an imperfect solution. 

“It is not ideal," said Tara Romano, executive director of Pro-Choice North Carolina, “because not everyone can leave the state to access abortion. And this is really just how chaotic it's been since (Roe was overturned).” 

“If you're in a state where you cannot access abortion, being able to get to another state is going to be really critical,” she added. “It's just that it's not going to be able to help everyone,” including patients in emergency situations, Romano said. 

For those seeking an abortion, Mansanares said considerations range from travel costs to finding somewhere to stay in a different state, along with taking time off work and, for the many women who are already parents, finding childcare. 

“It's a huge financial burden. And then the act of traveling out of your home state for care has a tremendous psychological impact as well,” Mansanares said. “Our patients are very fearful. They experience a deep amount of shame or stigma. Many of them feel terrorized." 

And aid from organizations like The Brigid Alliance are “being stretched to the max, Sippel said. 

“I want to emphatically say that it's a good thing that this referendum will be on the ballot,” Sippel said of Florida. “If it's passed, that is excellent news for Florida. And then, of course, it won't be enough.”