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Ballotpedia’s coverage of COVID-19 includes how federal, state, and local governments are responding, and how those responses are influencing election rules and operations, political campaigns, the economy, schools, and more.

This article contains a general timeline of noteworthy state government responses to the coronavirus pandemic since April 2020. It also includes details on three specific types of state responses to the pandemic:

Additionally, the article includes:


Response news updates

The following section provides a timeline of Utah's reopening activity beginning in April 2020. The entries, which come from our Documenting America's Path to Recovery newsletter, are sorted by month in reverse chronological order. The date shown is the day that we wrote about them in the newsletter. They appear exactly as they appeared in the newsletter.

June 2021

  • June 28: The state stopped participating in pandemic-related federal unemployment benefit programs June 26. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) made the announcement May 12.

May 2021

  • May 20: On Wednesday, May 19, the Utah legislature passed House Bill 1007, which prohibits public schools, including public colleges and universities, from requiring that students, staff, and faculty wear masks. The Utah House of Representatives passed the bill 50-24, while the Senate passed the bill 23-5. It goes to Gov. Spencer Cox (R).
  • May 17:
    • Gov. Spencer Cox (R) ended the statewide mask requirement for students, teachers, and staff in K-12 schools on Saturday, May 15. Local districts have the option of keeping the requirements in place.
    • On Saturday, May 15, Cox ended the face-covering requirement in state buildings.
  • May 13: On Wednesday, May 12, Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced he would end the state’s participation in federal pandemic unemployment programs on June 26.

April 2021

  • April 12: House Bill 294 took effect April 10, ending the statewide mask mandate. It also set conditions for ending other restrictions based on case rates, percentage of occupied hospital beds, and vaccine supply. The law eliminates all restrictions on July 1, even if none of the conditions have been met. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed the bill into law on March 24.

March 2021

  • March 25: On Wednesday, March 24, Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed House Bill 294, a law that eliminates the statewide mask mandate on April 10. The law also sets conditions for ending other restrictions based on case rates, percentage of occupied hospital beds, and vaccine supply. The law eliminates all restrictions on July 1, even if none of the conditions have been met.
  • March 24: All residents 16 and older are eligible for a coronavirus vaccine starting March 24.
  • March 19: On Thursday, March 18, Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that people 16 and older will become eligible for a coronavirus vaccine Wednesday, March 24.
  • March 8: On Friday, March 5, the Utah House of Representatives voted 54-18 in favor of HB0294, a bill that modifies the statewide mask mandate and establishes parameters for lifting other coronavirus restrictions. The state Senate passed the bill 23-6 hours earlier. The legislation would end the statewide mask mandate for gatherings of less than 50 people on April 10. County governments could still require that people wear masks, however. The bill establishes that all coronavirus restrictions on businesses and events will end when the state’s 14-day case rate falls below 191 per 100,000 people, COVID-19 patients occupy fewer than 15% of beds on average in intensive care units over a seven-day period, and the federal government has sent 1,633,000 first doses of a vaccine to the state. The bill now goes to Gov. Spencer Cox (R).
  • March 5: On Thursday, March 4, Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that residents 50 and older are eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine. Additionally, he announced that people 18 and older with health conditions, such as diabetes or chronic kidney disease, are also eligible for a vaccine.

February 2021

  • February 23: On Monday, Feb. 22, the state House voted 66-2 to pass HB308, a bill that would prohibit state agencies from requiring employees to receive a coronavirus vaccine. The bill goes to the Senate for consideration.
  • February 19: On Thursday, Feb. 18, Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that residents age 65 and above are now eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine. That demographic was previously scheduled to become eligible on March 1, but Cox shifted the timeline forward because of an increased supply of vaccines.
  • February 5: On Thursday, Feb. 4, Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that people age 65 and older will be eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines on March 1. He also announced that Utahns age 18 and older with specific, state-identified medical conditions, such as HIV or certain kinds of cancers, will also become eligible.

January 2021

  • January 15: On Thursday, Jan. 14, Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that Utah would continue to reserve vaccines for people age 70 and older, likely into late February. Cox said people age 65 and older would become eligible once the state had acquired a greater supply of the vaccine.
  • January 11: Effective Monday, Jan. 11, school teachers and staff, and adults 70 and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) made the announcement Jan. 8. The state says it hopes to vaccinate all healthcare workers, nursing home staff and residents, first responders, tribal health frontline workers, school teachers and staff, and adults 70 and older by the end of February.

December 2020

  • December 18: On Thursday, Dec. 17, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) announced that students in public schools who test negative after coming into contact with someone with COVID-19 do not need to quarantine. Previously, any contact with a COVID-19 positive person required a 10-14 day quarantine. Herbert also announced he was ending the statewide ban on alcohol sales after 10 p.m.

November 2020

  • November 20: On Thursday, Nov. 19, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) announced he would remove language prohibiting social gatherings between different households from an order he planned to issue before Thanksgiving.
  • November 10: On Sunday, Nov. 8, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) announced a series of new coronavirus restrictions, including a statewide mask mandate and a pause on public school extracurricular activities, including athletic events. The new order also limits casual social gatherings to those within the same household through Nov. 23. The order took effect Monday, Nov. 9.

October 2020

  • October 23: Leaders in the Utah Legislature announced that daily, rapid testing for lawmakers and staffers would occur when the 2021 session begins in January. Plexiglass dividers will also be installed between desks on the floor.
  • October 13: On Tuesday, Oct. 13, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) announced the state was replacing the color-coded reopening guidance system with a three-tiered system focused on transmission rates. Counties will be classified as high, moderate, or low depending on COVID-19 spread, and will only be allowed to move to a lower level after 14 days.

September 2020

  • September 21: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) extended the state’s coronavirus emergency executive order through Oct. 20.
  • September 18: On Sept. 17, the Utah Department of Health confirmed that it had begun offering free, voluntary COVID-19 tests on a limited basis to teachers and staff at public schools in Utah County. A representative for the Department said it was planning on expanding the program to public schools statewide.
  • September 11: On Sept. 11, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) issued an executive order moving Box Elder County and Carbon County into the green phase—the least restrictive of Utah’s four reopening phases. Thirteen counties are in green, while the remaining counties are in yellow.

August 2020

  • August 18: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) issued an executive order allowing cities and counties to adopt mask mandates without approval from the Utah Department of Health. The order also revised the terminology used in the state’s reopening plan. Instead of calling the color-coded reopening phases “risk levels,” they are now called “levels of restriction.”

July 2020

  • July 28: On July 27, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) issued updated reopening guidelines that allow restaurants to resume self-serve buffets. Under the new guidelines, which affect restaurants in counties in the orange and yellow phases of the reopening plan, restaurants must replace serving utensils every 30 minutes and customers must use hand sanitizer whenever they enter a new food bar line. The new guidelines also require restaurants open 24 hours a day to close for cleaning and sanitizing every morning and evening.
  • July 20: On July 17, the Utah Department of Health issued an order mandating the use of face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools. The order includes exemptions related to eating and drinking and medical conditions.
  • July 16: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) announced on Twitter that he was modifying the state’s color-coded reopening plan to allow school districts in parts of the state in the orange (moderate risk) phase to reopen. Currently, Salt Lake City is the only city in Utah in the orange phase. With the modification to the reopening, all school districts in Utah can reopen.
  • July 9: On July 9, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) announced that when K-12 schools reopen, all students, faculty, staff, and visitors will be required to wear masks in buildings and on buses.

June 2020

  • June 29: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) approved a plan by the Utah State Board of Education for reopening schools in the fall. The Board is requiring all public schools to create and post a reopening plan online by August 1.
  • June 22: On June 19, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) approved nine counties to move into the Green phase of Utah’s reopening plan. Green is the least restrictive phase of Utah’s color-coded reopening plan. To date, ten counties have advanced to the Green Phase. Nineteen counties are currently in the Yellow phase, the second phase in the plan. Only Salt Lake City is in the first and most restrictive phase.
  • June 12: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) issued an executive order moving Kane County to the green phase of the reopening plan. The green phase is the fourth phase of Utah’s reopening plan and includes the fewest restrictions on businesses and individuals. Herbert also moved the cities of Bluff and Mexican Hat to the yellow (third) phase. Salt Lake City is the last city in Utah in the orange (second) phase of reopening. On June 11, Herbert wrote on Twitter that he would be keeping most of the state in the yellow phase because of a spike in COVID-19 cases.
  • June 8: On Friday, June 5, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) extended the current health risk guidelines for the state through June 12. Part of Utah’s reopening plan includes a four-phase, color-coded guidance system. All but three cities in the state have advanced to the yellow phase of reopening. Bluff, Mexican Hat, and Salt Lake City remain in the orange phase, under tighter restrictions, due to health risks related to COVID-19. Herbert said that parts of Utah could advance to the last stage of reopening, the green phase, by the end of the month.

May 2020

  • May 28: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) released updated guidelines for parts of the state that have moved into the low-risk phase (or yellow phase) of the reopening plan. The new order clarifies that businesses in counties moved to the low-risk phase can operate, so long as they adhere to social distancing and sanitation guidelines. The order states that people should avoid non-essential travel to areas with high infection rates. Additionally, the order provides new guidance for K-12 education and higher education.
  • May 21: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) announced that Utah would advance to the third phase of the state’s reopening plan. Utah Leads Together 3.0 will focus on protecting high-risk individuals and minority communities. The color-coded reopening plan for jurisdictions adopted in Utah Leads Together 1.0—high (red), moderate (orange), low (yellow), and new normal (green)—will continue in the latest version. On Saturday, May 16, much of the state moved from the orange phase to the yellow phase, allowing for fewer restrictions on businesses and individuals. Three counties and three cities remain in the orange phase. Herbert did not give a timeline for when parts of the state can move to green, the phase with the fewest restrictions.

April 2020

  • April 30: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) issued an executive order placing the state under “moderate risk” protocols beginning at midnight on May 1. Gyms, salons, and other personal care businesses will be allowed to reopen. Restaurants may resume dine-in services modified to follow hygiene standards and social distancing guidelines. Utah is a Republican trifecta.


Vaccine distribution

This section contains a table of quick facts on the state’s vaccine distribution plan and a timeline of noteworthy events, including updates on vaccine availability for new groups of individuals, changes to state distribution plans, and much more. If you know of a noteworthy story we are missing, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.

The Utah Department of Health released a distribution plan on October 16, 2020.

Quick facts

Utah state vaccination plan quick information
What governing entities are responsible for vaccine allocation and distribution?[1] Bureau of Epidemiology
Where can I find a quick breakdown of phases in my state? Vaccine distribution timeline
Where can I find the distribution plan? COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
When was the plan first released to the public? October 16, 2020
When was the plan most recently updated? October 16, 2020
Where can I find answers to frequently asked questions? COVID-19 Vaccine Information
Where can I find data related to the coronavirus in my state? COVID-19 data
Where is the state health department's homepage? Utah Department of Health
Where can I find additional information about the state's vaccine distribution? The COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan in Utah - AARP

Timeline

  • March 24, 2021: Utah residents 16 and older became eligible for a coronavirus vaccine.[2]
  • March 18, 2021: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that people 16 and older would become eligible for a coronavirus vaccine on March 24.[3]
  • March 4, 2021: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that residents 50 and older were eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine. Additionally, he announced that people 18 and older with health conditions, such as diabetes or chronic kidney disease, were also eligible for a vaccine.[4]
  • February 22, 2021: The Utah State House voted 66-2 to pass HB308, a bill prohibiting state agencies from requiring employees to receive a coronavirus vaccine. The bill moved to the Senate for consideration.[5]
  • February 18, 2021: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that residents age 65 and above were eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine. That demographic was previously scheduled to become eligible on March 1, but Cox shifted the timeline forward because of an increased supply of vaccines.[6]
  • February 4, 2021: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) announced that people age 65 and older would be eligible to receive coronavirus vaccines starting March 1. He also announced that Utahans age 18 and older with specific, state-identified medical conditions, such as HIV or certain kinds of cancers, would also become eligible.[7]
  • January 11, 2021: Utah began vaccinating school staff and adults 70 years and older. The state said it hoped to vaccinate all healthcare workers, nursing home staff and residents, first responders, tribal health frontline workers, school teachers and staff, and adults 70 and older by the end of February.[8]

School responses

See also: School responses in Utah to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Schools in Utah were closed to in-person instruction on March 16, 2020, and remained closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 academic year. To notify us of when schools were allowed to reopen statewide, email us. The timeline below lists statewide responses we tracked.

  • June 29, 2021: At the end of the school year, Burbio reported most schools were in-person in Utah.[9][10]
  • Sept. 10, 2020: At the beginning of the school year, Burbio reported a majority of schools were in-person in Utah .[11][12]
  • July 20, 2020: The Utah Department of Health issued an order mandating the use of face coverings in all public and private K-12 schools. The order included exemptions related to eating and drinking and medical conditions.[13]
  • June 29, 2020: Gov. Gary Herbert (R) approved the state Board of Education's reopening plan for the 2020-2021 school year. The plan allowed for local districts to make decisions based on state recommendations, although it did include specific mandates that all districts needed to follow. Local districts had to post public reopening plans online by August 1.[14]


  • April 14, 2020: Herbert closed schools for the remainder of the academic year. Prior to the announcement, schools were closed through May 1.[15]
  • March 23, 2020: Herbert announced that the statewide school closure, scheduled to end March 31, was extended to May 1.[16]
  • March 13, 2020: Herbert ordered all schools to soft close for two weeks, effective March 16. The soft closure would allow classes to continue online.[17]

Statewide travel restrictions

See also: Travel restrictions issued by states in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021


Does Utah have restrictions on travel? No.

More information can be found at Visit Utah.

Timeline

  • 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.[18][19]
  • 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.[20]


Statewide mask requirements

See also: State-level mask requirements in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020


On Oct. 13, Gov. Gary Herbert (R) issued updated mask guidance requiring individuals in high and medium transmission-level counties to wear face coverings in all indoor public spaces and outdoors when social distancing could not be practiced. The order said it would only apply to medium transmission counties through Oct. 29. The order also mandated masks statewide in large gathering venues like sports stadiums and movie theaters.[21][22]

On November 9, Herbert implemented a statewide public mask order requiring face coverings in public when social distancing was not maintainable.[23]

On March 24, 2021, Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed House Bill 294, a law that ended the statewide mask mandate effective April 10, 2021.


Noteworthy lawsuits

See also: Lawsuits about state actions and policies in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021

Ballotpedia has not covered any noteworthy lawsuits in this state. Click the link above to see noteworthy lawsuits filed in response to the coronavirus pandemic in other states.

Officials and candidates diagnosed with or quarantined due to coronavirus

See also: Government official, politician, and candidate deaths, diagnoses, and quarantines due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021

The table below lists officials or candidates who have been diagnosed with or quarantined due to coronavirus. The most recent announcements appear first.

Name Office Date Status
Evan Vickers Utah State Senate District 28 September 23, 2021 Vickers announced on September 23, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.[24]
Dan McCay Utah State Senate District 11 October 24, 2020 McCay announced he tested positive for COVID-19.[25]
Fatima Dirie Candidate, Utah House of Representatives District 33 October 24, 2020 Dirie announced she tested positive for COVID-19.[26]
Robert Burch Jr. Candidate, Utah House of Representatives District 30 October 24, 2020 Burch announced he tested positive for COVID-19.[27]
Mike Lee (U.S. Senate, Utah) U.S. Senate, Utah October 2, 2020 On October 2, 2020, Lee announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.[28]
Blake Moore Candidate, U.S. House Utah District 1 October 16, 2020 Moore announced he been diagnosed with coronavirus.[29]
Sean D. Reyes Utah Attorney General November 22, 2021 Reyes announced on November 22, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.[30]
Mike Schultz (Utah) Utah House of Representatives District 12 November 16, 2021 Schultz announced on November 16, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was not vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.[31]
Luz Escamilla Utah State Senate District 1 March 22, 2020 Escamilla tested positive for coronavirus.[32]
Ben McAdams U.S. House Utah District 4 March 18, 2020 McAdams announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus.[33]
Jon Huntsman Jr. Candidate, Governor of Utah June 10, 2020 Huntsman announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.[34]
Todd Weiler Utah State Senate District 23 January 25, 2021 State Senate President J. Stuart Adams announced Weiler tested positive for coronavirus.[35]
Deidre Henderson Utah State Senate District 7 August 8, 2020 Henderson announced on Twitter that she tested positive for coronavirus.[36]


Paths to recovery by state

To read about other states’ responses and recoveries, click one of the links below:

Other state government responses

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https://ballotpedia.org/Government_responses_to_and_political_effects_of_the_coronavirus_pandemic,_2020_(STATE)

General resources

The chart below shows coronavirus statistics from countries across the world. The information is provided by Real Clear Politics.

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

See also

Footnotes

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  9. ↑ Burbio rated Utah's in-person index at 94.3. To read more about Burbio's school opening tracker, click here. To read more about Burbio's methodology, click here.
  10. ↑ Burbio, "Burbio's K-12 School Opening Tracker," accessed Oct. 8, 2021
  11. ↑ Burbio rated Utah's in-person index between 60-80. To read more about Burbio's school opening tracker, click here. To read more about Burbio's methodology, click here.
  12. ↑ Burbio, "Burbio's K-12 School Opening Tracker," accessed Oct. 8, 2021
  13. ↑ Governor of Utah, "Governor Issues Executive Order Adopting Updated Phased Guidelines and the State Health Department Issues Public Health Order Mandating Masks in all K-12 Schools," July 20, 2020
  14. ↑ Deseret News, "Governor approves school board plan for reopening Utah public schools this fall," June 29, 2020
  15. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah K-12 schools will remain closed through academic year due to coronavirus," April 14, 2020
  16. ↑ Daily Herald, "Gov. Herbert says Utah schools will extend closure until May 1," March 23, 2020
  17. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah K-12 schools dismissed for a two-week ‘soft closure’ due to coronavirus," March 13, 2020
  18. ↑ Entry.Utah.Gov, "Inbound Travel Declaration Program, accessed June 29, 2020
  19. ↑ Visit Utah, "RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL IN UTAH," accessed June 29, 2020
  20. ↑ KSL News Radio, "Governor announces travel restrictions into Utah," April 8, 2020
  21. ↑ Salt Lake Tribune, "What the state’s new COVID-19 strategy means for Utahns," accessed October 14, 2020
  22. ↑ Utah Department of Health, "Health guidance for all levels," accessed October 14, 2020
  23. ↑ Governor Gary Herbert, "GOVERNOR DECLARES NEW STATE OF EMERGENCY TO ADDRESS HOSPITAL OVERCROWDING, CASE SURGE," accessed November 10, 2020
  24. ↑ KSL, "Sen. Vickers recovering from breakthrough COVID infection with complications that left him hospitalized," September 27, 2021
  25. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Two Utah House candidates have COVID-19 and a third is in self-quarantine," October 26, 2020
  26. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Two Utah House candidates have COVID-19 and a third is in self-quarantine," October 26, 2020
  27. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Two Utah House candidates have COVID-19 and a third is in self-quarantine," October 26, 2020
  28. ↑ The Hill, "GOP Sen. Mike Lee tests positive for coronavirus," October 2, 2020
  29. ↑ Herald-Standard, "House candidate from Utah tested positive for COVID-19," October 16, 2020
  30. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah A.G. Sean Reyes tests positive for COVID-19," November 22, 2021
  31. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Top Utah Republican has COVID-19," November 19, 2021
  32. ↑ ABC4, "Senator Luz Escamilla tests positive for COVID-19, sparks changes at Capitol building," March 23, 2020
  33. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Rep. Ben McAdams tests positive for coronavirus," March 18, 2020
  34. ↑ The Hill, "Jon Huntsman tests positive for coronavirus," June 10, 2020
  35. ↑ Fox 13, "House rep hospitalized, two senators test positive for COVID-19 at Utah State Capitol," January 25, 2021
  36. ↑ Fox 13, "Sen. Deidre Henderson announces she has tested positive for COVID-19," August 8, 2020
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