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Below please find the twenty-second edition of Stearns Weaver Miller's COVID-19 Legal Compass, highlighting government updates, alerts on critical topics, and resources to help you navigate and adapt to this rapidly changing environment.  

All actions described below have been ordered or updated between September 29 - October 1, 2020. We have done our best to include significant, timely information, although new orders and actions are being introduced continuously. View a comprehensive listing of the government actions pertaining to COVID-19 that we have collected to date.

As the release of mandates by local governments tend to be slowing down, our team will no longer be updating the local government portion of the Legal Compass.  

Please email our team with any questions regarding the below information or any local government actions.


RECENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
  • House Passes $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill: The House passed H.R. 925, a revised version of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act. The $2.2 trillion legislation would provide $436 billion to state, local, territorial and tribal governments and $75 billion for coronavirus testing, contact tracing and isolation measures. Additionally, certain businesses would be provided with a second Payment Protection Program ("PPP") loan and individuals would be provided with a second round of direct payments, ensuring weekly $600 federal unemployment payments through January 2021 and preventing unemployed workers from exhausting their eligibility. The bill is a point of negotiation between the House and Senate and is not expected to pass in the Senate.
  • CDC Orders a Halt to Evictions: Effective September 4, 2020, the CDC issued an Order under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act to temporarily halt residential evictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19. The Order applies to residential tenancies in its jurisdiction, and prevents the Landlord from evicting a "covered person" until December 31, 2020. To qualify as a "covered person", a tenant must complete a Declaration and have it on file with his/her landlord.
View a comprehensive listing of Federal Government Actions that we have collected to date.

RECENT STATE OF FLORIDA GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
  • Local Government Meetings: Local governments can continue to establish a quorum virtually until November 1, 2020. The Governor indicated that this extension would be the last and that local governments should be prepared to meet in person beginning on November 1, 2020. Click for more.
View a comprehensive listing of State of Florida Government Actions that we have collected to date.

View an easy-to-read matrix of the Florida government agency orders that we have collected to date.  Highlighted actions are new (September 24 - October 1) since last issue.

FLORIDA COVID-19 MAPS


Our in-house Geographic Information System (GIS) team has created state-of-the-art, proprietary work products using data from the Florida Department of Health website.  These high-definition maps are extremely detailed, searchable, and are created to help easily visualize Florida's progress in regards to the pandemic.
  • Florida COVID-19 Cases as of September 30, by Zip Code. Click for map.
  • Change in Number of Cases from September 23-30, by Zip Code. Click for map.
  • Change in Number of Hospitalizations from September 23-30, by County. Click for map.
RECENT STEARNS WEAVER MILLER COVID-19 UPDATES
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