Local Regulations

Many local governments have introduced new requirements for businesses due to the increase in COVID-19 cases across the state.

Most recent restrictions announced include:

Find a full list of counties across Florida below, with additional information about current local regulations and links to access the county or city’s COVID-19 news and resources.

Florida's Plan for Recovery.

Florida is currently in Phase 2 of the Governor’s Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida's Recovery.

Read the full report from the Governor’s Task Force to Re-Open Florida, which outlines each phase of the plan.

The plan is implemented by Governor Ron DeSantis through Executive Orders

On June 21, the Florida Department of Health issued a Public Health Advisory encouraging residents to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 during Phase 2 by taking proactive measures. These guidelines are based on recommendations issued by the Task Force.

State of Florida Executive Orders

Executive Order 20-244, September 25
Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-244, moving all of Florida’s 67 counties into Phase 3.

Executive Order 20-223, September 14

Executive Order 20-139, June 3
This Executive Order outlines the execution of Phase 2 of the Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida's Recovery.

Executive Order 20-123, May 15
This Executive Order implements “full Phase 1” of the Governor’s Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery.

Executive Order 20-121, May 14
This action provides a limited extension of mortgage foreclosure and eviction relief.

Executive Order 20-120, May 9
This Executive Order provides detailed information regarding Palm Beach County Phase 1.

• FAQ Related to Barbershops and Cosmetology Salons
  Pursuant to Executive Order 20-120 as issued on May 9 2020.
• Information for Barbershops, Cosmetology Salons, and Cosmetology Specialty Salons

Executive Order 20-112, April 30
This Executive Order outlines Phase 1 of the Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida's Recovery.
For a full list of the Governor’s Executive Orders, visit: https://www.flgov.com/covid-19-executive-orders/

COVID-19 Cases in Florida

Florida Department of Health COVID-19 Dashboard
Updated Daily

Agency for Health Care Administration Hospital Bed Capacity
Updated Daily

COVID-19 Toolkit
What you need to know about COVID-19 in Florida

CDC Guidance on COVID-19
Find the latest guidance from the CDC on how to stay safe and healthy

Federal Programs to Support Florida Businesses

Paycheck Protection Program
Learn eligibility requirements for loan forgiveness

State Programs to Support Floridians

Re-employment Assistance
File a claim and check your status

Florida Division of Emergency Management
Make your plan for hurricane season and get prepared

Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Price Gouging Hotline
Report price gouging

Resources to Support Retail Recovery

Operation Open Doors
The National Retail Federation provides guidance for retailers to safely and successfully reopen and recover.

Small Business Support
The Florida Retail Federation is committed to supporting small businesses across the Sunshine State navigate through the various programs and regulations across all levels of government. Visit our Small Business Support center to view past webinars, find FAQs and browse other resources available to support small businesses.

Local Regulations

Find out how regulations affect you and your business by clicking on your county’s COVID-19 resources web page below.  

• Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses (2nd Amendment), 7/2
• Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses (1st Amendment), 5/20

Baker County

• City of Panama City Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/15
  • PCB Mask FAQ, 7/15

Bradford County

Brevard County

• City of Cocoa
  • NEW: Mask Requirement Emergency Ordinance, 8/14
  • Resolution No. 2020-172 Urging use of face coverings, 6/30
• City of Cocoa Beach
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 7/7
• City of Grant-Valkaria
  • Face covering requirement for employees and visitors to Town Hall, 6/8
• City of Indialantic
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/9
• City of Indian Harbour Beach
  • Emergency Ordinance No. 2020-01 Face Coverings, 7/15
• City of Melbourne
  • CM EO 2020-19 Temporary Personnel Policy for Personal Protective Equipment, 7/13
• City of Melbourne Beach
  • Emergency Order No. 2020-07 Essential Businesses Required to Mandate Face Coverings and Storefront Businesses Required to Post Their Policy, 7/16
  • Emergency Order No. 2020-06 Requiring Face Coverings at All Indoor Town Facilities to Minimize the Spread of COVID-19, 7/16
• City of Palm Shores
  • Order Requiring Use of Face Coverings, 7/9
• City of Rockledge
  • Order Strongly Urging Face Mask/Coverings, 7/13
• City of Satellite Beach
  • Emergency Ordinance 03-2020: Face Coverings for all city business, 7/30
  • Emergency Ordinance 02-2020: Face Coverings for essential business, 7/6
  • Emergency Ordinance 01-2020: Face Coverings for City Facilities, 7/6
• City of Titusville
  • City Resolution 21-2020 Encourages face coverings at all indoor locations, 7/2

Broward County

• EO Mandating Closure for Failure to Comply with Guidelines, 6/25
• Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 6/24
• Face Mask Requirements FAQ
• Sign Requirements for All Retail Establishments, 6/16

• City of Cooper City
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/10
• City of Coral Springs
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/10
• City of Dania Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/10
• City of Davie Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/7
• City of Deerfield Beach
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 4/7
• City of Ft. Lauderdale
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/10
• City of Hallandale Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements for All Public Places, 4/9
• City of Hollywood
  • Emergency Order 2020-06 Required Public Use of Facial Coverings, 6/25
  • Face Mask Requirements, 4/9
• City of Miramar
  • Face Mask Requirements for All Public Places, 5/21
• City of Oakland Park
  • Face Mask Recommendations for All Public Places, 4/7
• City of Parkland
  • Sign Requirements for All Retail Establishments, 6/15
• City of Plantation
  • Face Mask Recommendations for All Public Places, 4/8
• City of Pompano Beach
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 4/8
• City of Tamarac
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 4/8
• City of Wilton Manors
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 4/10

Calhoun County

Charlotte County

• Face Mask Requirements, 7/28

• City of Punta Gorda
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/8

Citrus County

Clay County

Collier County

• Emergency Order 20-05: Facial Coverings, 7/21

• City of Fort Myers Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/2

Columbia County

DeSoto County

Dixie County

Duval County

• City of Jacksonville
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/29

Escambia County

• City of Pensacola
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/26

Flagler County

• Face Mask Requirements, 7/13

• City of Flagler Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/9
• City of Palm Coast
  • Face Mask Recommendations

Franklin County

• City of Apalachcola
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/2
• City of Carabelle
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 7/10

Gadsden County

• Face Mask Requirements for All Public Places, 5/22

Gilchrist County

Glades County

Gulf County

Hamilton County

Hardee County

Hendry County

Hernando County

Highlands County

Hillsborough County

• NEW: Executive Order: Amended Seventh Extension of Order on Facial Coverings, 8/14
• NEW: Emergency Policy Group: Face Coverings Order Now Includes Children at Least 5 Years of Age, 8/13
• Executive Order: Extension of Order on Facial Coverings, 8/3
• 4th Amended Face Coverings rule from the Emergency Policy Group, 7/20
• Further Amended Face Coverings rule from the Emergency Policy Group, 7/13
• Face Mask Requirements for Businesses, 7/6
• Rewritten Face Coverings rule from the Emergency Policy Group, 7/6

• City of Tampa
  • Executive Order 2020-30 - Face Coverings, 6/24
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 6/19

Holmes County

Indian River County

• Emergency Order 2020-16 Terminating Emergency Order 2020-15 re: face coverings, 7/15
• Ordinance No. 2020-09 Face Mask Requirements, 7/14
• Face Mask Requirements for Businesses, 6/29

Jackson County

Jefferson County

Lafayette County

Lake County

• City of Leesburg
  • Resolution: Mask Requirement, 7/27

Lee County

• City of Sanibel
  • Proclamation No. 20-041 Amendment raising mandatory minimum age for children wearing facial coverings from age 2 to 6 years old, 7/7
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 6/30

Leon County

• Face Mask Recommendations for All Public Places, 6/23
• For FAQs regarding the requirement of face masks, click here. For sample mask signage, click here.

Levy County

Liberty County

Madison County

Manatee County

• Resolution 20-116: Mask Mandate, 7/27

• City of Bradenton
  • Emergency Ordinance 3067: Face Covering Signage Requirements, 7/15
• City of Anna Maria
  • NEW: City Order 57: Requiring Facemask and Social Distancing, 8/14
  • City Order #45: Requiring Facemask Use and Social Distancing, 7/23
  • City Order #42 - Requiring Facemask Use and Social Distancing, 7/17
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/10
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/27
• City of Holmes Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/28

Marion County

• City of Ocala
  • NEW: City Council Overrides Veto; Implements Emergency Mask Mandate for Indoor Spaces, 8/12
  • Mayoral Veto of Ordinance 2020-47, 8/10
  • Emergency Ordinance 2020-47 Requiring Face Coverings for Indoor Locations, 8/24

Martin County

• Executive Order 20-15 (Face Coverings in Public), 8/7
• Executive Order 20-15 (Face Coverings in Public), 8/7
• Mask Mandate expired; Extension on Agenda 8/25, 8/11
• Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 6/19

Miami-Dade County

• Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 7/8
• Amendment No. 1 to Emergency Order 20-20 re: Masks or other facial coverings when in public, 7/2
• Emergency Order 20-20 Facial coverings, 4/9

• City Aventura
  • Order and Supplement to Declaration of State of Emergency (Order Number 14 - Revised) facial coverings, 7/6
  • Order and Supplement to Declaration of State of Emergency (Order Number 14) facial coverings, 7/3
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 5/10
• City of Biscayne Park
  • Amended Declaration of State of Emergency COVID-19 Extension Requiring Facial Coverings, 7/22
• City of Coral Gables
• City of Cutler Bay
  • Amendment 1 to Emergency Order 20-07: Facial Coverings, 7/2
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/9
• City of Doral
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/10
• City of Florida City
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 4/9
• City of Golden Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 4/10
• City of Hialeah
  • Face Mask Requirements for All Public Places, 5/13
• City of Hialeah Gardens
  • Face Mask Requirements, 4/8
• City of Homestead
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/10
• City of Key Biscayne
  • Amendment 1 to Emergency Order 20-11 - Mandatory Face Coverings, 7/2
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/26
• City of Medley
  • Face Mask Requirements, 5/13
• City of Miami Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements for All Public Places, 6/10
• City of Miami
  • Order No. 20-16 - Mandatory Facial Coverings, 6/25
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/8
• City of Miami Lakes
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/9
• City of Miami Springs
  • Amendment 1 to Emergency Order 20-04 Regarding Wearing of Masks (Required Indoors & Outdoors, Complying w/ County Order), 7/2
  • City Emergency Order 20-04 Makes Wearing Facial Coverings or Masks in Public Mandatory, 6/26
• City of North Miami
  • Emergency Order requiring the use of facial coverings, regulations related to bars, restaurants and social gatherings, 7/3
  • Face Mask Requirements, 4/9
• City of Opa-Locka
  • Face Mask Requirements, 4/28
• City of Palmetto Bay
  • Amended Emergency Order 05-20, 7/2
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 4/9
• City of Surfside
  • Face Mask Requirements, 4/10

Monroe County

• Emergency Directive 20-10: Mandatory Facial Coverings, 6/26
• Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 6/17

• City of Key Colony Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 6/12
• City of Key West
  • Emergency Ordinance No. 20-08 Amending Ordinance No. 20-07 re: Facial Coverings, 7/22
  • Amendment 3 to State of Local Emergency Directive 2020-13, 7/13
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/26

Nassau County

• Executive Order No. 18 extending face coverings at indoor business establishments, 7/29
• Face Mask Requirements, 7/2

• City of Fernandina Beach
  • Restriction of Resolution 2020-94 to indoor spaces, 7/15
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/2

Okaloosa County

• Emergency Ordinance 2020-06 A COVID-19 / Mask Mandate, 7/22

Okeechobee County

Orange County

• Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 6/20

• Orlando
• Face Mask Requirements for Various Businesses, 6/19

Osceola County

• Emergency Ordinance 2020-60: Face Coverings, 7/20
• Face Mask Requirements for All Public Places, 4/13

Palm Beach County

• Face Mask Recommendations for All Public Places, 6/23
• Sign Requirements for Retail Establishmnets, 6/25

• City of Boca Raton
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 4/9
• City of Boyton Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 4/20
• City of Delray Beach
  • Resolution 129-20 - Extending Directives on Wearing of Facial Coverings, 7/24
  • Face Mask Recommendations for All Public Places, 5/16
• City of Ocean Ridge
  • Face Mask Recommendations, 4/13

Pasco County

• Face Mask Recommendations for All Public Places, 6/23

Pinellas County

• Face Mask Recommendations for All Public Places, 6/23

• City of St. Petersburg
  • Face Mask Requirements for City Employees, 6/19
  • Contingency Plan Requirements for All Businesses, 6/19

Polk County

• City of Lakeland
  • Resolution 20-031 Requiring Face Coverings in Indoor Public Locations, 8/3
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/2
• City of Winter Haven
  • Emergency Ordinance No. O-20-28: Face Coverings, 7/13

Putnam County

• City of Palatka
  • Resolution 20-031 Mandatory Masks in Public [order text forthcoming], 7/1

St. Johns County

• Emergency Order 20-9: Face Coverings in County Facilities, 7/27

• City of St. Augustine
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/27
• City of St. Augustine Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/6

St. Lucie County

• Mask Mandate amendment -- removal of criminal charge, 7/28
• Emergency Order No. 20-049 Providing for Face Coverings in Public, 7/11
• Mandatory Masks for Certain Retail & Resturant Workers, 7/1

Santa Rosa County

• City of Gulf Breeze
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/26

Sarasota County

• City of Sarasota
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/29

• City of Venice
  • Resolution On Agenda, 6/21

Seminole County

• Face Mask Recommendations, 7/1

Sumter County

Suwannee County

Taylor County

• City of Perry
  • Emergency Ordinance: Face Masks, 7/16

Union County

Volusia County

• Resolution 2020-132 Encouraging Face Coverings, 7/21

• City of Daytona Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 6/28
• City of Daytona Beach Shores
  • Executive Order #1 Urging Use of Face Coverings, 7/14
• City of DeBary
  • Resolution No. 2020-21 emphasizing the importance of wearing face coverings at all indoor locations and outdoor locations where social distancing is not possible, 7/15
• City of Deland
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/6
• City of Deltona
  • Resolution 2020-47: Encouraging Masks, 7/7
• City of Lake Helen
  • Resolution 2020-11 Encouraging Mask Use, 7/9
• City of Orange City
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/7
• City of Ormond Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/2
• City of New Smyrna Beach
  • Face Mask Requirements, 7/1