{"id":"DE-022","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Delaware","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor John C. Carney","authority":"20 Del. C. ch. 31","instrument":"Eighteenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency","title":"Eighteenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (houses of worship: in-person services of ten or fewer, or at up to 30 percent of fire occupancy with precautions)","dateIssued":"2020-05-18","effective":"2020-05-20 (approved May 18, 2020 at 12:30 p.m.)","end":"Superseded by Phase 1 and Phase 2 worship provisions (DE-024 § D.n; DE-031 § N)","startDate":"2020-05-20","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","EVT","CAP"],"addressees":["houses of worship and places of religious expression"],"clause":"§ A: the Tenth Modification\u0027s ten-person limit \u0027is hereby stricken in its entirety and replaced with the following: \u0022Houses of worship..., while strongly encouraged, where possible, to restrict services to remote broadcast by telephone or video, are permitted to conduct... a. in-person services and gatherings of 10 or fewer people; or b. in-person services and gatherings that satisfy the requirements of this Eighteenth Modification\u0022\u0027 at \u0027a maximum of 30% of stated fire occupancy requirements but... lower if needed\u0027 for distancing.","enforcement":"20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3116(9), 3122, 3125 (Modification clause)","functions":["WS worship services capped at ten or 30 percent","RE religious education and gatherings"],"notes":"Recited in the Omnibus as \u0027encouraging virtual services but expanding the ability of houses of worship... to conduct in-person services with safety precautions\u0027 (DE-031 at 5).","sourceUrl":"https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/Executive-Orders/Carney/public-health/Eighteenth-Modification-to-State-of-Emergency-May-18-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":199084,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DE","url":"/library/DE-022","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DE-022","citation":"Governor John C. Carney, Eighteenth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (May 18, 2020) (Ex. DE-022)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["DE-024","DE-031","DE-023","DE-021","DE-020","DE-019","DE-049","DE-018","DE-017","DE-025","DE-016","DE-026"]}