{"id":"MN-038","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tim Walz","authority":"Minn. Stat. §§ 12.21, 12.32","instrument":"Emergency Executive Order 21-21, Safely Sunsetting COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions; Amending Emergency Executive Orders 20-55, 20-81 and 21-11 (May 6, 2021)","title":"Safely Sunsetting COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions","dateIssued":"2021-05-06","effective":"2021-05-07 (step 1); 2021-05-27 11:59 p.m. (step 2, all-business Plan as the sole business requirement)","end":"2021-06-30 11:59 p.m. (EO 21-11 including ¶ 13, EO 20-81, 20-54, 20-55 rescinded; emergency terminated 11:59 p.m. July 1, 2021 by Laws 2021, 1st Spec. Sess., ch. 12, art. 2, § 23, Ex. MN-041)","startDate":"2021-05-07","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","COND"],"addressees":["all businesses in Minnesota","restaurants, gyms, pools, venues","at-risk persons","schools"],"clause":"1. Effective on Friday, May 7, 2021 at 12:00 pm (noon)... Indoor social gatherings up to a maximum of 50 people are permitted... 2. Effective on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 11:59 pm, Executive Orders 20-23, 20-28, 20-39, 20-43, 20-46, 20-51, 20-58, 20-86, 20-101, and paragraphs 6 and 7 of Executive Order 21-11, as amended by paragraph 1 of this Executive Order, are rescinded.... 13. Requirements for all businesses. All businesses in Minnesota are required to have a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan (\u0027Plan\u0027) and implement that Plan.... vi. Face coverings. All businesses must ensure that face coverings are worn as set forth in Executive Order 20-81... 3.... Effective two business days after that notification, or on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 11:59 pm, whichever occurs first, Executive Orders 20-26, 20-50, 20-54, 20-55, 20-70, 20-81, 21-02, and 21-11, are rescinded. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the provisions of Executive Orders 20-19, 20-82, 20-94, and 20-95 do not apply beyond the 2020-2021 school year... Effective on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 11:59 pm, Executive Orders 20-19, 20-82, 20-94, and 20-95 are rescinded. 5. Paragraph 1 of Executive Order 20-55 is amended by the following deletion... People who can work from home must do so.","enforcement":"EO 21-11 para. 12 penalties through May 27; Plan requirement enforceable by DLI through June 30, 2021","functions":["DR (10 per table, outdoor caps lifted May 7)","FC/PE outdoor caps lifted May 7","GATH 50 indoors May 7, uncapped May 27","HR/OP mandatory certified Plan for every business to June 30, 2021","OF at-risk telework sentence deleted May 7","IN school orders end with school year"],"notes":"The instrument that ended Minnesota\u0027s general business restrictions: capacity and gathering limits at 11:59 p.m. May 27, 2021; face coverings, worker protections, at-risk provisions and the all-business Plan at 11:59 p.m. June 30, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/execorders/21-21.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":416747,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/MN-038","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-038","citation":"Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 21-21, Safely Sunsetting COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions; Amending Emergency Executive Orders 20-55, 20-81 and 21-11 (May 6, 2021) (Ex. MN-038)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-041","AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-031","DUT-MN-013","DUT-MN-015","SEC-05-GM-010","SEC-09-GM-040","SEC-16-GM-009","SEC-17-GM-026","SEC-20-GM-048","SEC-26-GM-002","SEC-26-GM-004","SEC-26-GM-034"]}