{"id":"RI-054","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Daniel J. McKee","authority":"R.I. Const. art. IX; R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15 (as amended by 2021-H 6122Aaa art. 3 § 3)","instrument":"Executive Order 21-86","title":"Declaration of Disaster Emergency for New COVID-19 Variants","dateIssued":"2021-08-19","effective":"2021-08-19","end":"2021-09-18 by its terms; extended by EO 21-97 (Sept. 17, through Oct. 16), 21-103 (Oct. 15, through Nov. 13), and later orders; EO 21-109 (Nov. 12, 2021) re-declared the variant emergency","startDate":"2021-08-19","endDate":"2021-09-18","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["all State agencies","the public"],"clause":"WHEREAS, since August 11, 2021, Rhode Island has been experiencing a high level of community transmission of the Delta Variant, defined as more than 100 cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people in the past 7 days... 1. A new state of emergency is declared for the State of Rhode Island due to the dangers to health and life posed by the Delta Variant and other emerging variants and the state disaster emergency plan is activated to deal with this specific threat. 2.... I shall from time to time issue additional recommendations, directions and orders as circumstances require, either written or verbal.","enforcement":"Predicate for EO 21-87 (school masks), 21-89, 21-91, 21-93 and successors","functions":["all (predicate for the third-quarter 2021 orders)"],"notes":"A second, separately declared COVID-19 disaster emergency, issued in the third quarter of 2021 on a finding of \u0027high\u0027 community transmission, forty-four days after the general restrictions were terminated.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur236/files/2021-08/Executive-Order-21-86.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":174228,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"RI","url":"/library/RI-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/RI-054","citation":"Governor Daniel J. McKee, Executive Order 21-86 (Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. RI-054)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["RI-055","RI-053","RI-052","RI-056","RI-057","RI-058","RI-051","RI-059","RI-060","RI-061","RI-062","RI-063"]}