{"id":"SEC-16-047","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"16","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.","instrument":"Executive Order No. 241","title":"Lifting the outdoor mask requirement; continuing face coverings in indoor workplaces and indoor public spaces; no masks required at indoor private gatherings of fewer than 50","dateIssued":"2021-05-17","effective":"2021-05-17 (\u0022This Order shall take effect immediately\u0022)","end":"Indoor mask requirement lifted by EO 242 (May 24, 2021); school and child-care mask rules continued under EO 149, 175 and 237","startDate":"2021-05-17","endDate":"2021-05-24","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["all individuals","employers and entities","child care centers, youth summer camps and public, private and parochial schools (excluded from the outdoor relief)"],"clause":"1. Individuals in outdoor public spaces are not required to wear masks, regardless of their ability to maintain six feet of distance from other individuals or groups, and regardless of their vaccination status. Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 163 (2020) is hereby rescinded.... 2. In addition, for purposes of Paragraph 1 of this Order, \u0022outdoor public spaces\u0022 do not include child care centers, other child care facilities, youth summer camps, and public, private, and parochial preschool program premises, and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools, which continue to be governed by Executive Orders No. 149 (2020), No. 175 (2020), and No. 237 (2021), and any applicable standards issued by the Commissioner of the DOH.... 4. As provided for in Executive Order No. 192 (2020), all individuals shall continue to wear face coverings in indoor workplaces, subject only to exceptions that have previously existed, such as when employees are at distanced workstations or in their own offices. 5. As provided for in Executive Order No. 192 (2020), Executive Order No. 240 (2021), and any other Executive Order or agency order or directive that outlines protocols for indoor public spaces, all individuals shall continue to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces, including but not limited to retail, recreational, and entertainment businesses, food or beverage establishments, and casinos, subject only to exceptions that have previously existed, such as when individuals are eating or drinking. 6. Individuals at gatherings in indoor private spaces that number fewer than 50 individuals are not required to wear masks...","enforcement":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50 (para. 10)","functions":["WS and FC indoor face coverings continued in indoor public spaces and indoor workplaces (paras. 4-5) until EO 242","RE parochial schools, church preschools and child care kept under the mask rules of EO 149, 175 and 237 (para. 2)","HR and OP indoor workplace masking (para. 4)"],"notes":"Correction (repair, Sept. 27, 2026): EO 241 is a mask order; it does not revise gathering limits. New Jersey\u0027s indoor gathering limits were lifted by EO 242 (May 24, 2021) and the remaining orders wound down by EO 244 (June 4, 2021) (NJ State file).","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-241.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":97881,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-16","url":"/library/SEC-16-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-16-047","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 241 (May 17, 2021) (Ex. SEC-16-047)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-16-046","SEC-16-117"]}