{"id":"WI-029","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wisconsin Supreme Court","authority":"Wis. Const. art. VII, § 3","instrument":"Order, In re the Matter of Modification of Circuit Court and Municipal Accommodations That Were Required Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic","title":"Order superseding the Oct. 1, 2020 order; masking, distancing and sanitizing left to county-wide decisions with chief-judge approval","dateIssued":"2021-05-21","effective":"2021-05-21","end":"Not terminated during the period; in force through Q3 2021","startDate":"2021-05-21","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK"],"addressees":["all circuit and municipal courts","chief judges"],"clause":"NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, the Court no longer requires that personal masking, social distancing, and sanitizing court facilities be part of any plan for circuit court and municipal court proceedings approved by the chief judge of the applicable judicial district. Instead, circuit courts and municipal courts, with the approval of the applicable chief judge, shall make county-wide decisions about what is in the best interest of circuit court and municipal court operations, respectively. This includes deciding whether or not to continue to require masking, social distancing, and sanitizing court facilities on a county by county basis.","enforcement":"Supreme Court administrative order","functions":["CT courts county by county through Q3 2021","MASK where counties continued it"],"notes":"Ziegler, C.J., concurring in part: \u0027the court still requires one final step of one COVID-19 order--obtaining chief judge approval.\u0027 Q3 2021 court conditions in Wisconsin were set county by county under this order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.wicourts.gov/supreme/docs/sco_modcircuitctmuniaccom.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":182578,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WI","url":"/library/WI-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WI-029","citation":"Wisconsin Supreme Court, Order, In re the Matter of Modification of Circuit Court and Municipal Accommodations That Were Required Because of the COVID-19 Pandemic (May 21, 2021) (Ex. WI-029)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":["WI-027","WI-028","WI-043","WI-045","WI-044"]}