The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9
- Issued
- 2020-08-14 Aug. 14, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-14 (immediately) (read as 2020-08-14)
- End
- Six months (extended by 9A, 9L, 10A, 11 to May 20, 2021); section 1 repealed May 18, 2021 by EO 12 s.1 (then EO 12A); section 2 superseded Apr. 19, 2021 by EO 11A (read as 2021-05-20)
- In force
- Aug. 14, 2020 to May 20, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- any person in a public place, indoors or outdoors
- transit passengers
- DECD (updated Sector Rules and Safe Workplace Rules; private gathering limits)
- Functions reached
- all customer-facing and workplace functions
- GATH private gatherings
- WF
- Collection
- Connecticut CT
Operative words
Effective immediately, any person in a public place in Connecticut, whether indoors or outdoors, who does not maintain a safe social distance of approximately six feet from every other person shall cover their mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face-covering.... Any person who declines to wear a mask or face covering because of a medical condition shall be exempt from this order and any requirement to wear masks in Sector Rules... but only if such person provides written documentation that the person is qualified for the exemption from a licensed medical provider... The Commissioner of DECD may issue or amend Sector Rules to establish size limits for private gatherings of people who do not live in the same household, regardless of whether such gathering has been organized by a business.
Enforcement
100-dollar fine from Sept. 15, 2020 (EO 9B s.2(a)); business entity liable for employee's failure; municipal orders preempted where in conflict (s.1(c))