The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Wash. Const. art. III; chapter 43.06 RCW (Governor)
- Effective
- standing
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declaration
- Addressees
- the Governor (whose proclamations bind persons generally and every business)
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Washington DUT-WA
Operative words
The governor may, after finding that a public disorder, disaster, energy emergency, or riot exists within this state or any part thereof which affects life, health, property, or the public peace, proclaim a state of emergency in the area affected, and the powers granted the governor during a state of emergency shall be effective only within the area described in the proclamation
Penalty
Orders issued under the proclaimed emergency are enforced through RCW 43.06.220(5) (gross misdemeanor) and RCW 38.52.150(2)
What it required
The predicate power for Proclamation 20-05 (Feb. 29, 2020) and every amendment; the Ninth Circuit held in Slidewaters that the pandemic 'was both a public disorder and a disaster affecting life and health in Washington' within this subsection.
Retrieval noteRendered from the February 1, 2021 archived capture (text in force during the period). RCW 43.06.220 itself, with its subsection (5) penalty, is already held as Ex. LAW-340 and is cited, not re-saved.