The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(8), 7(12)
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13 (gatherings); 2020-03-16 (Thompson Center) (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- Sec. 1 superseded by EO 2020-07 sec. 2 (50-person prohibition from Mar. 18, 2020) and EO 2020-10 sec. 1 para. 3 (all gatherings, Mar. 21, 2020). Sec. 2 (Thompson Center closure) re-issued monthly through Aug. 21, 2021 (EO 2021-15); omitted from EO 2021-19 (Aug. 20, 2021), which re-issued only sec. 3. (read as 2020-03-18)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 18, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- the public
- event organizers
- State agencies and Thompson Center tenants
- Functions reached
- MK events and shows
- EV conferences
- GATH
- CT State offices closed to the public
- Collection
- Illinois IL
Operative words
Section 1. Beginning March 13, 2020, all public and private gatherings in the State of Illinois of 1,000 or more people are cancelled for the duration of the Gubernational Disaster Proclamation. A public or private gathering includes any event in which appropriate social distancing measures cannot be maintained, such as concerts, festivals, conferences, sporting events, or other planned events with large numbers of people in attendance.... Section 2. Beginning March 16, 2020, the James R. Thompson Center located at 100 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, is closed for the duration of the Gubernational Disaster Proclamation to members of the public, except as necessary for the conduct of state business, to obtain services from a state agency or constitutional office, or to operate a business located in the James R. Thompson Center.
Enforcement
20 ILCS 3305/7; the Thompson Center closure was administered by the Department of Central Management Services (EO 2021-15)
Notes
First Illinois instrument limiting group meetings; the Thompson Center closure kept a principal State office building closed to the public for 17 months (through Aug. 21, 2021).