The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Illinois Constitution; 20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(8), 7(9), 7(12)
- Issued
- 2020-06-26 June 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-26 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-06-26)
- End
- Re-issued monthly (EOs 2020-44, -48, -52, -55, -59, -71) and, as amended by EOs 2020-55 and 2020-59 and under EO 2021-03's framework, by EOs 2021-01 through 2021-09 (through May 29, 2021); superseded Nov. 20, 2020-Jan./Feb. 2021 by the Tier 3 order (EO 2020-73) and on May 17, 2021 by the Bridge order (EO 2021-10) (read as 2021-05-29)
- In force
- June 26, 2020 to May 29, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all individuals
- all businesses, nonprofits and educational entities
- retail
- manufacturers
- office buildings
- indoor venues and meeting spaces
- restaurants and bars
- gyms
- personal services
- places of public amusement
- outdoor recreation and youth sports
- film production
- Functions reached
- GATH (fifty)
- MC/BQ meetings, conventions, banquets (fifty or 50 percent)
- SF retail 50 percent
- FC gyms 50 percent
- PF production (downsize)
- OF offices (telework where possible)
- DR dining (DCEO limits)
- PE/AM amusement (DCEO limits)
- WF (masks; schools under EO 2020-47)
- Collection
- Illinois IL
Operative words
This Executive Order supersedes Executive Order 2020-38.... Wear a face covering in public places or when working. Any individual who is over age two and able to medically tolerate a face covering... shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when in a public place and unable to maintain a six-foot social distance.... Limit gatherings. Any gathering of more than fifty people is prohibited unless exempted by this Executive Order.... Requirements for all businesses. All businesses must: continue to evaluate which employees are able to work from home, and are encouraged to facilitate remote work from home when possible; ensure that employees practice social distancing and wear face coverings when social distancing is not always possible;... Requirements for retail stores.... cap occupancy at 50 percent of store capacity... Requirements for manufacturers.... modify and downsize operations (staggering shifts, reducing line speeds, operating only essential lines, while shutting down non-essential lines)... Requirements for office buildings.... consider implementing capacity limits where the physical space does not allow for social distancing; allow telework where possible... Requirements for meetings and events. Indoor venues and meeting spaces can operate with the lesser of fifty attendees or fifty percent of room capacity, and in accordance with DCEO guidance. Requirements for restaurants and bars. All businesses that offer food or beverages for on-premises consumption... may resume service for on-premises consumption, as permitted by DCEO guidance.... Requirements for fitness and exercise gyms. Fitness and exercise gyms may be open in a manner consistent with DCEO guidance, which involves operating for member workouts at a maximum of 50 percent capacity... Requirements for places of public amusement. Places of public amusement may resume services consistent with DCEO guidance for indoor and outdoor recreation (including but not limited to arcades, bowling alleys, and driving ranges), museums and aquariums, zoos and botanical gardens, theaters and performing arts, and outdoor seated spectator events.
Enforcement
'This Executive Order may be enforced by State and local law enforcement pursuant to, inter alia, Section 7, Section 15, Section 18, and Section 19 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305. Businesses must follow guidance provided or published by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity regarding safety measures during Phase IV...' Whistleblower Act sec. 25(b) retaliation prohibition.
Notes
The baseline for eleven months. DCEO Phase 4 guidance (incorporated by reference) set indoor dining at parties of ten with six-foot spacing and standing areas at 25 percent, gyms at 50 percent with classes of fifty or fewer, and meetings and conventions at the lesser of fifty or 50 percent.