The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois (Region 4: Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair and Washington Counties — the Metro East) · Illinois
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(8), 7(9), 7(12)
- Issued
- 2020-08-18 Aug. 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-18 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-08-18)
- End
- 2020-10-09 (rescinded by EO 2020-58 upon Region 4 meeting the metrics); Region 4 re-entered mitigations Oct. 28, 2020 (EO 2020-63) (read as 2020-10-09)
- In force
- Aug. 18, 2020 to Oct. 9, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- restaurants and bars in Region 4
- meeting and event venues
- gaming venues and casinos
- all businesses and establishments in Region 4
- Functions reached
- DR/BA dining and bar (curfew, no bar service)
- BQ/MC meetings and events (25)
- AM casinos and gaming (25 percent; 11 p.m.)
- OF/WF telework mandate for high-risk workers
- Collection
- Illinois IL
Operative words
Section 1. The following public health restrictions and mitigations are instituted for the Metro East region, comprised of Bond, Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington Counties: Mitigation for restaurants and bars.... All restaurants and bars in the region must close at 11:00 p.m. All customers must be seated at tables spaced at least six feet apart. Indoor tables must be limited to groups of no more than six people. Bar stools must be removed from the bar area, and ordering, seating, or congregating at the bar area is not permitted.... Standing, congregating, or dancing on premises is not permitted. Each party must have a reservation... Mitigation for meetings and social events.... Meetings and social events are limited to the lesser of 25 people or 25% of overall room capacity. Attendance lists must be kept for contact tracing. Party buses are not permitted. Mitigation for gaming and casinos.... Gaming venues and casinos must close, and gaming terminals must stop operating, at 11:00 p.m. Gaming venues and casinos are limited to 25% capacity. Mitigation for all workplaces. Businesses and establishments shall institute remote work for high risk individuals, and shall evaluate whether additional workers can telework. This Executive Order encourages remote work for as many workers as possible. Section 2. This Executive Order supplements the Community Revitalization Order (Executive Order 2020-43), which remains in effect.
Enforcement
As under EO 2020-43 (20 ILCS 3305/7, 15, 18, 19); local health departments and liquor commissioners
Notes
The first regional resurgence order and the template for every one that followed; it reaches the Illinois half of the St. Louis metropolitan area.