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); May 28, 2021 proclamation of 'an epidemic emergency and a public health emergency under Section 4' of the IEMA Act
- Issued
- 2021-06-11 June 11, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-11 (effective immediately) (read as 2021-06-11)
- End
- Re-issued in its entirety (as amended by EO 2021-15) through Oct. 16, 2021 (EOs 2021-14, -15, -19, -23) and beyond (read as 2021-10-16)
- In force
- June 11, 2021 to Oct. 16, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementOther
- Addressees
- all individuals
- all businesses, nonprofits and educational entities
- public transportation
- congregate facilities
- health-care settings
- schools and day care (by reference to ISBE, DCFS and IDPH guidance)
- Functions reached
- MASK (transportation, transportation hubs, congregate facilities, health care) for all persons all quarter
- WF commuting by transit under a mask mandate
- IC infection control (health-care masking)
- IN/EC schools and day care under separate binding guidance
- Collection
- Illinois IL
Operative words
The intent of this Executive Order is to safely and conscientiously, and in a manner consistent with CDC guidance, expand activities that were limited during the prior mitigation Phases of the State's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This Executive Order supersedes Executive Order 2021-10.... Face coverings. Any individual who is not fully vaccinated and who is over age two and able to medically tolerate a face covering... should cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when in a public place and unable to maintain a six-foot social distance. All individuals, including those who are fully vaccinated, shall be required to wear a face covering consistent with CDC guidance, including (1) on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation and in transportation hubs such as airports and train and bus stations; (2) in congregate facilities such as correctional facilities and homeless shelters; and (3) in healthcare settings. Individuals in schools, day care settings, and educational institutions should continue to follow separate guidance issued by the Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, and the Illinois Department of Public Health.... Public health requirements for businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations.... Those entities are urged to adopt the following public health measures... All businesses are urged to: ensure that employees who are not fully vaccinated practice social distancing and wear face coverings when social distancing is not always possible;... make hand sanitizer and sanitizing products available; maintain accommodations (such as separate operating hours or online options) for vulnerable populations.
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.'
Notes
The instrument that ended Illinois' general capacity and gathering restrictions on June 11, 2021. It did not end the emergency, the transportation and health-care mask mandates, the eviction moratorium, or the school and day-care regime, and it was itself in force by re-issue on every day of the third quarter of 2021.