The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ky. Const.; KRS ch. 39A
- Issued
- 2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-26 8:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-26)
- End
- Reopening by phases under EO 2020-323 from May 11, 2020; rescinded June 11, 2021 by EO 2021-386 para. 1 (read as 2020-05-11)
- In force
- Mar. 26, 2020 to May 11, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- all businesses
- professional services firms
- state, county and local government
- landlords and law enforcement
- Functions reached
- OF offices closed except minimum basic operations
- PF production floor (non-critical manufacturing closed)
- SF
- SR
- CT government offices
- PM property management (evictions suspended)
- CB
- WF
- SC
- Collection
- Kentucky KY
Operative words
This Order should be construed broadly to prohibit in-person work that is not necessary to protect or sustain life.... 1. Only Life-Sustaining Businesses May Remain Open. All businesses that are not life-sustaining shall cease operations effective Thursday, March 26, 2020, at 8:00 p.m., except as needed to conduct Minimum Basic Operations... (o) Professional services.... Professional services firms must implement telecommuting and remote work to the fullest extent possible, and should only use in-person interaction to support Minimum Basic Operations or where telecommuting is impossible.... 2. Telework Permitted. The prohibition does not apply to virtual or telework operations. 3. Social Distancing and Hygiene Required. All businesses permitted to operate... must follow, to the fullest extent practicable, social distancing and hygiene guidance... Failure to do so is a violation of this Order, and could subject said business to closure or additional penalties as authorized by law.... 7. In-Person Government Services. All in-person government activities at the state, county, and local level that are not necessary to sustain or protect life, or to supporting Life-Sustaining Businesses, are suspended.
Enforcement
Para. 3: closure or additional penalties; para. 8: 'Violations of these and other Orders issued pursuant to Executive Order 2020-215 are punishable as provided in KRS Chapter 39A'; para. 6: local health departments may take all necessary measures
Notes
Life-sustaining list: CISA sectors; life-sustaining retail (curbside 'to the fullest extent possible'); food and agriculture; charitable organizations; media; gas stations and auto, farm, construction equipment and boat repair; financial services (banks, credit unions, lenders, brokers, appraisers); housing, buildings and construction; shipping and logistics; laundry; restaurants for off-premises consumption; supplies for life-sustaining businesses; transportation; home-based care; professional services (telework); critical-product manufacturing and supply chain; labor unions; hotels and motels for lodging; funeral services 'subject to restrictions on mass gathering'
Retrieval noteThe Governor's release of Mar. 25, 2020 (kentucky.gov Activity-stream prId=104) describes the order in the same terms.