The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Dane County and City of Madison, Wisconsin · Milwaukee and Madison · Wisconsin
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Wis. Stat. § 252.03(1), (2) and (4)
- Issued
- 2020-07-07 July 7, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-13 8:00 a.m. (read as 2020-07-13)
- End
- 2020-08-24 12:01 a.m. (superseded by Emergency Order #9) (read as 2020-08-24)
- In force
- July 13, 2020 to Aug. 24, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every individual age five and older
- all businesses
- restaurants
- taverns
- Functions reached
- EMP employer rules (employee face coverings; posting)
- CB customer base (masking; gathering caps)
- BA bars closed to indoor customers
- DR dining rooms 25 percent
- Collection
- Milwaukee and Madison MET-MKE
Operative words
Every individual, age five (5) and older, in Dane County must wear a face covering when... [in any enclosed building where other people, except for members of the person's own household or living unit, could be present]... A Mass Gathering inside any property is permitted with ten (10) individuals or less... A Mass Gathering outside is permitted with twenty-five (25) individuals or less... Limit indoor dine-in capacity to 25% of approved seating capacity... This Order shall become effective Monday, July 13, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. This Order shall remain in effect until further notice.
Enforcement
Notes
Dane County's face-covering mandate preceded the statewide Emergency Order #1 (Aug. 1, 2020) by nineteen days; Madison Metro required face coverings on buses under it from July 13, 2020 (Ex. MET-MKE-046).