The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Michigan
- Level
- State
- Authority
- MCL 30.403; MCL 10.31
- Issued
- 2020-04-09 Apr. 9, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-09 11:59 pm (read as 2020-04-09)
- End
- 2020-04-30 11:59 pm (rescinded April 24, 2020 by EO 2020-59) (read as 2020-04-30)
- In force
- Apr. 9, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- all individuals
- all businesses and operations
- large retailers
- short-term rental owners
- Functions reached
- all in-person functions of non-critical businesses
- SF sales floor (occupancy and department closures)
- LG lodging (short-term rentals banned)
- TV in-state travel
- CB customer base
- GATH gatherings
- OP office work
- Collection
- Michigan MI
Operative words
1. This order must be construed broadly to prohibit in-person work that is not necessary to sustain or protect life. 2. Subject to the exceptions in section 7 of this order, all individuals currently living within the State of Michigan are ordered to stay at home or at their place of residence. Subject to the same exceptions, all public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring among persons not part of a single household are prohibited.... 7(b)(3) [travel] Between two residences in this state, through April 10, 2020. After that date, travel between two residences is not permitted.... (c) All other travel is prohibited, including all travel to vacation rentals.... 11(d) For stores of more than 50,000 square feet: (1) Limit the number of customers in the store at one time (excluding employees) to 4 people per 1,000 square feet of customer floor space. (2) Close areas of the store... dedicated to the following classes of goods: (A) Carpet or flooring. (B) Furniture. (C) Garden centers and plant nurseries. (D) Paint.... 12. No one shall advertise or rent a short-term vacation property except as necessary to assist in housing a health care professional or volunteer aiding in the response to COVID-19.
Enforcement
§ 17: 'Consistent with MCL 10.33 and MCL 30.405(3), a willful violation of this order is a misdemeanor.'
Notes
Stores under 50,000 square feet limited to 25 percent of fire-marshal occupancy; large stores ordered to close garden, paint, flooring and furniture departments and to stop advertising non-essential goods; the most restrictive stay-home order in the Midwest.
Retrieval noteSigned order PDF.