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Executive Order No. 194 (2020)

Winter re-tightening: indoor food and beverage service closed 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; indoor bar seating prohibited; barriers between tables; indoor interstate youth sports suspended; personal care facilities limited to 25 percent

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-11-10 Nov. 10, 2020
Effective
2020-11-12 at 6:00 a.m. (read as 2020-11-12)
End
Para. 1 (10:00 p.m. closure) rescinded 8:00 a.m. Feb. 5, 2021 (EO 219 para. 1(b)); para. 2 (bar seating) rescinded May 7, 2021 (EO 238 para. 10); paras. 5-6 (interstate youth sports) rescinded May 19, 2021 (EO 239 para. 17); para. 8 (personal care 25 percent) rescinded Feb. 5, 2021 (EO 219 para. 4: 35 percent) (read as 2021-02-05)
In force
Nov. 12, 2020 to Feb. 5, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • food or beverage establishments
  • casinos
  • retail, recreational and entertainment businesses open after 10:00 p.m.
  • school-based, club and recreational youth sports programs
  • personal care service facilities
Functions reached
  • DR/BA indoor dining closed nightly 10:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m.; bar seating barred
  • CN casino floor service curtailed
  • SL personal care at 25 percent
  • SP interstate youth sports suspended (rinks, tournaments)
  • GS/MC hotel and venue late-night service
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 1: "All restaurants, cafeterias, dining establishments, and food courts, with or without a liquor license; bars; and all other holders of a liquor license with retail consumption privileges... that are open to the public, must close their indoor operations to the public from 10:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. each day... Casinos shall cease indoor food and beverage service between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. each day, including service on casino floors." Para. 2: "Food and beverage establishments are prohibited from seating patrons at any indoor bar area... In-person service to patrons standing in bar areas continues to be prohibited." Para. 5: "Indoor interstate youth sports competitions - including those operated by school-based, club, and recreational programs -- are hereby suspended within the State." Para. 8: "Personal care services authorized to reopen their indoor facilities to the public pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Executive Order No. 157 (2020) shall limit occupancy of any indoor premises to 25 percent of the stated maximum capacity".

Enforcement

Para. 12: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50

Notes

The first winter re-tightening instrument; the 10:00 p.m. indoor closure ran 85 nights (Nov. 12, 2020 to Feb. 5, 2021).

Retrieval note

Read from nj.gov in full. Signed Nov. 10, 2020; DOH Executive Directive 20-030 (Revised) recites the order as issued November 9, 2020.

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