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Executive Order 20-02

Declaration of Disaster Emergency

Governor Gina M. Raimondo · Rhode Island (State)

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Jurisdiction
Rhode Island
Level
State
Authority
R.I. Const. art. IX; R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15 (Emergency Management), incl. § 30-15-9(e)(1) (recited)
Issued
2020-03-09 Mar. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-03-09 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-09)
End
Extended by EO 20-18 (Apr. 8, 2020) and monthly thereafter (20-109 Dec. 22, 2020; 21-06 Jan. 19; 21-14 Feb. 16; 21-25 Mar. 16; 21-49 May 12; 21-65 June 10; 21-77 July 8; 21-83 Aug. 6; 21-95 Sept. 3; 21-99 Sept. 30; 21-107 Oct. 29; 21-112 Nov. 24; 21-119 Dec. 22, 2021) and into 2022 (EO 22-14, through Mar. 12, 2022, per the Secretary of State's regulation filing) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 9, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all State agencies
  • RIEMA
  • the public
Functions reached
  • all (predicate)
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

A state of emergency is declared for the State of Rhode Island due to the dangers to health and life posed by COVID-19 and the state disaster emergency plan is activated.... This Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect until April 8, 2020, unless renewed, modified or terminated by subsequent Executive Order.

Enforcement

Predicate for every supplemental order; R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9(e)(1) suspension power recited; § 6-13-21 price-gouging clause

Notes

Also directs that all State offices remain open 'until further notice' and bars price increases on PPE, sanitizer and disinfectant. Image-only PDF; text read by OCR of the Governor's own PDF.

Retrieval note

The one-hundred-and-eighty supplemental declarations of 2020-2021 (EO 20-03 to 21-121) all recite and rest on this order.

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