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Ex. RI-029 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 20-100

Ninety-fifth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Rhode Island on Pause

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; tit. 23, ch. 8; suspension of ch. 3-7
Issued
2020-11-30 Nov. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-11-30
End
Pause ran Nov. 30 - Dec. 13, 2020, extended one week by EO 20-105 to Dec. 20, 2020; superseded by EO 20-108 (Protecting Your Household) effective Dec. 21, 2020 (read as 2020-12-13)
In force
Nov. 30, 2020 to Dec. 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all residents
  • all employers and office-based businesses
  • retail
  • restaurants and bars
  • venues of assembly
  • recreation and entertainment businesses
  • houses of worship
Functions reached
  • OF telework compelled ('required to do so')
  • MC/PE venues closed
  • AM/FC indoor recreation and entertainment closed (gyms, bowling, arcades)
  • DR 33% and one household per table
  • BA bar areas closed; 10 p.m. alcohol cutoff
  • SF 1 per 100 sq ft
  • WS 25%
  • GATH single household
  • TR international 14-day quarantine; hot-spot quarantine
  • CURF
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

2. All Rhode Island residents are advised to stay home from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday... 9. Effective immediately, attendance at all indoor public and private social gatherings... shall be limited to members of a single household... 11. Indoor venues of assembly, including convention centers, concert halls, performance venues, and theaters shall be closed during the Pause... 12. Outdoor venues of assembly... shall also be closed during the Pause... 16. For office-based businesses, employees who are able to work remotely are required to do so during the Pause.... 18. All retail businesses... may continue to allow up to one customer per 100 square feet of store area... 24. Restaurants and bars may serve patrons on-site, indoors and outdoors, until 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday... 25.... An establishment's indoor dining capacity is limited to 33% of an establishment's regular seating capacity. Indoors, establishments may only seat one household per table... 27.... At all times during the Pause, a licensee must close its bar area... 30. All indoor recreational or entertainment businesses and historical/cultural establishments, that are not venues of assembly, shall be closed during the Pause.

Enforcement

RIDOH regulations and civil penalties; Enforcement Task Force; DBR liquor licensure

Notes

The winter 2020-21 re-tightening at its peak: a second closure of venues, indoor recreation and bar areas, a compelled-telework rule for offices, and a 33% dining cap.

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