The COVID Project
The record
- 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
- 2020-12-17 Dec. 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-21
- End
- Extended by EO 21-05 (Jan. 15, 2021); revised by EO 21-09 (Jan. 29), 21-11 (Feb. 5), 21-13 (Feb. 12); amended and restated by EO 21-18 (Feb. 25, 2021) (read as 2021-01-15)
- In force
- Dec. 21, 2020 to Jan. 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all residents
- office-based businesses
- retail
- restaurants and bars
- venues
- houses of worship
- Functions reached
- OF telework compelled
- GATH single household
- MC/PE venues 25%
- WS 25% capped at 125
- SF 1 per 100 sq ft
- DR 50%, 10 p.m. close
- BA bar areas closed
- CURF
- Collection
- Rhode Island RI
Operative words
1. All Rhode Island residents are advised to stay home from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday... 8. Effective immediately, attendance at all indoor public and private social gatherings... shall be limited to members of a single household... indoor and outdoor venues of assembly, including convention centers, concert halls, performance venues, and theaters may operate at up to 25% of [capacity]... 15. For office-based businesses, employees who are able to work remotely are required to do so.... 17. All retail businesses... may continue to allow up to one customer per 100 square feet... [large-format stores and complexes over 30,000 sq ft] may allow up to one person, inclusive of employees, per 150 square feet... 23. 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... 24.... An establishment's indoor dining capacity is limited to 50% of an establishment's regular seating capacity.... At all times, a licensee must close its bar area...
Enforcement
RIDOH regulations; Enforcement Task Force; DBR
Notes
The regime in force on January 1, 2021: compelled telework for offices, single-household gatherings, venues at 25%, dining at 50% with a 10 p.m. close and closed bar areas.