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Proclamation 20-25

Stay Home - Stay Healthy

Governor Jay Inslee · Washington (State)

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Jurisdiction
Washington
Level
State
Authority
RCW 43.06.220
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23 (gatherings); 2020-03-25 11:59 p.m. (business closures) (read as 2020-03-23)
End
2020-04-06 as written; extended to May 4 (20-25.1) and May 31, 2020 (20-25.3) (read as 2020-04-06)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to Apr. 6, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
Addressees
  • all people in Washington State
  • all non-essential businesses
Functions reached
  • WS all spiritual gatherings prohibited regardless of size
  • EV
  • OP non-essential nonprofits closed
  • CB stay-home
Collection
Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16

Operative words

[I] impose a Stay Home - Stay Healthy Order throughout Washington State by prohibiting all people in Washington State from leaving their homes or participating in social, spiritual and recreational gatherings of any kind regardless of the number of participants, and all non-essential businesses in Washington State from conducting business... which prohibitions shall remain in effect until midnight on April 6, 2020, unless extended.

Enforcement

RCW 43.06.220(5) (gross misdemeanor)