Executive Order No. 22

The record

Jurisdiction

Tennessee

Level

State

Authority

Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107 (¶ 12 suspends any law limiting enforceability)

Issued

2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020

Effective

11:59 p.m. CDT Mar. 31, 2020 (read as 2020-03-31)

End

11:59 p.m. Apr. 14, 2020 (¶ 15), extended to 11:59 p.m. Apr. 30, 2020 by EO 27; superseded and repealed by EO 30 effective 12:01 a.m. Apr. 29, 2020 (read as 2020-04-14)

In force

Mar. 31, 2020 to Apr. 14, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• all persons in Tennessee
• businesses or organizations that do not perform Essential Services
• employers
• schools (Attachment A ¶ 16)

Functions reached

• CB the entire customer base urged (Mar. 31) and then required (Apr. 2) to stay home except for Essential Activity
• SF premises of every non-Essential business closed to the public
• OP/TELE employers to equip and permit work from home
• WF employees known positive barred from reporting to work; schools limited to distance learning and food service
• GATH social gatherings of 10 or more remained prohibited (EO 17 incorporated by ¶ 7)
• SC essential-services list (Attachment A, 30 categories incorporating CISA Version 2.0)

Collection

Tennessee TN

Operative words

1. Safer at home.... all persons in Tennessee are urged to stay at home, except for when engaging in Essential Activity or Essential Services as defined in this Order [made mandatory by EO 23, Apr. 2, 2020]. 2. Closure of non-essential businesses for public use. Businesses or organizations that do not perform Essential Services shall not be open for access or use by the public or its members. Such businesses or organizations are strongly encouraged to provide delivery, including delivery curbside... 4.... employers should take steps to the greatest extent practicable to equip and permit employees to work from home... 5. Employers shall not require or allow employees with COVID-19 to work. An employer... shall not require or allow an employee who the employer knows has tested positive for COVID-19 to report to work until that employee has satisfied the conditions for discontinuing home isolation under CDC guidelines... 6.... Nothing in this Order precludes an employer from encouraging, allowing, or requiring an employee to work remotely or via telework as a method of conducting Essential Services, where practicable. 9. Essential Travel... e. Travel to and from outside of the State of Tennessee... 13. No repeal of local orders. Nothing herein repeals, preempts, or otherwise limits the authority, if any, of a locality to issue further orders or measures on these same subjects. 15. Term and effective date. This Order shall be effective and enforceable at 11:59 p.m., Central Daylight Time, on March 31, 2020... Attachment A ¶ 16: Educational Institutions... for purposes of facilitating distance learning, providing food or shelter, performing critical research, or performing essential functions... ¶ 29: Any other business or organization that operates at all times with ten (10) or fewer persons accessing the premises... ¶ 30: The minimum necessary activities required to maintain any business or organization, whether otherwise essential or not

Enforcement

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