The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 V.S.A. §§ 8, 9, 11
- Issued
- 2020-11-13 Nov. 13, 2020
- Effective
- Saturday, November 14, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. (read as 2020-11-14)
- End
- Midnight December 15, 2020; extended by VT-036 to Jan. 15, 2021 and by the chain to June 15, 2021; gathering rules relaxed for the vaccinated Feb. 23, 2021 (VT-082) and for two unvaccinated households Mar. 12, 2021 (VT-093); 10:00 p.m. closing continued by VT-042; all lifted June 14, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Nov. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- the public
- 1st class licensees (restaurants)
- 2nd and 4th class licensees, bars and social clubs
- all restaurants and public accommodations hosting organized non-essential activities
- recreational sports programs
- returning college students
- all businesses, not-for-profit entities and municipal government entities
- Functions reached
- GATH/EVT all multi-household gatherings
- DR 10:00 p.m. closing, one household per table
- BA bars and clubs closed
- BQ/MK events and holiday parties
- SP recreational sports
- OF telework to the maximum extent possible
- CS in-person meetings discouraged
- WF (contact-tracing compliance; returning students quarantined)
- CB
- Collection
- Vermont VT
Operative words
Attendance at all public and private social, recreational and entertainment gatherings, indoor and outdoor, including large social gatherings incidental to ceremonies, holiday gatherings, parties and celebrations, shall be limited to participation with only members of a single household... All 1st class licensees (restaurants) must be closed to in-person dining at 10:00 p.m.... Restaurants must provide seated dining service only and to no more than one household per table... bars and social clubs shall suspend operations... All restaurants and other public accommodations which host organized non-essential activities shall maintain an easily accessible, legible log of all employees, customers, members and guests and their contact information... for 30 days... All recreational sports programs... are hereby suspended... All businesses, not-for-profit entities and municipal government entities in the State shall reinstitute, to the maximum extent possible, or reemphasize to the extent necessary, telecommuting or work from home procedures. In person meetings are strongly discouraged and all meetings should be held by telephone or electronically to avoid in person meetings whenever possible.
Enforcement
§ 2(f): 'Failure to comply with this provision may result in referral to the Office of the Attorney General for enforcement'; DLL licensing; 20 V.S.A. § 40 (VT-103)
Notes
Recital: from November 8 to 12, 2020 new cases increased at a rate as high as 50 percent per day; 71 percent of outbreak-associated cases since Oct. 1 tied to private parties or social gatherings. Superseded in form by the 'UPDATED' Addendum 8 of Nov. 20, 2020 (VT-035).