Executive Order 32-20

The record

Jurisdiction

West Virginia

Level

State

Authority

W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1

Issued

2020-04-30 Apr. 30, 2020

Effective

2020-05-04 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-05-04)

End

Amended by EO 36-20 through 9-21; formally terminated 12:01 a.m. Apr. 20, 2021 (EO 12-21) (read as 2021-04-20)

In force

May 4, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all individuals
• all businesses and operations
• restaurants
• barber shops, nail salons and hair salons
• casinos and racetracks
• places of public amusement
• elderly and vulnerable populations

Functions reached

• CB customer base (safer-at-home; elderly encouraged home)
• SF sales floor (two customers per 1,000 square feet; ten-employee threshold)
• DR dining room (outdoor only)
• SL salons (appointment only, masks)
• AM casinos closed
• GATH 25
• OF (non-essential businesses over ten employees still suspended)

Collection

West Virginia WV

Operative words

'1. It is safer at home or your place of residence, especially for elderly and vulnerable populations.... all individuals within the State of West Virginia are under a general safer-at-home order and are strongly encouraged to stay at home or their place of residence unless performing an essential activity.... g. Engaging in outdoor activity, provided that individuals... abide by a 25-person limitation on gathering size.' '2. Non-essential businesses and operations must generally continue to temporarily cease operations, but certain small businesses may resume operations with appropriate precautions. All businesses and operations in West Virginia, except Essential Businesses and Operations as defined below, shall continue to suspend all activities within the state except for such minimum basic operations... Further, small businesses that have ten or less employees in their place of business and which have more limited customer interaction and customer contact, if any, including some retail businesses which historically have more limited customer traffic of approximately 50 customers or less per day... may continue to operate, but must ensure that proper social distancing and hygiene practices are maintained, and must limit occupancy by the public, if any, to no more than two (2) individual members of the public per 1,000 square feet of interior space at any given time.' 'c.... Restaurants and other facilities that prepare and serve food and/or drinks, but only for outdoor service and consumption on such property as the restaurant or other facility owns or has a right to occupy or use... or for consumption off-premises...' 'y. Barbers and Cosmetologists. Barber shops, nail salons, and hair salons may operate in accordance with guidance and best practices developed, published, and disseminated by the West Virginia Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists, including ensuring all staff and employees wear masks and requiring appointments...' '4. Prohibited activities. All places of public amusement... shall be closed.' '5.... Any gathering of more than 25 people is prohibited unless exempted by this Order.' 3. Executive Order 2-20, as it relates to the closure of casinos, is hereby amended to provide that all casinos shall remain closed to the general public, but that racetracks at such casinos may begin holding spectator-less horse races, beginning no sooner than May 14, 2020... 4. Elderly and vulnerable populations, including those who are 65 or older or have pre-existing conditions, are strongly encouraged to remain at home.

Enforcement

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