{"id":"CT-045","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ned Lamont; Commissioner of Public Health (universal-masking rule)","authority":"Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9; section 51-164n(b) amended","instrument":"Executive Order No. 12A","title":"Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Revised Mask and Face Covering Order","dateIssued":"2021-05-20","effective":"2021-05-20 (immediately; replacing EO 12 of May 18, 2021)","end":"Through July 20, 2021; extended to Sept. 30, 2021 by EO 13 s.1; repealed and replaced Aug. 5, 2021 by EO 13A","startDate":"2021-05-20","endDate":"2021-07-20","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["any person indoors in a public place who is not fully vaccinated","every person in the DPH-listed settings","employers (liable for employees\u0027 fines)","businesses and property owners (may require universal masking)"],"clause":"any person while indoors in a public place who does not maintain a safe social distance of approximately six feet from every other person and who is not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 shall cover their mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face covering.... The Commissioner of Public Health shall issue a rule setting forth a comprehensive list of facilities, venues, and other locations where masks and cloth face coverings are required and will amend said rule as the Commissioner determines is warranted by public health conditions.... An employer, rather than the employee, is liable for the fine for any employee\u0027s failure to wear a required mask or cloth-face covering while at work.","enforcement":"100-dollar fine, employer liable; issued by DPH, health directors, police, campus safety; municipal orders preempted where in conflict (subsection d)","functions":["EMP every workplace with unvaccinated staff","CB unvaccinated customers","HC/CL/EC/IN universal masking in health-care, transit, school and child-care settings via the DPH rule"],"notes":"Subsection (f) preserves SDE and OEC authority to require masks in schools and child care.","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/office-of-the-governor/executive-orders/lamont-executive-orders/executive-order-no-12a.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":216798,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CT","url":"/library/CT-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CT-045","citation":"Governor Ned Lamont; Commissioner of Public Health (universal-masking rule), Executive Order No. 12A (May 20, 2021) (Ex. CT-045)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["DUT-CT-003","CT-050"]}