{"id":"ECO-B-034","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Governor Ralph S. Northam","authority":"Va. Code 44-146.17; EO 51 (Mar. 12, 2020)","instrument":"Executive Order Number Fifty-Three (2020)","title":"Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"March 23, 2020 (business restrictions 11:59 p.m. Mar. 24 - 11:59 p.m. Apr. 23, 2020; school clause for the remainder of the school year)","end":"April 23, 2020 (business clauses, extended by EO 55 and later); school closure through end of 2019-20 year","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-04-23","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["SCH","CLOSE","GATH"],"addressees":["K-12 schools, public and private","restaurants, recreation and entertainment businesses, non-essential retail","the public (gatherings of more than 10)"],"clause":"\u00272. Cessation of all in-person instruction at K-12 schools, public and private, for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Facilities providing child care services may remain open...\u0027 [and the child-care guidance for essential personnel referenced]. Business closures \u0027Effective 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2020 until 11:59 p.m., Thursday, April 23, 2020.\u0027","enforcement":"Va. Code 44-146.17 (Class 1 misdemeanor)","functions":["WF (1,287,026 students, Ballotpedia/NCES)","SCH","GATH","CLOSE"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-53-Temporary-Restrictions-Due-To-Novel-Coronavirus-(COVID-19).pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200501000000/https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-53-Temporary-Restrictions-Due-To-Novel-Coronavirus-(COVID-19).pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":254283,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-034","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-034","citation":"Governor Ralph S. Northam, Executive Order Number Fifty-Three (2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-034)","stateName":"Virginia","related":[]}