{"id":"FL-005","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ron DeSantis","authority":"ss. 252.36(5)(g)-(h), (k), Fla. Stat.","instrument":"Executive Order 20-68","title":"Emergency Management - COVID-19 (bars, pubs, nightclubs, beaches, restaurants)","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17 5:00 p.m.","end":"Thirty days unless extended; s. 1 amended by EO 20-71 (Mar. 20); kept in effect through EO 20-91 s. 6, EO 20-112 s. 3.A, EO 20-139; s. 3.C rewritten by EO 20-192 (Aug. 5, 2020); superseded by EO 20-244 (Sept. 25, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-08-05","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["ALC","CAP","GATH","EMP","CLOSE"],"addressees":["licensees selling alcohol for on-premises consumption deriving more than 50 percent of revenue from alcohol","restaurants (chs. 500, 509)","beachgoers"],"clause":"Section 1.A.... any licensee authorized to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises that derive more than 50% of its gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages shall suspend all sale of alcoholic beverages for thirty days from the date of this order, effective at 5 p.m. today, March 17, 2020.... Section 2.... I direct parties accessing public beaches in the State of Florida to follow the CDC guidance by limiting their gatherings to no more than 10 persons... Section 3.A.... a restaurant shall immediately limit its occupancy to 50% of its current building occupancy. B.... ensuring, at minimum, a 6-foot distance between any group of patrons and limiting parties to no more than 10 individuals. C. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation shall ensure all restaurants implement employee screening and prohibit any employee from entering the restaurant premises if they... 4)... traveled through any airport within the past 14 days; or 5)... traveled on a cruise ship within the past 14 days.","enforcement":"DBPR licensure authority; s. 252.50 second-degree misdemeanor","functions":["BA bar service suspended","DR dining room 50 percent, parties of 10","WF employee screening and exclusion","GATH beaches"],"notes":"First statewide business order of the pandemic.","sourceUrl":"https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-68.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":593303,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FL","url":"/library/FL-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FL-005","citation":"Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-68 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. FL-005)","stateName":"Florida","related":["SEC-02-GM-007","SEC-02-GM-027","SEC-13-GM-128","SEC-13-GM-129","SEC-17-GM-038","SEC-17-GM-043","SEC-17-GM-119","SEC-21-GM-013","SEC-21-GM-014","SEC-21-GM-015","SEC-21-GM-016","SEC-21-GM-018"]}