{"id":"MA-034","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Charles D. Baker","authority":"St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A","instrument":"COVID-19 Order No. 54","title":"Revised Order Further Regulating Gatherings in the Commonwealth","dateIssued":"2020-11-02","effective":"2020-11-06 12:01 a.m.","end":"Superseded and rescinded 12:01 a.m. December 13, 2020 by Order No. 57","startDate":"2020-11-06","endDate":"2020-12-13","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["GATH","CURF","MASK","EVT","ALC"],"addressees":["the public, private residences","event venues and public settings","hosts and venues (contact tracing)"],"clause":"Indoor gatherings at private residences... are limited to a maximum of 10 people. Outdoor gatherings at private residences... are limited to a maximum of 25 people.... Indoor gatherings at event venues or in public settings are limited to a maximum of 25 people.... [outdoor at venues] 100 persons in Lower Risk Communities... 50 persons [elsewhere].... All gatherings, no matter the size or location, must end and participants must disperse by 9:30 pm, with the exceptions of religious gatherings and political gatherings.","enforcement":"Civil fine up to $500 per violation under St. 1950, c. 639, s. 8, assessed on the organizer, host or property owner, each person over the limit a separate violation, administered under G.L. c. 40, s. 21D; injunction; ABCC license suspension; mandatory reporting of positive cases and cooperation with contact tracing","functions":["MK/EV/BQ events capped and ended by 9:30 p.m.","WS religious gatherings under worship sector rules"],"notes":"Recites that household transmission and social gatherings were 88 percent of clusters as of Sept. 27, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-54/download","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201102190620/https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-54/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":468794,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-034","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-034","citation":"Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 54 (Nov. 2, 2020) (Ex. MA-034)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["SEC-13-GM-114","SEC-13-GM-115","MA-033","MA-035","MA-037","MA-031","MA-032","MA-038","MA-039","MA-040","MA-030","MA-041"]}