{"id":"MD-002","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.","authority":"Md. Code, Pub. Safety Title 14","instrument":"Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020), Prohibiting Large Gatherings and Events and Closing Senior Centers","title":"Prohibiting Large Gatherings and Events and Closing Senior Centers","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12 (senior centers Mar. 13, 2020)","end":"Amended and restated Mar. 16, 2020 (MD-003)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-03-16","quarters":[],"types":["GATH","EVT","CLOSE"],"addressees":["the public","event organizers","senior citizen activities centers","State and local government buildings"],"clause":"I. Social, community, spiritual, religious, recreational, leisure, and sporting gatherings and events (\u0022large gatherings and events\u0022) of more than 250 people are hereby prohibited at all locations and venues, including but not limited to parades, festivals, conventions, and fundraisers. II. Planned large gatherings and events must be canceled or postponed until after termination of the state of emergency and the proclamation of the catastrophic health emergency has been rescinded. III. All senior citizen activities centers... shall be closed beginning on Friday, March 13, 2020","enforcement":"V. Each law enforcement officer of the State or a political subdivision shall execute and enforce this Order; Pub. Safety 14-114(d) misdemeanor","functions":["MK events and conventions","GATH","CB senior customers"],"notes":"First instrument of the gatherings chain; run-up to Q2 2020 (wages after Mar. 12, 2020)","sourceUrl":"https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Prohibiting-Large-Gatherings.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200313100945/https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Prohibiting-Large-Gatherings.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":152990,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-002","citation":"Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor (Mar. 12, 2020), Prohibiting Large Gatherings and Events and Closing Senior Centers (Ex. MD-002)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-003","SEC-04-GM-009","SEC-19-GM-033","SEC-21-GM-035","SEC-21-GM-036","SEC-21-GM-045","SEC-26-GM-011","SEC-26-GM-029","MD-096","MD-098","MD-033","MD-035"]}