{"id":"NH-009","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Hampshire","state":"NH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Christopher T. Sununu","authority":"Executive Order 2020-04 sec. 18; RSA 4:45, 4:47","instrument":"Emergency Order #17","title":"Closure of non-essential businesses and requiring Granite Staters to stay at home","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-27 11:59 p.m.","end":"2020-05-04 by its terms; extended and modified by EO #40 (May 1, 2020) which terminated EO #17 and carried the closure and stay-at-home directives to May 31; EO #49 to June 15; ended June 16, 2020 (EO #52)","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-05-04","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","TELE","EMP"],"addressees":["all businesses and other organizations not providing Essential Services","all New Hampshire citizens","businesses providing Essential Services (distancing protocols)"],"clause":"2. All businesses and other organizations that do not provide Essential Services shall close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers, and the public and cease all in person operations as of 11:59 p.m. on March 27, 2020 and shall not re-open to workers, customers or the public or resume in person operations before 12:01 a.m. on May 4, 2020. 3. All businesses or other organizations providing Essential Services shall develop strategies, procedures and practices to allow for social distancing protocols consistent with guidance provided by the CDC and the Division of Public Health. 4. Beginning at 11:59 p.m. on March 27, 2020, New Hampshire citizens shall stay at home or in their place of residence with the following exceptions:... j) Leaving home for purposes of an individual\u0027s employment if the individual is employed at a business or organization that provides Essential Services... k) Leaving home for purposes of employment in cases where an individual is working remotely for a business that does not provide Essential Services.... 8. The Division of Public Health and State or local police shall have the authority to enforce this Order.","enforcement":"Division of Public Health and State or local police (para. 8); RSA 21-P:47 misdemeanor","functions":["OF/OP offices closed to workers","SF sales floors closed","PF non-essential production floors closed","SL salons and personal services closed","FC fitness and entertainment closed","CB customer base confined to home","WF workforce","MK events"],"notes":"Exemptions: K-12 schools (para. 5), governments and the Judicial Branch (para. 6), houses of worship subject to EO #16 (para. 7). Essential Services list in Exhibit A (Ex. NH-010); appeal process for essential designation announced Mar. 31, 2020 (verified_secondary).","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt336/files/documents/emergency-order-17.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200523200647/https://www.governor.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt336/files/documents/emergency-order-17.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1933349,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NH","url":"/library/NH-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NH-009","citation":"Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Emergency Order #17 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. NH-009)","stateName":"New Hampshire","related":["NH-010","NH-011","NH-006","NH-007","NH-008","NH-040","NH-012","NH-005","NH-004","NH-013","NH-002","NH-003"]}