{"id":"NJ-031","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.","instrument":"Executive Order No. 173 (2020)","title":"Indoor gatherings reduced to 25 percent of room capacity, never more than 25 persons (religious services, political activities, weddings, funerals and memorial services: 25 percent, never more than 100)","dateIssued":"2020-08-03","effective":"2020-08-04 at 6:00 a.m.","end":"Rescinded by EO 183 para. 4 (Sept. 4, 2020: same general cap; religious and civic gatherings raised to 25 percent, never more than 150)","startDate":"2020-08-04","endDate":"2020-09-04","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["GATH","EVT"],"addressees":["every indoor gathering","religious services, weddings, funerals, political activities"],"clause":"Para. 1: \u0022the number of individuals at indoor gatherings that are not religious services or celebrations, political activities, wedding ceremonies, funerals, or memorial services shall be limited to 25% of the capacity of the room in which it takes place, but regardless of the capacity of the room, such limit shall never be larger than 25 persons or smaller than 10 persons. The number of individuals at indoor gatherings that are religious services or celebrations, political activities, wedding ceremonies, funerals, or memorial services shall be limited to 25% of the capacity of the room in which it takes place, but regardless of the capacity of the room, such limit shall never be larger than 100 persons or smaller than 10 persons.\u0022","enforcement":"Para. 7: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50","functions":["EV/MK indoor events, conferences, trade shows capped at 25","BQ indoor banquets capped at 25","WS worship 25 percent, maximum 100","FH funeral services 25 percent, maximum 100"],"notes":"The 25-person indoor cap for commercial and social gatherings held from August 4, 2020 until March 19, 2021 (EO 230 raised it to 25 persons flat; EO 239 to 50/250 on May 19, 2021), with a cut to 10 persons from Nov. 17, 2020 (EO 196).","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-173.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":95505,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-031","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 173 (2020) (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. NJ-031)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-18-GM-018","SEC-18-GM-025","NJ-032","NJ-030","NJ-029","NJ-033","NJ-034","NJ-028","NJ-027","NJ-026","NJ-025","NJ-024"]}