{"id":"SEC-16-057","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"16","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. 58-2-107","instrument":"Executive Order No. 30","title":"An Order Regarding Reopening Businesses and Places of Worship (Tennessee Pledge)","dateIssued":"2020-04-28","effective":"2020-04-29","end":"2020-05-29 (superseded by EO 38)","startDate":"2020-04-29","endDate":"2020-05-29","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","CAP","EMP"],"addressees":["all persons","places of worship","local governments"],"clause":"3. Places of worship, weddings, and funerals. Religious services, rites, or gatherings, weddings, and funerals are not social gatherings under Paragraph 2, and nothing in this Order mandates closure of a place of worship, or prohibits weddings or funerals as a matter of law. However, places of worship are strongly encouraged to continue to utilize virtual or online services... [and] follow Guidelines to be issued by the Governor\u0027s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives... [No local] entity shall issue an order or measure regarding places of worship.","enforcement":"Tenn. Code Ann. 58-2-120","functions":["WS worship excepted from the 10-person social-gathering rule; local worship orders barred","FC weddings and funerals"],"notes":"Also \u0027Visiting a place of worship\u0027 listed as an essential activity (para. 132 of extracted text).","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee30.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":4658542,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-16","url":"/library/SEC-16-057","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-16-057","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 30 (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-057)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["SEC-16-105","SEC-16-056"]}