{"id":"VA-031","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver","authority":"Va. Code §§ 44-146.17, 32.1-13, 32.1-20, 35.1-10","instrument":"Sixth Amended Executive Order 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine","title":"Further Easing of Commonsense Surge Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2021-04-22","effective":"2021-05-15 midnight","end":"Superseded by the Seventh Amended EO 72 (Apr. 29, 2021), same effective date","startDate":"2021-05-15","endDate":"","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["GATH","MASK","CAP","EVT","EMP"],"addressees":["same as EO 72"],"clause":"All public and private in-person gatherings of more than 100 individuals indoors and 250 [outdoors are prohibited]... The total number of spectators indoors cannot exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the lowest occupancy load.","enforcement":"As in EO 72","functions":["GATH","PE","SP","MC"],"notes":"Announced the May 15, 2021 step; replaced by the Seventh Amended order a week later.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-72-SIXTH-AMENDED-and-Order-of-Public-Health-Emergency-Nine-Easing-of-Commonsense-Surge-Restrictions-Due-to-Novel-Coronavirus-(COVID-19).pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210424140025/https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/executive-actions/EO-72-SIXTH-AMENDED-and-Order-of-Public-Health-Emergency-Nine-Easing-of-Commonsense-Surge-Restrictions-Due-to-Novel-Coronavirus-(COVID-19).pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":385871,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VA","url":"/library/VA-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VA-031","citation":"Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, Sixth Amended Executive Order 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine (Apr. 22, 2021) (Ex. VA-031)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["VA-028","VA-017","VA-029","VA-030","VA-034","VA-033","VA-027"]}