{"id":"WI-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tony Evers","authority":"Wis. Stat. 100.305, 321.39, 323.10, 323.12, 323.13","instrument":"Executive Order #72","title":"Relating to a Proclamation Declaring a Health Emergency in Response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12","end":"2020-05-11 (60 days under Wis. Stat. 323.10; not extended by the Legislature; SJR 3 recites that the powers \u0027expired on May 11, 2020\u0027)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2020-05-11","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["Department of Health Services","all state agencies","Adjutant General","DATCP"],"clause":"1. Proclaim that a public health emergency, as defined in Section 323.02(16) of the Wisconsin Statutes, exists for the State of Wisconsin. 2. Designate the Department of Health Services as the lead agency to respond to the public health emergency. 3. Direct the Department of Health Services to take all necessary and appropriate measures to prevent and respond to incidents of COVID-19 in the State. 4. Suspend the provisions of any administrative rule, if the Secretary of the Department of Health Services determines that compliance with that rule would prevent, hinder, or delay necessary actions to respond to the emergency and increase the health threat.... 7. Proclaim that a period of abnormal economic disruption, as defined in Section 100.305 of the Wisconsin Statutes, exists in the State of Wisconsin.","enforcement":"Predicate declaration; the DHS emergency orders issued under it carry Wis. Stat. 252.25 penalties","functions":["predicate for every DHS Emergency Order of March-May 2020"],"notes":"Also directs DATCP to enforce price-gouging prohibitions (ATCP 106). Recited in EMO 12, Palm ¶5 and SJR 3.","sourceUrl":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/executive_orders/2019_tony_evers/2020-72.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":797939,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WI","url":"/library/WI-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WI-001","citation":"Governor Tony Evers, Executive Order #72 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. WI-001)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":["DUT-WI-003"]}