The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9; declarations of Mar. 10, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-12)
- End
- Gathering ban through Apr. 30, 2020 as modified by EO 7D (Mar. 16) and 7N (Mar. 26); order otherwise for the duration (read as 2020-04-30)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- the public
- event organizers
- nursing homes
- schools
- DMV
- Functions reached
- MK/EVT conventions, festivals, performances
- GATH
- VS nursing-home visitation (para. 2 authorizes DPH restrictions)
- WF (180-day school year waived, para. 3)
- DMV deadlines (para. 4)
- Collection
- Connecticut CT
Operative words
Throughout the State, gatherings of 250 people or more for social and recreational activities including, but not limited to, community, civic, leisure, or sporting events; parades; concerts; festivals; movie screenings; plays or performances; conventions; and similar activities; are prohibited. Such prohibition shall remain in effect until midnight on April 30, 2020, unless modified by a future Executive Order. Nothing in this order shall prohibit any spiritual gathering or worship service. Violators of this order may be subject to criminal penalties pursuant to Section 28-22 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Enforcement
Conn. Gen. Stat. section 28-22 (criminal penalties), recited in paragraph 1
Notes
Paragraph 2 modifies Conn. Gen. Stat. 19a-550(b)(12) to let the DPH Commissioner restrict nursing-home visitors; paragraph 4 authorizes DMV orders under section 14-5c.