The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 Del. C. ch. 31
- Issued
- 2020-03-29 Mar. 29, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (approved Mar. 29, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.) (read as 2020-03-30)
- End
- 2020-06-01 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (Twentieth Modification § B.1 struck 'the Seventh Modification... (out-of-state traveler fourteen (14) day quarantine)'; recital: 'the State of Delaware will lift... the mandatory 14-day quarantine for out-of-state travelers on June 1', Ex. DE-024) (read as 2020-06-01)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to June 1, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- any individual entering Delaware from another State
- commuters (exempted)
- essential and health-care workers (exempted)
- Functions reached
- TV/TR interstate business travel, recruiting, sales visits and tourism into Delaware suspended
- LG lodging (leisure travel eliminated)
- MK trade shows and events
- CB out-of-state customer base
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
'1. Any individual who enters Delaware from another state, and who is not merely passing through, must immediately self-quarantine for fourteen (14) days from the time of entry into Delaware or for the duration of the individual's presence in Delaware, whichever period is shorter. This self-quarantine requirement shall not apply to public health, public safety, or healthcare workers, or any other individual providing an assistance to an Essential Business or providing an emergency service related to COVID-19. This self-quarantine requirement shall not apply to individuals commuting into Delaware to work for an Essential Business or to perform Minimum Business Operations as permitted by the Fifth Modification...' '3. Self-quarantine requires that an individual stay in a quarantine location (home, hotel room or rented lodging); does not go to work, school or public areas; does not use public transportation...' '8. This Order has the force and effect of law. Any failure to comply... constitutes a criminal offense. 20 Del. C. §§ 3115 (b); 3116 (9); 3122; 3125.'
Enforcement
¶ 8 criminal offense clause; Tenth Modification ¶ 2 adds that any business 'that encourages or facilitates unauthorized interstate travel, shall be deemed in violation of the State of Emergency orders and subject to enforcement action' (DE-013)
Notes
Travel-quarantine order in force the entire second quarter of 2020 until June 1; the Nineteenth Modification's June 1 amendment (DE-023 § B) was superseded by the Twentieth Modification's striking of the order.
Retrieval noteRead in full; matches bundled DE-04. Governor's release: news.delaware.gov/2020/03/29/governor-carney-orders-out-of-state-travelers-to-immediately-self-quarantine-for-14-days/.