The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 Del. C. ch. 31
- Issued
- 2021-04-27 Apr. 27, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-28 (issued Apr. 27, 2021) (read as 2021-04-28)
- End
- Struck May 21, 2021 (DE-037) (read as 2021-05-21)
- In force
- Apr. 28, 2021 to May 21, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- schools and school bus contractors
- child care
- hosts of gatherings
- sports facilities
- Superior Court permit holders
- Functions reached
- CT courts (limited public access as of Apr. 27, 2021)
- MK/EV outdoor events
- IN/TR school buses
- SP interscholastic sports
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
Recitals: 'on September 3, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. E.D.T., I issued the Twenty-Seventh Modification to the State of Emergency, combining all active COVID-19 restrictions into a single order (as used herein the "Omnibus Modification")'; each Revision is recited with its date and time ('on September 25, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.' First; 'on November 5, 2020 at 2:00 p.m.' Second, 'to lift additional restrictions on bar service in beach towns'; 'on November 20, 2020 at 3:45 p.m.' Third, 'to formally impose restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings, and reducing occupancy in restaurants to no more than thirty percent (30%)'; 'on December 10, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.' Fourth, 'imposing additional restrictions to confront the winter surge'; 'on January 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.' Fifth, 'lifting the curfew placed on bars and restaurants and allowing sports to [resume]'; 'on February 4, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.' Sixth, 'easing COVID-19 occupancy restrictions and requiring Delaware [schools to offer in-person instruction]'; 'on February 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.' Seventh, 'further easing COVID-19 occupancy restrictions and increasing [gathering limits]'; 'on March 29, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.' Eighth; 'on April 1, 2021 at 12:30 p.m.' Ninth); 'the Delaware courts have limited public access to judicial facilities to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and the limited public access might delay processing of renewal permits to carry firearms concealed'; 'Sections C, F, N, O, and Q [are] hereby modified, effective Wednesday, April 28, [2021].' § N: outdoor gatherings at 50 percent (over 100,000 square feet) or 75 percent; 'Tables in outdoor spaces are limited to parties of ten (10).'
Enforcement
Omnibus § P.2 (force and effect of law; criminal offense)
Notes
The recitals are the Governor's own dated chronology of every Revision; the courts recital is primary evidence that judicial facilities remained restricted in Q2 2021 (record DE-NR-1).
Retrieval noteRead (recitals and operative lines). Also live at governor.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2021/04/Tenth-Revision-to-the-27th-Modification-of-the-Declaration-of-a-SOE-State-of-Delaware-04272021.pdf.