The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Illinois
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Department of Public Health Act, 20 ILCS 2305
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 28, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing duty
- Addressees
- persons generally, including every business bound by 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690.50 (DUT-IL-004)
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Illinois DUT-IL
Operative words
Whoever violates or refuses to obey any rule or regulation of the Department of Public Health shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.... Each State's Attorney shall prosecute all persons in his county violating or refusing to obey the rules and regulations of the Department of Public Health.
Penalty
Class A misdemeanor (the IDPH rule and the Governor's release state fines of $75 to $2,500 for businesses)
What it required
Every person is bound to obey the Department's rules on pain of a Class A misdemeanor; the Director shall institute prosecutions and may designate local boards of health or health officers to do so; every State's Attorney shall prosecute violators in his county.
Retrieval noteThis section, not the IEMA Act, is the criminal penalty Illinois attached to the business face-covering and gathering requirements from August 7, 2020 to May 17, 2021 (690.50(d)(1)(C)-(D)).