Executive Order 21-87

The record

Jurisdiction

Rhode Island

Level

State

Authority

R.I. Gen. Laws Title 30, Chapter 15; Title 23, Chapter 8; state of emergency declared Aug. 19, 2021

Issued

2021-08-19 Aug. 19, 2021

Effective

August 19, 2021 (immediately) (read as 2021-08-19)

End

September 18, 2021 (30 days; renewed thereafter through March 4, 2022, Ex. ECO-B-107) (read as 2021-09-18)

In force

Aug. 19, 2021 to Sept. 18, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child care

Addressees

• all public and private schools (students age 2 and older, staff, visitors)

Functions reached

• WF
• SCH

Collection

Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B

Operative words

'NOW, THEREFORE, I, DANIEL J. MCKEE, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Rhode Island... do hereby order [that all students, staff and visitors wear masks indoors in schools regardless of vaccination status].... This Executive Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect through September [18, 2021], unless renewed, modified or terminated.' Recital: 'on August 19, I declared a state of emergency due to the dangers to health and life posed by [the Delta variant].'

Enforcement