The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- La. R.S. 29:721 et seq.; La. R.S. 29:766(D)(7) (control of 'ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein')
- Issued
- 2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-23 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-23)
- End
- 2020-04-13; extended to 2020-04-30 by 41 JBE 2020 and to 2020-05-15 by 52 JBE 2020; superseded by Phase 1 (58 JBE 2020) 2020-05-15 (read as 2020-04-13)
- In force
- Mar. 23, 2020 to Apr. 13, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all individuals within the State
- all businesses not on the CISA lists
- places of public amusement
- personal care and grooming businesses
- malls
- State office buildings
- early learning centers and child care facilities
- Functions reached
- CB customer base confined to home except essential activities
- SF sales floors and premises closed (amusement, personal care, malls)
- OF offices reduced to essential employees and minimum public contact
- GATH 10-person cap on gatherings and business operations
- WF workforce (schools closed; child care limited to LDOE/OPH guidance)
- CT State office buildings closed to the public
- Collection
- Louisiana LA
Operative words
SECTION 1: All state office buildings are closed to the public, effective immediately.... SECTION 2:... all gatherings of 10 people or more shall be postponed or cancelled.... SECTION 3:... all individuals within the state of Louisiana are under a general stay-at-home order and are directed to stay home unless performing an essential activity.... C. Going to and from an individual's workplace to perform a job function necessary to provide goods or services being sought in Subsections (A) and (B) of this Section, or as otherwise deemed essential worker functions. Guidance provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on what workers are essential is outlined at... SECTION 4: (A)... the following nonessential businesses shall be closed to the public and members: 1. All places of public amusement, whether indoors or outdoors... 2. All personal care and grooming businesses, including but not limited to, barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, spas, massage parlors, tattoo parlors, and other similar businesses. 3. All malls, except for stores in a mall that have a direct outdoor entrance and exit that provide essential services and products as provided by CISA guidelines.... SECTION 5: Any business not covered by the guidance from the CISA discussed in Section 3 and not ordered temporarily closed in Section 4 shall reduce operations to continue with minimum contact with members of the public and essential employees, while requiring proper social distancing. Further, the 10-person limitation on gathering size shall apply to such business operations. Early learning centers and child care facilities adhering to the guidance issued by the Louisiana Department of Education and Office of Public Health may continue to operate.
Enforcement
Section 6: 'The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is directed to ensure compliance with this order, and is empowered to exercise all authorities pursuant to La. R.S. 29:721, et seq., and La. R.S. 29:760, et seq.'; La. R.S. 29:724(E)
Notes
The paradigm stay-at-home instrument for Louisiana; the 'reduce operations... essential employees' clause is the telework-equivalent directive for every non-CISA business.
Retrieval noteText-layer copy; the scanned original is at https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Proclamations/2020/JBE-33-2020.pdf.