The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- La. R.S. 29:721 et seq.; La. R.S. 29:760 et seq.; La. R.S. 14:329.6
- Issued
- 2021-01-12 Jan. 12, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-01-13
- End
- 2021-02-10; renewed by 17 JBE 2021 (read as 2021-02-10)
- In force
- Jan. 13, 2021 to Feb. 10, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all individuals
- all offices of the State and political subdivisions
- all businesses and organizations
- bars
- restaurants
- salons
- malls
- churches
- casinos
- gyms
- event centers
- Functions reached
- OF offices (remote-work plans required for public offices; businesses strongly encouraged)
- DR 50%
- BA indoor closed except opted-in parishes
- SF 50%
- GATH 25%/75 indoor, 150 outdoor
- MASK statewide
- OP 50%
- Collection
- Louisiana LA
Operative words
B) All offices of the state of Louisiana and other political subdivisions of the state shall develop or continue plans to allow for employees to work remotely to the extent practical. Further, all businesses in the state of Louisiana are strongly encouraged to develop or continue plans for employees to work remotely to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.... Except as provided for in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, no bar... shall allow for indoor, on-premises sales or consumption of any food or drinks... No establishment shall exceed 50% of the total occupancy... crowd sizes shall be limited to no more than 25% capacity as set by the State Fire Marshal with a maximum of 75 people in any single indoor space... these provisions are effective from Wednesday, January 13, 2021 to Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Enforcement
GOHSEP; State Fire Marshal; citations to businesses failing to enforce masks; La. R.S. 29:724(E)
Notes
First appearance of the Section 2(B) remote-work clause, carried by 17 and 29 JBE 2021 through Mar. 31, 2021.
Retrieval noteSigned 'this 12nd [sic] day of January, 2021'.