The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Civil Defense Act, St. 1950, c. 639; G.L. c. 17, s. 2A
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 12:00 noon (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- Extended by Orders No. 21, 30 and 33; retail reopened June 8, 2020 (Order No. 37) (read as 2020-06-08)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to June 8, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap
- Addressees
- all businesses and organizations not providing COVID-19 Essential Services
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Retail Trade SEC-07
Operative words
(per MA-008) all businesses and other organizations that do not provide COVID-19 Essential Services shall close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public as of 12:00 noon on March 24, 2020; gatherings of more than 10 people prohibited
Enforcement
Criminal penalty and civil fines under the Civil Defense Act and G.L. c. 17, s. 2A
Notes
Non-essential retail closed to the public Mar. 24-June 8, 2020; remote fulfillment only, curbside from May 25, 2020 (Order No. 33 sec. 5).
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