Executive Order No. 196

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

Level

State

Authority

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.

Issued

2020-11-16 Nov. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-11-17 6:00 a.m. (indoor); 2020-11-23 (outdoor) (read as 2020-11-17)

End

Modified by EO 204 (Dec. 7, 2020) and EO 230 (Mar. 19, 2021) (read as 2020-12-07)

In force

Nov. 17, 2020 to Dec. 7, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues

Addressees

• all persons
• religious services

Functions reached

• WS 25%/150 retained
• RE and EV other indoor gatherings 10 (youth groups, Bible studies, fundraisers)
• FC

Collection

Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16

Operative words

1. Paragraph 4 of Executive Order No. 183 (2020) is hereby rescinded and the number of individuals at indoor gatherings that are not religious services or celebrations, political activities, wedding ceremonies, funerals, or memorial services shall be limited to 10 persons. The number of individuals at indoor gatherings that are religious services or celebrations, political activities, wedding ceremonies, funerals, or memorial services shall be limited to 25 percent of the capacity of the room in which it takes place, but regardless of the capacity of the room, such limit shall never be larger than 150 persons or smaller than 10 persons. For purposes of this Paragraph, any private residence or residential unit shall be treated as a single "room".

Enforcement