Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order

The record

Jurisdiction

Wisconsin

Level

State

Authority

Wis. Stat. § 252.02(3), (4), (6); Executive Order 72

Issued

2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020

Effective

2020-03-25 8:00 a.m. through 2020-04-24 8:00 a.m.; extended by Emergency Order 28 (Apr. 16) to May 26 (read as 2020-03-25)

End

2020-05-13 (Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, invalidating Emergency Order 28) (read as 2020-05-13)

In force

Mar. 25, 2020 to May 13, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine

Addressees

• all individuals in Wisconsin
• non-essential businesses
• salons and spas
• funeral establishments
• weddings and funerals

Functions reached

• SL closed (§ 4.c)
• FH open with funerals capped below 10 per room (§ 13.h-i)
• CL laundromats and dry cleaners essential (§ 13)
• PS pet stores essential; grooming not listed
• CB stay-home
• OP telework ('shall, to the greatest extent possible, use technology')
• WF schools closed

Collection

Personal Care and Other Services SEC-18

Operative words

1. Stay at home or place of residence. All individuals present within the State of Wisconsin are ordered to stay at home or at their place of residence... 4.... c. Salons and spas. This includes, but is not limited to, hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, day spas, electrolysis providers, waxing salons, eyebrow-care establishments, tattoo parlors, body art establishments, and tanning facilities.... Healthcare and Public Health Operations does not include fitness and exercise gyms, hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, day spas, electrolysis providers, tattoo parlors, body art establishments, tanning facilities, and similar facilities.... 13.... h. Weddings, funerals, and religious entities. Religious facilities, entities, groups, and gatherings, and weddings and funerals, except that any gathering shall include fewer than 10 people in a room or confined space at a time... i. Funeral establishments. Funeral establishments, as defined in Wis. Stat. § 445.01(6), except that any gathering shall include fewer than 10 people in a room or confined space at a time and individuals shall adhere to Social Distancing Requirements as much as possible.

Enforcement

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