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Executive Order 2021-20 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 87)

Executive Order requiring face coverings in indoor public places (Delta-wave mask order) and vaccination or testing for health care workers, school personnel and higher education

Governor JB Pritzker · Illinois (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
20 ILCS 3305/7(1), (2), (8), (10), (12)
Issued
2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021
Effective
2021-08-30
End
extended monthly through Feb. 28, 2022 (EO 2022-06 lifted the indoor mask requirement) (read as 2022-02-28)
In force
Aug. 30, 2021 to Feb. 28, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • all individuals in Illinois
  • businesses and indoor public places
  • health care workers
  • school personnel
Functions reached
  • SL (masks on every stylist and customer; mask-off services constrained)
  • CL (laundromats as indoor public places)
  • FH (funeral homes and services indoors)
  • PS (grooming shops)
  • RP (shops)
  • WF (school masking and quarantine; vaccination-or-testing for school and health-care staff)
  • CB
Collection
Personal Care and Other Services SEC-18

Operative words

[A]ll individuals in Illinois who are age two or over and able to medically tolerate a face covering shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when in an indoor public place.... [I]t is the duty of every employer to protect the health and safety of employees by establishing and maintaining a healthy and safe work environment and requiring employees to comply with health and safety measures.

Enforcement

20 ILCS 3305/19; 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690 (business enforcement)

Notes

The Q3 2021 Illinois instrument that bound every premises in this industry; the operative sentence was read on the State's page.