The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Va. Const. art. V, § 7; Va. Code §§ 44-146.17, 44-75.1
- Issued
- 2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-12
- End
- Originally 2020-06-10; continued by Amended EO 51 (May 26, 2020) until amended or rescinded; lapsed 2021-06-30 (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 12, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declaration
- Addressees
- state agencies
- local governments
- the public
- Functions reached
- predicate for all State orders
- Collection
- Virginia VA
Operative words
I declare that a state of emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Virginia to continue to prepare and coordinate our response to the potential spread of COVID-19, a communicable disease of public health threat.... C. Authorization for the heads of executive branch agencies... to waive any state requirement or regulation... D. Activation of § 59.1-525 et seq. of the Code related to price gouging. E. Activation of the Virginia National Guard to State Active Duty.
Enforcement
Predicate for orders under § 44-146.17; violations of derivative orders are Class 1 misdemeanors under § 44-146.17
Notes
Text read in the Virginia Register, Vol. 36, Iss. 17 (Apr. 13, 2020), Governor section; the Governor's own PDF at governor.virginia.gov is offline and its Wayback capture would not download.
Retrieval noteThe Register page also carries EO 52, EO 53, EO 54, EO 55, PHE One as amended and PHE Two (same file as VA-002 and VA-003).