The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 V.S.A. §§ 8, 9, 11; EO 01-20
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- Stay-home direction upon signing; suspension of in-person business operations Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-25)
- End
- Set to April 15, 2020; extended to May 15 (VT-014) and June 15 (VT-021); amended by Addenda 10-13 (VT-015 to VT-019), the Amendment to Addendum 6 of May 13, 2020 (VT-020) and Addendum 14 § 2 (May 15, 2020, 'Be Smart/Stay Safe' recasting § 1 as encouragement) (VT-021); superseded by the Amended and Restated Order June 15, 2020 (VT-025) (read as 2020-04-15)
- In force
- Mar. 25, 2020 to Apr. 15, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- Vermonters (the public)
- all businesses and not-for-profit entities
- governmental entities
- ACCD
- Functions reached
- CB customer base under stay-home
- SF sales floor and premises closed
- OF offices closed
- SL
- FC
- DR
- JS non-critical construction
- PF non-critical manufacturing
- LG lodging suspended
- BR retail banking limited to ATM, drive-through, online and telephone
- SH in-person real estate suspended (VT-014 ¶ 3(A))
- WF
- Collection
- Vermont VT
Operative words
Vermonters are directed to stay at home or in their place of residence, leaving only for essential reasons such as: personal safety; groceries or medicine; curbside pick-up of goods, meals or beverages; medical care; exercise; care of others; and work, as set forth further below... As previously directed, all workers shall work remotely when possible... effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 5 p.m., subject to closures and limitations provided in prior orders, all businesses and not-for-profit entities in the state shall suspend in-person business operations... Businesses and entities providing services or functions deemed critical to public health and safety, as well as economic and national security shall remain in operation.
Enforcement
20 V.S.A. § 40 (VT-103); ACCD administered the critical-business determinations (¶ 7)
Notes
Critical list ¶ 6(a)-(r): health care; public safety; critical infrastructure; 'construction necessary to support the COVID-19 response and maintain critical infrastructure'; 'critical manufacturing, including food and animal feed manufacturing, processing and supply, pharmaceuticals'; grocery, pharmacy and hardware retail 'through on-line and telephone orders for delivery and curb-side pickup to the extent possible'; agriculture; lodging only 'to the extent required to support COVID-19 response'; mail and shipping; 'banks and related financial institutions, provided, however, routine retail banking operations shall be limited to transactions conducted through automated teller machines, drive-through services and online and telephone services'.
Retrieval noteThe Governor's release of March 31, 2020 (title in listing) reported that large retailers were ordered to cease in-person sales of non-essential items.