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Ex. WA-035 Order Primary source read

Proclamation 20-25.4, Safe Start Washington (May 31, 2020)

Transition from 'Stay Home - Stay Healthy' to 'Safe Start - Stay Healthy' County-by-County Phased Reopening

Governor Jay Inslee · Washington (State)

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Jurisdiction
Washington
Level
State
Authority
RCW 43.06.220(1)(h); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW
Issued
2020-05-31 May 31, 2020
Effective
2020-06-01 (employee face coverings from June 8, 2020) (read as 2020-06-01)
End
2020-07-01 11:59 p.m. by its terms; extended by 20-25.5 (July 1), 20-25.6 (July 7), 20-25.7 (July 24, open-ended) (read as 2020-07-01)
In force
June 1, 2020 to July 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition
Addressees
  • all people in Washington
  • all businesses
  • employers and employees
  • counties
Functions reached
  • SF
  • DR
  • OF
  • SL
  • FC
  • GATH
  • WF
  • HR
  • CB
Collection
Washington WA

Operative words

Proclamations 20-25, 20-25.1, 20-25.2, and 20-25.3 (Stay Home - Stay Healthy) are amended to extend all of the prohibitions and each expiration date therein to 11:59 p.m. on July 1, 2020, and are renamed (Safe Start - Stay Healthy), and that except as otherwise provided in this order or the Safe Start Washington Phased Reopening County-by-County Plan found here, all other provisions of Proclamations 20-25, 20-25.1, 20-25.2, and 20-25.3 shall remain in full force and effect.... beginning on June 1, 2020, the Safe Start Washington Phased Reopening Plan will be applied on a county-by-county basis, and will allow any county that has been in Phase 1 or 2 for three weeks to apply to the Secretary of Health to move in whole or in part to the next phase... I hereby order... that, beginning on June 8, 2020, when on the job, all employees must wear a facial covering except when working alone or when the job has no in-person interaction as detailed in the Safe Start Washington Phased Reopening Plan; and, further, that employers must provide cloth facial coverings to employees

Enforcement

Violators of this order may be subject to criminal penalties pursuant to RCW 43.06.220(5).

Notes

The stay-home prohibitions did not lapse on June 1, 2020: they were extended and renamed, and every activity remained prohibited except as the county's phase and the industry requirements allowed.

Retrieval note

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