The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.70.130; RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100-036
- Issued
- 2020-06-24 June 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-26
- End
- Amended by 20-03.1 (July 24, 2020); successive amendments through 20-03.7 (Feb. 16, 2022); statewide indoor mask requirement ended March 12, 2022 (post-period; from 20-03.7 and Proclamation 20-25.19 recitals) (read as 2020-07-24)
- In force
- June 26, 2020 to July 24, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementOperating condition
- Addressees
- every person in Washington State
- businesses open to the public
- health care settings
- public transportation
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor
- CB customer base
- WF workforce
- GATH
- Collection
- Washington WA
Operative words
Every person in Washington State must wear a face covering that covers their nose and mouth when in any indoor or outdoor public setting, including, but not limited to: Inside any building, including, but not limited to, any business, that is open to the public; In healthcare settings...; While in line waiting for or riding on public transportation...; and In outdoor public areas... when a distance of at least six feet cannot be maintained from any non-household member.... This order shall take effect on June 26, 2020, and remain in effect until rescinded or superseded.
Enforcement
Violation of a Secretary of Health order under WAC 246-100-036 / RCW 70.05.120 (misdemeanor); made a business condition by Proclamation 20-25.6 (no business may serve a customer without a face covering) with RCW 43.06.220(5) penalties
Notes
The State's first statewide public face-covering mandate; incorporated by reference into Proclamation 20-25.5 and 20-25.6.
Retrieval noteDOH's own URL now serves the Feb. 16, 2022 version (20-03.7); this copy of the original June 24, 2020 order is the City of Ocean Shores council document; text verified (signature date, effective date, operative clause). Quarters follow the 20-03 series; the order in force in Q3 2021 is 20-03.3 (WA-070) to Aug. 22 and 20-03.4 (WA-078) from Aug. 23, 2021.