The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.06.220(1)(h); Proclamations 20-25.12, 20-25.13; WAC 296-800-14035
- Issued
- 2021-06-02 June 2, 2021
- Effective
- Successive versions from the Safe Start Phase 2 reopening (June 2020); Healthy Washington Phase 1 (Jan. 11, 2021), Phase 2 (Feb. 2021), Phase 3 (changes of March 17, 2021); this version June 2, 2021 (read as 2021-01-11)
- End
- 2021-06-30
- In force
- Jan. 11, 2021 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
- Addressees
- restaurants, taverns, breweries, wineries, distilleries and all establishments serving food or drink
- Functions reached
- DR dining room
- BA bar (bar seating closed; alcohol hours)
- TO takeout
- BQ
- KT
- WF
- CB
- Collection
- Washington WA
Operative words
Summary of the March 17, 2021 changes: 1. Added Phase 3 requirements and modifications: a. Indoor dining capacity allowed at 50%.... c. Alcohol service allowed until 12 a.m.... Phase 1: 1. Indoor seating is prohibited. Outdoor and open-air seating and to-go service are permitted... Phase 2: 1. Indoor seating is permitted at 25% capacity if physical distance between adjacent tables... 3. Alcohol service, delivery, and consumption, including beer, wine, and spirits, must end at 11:00 p.m. Food service may continue past 11 pm. Phase 3: 1. Indoor seating is permitted at 50% capacity... 3. Alcohol service, delivery, and consumption, including beer, wine, and spirits, must end at 12:00 [a.m.]... If an establishment has bar area seating it must be closed off to prohibit use.... Standing is prohibited in any area of the establishment, except when engaging in allowable [activities]
Enforcement
Through Proclamation 20-25 et seq. (RCW 43.06.220(5)); WAC 296-800-14035; LCB licensing
Notes
The alcohol curfew and capacity chronology for 2021: indoor dining prohibited (Jan. 11 - Feb. 2021 in most regions), 25% with alcohol ending 11 p.m. (Phase 2), 50% with alcohol ending midnight (Phase 3 from March 22, 2021; statewide May 18 - June 30, 2021).
Retrieval noteEarlier 2020 versions (Phase 2 restaurant requirements of May-July 2020) were not separately retrieved. Exhibit is the final/archived version; quarters before its date rest on predecessor versions not in the library; quote only for the version's own period; earlier periods are verified_secondary.