Exhibit B – Announced Upcoming Executive Order

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April 30, 2020 Executive Order 2020-XX

EXECUTIVE ORDER IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

(COVID-19 EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. XX)

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WHEREAS, Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel severe acute respiratory illness that can 

spread among people through respiratory transmissions and present with symptoms similar to 

those of influenza; and,

WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 

outbreak as a pandemic; and,

WHEREAS, despite efforts to contain COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) and 

the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have declared that it is expected to 

continue spreading; and,

WHEREAS, certain populations are at higher risk of experiencing more severe illness as a result 

of COVID-19, including older adults and people who have serious chronic medical conditions 

such as heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease; and,

WHEREAS, in a short period of time, COVID-19 has rapidly spread throughout Illinois, 

necessitating updated and more stringent guidance from federal, state, and local public health 

officials; and,

WHEREAS, social distancing, which requires maintaining at least a six-foot distance between 

people, continues to be a paramount strategy for minimizing the spread of COVID-19 in our 

communities; and,

WHEREAS, current testing availability has identified further spread of confirmed cases 

throughout the State of Illinois, and it is expected that increased testing capacity would 

demonstrate that COVID-19 is circulating in communities across Illinois that currently have not 

identified a confirmed case; and,

WHEREAS, until testing and contact tracing become more widespread, it is critical to 

minimize the potential exposure of Illinoisans to COVID-19; and, 

WHEREAS, the number of suspected COVID-19 cases in Illinois is increasing exponentially 

and across more locations in Illinois, indicating that drastic social distancing measures are 

needed, even in communities where confirmed cases have not yet been identified, to reduce the 

number of people who become sick at any given time and the possibility of exhausting our health 

care resources; and,

1 This Executive Order will be filed on April 30, 2020. This pre-filing copy is being provided to media and 

the public in order to inform the public about the changes to expect as of May 1, 2020. The underlining and strike 

outs identify the changes to the current Executive Order.

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WHEREAS, the CDC now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings 

where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain in order to slow the spread 

of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting 

it to others; and,

WHEREAS, I, JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois, declared all counties in the State of Illinois as a 

disaster area on March 9, 2020 (the First Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation) in response to the 

outbreak of COVID-19; and,

WHEREAS, I again declared all counties in the State of Illinois as a disaster area on April 1, 

2020 (the Second Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation) in response to the exponential spread of 

COVID-19; and,

WHEREAS, I again declared all counties in the State of Illinois as a disaster area on April XX, 

2020 (the Third Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation, and, together with the First Gubernatorial 

Disaster Proclamation and the Second Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation, the Gubernatorial 

Disaster Proclamations) in response to the exponential spread of COVID-19; and,

WHEREAS, for the preservation of public health and safety throughout the entire State of 

Illinois, and to ensure that our healthcare delivery system is capable of serving those who are 

sick, I find it necessary to take additional measures consistent with public health guidance to 

slow and stop the spread of COVID-19;

THEREFORE, by the powers vested in me as the Governor of the State of Illinois, pursuant to 

Sections 7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(8), 7(9), and 7(12) of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency 

Act, 20 ILCS 3305, and consistent with the powers in public health laws, I hereby order the 

following:

The Stay at Home Order (Executive Order 2020-10; COVID-19 Executive Order No. 8), hereby 

is extended through the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamations, with modifications 

to the original Stay at Home Order reflected below. This Executive Order is effective as of 

May 1, 2020:

Section 1. Public Health Requirements for Individuals Leaving Home and for Businesses 

1. Wearing a face covering in public places or when working. Any individual who is 

over age two and able to medically tolerate a face-covering (a mask or cloth facecovering) shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a face-covering when 

in a public place and unable to maintain a six-foot social distance. Face-coverings 

are required in public indoor spaces such as stores. 

2. Requirements for essential stores. Retail stores (including, but not limited to, stores 

that sell groceries and medicine, hardware stores, and greenhouses, garden centers, 

and nurseries) designated as Essential Businesses and Operations under this Order 

shall to the greatest extent possible:

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• provide face coverings to all employees who are not able to maintain a 

minimum six-foot social distance at all times; 

• cap occupancy at 50 percent of store capacity, or, alternatively, at the 

occupancy limits based on store square footage set by the Department of 

Commerce and Economic Opportunity; 

• set up store aisles to be one-way where practicable to maximize spacing 

between customers and identify the one-way aisles with conspicuous signage 

and/or floor markings; 

• communicate with customers through in-store signage, and public service 

announcements and advertisements, about the social distancing 

requirements set forth in this Order (Social Distancing Requirements); and

• discontinue use of reusable bags. 

Households must limit the number of members who enter stores to the minimum 

necessary.

3. Requirements for non-essential stores. Retail stores not designated as Essential 

Businesses and Operations may re-open for the limited purposes of fulfilling 

telephone and online orders through pick-up outside the store and delivery – which 

are deemed to be Minimum Basic Operations. Employees working in the store must 

follow the social Distancing Requirements, and must wear a face covering when they 

may come within six feet of another employee or a customer.

4. Requirements for manufacturers. Manufacturers that continue to operate pursuant 

to this Order must follow Social Distancing Requirements and take appropriate 

precautions, which may include:

• providing face coverings to all employees who are not able to maintain a 

minimum six-foot social distance at all times; 

• staggering shifts; 

• reducing line speeds; 

• operating only essential lines, while shutting down non-essential lines;

• ensuring that all spaces where employees may gather, including locker 

rooms and lunchrooms, allow for social distancing; and

• downsizing operations to the extent necessary to allow for social distancing 

and to provide a safe workplace in response to the COVID-19 emergency.

5. Requirements for all businesses. All businesses must evaluate which employees are 

able to work from home, and are encouraged to facilitate remote work from home 

when possible. All businesses that have employees physically reporting to a worksite must post the attached guidance from the Illinois Department of Public Health 

(IDPH) regarding workplace safety during the COVID-19 emergency.

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Section 2. Stay at Home; Social Distancing Requirements; and Essential Businesses and 

Operations

1. Stay at home or place of residence. With exceptions as outlined below, all individuals 

currently living within the State of Illinois are ordered to stay at home or at their place of 

residence except as allowed in this Executive Order. To the extent individuals are using 

shared or outdoor spaces when outside their residence, they must at all times and as much 

as reasonably possible maintain social distancing of at least six feet from any other 

person, consistent with the Social Distancing Requirements set forth in this Executive 

Order. All persons may leave their homes or place of residence only for Essential 

Activities, Essential Governmental Functions, or to operate Essential Businesses and 

Operations, all as defined below. 

Individuals experiencing homelessness are exempt from this directive, but are strongly 

urged to obtain shelter, and governmental and other entities are strongly urged to make 

such shelter available as soon as possible and to the maximum extent practicable (and to 

use in their operation COVID-19 risk mitigation practices recommended by the U.S. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Illinois Department of Public 

Health (IDPH)). Individuals whose residences are unsafe or become unsafe, such as 

victims of domestic violence, are permitted and urged to leave their home and stay at a 

safe alternative location. For purposes of this Executive Order, homes or residences 

include hotels, motels, shared rental units, shelters, and similar facilities. 

2. Non-essential business and operations must cease. All businesses and operations in 

the State, except Essential Businesses and Operations as defined below, are required to 

cease all activities within the State except Minimum Basic Operations, as defined below. 

For clarity, businesses may also continue operations consisting exclusively of employees 

or contractors performing activities at their own residences (i.e., working from home). 

All Essential Businesses and Operations are encouraged to may remain open consistent 

with the express provisions of this Order and the intent of this Order as set forth in 

Section 1, Paragraph 16 below. To the greatest extent feasible, Essential Businesses 

and Operations shall comply with Social Distancing Requirements as defined in this 

Executive Order, including by maintaining six-foot social distancing for both employees 

and members of the public at all times, including, but not limited to, when any customers 

are standing in line. 

3. Prohibited activities. All public and private gatherings of any number of people 

occurring outside a single household or living unit are prohibited, except for the limited 

purposes permitted by this Executive Order. Pursuant to current guidance from the CDC,

any gathering of more than ten people is prohibited unless exempted by this Executive 

Order. Nothing in this Executive Order prohibits the gathering of members of a 

household or residence. 

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All places of public amusement, whether indoors or outdoors, including but not limited 

to, locations with amusement rides, carnivals, amusement parks, water parks, aquariums, 

zoos, museums, arcades, fairs, children’s play centers, playgrounds, funplexes, theme 

parks, bowling alleys, movie and other theaters, concert and music halls, and country 

clubs or social clubs shall be closed to the public. 

This Executive Order supersedes Section 2 of Executive Order 2020-07 (COVID-19 

Executive Order No. 5), which prohibited gatherings of 50 people or more. 

4. Prohibited and permitted travel. All travel, including, but not limited to, travel by 

automobile, motorcycle, scooter, bicycle, train, plane, or public transit, except Essential 

Travel and Essential Activities as defined herein, is prohibited. People riding on public 

transit must comply with Social Distancing Requirements to the greatest extent feasible. 

This Executive Order allows travel into or out of the State to maintain Essential 

Businesses and Operations and Minimum Basic Operations. 

5. Leaving the home for essential activities is permitted. For purposes of this Executive 

Order, individuals may leave their residence only to perform any of the following 

Essential Activities, and must follow the Social Distancing Requirements set forth in 

this Order, including wearing face coverings when in public or at work:

a. For health and safety. To engage in activities or perform tasks essential to their 

health and safety, or to the health and safety of their family or household 

members (including, but not limited to, pets), such as, by way of example only 

and without limitation, seeking emergency services, obtaining medical supplies or 

medication, or visiting a health care professional.

b. For necessary supplies and services. To obtain necessary services or supplies 

for themselves and their family or household members, or to deliver those 

services or supplies to others, such as, by way of example only and without 

limitation, groceries and food, household consumer products, supplies they need 

to work from home, and products necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation, and 

essential operation of residences. 

c. For outdoor activity. To engage in outdoor activity, provided the individuals 

comply with Social Distancing Requirements, as defined below, such as, by way 

of example and without limitation, walking, hiking, running, and biking.

Individuals may go to public parks and open outdoor recreation areas, including 

specific State parks that remain open for certain activities, as designated by 

the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Fishing and boating in groups 

of no more than two people are permitted. Golf is permitted only when 

following the guidelines provided by the Illinois Department of Commerce 

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and Economic Opportunity (DCEO). However, Playgrounds may increase

spread of COVID-19, and therefore shall be closed.

d. For certain types of work. To perform work providing essential products and 

services at Essential Businesses or Operations (which, as defined below, includes 

Healthcare and Public Health Operations, Human Services Operations, Essential 

Governmental Functions, and Essential Infrastructure) or to otherwise carry out 

activities specifically permitted in this Executive Order, including Minimum 

Basic Operations.

e. To take care of others. To care for a family member, friend, or pet in another 

household, and to transport family members, friends, or pets as allowed by this 

Executive Order.

6. Elderly people and those who are vulnerable as a result of illness should take 

additional precautions. People at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19, including 

elderly people and those who are sick, are urged to stay in their residence to the extent 

possible except as necessary to seek medical care. Nothing in this Executive Order

prevents the Illinois Department of Public Health or local public health departments from 

issuing and enforcing isolation and quarantine orders pursuant to the Department of 

Public Health Act, 20 ILCS 2305. 

7. Healthcare and Public Health Operations. For purposes of this Executive Order, 

individuals may leave their residence to work for or obtain services through Healthcare 

and Public Health Operations.

Healthcare and Public Health Operations includes, but is not limited to: hospitals; clinics; 

dental offices; pharmacies; public health entities, including those that compile, model, 

analyze and communicate public health information; pharmaceutical, pharmacy, medical 

device and equipment, and biotechnology companies (including operations, research and 

development, manufacture, and supply chain); organizations collecting blood, platelets, 

plasma, and other necessary materials; licensed medical cannabis dispensaries and 

licensed cannabis cultivation centers; reproductive health care providers; eye care 

centers, including those that sell glasses and contact lenses; home healthcare services 

providers; mental health and substance use providers; other healthcare facilities and 

suppliers and providers of any related and/or ancillary healthcare services; and entities 

that transport and dispose of medical materials and remains. 

Specifically included in Healthcare and Public Health Operations are manufacturers, 

technicians, logistics, and warehouse operators and distributors of medical equipment, 

personal protective equipment (PPE), medical gases, pharmaceuticals, blood and blood 

products, vaccines, testing materials, laboratory supplies, cleaning, sanitizing, 

disinfecting or sterilization supplies, and tissue and paper towel products. 

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Healthcare and Public Health Operations also includes veterinary care and all healthcare 

and grooming services provided to animals. 

Healthcare and Public Health Operations shall be construed broadly to avoid any impacts 

to the delivery of healthcare, broadly defined. Healthcare and Public Health Operations 

does not include fitness and exercise gyms, spas, salons, barber shops, tattoo parlors, and 

similar facilities. 

8. Human Services Operations. For purposes of this Executive Order, individuals may 

leave their residence to work for or obtain services at any Human Services Operations,

including any provider funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Illinois 

Department of Children and Family Services, or Medicaid that is providing services to 

the public and including state-operated, institutional, or community-based settings 

providing human services to the public. 

Human Services Operations includes, but is not limited to: long-term care facilities; all 

entities licensed pursuant to the Child Care Act, 225 ILCS 10, except for day care 

centers, day care homes, and group day care homes; day care centers licensed as specified 

in Section 2, Paragraph 12(s) of this of this Executive Order; day programs exempt from 

licensure under Title 89 of the Illinois Administrative Code, Sections 377.3(a)(1)-(a)(4), 

(b)(2), and (c); day programs exempt from licensure under Title 89 of the Illinois 

Administrative Code, Section 377.3(d) (subject to the conditions governing exempt day 

care homes set forth in Section 1, Paragraph 12(s) of this Executive Order); residential 

settings and shelters for adults, seniors, children, and/or people with developmental 

disabilities, intellectual disabilities, substance use disorders, and/or mental illness; 

transitional facilities; home-based settings to provide services to individuals with 

physical, intellectual, and/or developmental disabilities, seniors, adults, and children; 

field offices that provide and help to determine eligibility for basic needs including food, 

cash assistance, medical coverage, child care, vocational services, rehabilitation services; 

developmental centers; adoption agencies; businesses that provide food, shelter, and 

social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged individuals, 

individuals with physical, intellectual, and/or developmental disabilities, or otherwise 

needy individuals. 

Human Services Operations shall be construed broadly to avoid any impacts to the 

delivery of human services, broadly defined.

9. Essential Infrastructure. For purposes of this Executive Order, individuals may leave 

their residence to provide any services or perform any work necessary to offer, provision, 

operate, maintain and repair Essential Infrastructure.

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Essential Infrastructure includes, but is not limited to: food production, distribution, and 

sale; construction (including, but not limited to, construction required in response to this 

public health emergency, hospital construction, construction of long-term care facilities,

public works construction, and housing construction); building management and 

maintenance; airport operations; operation and maintenance of utilities, including water,

sewer, and gas; electrical (including power generation, distribution, and production of 

raw materials); distribution centers; oil and biofuel refining; roads, highways, railroads,

and public transportation; ports; cybersecurity operations; flood control; solid waste and 

recycling collection and removal; and internet, video, and telecommunications systems 

(including the provision of essential global, national, and local infrastructure for 

computing services, business infrastructure, communications, and web-based services).

Essential Infrastructure shall be construed broadly to avoid any impacts to essential 

infrastructure, broadly defined.

10. Essential Governmental Functions. For purposes of this Executive Order, all first 

responders, emergency management personnel, emergency dispatchers, court personnel, 

law enforcement and corrections personnel, hazardous materials responders, child 

protection and child welfare personnel, housing and shelter personnel, military, and other

governmental employees working for or to support Essential Businesses and Operations 

are categorically exempt from this Executive Order. 

Essential Government Functions means all services provided by the State or any 

municipal, township, county, subdivision or agency of government and needed to ensure 

the continuing operation of the government agencies or to provide for or support the 

health, safety and welfare of the public, and including contractors performing Essential 

Government Functions. Each government body shall determine its Essential 

Governmental Functions and identify employees and/or contractors necessary to the 

performance of those functions.

This Executive Order does not apply to the United States government. Nothing in this 

Executive Order shall prohibit any individual from performing or accessing Essential 

Governmental Functions.

11. Businesses covered by this Executive Order. For the purposes of this Executive Order, 

covered businesses include any for-profit, non-profit, or educational entities, regardless 

of the nature of the service, the function it performs, or its corporate or entity structure.

12. Essential Businesses and Operations. For the purposes of this Executive Order, 

Essential Businesses and Operations means Healthcare and Public Health Operations, 

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Human Services Operations, Essential Governmental Functions, and Essential 

Infrastructure, and the following:2

a. Stores that sell groceries and medicine. Grocery stores, pharmacies, certified 

farmers’ markets, farm and produce stands, supermarkets, convenience stores, and 

other establishments engaged in the retail sale of groceries, canned food, dry 

goods, frozen foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, pet supplies, fresh meats, fish, 

and poultry, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and any other household 

consumer products (such as cleaning and personal care products). This includes 

stores that sell groceries, medicine, including medication not requiring a medical 

prescription, and also that sell other non-grocery products, and products necessary 

to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences and 

Essential Businesses and Operations;

b. Food, beverage, and cannabis production and agriculture. Food and beverage 

manufacturing, production, processing, and cultivation, including farming, 

livestock, fishing, baking, and other production agriculture, including cultivation, 

marketing, production, and distribution of animals and goods for consumption; 

licensed medical and adult use cannabis dispensaries and licensed cannabis 

cultivation centers; and businesses that provide food, shelter, and other necessities 

of life for animals, including animal shelters, rescues, shelters, kennels, and 

adoption facilities; 

c. Organizations that provide charitable and social services. Businesses and 

religious and secular nonprofit organizations, including food banks, when

providing food, shelter, and social services, and other necessities of life for 

economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals, individuals who need 

assistance as a result of this emergency, and people with disabilities;

d. Media. Newspapers, television, radio, and other media services;

e. Gas stations and businesses needed for transportation. Gas stations and autosupply, auto-repair, and related facilities and bicycle shops and related facilities;

f. Financial institutions. Banks, currency exchanges, consumer lenders, including 

but not limited, to payday lenders, pawnbrokers, consumer installment lenders 

and sales finance lenders, credit unions, appraisers, title companies, financial 

markets, trading and futures exchanges, affiliates of financial institutions, entities 

2 On March 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure 

Security Agency, issued a Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers 

During COVID-19 Response. The definition of Essential Businesses and Operations in this Order is 

meant to encompass the workers identified in that Memorandum.

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that issue bonds, related financial institutions, and institutions selling financial 

products;

g. Hardware and supply stores and greenhouses, garden centers, and nurseries. 

Hardware stores and businesses that sell electrical, plumbing, and heating 

material, and greenhouses, garden centers, and nurseries;

h. Critical trades. Building and Construction Tradesmen and Tradeswomen, and 

other trades including but not limited to plumbers, electricians, exterminators,

cleaning and janitorial staff for commercial and governmental properties, security 

staff, operating engineers, HVAC, painting, moving and relocation services, and 

other service providers who provide services that are necessary to maintaining the 

safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences, Essential Activities, and 

Essential Businesses and Operations; 

i. Mail, post, shipping, logistics, delivery, and pick-up services. Post offices and 

other businesses that provide shipping and delivery services, and businesses that 

ship or deliver groceries, food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, goods or 

services to end users or through commercial channels; 

j. Educational institutions. Educational institutions—including public and private 

pre-K-12 schools, colleges, and universities—for purposes of facilitating distance 

learning, performing critical research, or performing essential functions, provided 

that social distancing of six-feet per person is maintained to the greatest extent 

possible. Educational institutions may allow and establish procedures for 

pick-up of necessary supplies and/or student belongings and dormitory 

move-out if conducted in a manner consistent with public health guidelines, 

including Social Distancing Requirements. This Executive Order is consistent 

with and does not amend or supersede Executive Order 2020-05 (COVID-19 

Executive Order No. 3) or Executive Order 2020-06 (COVID-19 Executive Order 

No. 4) except that affected schools have been closed past the April 7, 2020 date 

reflected in those Orders; 

k. Laundry services. Laundromats, dry cleaners, industrial laundry services, and 

laundry service providers;

l. Restaurants for consumption off-premises. Restaurants and other facilities that 

prepare and serve food, but only for consumption off-premises, through such 

means as in-house delivery, third-party delivery, drive-through, curbside pick-up, 

and carry-out. Schools and other entities that typically provide food services to 

students or members of the public may continue to do so under this Executive 

Order on the condition that the food is provided to students or members of the 

public on a pick-up and takeaway basis only. Schools and other entities that 

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provide food services under this exemption shall not permit the food to be eaten at 

the site where it is provided, or at any other gathering site due to the virus’s 

propensity to physically impact surfaces and personal property. This Executive 

Order is consistent with and does not amend or supersede Section 1 of Executive 

Order 2020-07 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 5) except that Section 1 is 

ordered to be extended through April 7, 2020; 

m. Supplies to work from home. Businesses that sell, manufacture, or supply 

products needed for people to work from home;

n. Supplies for Essential Businesses and Operations. Businesses that sell, 

manufacture, or supply other Essential Businesses and Operations with the 

support or materials necessary to operate, including computers, audio and video 

electronics, household appliances; IT and telecommunication equipment; 

hardware, paint, flat glass; electrical, plumbing and heating material; sanitary 

equipment; personal hygiene products; food, food additives, ingredients and 

components; medical and orthopedic equipment; optics and photography 

equipment; diagnostics, food and beverages, chemicals, soaps and detergent; and 

firearm and ammunition suppliers and retailers for purposes of safety and 

security; 

o. Transportation. Airlines, taxis, transportation network providers (such as Uber 

and Lyft), vehicle rental services, paratransit, and other private, public, and 

commercial transportation and logistics providers necessary for Essential 

Activities and other purposes expressly authorized in this Executive Order;

p. Home-based care and services. Home-based care for adults, seniors, children, 

and/or people with developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, substance 

use disorders, and/or mental illness, including caregivers such as nannies who 

may travel to the child’s home to provide care, and other in-home services 

including meal delivery;

q. Residential facilities and shelters. Residential facilities and shelters for adults, 

seniors, children, and/or people with developmental disabilities, intellectual 

disabilities, substance use disorders, and/or mental illness;

r. Professional services. Professional services, such as legal services, accounting 

services, insurance services, real estate services (including appraisal and title 

services);

s. Day care centers for employees exempted by this Executive Order. Day care 

centers granted an emergency license pursuant to Title 89, Section 407.500 of the 

Illinois Administrative Code, governing Emergency Day Care Programs for 

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children of employees exempted by this Executive Order to work as permitted. 

The licensing requirements for day care homes pursuant to Section 4 of the Child 

Care Act, 225 ILCS 10/4, are hereby suspended for family homes that receive up 

to 6 children for the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation. 

t. Manufacture, distribution, and supply chain for critical products and 

industries. Manufacturing companies, distributors, and supply chain companies 

producing and supplying essential products and services in and for industries such 

as pharmaceutical, technology, biotechnology, healthcare, chemicals and 

sanitization, waste pickup and disposal, agriculture, food and beverage, 

transportation, energy, steel and steel products, petroleum and fuel, mining, 

construction, national defense, communications, as well as products used by other 

Essential Businesses and Operations.

u. Critical labor union functions. Labor Union essential activities including the 

administration of health and welfare funds and personnel checking on the wellbeing and safety of members providing services in Essential Businesses and 

Operations – provided that these checks should be done by telephone or remotely 

where possible.

v. Hotels and motels. Hotels and motels, to the extent used for lodging and 

delivery or carry-out food services.

w. Funeral services. Funeral, mortuary, cremation, burial, cemetery, and related

services.

13. Minimum Basic Operations. For the purposes of this Executive Order, Minimum Basic 

Operations include the following, provided that employees comply with Social 

Distancing Requirements, to the extent possible, while carrying out such operations:

a. The minimum necessary activities to maintain the value of the business’s 

inventory, preserve the condition of the business’s physical plant and equipment, 

ensure security, process payroll and employee benefits, or for related functions.

b. The minimum necessary activities to facilitate employees of the business being 

able to continue to work remotely from their residences.

c. For retail stores, fulfilling online and telephonic orders through pick-up 

outside the store or delivery.

14. Essential Travel. For the purposes of this Executive Order, Essential Travel includes 

travel for any of the following purposes. Individuals engaged in any Essential Travel 

must comply with all Social Distancing Requirements as defined in this Section.

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a. Any travel related to the provision of or access to Essential Activities, Essential 

Governmental Functions, Essential Businesses and Operations, or Minimum 

Basic Operations.

b. Travel to care for elderly, minors, dependents, persons with disabilities, or other 

vulnerable persons.

c. Travel to or from educational institutions for purposes of receiving materials for 

distance learning, for receiving meals, and any other related services.

d. Travel to return to a place of residence from outside the jurisdiction.

e. Travel required by law enforcement or court order, including to transport children 

pursuant to a custody agreement.

f. Travel required for non-residents to return to their place of residence outside the 

State. Individuals are strongly encouraged to verify that their transportation out of 

the State remains available and functional prior to commencing such travel.

15. Social Distancing, Face Covering, and PPE Requirements. For purposes of this 

Executive Order, Social Distancing Requirements includes maintaining at least six-foot 

social distancing from other individuals, washing hands with soap and water for at least 

twenty seconds as frequently as possible or using hand sanitizer, covering coughs or 

sneezes (into the sleeve or elbow, not hands), regularly cleaning high-touch surfaces, and 

not shaking hands.

a. Required measures. Essential Businesses and Operations and businesses 

engaged in Minimum Basic Operations must take proactive measures to ensure

compliance with Social Distancing Requirements, including where possible:

i. Designate six-foot distances. Designating with signage, tape, or by other

means six-foot spacing for employees and customers in line to maintain 

appropriate distance; 

ii. Hand sanitizer and sanitizing products. Having hand sanitizer and 

sanitizing products readily available for employees and customers; 

iii. Separate operating hours for vulnerable populations. Implementing 

separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers; and 

iv. Online and remote access. Posting online whether a facility is open and 

how best to reach the facility and continue services by phone or remotely.

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v. Face Coverings and PPE. Providing employees with appropriate face 

coverings and requiring that employees wear face coverings where 

maintaining a six-foot social distance is not possible at all times.

When the work circumstances require, providing employees with 

other PPE in addition to face coverings.

16. Intent of this Executive Order. The intent of this Executive Order is to ensure that the 

maximum number of people self-isolate in their places of residence to the maximum 

extent feasible, while enabling essential services to continue, to slow the spread of 

COVID-19 to the greatest extent possible. When people need to leave their places of 

residence, whether to perform Essential Activities, or to otherwise facilitate authorized 

activities necessary for continuity of social and commercial life, they should at all times 

and as much as reasonably possible comply with Social Distancing Requirements. All 

provisions of this Executive Order should be interpreted to effectuate this intent. 

Businesses not specifically addressed by this Executive Order generally should cease 

activities and reduce to Minimum Basic Operations. 

17. Enforcement. This Executive Order may be enforced by State and local law 

enforcement pursuant to, inter alia, Section 7, Section 15, Section 18, and Section 19 of 

the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305. 

Businesses must follow guidance provided or published by: the Office of the 

Governor, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and 

State and local law enforcement regarding whether they qualify as Essential; and 

the Illinois Department of Public Health, local public health departments, and the 

Workplace Rights Bureau of the Office of the Illinois Attorney General with respect 

to Social Distancing Requirements. Pursuant to Section 25(b) of the Whistleblower 

Act, 740 ILCS 174, businesses are prohibited from retaliating against an employee 

for disclosing information where the employee has reasonable cause to believe that 

the information discloses a violation of this Order.

18. No limitation on authority. Nothing in this Executive Order shall, in any way, alter or 

modify any existing legal authority allowing the State or any county, or local government 

body from ordering (1) any quarantine or isolation that may require an individual to 

remain inside a particular residential property or medical facility for a limited period of 

time, including the duration of this public health emergency, or (2) any closure of a 

specific location for a limited period of time, including the duration of this public health 

emergency. Nothing in this Executive Order shall, in any way, alter or modify any 

existing legal authority allowing a county or local government body to enact provisions 

that are stricter than those in this Executive Order.

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Section 3. Savings clause. 

If any provision of this Executive Order or its application to any person or circumstance is held 

invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, this invalidity does not affect any other provision 

or application of this Executive Order, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or 

application. To achieve this purpose, the provisions of this Executive Order are declared to be 

severable.

_______________________

 JB Pritzker, Governor

Issued by the Governor April 30, 2020

Filed by the Secretary of State April 30, 2020

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