Updated list of States with “Stay-at-Home” orders (UPDATING)

Alabama

Gov. Kay Ivey said she did not plan to issue a statewide order, saying that she wanted to balance the health of the state’s residents with the health of the economy. “Y’all, we are not California, we’re not New York, we aren’t even Louisiana,” she said on a conference call with reporters, according to AL.com. Birmingham, the largest city in the state, has issued a shelter-in-place order for its residents.

Alaska 

“We crossed a line today,” Gov. Mike Dunleavy said, issuing instructions for people to stay home or remain six feet or more from one another when outside. The mayor of Anchorage had previously asked residents to “hunker down.”

Arizona

Gov. Doug Ducey said he issued the order at the recommendation of health officials. “I’m grateful to everyone making adjustments to fight this virus and protect others,” he said. “We need to keep these efforts up.”

California

Since the order went into effect, all nonessential services such as dine-in restaurants, bars, gyms and convention centers have been shut down.Essential services, such as groceries, pharmacies, gas stations, food banks, convenience stores and delivery restaurants, have remained open. So have banks, local government offices that provide services and law enforcement agencies.

Colorado

Gov. Jared Polis issued a statewide stay-at-home order Wednesday afternoon. It goes into effect 6 a.m. Thursday and will last until April 11. People can go to work if they provide essential products or services. Examples include health care workers, grocery store staff and some government employees (like first responders). There are a number of other exceptions for certain industries, including some manufacturing, retail, finance, construction and media jobs. Non-critical businesses are ordered to “to close temporarily, except as necessary to engage in minimum basic operations needed to protect assets and maintain personnel functions.” Liquor and cannabis stores will remain open.

Connecticut

Under Gov. Ned Lamont’s executive order, all nonessential businesses and not-for-profit entities should close. The order excludes any essential business or entity providing essential services such as health care, food service, law enforcement and similar critical services, according to a news release.Nonessential public gatherings of any size should be canceled and if residents must leave their home, the governor is advising they not travel in groups and keep at least 6 feet away from each other when possible. 

Delaware

The order advises residents to stay at home whenever possible and close all nonessential businesses, according to a news release. Delaware residents may leave their home for essential activities, such as getting groceries, seeing a doctor and engaging in “other activities essential to their health, and the health and well-being of their family members, including pets.”

District of Columbia

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser issued a stay-at-home order for all residents, joining the nearby states of Maryland and Virginia in a move that virtually shut down the nation’s capital region. “Many people want to know how they can help right now,” the mayor said. “For most people this is how — by staying home.”

Florida

Florida Gov. DeSantis issued a statewide stay-at-home order on Wednesday afternoon to curb the rate of infection in his state during the global coronavirus pandemic. The order will go into effect at midnight Thursday and last for at least 30 days.

“It makes sense to make this move now,” the Republican governor said during a press conference Wednesday, adding that he was taking the action after President Trump extended the social distancing guidelines nationwide for another 30 days.

Georgia 

Gov. Brian Kemp announced that he would issue a statewide order for all residents to shelter in place, following a similar stay-at-home order in Atlanta and other areas. He said he made the decision, in part, after learning that many people without symptoms are transmitting the virus. “At this point,” he said, “I think it’s the right thing to do.”

Hawaii

The order takes effect on Wednesday and will last through at least April 30. Exceptions to the order are being made for essential services, medical care and grocery shopping.

Idaho

“Our health care and public safety workers are putting themselves in harm’s way to respond to the coronavirus emergency, and we owe it to them to do our part by following this statewide stay-home order,” Gov. Brad Little said.

Illinois

The order went into effect Saturday evening and lasts through April 7. Residents are able to go to grocery stores, pharmacies, medical offices, hospitals and gas stations. They can still go running or hiking and walk their dogs, according to the governor.

Indiana

Indiana issued a stay-at-home order Monday, which goes into effect Tuesday just before midnight and lasts until April 6. Essential employees, including health care workers, grocery and transit workers, among others, can leave their home. Indiana residents can leave their home to exercise, Holcomb said. The governor added that the Indiana National Guard is not assisting with enforcing the order, but it is assisting in the distribution of hospital supplies the state receives.

Kansas

As part of ongoing efforts to limit the spread of novel coronavirus in Kansas, today Governor Laura Kelly issued Executive Order 20-16, making Kansas the 22^nd state in the nation to institute a temporary, statewide stay-home order. It will exist in conjunction with the Kansas Essential Function Framework for COVID-19 response efforts and will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, March 30. The measure will be in place at least until Sunday, April 19.

“Our modeling continues to suggest that the number of confirmed positive coronavirus cases in Kansas could reach as high as 900 over the next week,” Kelly said. “While I left these decisions to local health departments as long as possible, the reality is that the patchwork approach that has developed is inconsistent and is a recipe for chaos and, ultimately, for failure in our statewide fight to slow the spread of COVID-19.”

Kentucky

Gov. Andy Beshear ordered all non-essential businesses to stop operating in-person services by March 26 and urged residents to stay “healthy at home.” In a news conference on March 27, he clarified that the state’s campaign amounted to telling residents to stay home. “That doesn’t mean you need to cower down in your home,” he said. But “you stay at home, unless you are getting groceries or other supplies that you may need.”

Louisiana

Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a stay-at-home order to help slow the coronavirus spread. The order takes effect Monday and ends on April 12. While state buildings and other essential businesses such as grocery stores, pharmacies and doctors’ offices will remain open, nonessential businesses must close by 5 p.m. Monday night. Restaurants will remain open for drive-thru, delivery and takeout options only.

Maryland 

Citing a drastic uptick in cases and deaths in Maryland and the United States, Gov. Larry Hogan issued a statewide stay-at-home order. “We are no longer asking or suggesting that Marylanders stay home,” he said. “We are directing them to do so.”

Maryland

Citing a drastic uptick in cases and deaths in Maryland and the United States, Gov. Larry Hogan issued a statewide stay-at-home order. “We are no longer asking or suggesting that Marylanders stay home,” he said. “We are directing them to do so.”

Massachusetts

Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker issued an emergency order requiring all businesses and organizations that do not provide essential services to close their physical  workplaces, but these businesses are encouraged to continue their operations remotely. The order, effective Tuesday at noon until April 7, limits gatherings to 10 people in confined spaces, but does not prohibit gatherings of more than 10 people in an outdoor space, such as a park or athletic field, according to a news release.

Minnesota

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called on Minnesotans to remain at home for two weeks to curb the spread of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The executive order is the governor’s strictest executive action yet, asking state residents to partake in a form of extreme social distancing as the virus spreads to a growing number of people in the state and hospitals prepare for more patients. Residents are still allowed to leave their homes for things like groceries, gas, emergency medical services or supplies, caring for family members, friends or pets and moving between emergency shelters for those who are homeless.People who work in “critical sectors” are exempt from the stay-at home-order, which includes: health care workers, emergency responders, law enforcement, staff at shelters, child care facilities, food production, utilities, the news media and critical manufacturing. Other workplaces are asked to shift to a telework and work from home model under the order.

Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered Michigan residents to stay at home unless they are critical workers. The order goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and will last for at least the next three weeks, according to a news release from her office.Whitmer banned gatherings, public and private, of any number of people.”This is an unprecedented crisis that requires all of us working together to protect our families and our communities,” Whitmer said in the news release. “If we all come together, get serious, and do our part by staying home, we can stay safe and save lives.”

Mississippi 

Gov. Tate Reeves announced a shelter-in-place order and asked all residents to take enforcement seriously. “If you will self-enforce this, it will go a long way to slowing the spread,” he said.

Montana

“We cannot rebuild our economic strength without doing everything we can now to flatten the curve and slow the spread of this virus,” Gov. Steve Bullock said.

Nevada 

Gov. Steve Sisolak had shut down all nonessential businesses and encouraged residents to stay home for weeks before issuing a formal order, codifying a message he had been trying to send for weeks: “STAY HOME for our State,” he said on Twitter.

New Hampshire 

Gov. Chris Sununu had earlier described a stay-at-home order as not a “practical ask” of residents, but later put one in place. “We can’t stress this enough — you should stay at your house unless absolutely necessary,” he said.

New Jersey

In New Jersey, a stay-at-home order has been in effect since Saturday. The order prohibits all gatherings, such as celebrations, according to Gov. Phil Murphy. The executive order requires all retail businesses to close with the exception of essential businesses, including pharmacies and medical marijuana dispensaries, grocery stores, gas stations, pet stores, laundromats, banks, liquor stores and mail and delivery stores.

New Mexico

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that she instituted a “statewide stay-at-home instruction” beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, “All New Mexicans are instructed to stay at home except for outings essential to health, safety, and welfare,” Grisham wrote in a tweet.The Governor also declared that “all businesses except those deemed essential to public health, safety and well-being will be ordered closed,” 

New York

Friday, New York ordered all workers in nonessential businesses to stay at home. Under the executive order, which took effect Sunday evening, civil fines and mandatory closures will be issued to businesses that don’t comply, Cuomo said. Civil fines, however, will not be issued for individuals who violate the policy, the governor said. Nonessential gatherings are restricted and individuals are being asked to limit outdoor recreational activities to non-contact activities. For essential workers who have to go out in public, Cuomo encouraged social distancing. Grocery stores, food delivery service and public transportation are still operational.

North Carolina 

A number of cities and counties in North Carolina had already ordered their residents to stay home, but Gov. Roy Cooper made it official statewide. “Even if you don’t think you have to worry about yourself, consider our nurses, doctors, custodial staff & other hospital workers who will be stretched beyond their capacity if we are unable to slow the spread of this disease,” he said on Twitter.

Ohio

Sunday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced he was issuing a statewide stay-at-home order. The order goes into effect Monday at 11:59 p.m. and will remain in place until at least April 6, DeWine said. Essential businesses and restaurants for takeout will be allowed to stay open. The governor encouraged Ohioans to maintain a distance of at least 6 feet from others if they need to go outside.

Oregon

On Monday, Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order telling Oregon residents to stay home except for essential needs. The order, effective immediately, prohibits all nonessential social and recreational gatherings, regardless of size, according to her office. The order closes retail businesses in which close personal contact is difficult to avoid, such as barber shops, arcades, gyms and theaters. Businesses that are not closed by the order must implement social distancing policies in order to remain open, her office said. Failure to follow the new order could be punished as a misdemeanor.

Puerto Rico

Gov. Wanda Vázquez issued an order imposing a nightly curfew and allowing people to leave their homes during the day only to buy groceries or medicine, go to the bank, attend medical appointments, tend to caregiving responsibilities or work in businesses deemed essential. “All citizens will have to stay home to stop the spread of this virus,” she said.

Rhode Island

Gov. Gina Raimondo issued a stay-at-home order in a state that has gone to great lengths to protect itself from outsiders, especially people fleeing New York City. She said a surge in cases was inevitable. “This is going to get very real very fast for all of us,” she said.

Vermont

Gov. Phil Scott issued a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order effective March 25th, 2020 and directed the closure of in-person operations for all non-essential businesses.  The order directs Vermonters to stay at home, leaving only for essential reasons, critical to health and safety. Governor Scott declared a State of Emergency on March 13, and has since directed a number of mitigation strategies in order to reduce close contact among individuals, including visitor restrictions for long-term care facilities and other health facilities; the closure of bars and restaurants, schools and day care centers and close contact businesses; limiting the size of mass gatherings; postponing all non-essential medical procedures; and ordering all businesses to implement telecommuting wherever possible.

Virginia

Gov. Ralph Northam, who shut down schools and nonessential businesses and banned gatherings of more than 10 people, had said that issuing a stay-at-home order was a matter of semantics. But after seeing beaches and other public areas packed with people, he issued a formal order. “It is clear more people still need to hear this basic message: Stay home.”

Washington

Gov. Jay Inslee issued the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order Monday, requiring Washington residents to stay at home for the next two weeks. The order takes effect immediately. Exceptions are made for critical jobs and grocery shopping. The order does not prohibit people from going outside for a walk, Inslee says, but people must keep a distance of six feet from each other. The order includes a ban on all gatherings and “the closure of many businesses.” Inslee says the only businesses that are allowed to stay in operation for the next two weeks are those that are “essential to the healthy functioning of our community or are able to let employees work remotely from home.” Those essential positions include medical professionals and pharmacists.

While the general order takes effect immediately, the governor’s office says non-essential businesses have until Wednesday to close.

West Virginia

Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday that he’s issuing a stay-at-home order to go into effect Tuesday at 8 p.m. Justice is directing all West Virginia residents to only leave home for essential needs. Taking a walk, riding a bike and being out in nature for exercise is allowed, but people should stay at least 6 feet away from others. All nonessential businesses should close and restaurants should only offer takeout, delivery or drive-thru, the governor said.

Wisconsin

This morning, Gov. Tony Evers directed DHS to issue a “Safer at home” order prohibiting all non-essential travel The order is effective 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2020 and will remain in effect until 8 a.m. Friday, April 24, 2020 — or until a superseding order is issued

Under this order, Wisconsin residents are able to:

• Perform tasks essential to maintain health and safety, such as obtaining medicine or seeing a doctor;
• Get necessary services or supplies for themselves or their family or household members, such as getting food and supplies, pet food and supplies necessary for staying at home;
• Care for a family member in another household; and
• Care for older adults, minors, dependents, people with disabilities or other vulnerable persons.

Several states have ordered all nonessential businesses to close, but stopped short of issuing official stay-at-home orders.

These states are: Maryland, Nevada, Virginia and Kentucky. Several Cities throughout the Nation have also issued the closure of non-essential business including several in South Florida, and Atlanta