Second Supplementary Proclamation, COVID-19

Posted on Mar 21, 2020 in 2020 COVID19, Emergency Proclamations, Featured, Information and News Releases, Main, News Stories

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
STATE OF HAWAI‘I
SECOND SUPPLEMENTARY PROCLAMATION

By the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Hawai‘i, in order to provide relief for disaster damages, losses, and suffering, and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people, I, DAVID Y. IGE, Governor of the State of Hawai‘i, hereby determine, designate and proclaim as follows:

WHEREAS, it has become necessary to supplement the Proclamation of March 4, 2020, and Supplementary Proclamation of March 16, 2020, relating to the COVID-19 emergency, which continues to endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Hawai‘i;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DAVID Y. IGE, Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi, hereby further supplement the Proclamation of March 4, 2020, and the Supplementary Proclamation of March 16, 2020, both of which shall remain in full force and effect, and authorize and invoke the following:

1. Pursuant to section 127A-13(a)(1), HRS, all persons entering the State of Hawaiʻi shall be subject to mandatory self-quarantine, except those persons performing emergency response or critical infrastructure functions who have been exempted by the Director of Emergency Management. The period of self-quarantine shall begin from the time of entry into the State of Hawaiʻi and shall last 14 days or the duration of the person’s presence in the State of Hawaiʻi, whichever is shorter. This selfquarantine mandate shall take effect on March 26, 2020 at 12:01 am.

2. Pursuant to section 127A-25, HRS, I hereby adopt the Rules Relating to COVID-19, attached hereto.

3. Pursuant to section 127A-29, HRS, any person violating the rules relating to quarantine shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, the person shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

I FURTHER DECLARE that the disaster emergency relief period shall continue through May 20, 2020, unless terminated by a separate proclamation, whichever shall occur first.

Done at the State Capitol, this 21st day of March, 2020.
DAVID Y. IGE,
Governor of Hawaiʻi

APPROVED:
Clare E. Connors
Attorney General State of Hawaiʻi