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Ballotpedia’s coverage of COVID-19 includes how federal, state, and local governments are responding, and how those responses are influencing election rules and operations, political campaigns, the economy, schools, and more.

This article contains coverage of eight kinds of state government responses to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The article tracks developments in these areas that took place between the start of the pandemic in March 2020 through Dec. 4, 2020. The government responses covered here include:

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Changes to election dates and procedures, March 16 through November 19

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

General election changes

Connecticut modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Absentee/mail-in voting: Absentee/mail-in ballot applications were sent to all registered voters in the general election. Voters could cite concern over COVID-19 as a reason for voting absentee in the general election.
  • Candidate filing procedures: The filing deadlines for major-party and unaffiliated candidates were extended by two days, to June 11, 2020, and August 7, 2020, respectively.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Primary election changes

Connecticut modified its primary election process as follows:

  • Election postponements: The presidential preference primary, first scheduled to take place on April 28, 2020, was postponed first to June and then to August 11.
  • Candidate filing procedures: Petition signature requirements for all candidates were reduced by 30 percent.
  • Voting procedures: Absentee voting eligibility extended to any registered voter in the August 11 primary if there was no "federally approved and widely available vaccine for prevention of COVID-19" at the time he or she requests an absentee ballot. Absentee/mail-in ballot applications sent to all registered voters in the primary election. Absentee ballot postmark and delivery deadlines extended to August 11, and August 13, respectively.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

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Statewide stay-at-home order, March 23 through December 4

See also: States with lockdown and stay-at-home orders in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

On March 20, Gov Ned Lamont issued Executive Order No. 7H, which placed restrictions on non-essential businesses.[11] The order was set to expire on April 22. Lamont extended the order on April 10, 2020. It expired on May 20.[12]

Following the release of Executive Order No. 7H by Lamont, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development released a list of essential businesses and industries that would be permitted to remain open under the order. The information below lists those businesses and industries.[13]

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Business Exemptions for Coronavirus - Executive Order 7H

For purposes of Executive Order 7H, “essential business,” means:

1. Essential workers in the 16 Critical Infrastructure Sectors, as defined by the federal Department of Homeland Security unless otherwise addressed in a prior or future executive order pertaining to the existing declared public health and civil preparedness emergency.

2. Healthcare and related operations including:

  • biotechnology therapies
  • consumer health products and services
  • doctor and dentist offices
  • elder care, including adult day care
  • health care plans and health care data
  • home health care workers or aides
  • hospitals
  • manufacturing, distributing, warehousing, and supplying of pharmaceuticals, including research and development
  • medical marijuana dispensaries and producers
  • medical supplies and equipment providers, including devices, diagnostics, services, and any other healthcare related supplies or services
  • medical wholesale and distribution
  • nursing homes, or residential health care facilities or congregate care facilities
  • pharmacies
  • physical therapy and chiropractic offices
  • research and laboratory services, including testing and treatment of COVID-19
  • veterinary and animal health services
  • walk-in-care health facilities

3. Infrastructure including:

  • airports/airlines
  • commercial trucking
  • dam maintenance and support
  • education-related functions at the primary, secondary, or higher education level to provide support for students, including distribution of meals or faculty conducting e-learning
  • hotels and other places of accommodation
  • water and wastewater operations, systems, and businesses
  • telecommunications and data centers
  • transportation infrastructure including bus, rail, for-hire vehicles and vehicle rentals, and garages
  • utilities including power generation, fuel supply, and transmission

4. All manufacturing and corresponding supply chains, including aerospace, agriculture, and related support businesses

5. Retail including:

  • appliances, electronics, computers, and telecom equipment
  • big-box stores or wholesale clubs, provided they also sell groceries, consumer health products, or operate a pharmacy
  • convenience stores
  • gas stations
  • grocery stores including all food and beverage retailers
  • guns and ammunition
  • hardware, paint, and building material stores, including home appliance sales/repair
  • liquor/package stores and manufacturer permittees
  • pharmacies
  • pet and pet supply stores

6. Food and agriculture, including:

  • farms and farmer’s markets
  • food manufacturing, processing, storage, and distribution facilities
  • nurseries, garden centers, and agriculture supply stores
  • restaurants/bars (provided compliance with all applicable executive orders is maintained)

7. Services including:

  • accounting and payroll services
  • animal shelters or animal care or management, including boarding, grooming, pet walking and pet sitting
  • auto supply, repair, towing, and service, including roadside assistance
  • bicycle repair and service
  • building cleaning and maintenance
  • child care services
  • critical operations support for financial institutions
  • financial advisors
  • financial institutions, including banks, credit unions, and check cashing services
  • funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries
  • insurance companies
  • laundromats/dry cleaning
  • legal and accounting services
  • mail and shipping services
  • marinas and marine repair and service
  • news and media
  • real estate transactions and related services, including residential leasing and renting
  • religious services (subject to Executive Order 7D limiting gatherings to 50 people)
  • storage for Essential Businesses
  • trash and recycling collection, hauling, and processing
  • warehouse/distribution, shipping, and fulfillment

8. Providers of basic necessities to economically disadvantaged populations including:

  • food banks
  • homeless shelters and congregate care facilities
  • human services providers whose function includes the direct care of patients in state-licensed or funded voluntary programs; the care, protection, custody and oversight of individuals both in the community and in state-licensed residential facilities; those operating community shelters and other critical human services agencies providing direct care or support social service agencies

9. Construction including:

  • all skilled trades such as electricians, HVAC, and plumbers
  • general construction, both commercial and residential
  • other related construction firms and professionals for essential infrastructure or for emergency repair and safety purposes
  • planning, engineering, design, bridge inspection, and other construction support activities

10. Services necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation and essential operations of all residences and other buildings (including services necessary to secure and maintain non-essential workplaces):

  • building cleaners or janitors
  • building code enforcement
  • disinfection
  • doormen
  • emergency management and response
  • fire prevention and response
  • general maintenance whether employed by the entity directly or a vendor
  • home-related services, including real estate transactions, closings, appraisals, and moving services
  • landscaping services
  • law enforcement
  • outdoor maintenance, including pool service
  • pest control services
  • security and maintenance, including steps reasonably necessary to secure and maintain non-essential businesses
  • state marshals

11. Vendors that provide essential services or products, including logistics and technology support, child care, and services needed to ensure the continuing operation of government agencies and provide for the health, safety and welfare of the public including:

  • billboard leasing and maintenance
  • child care services
  • essential government services
  • government owned or leased buildings
  • information technology and information security
  • logistics
  • technology support

12. Defense

  • defense and national security-related business and operations supporting the U.S. Government or a contractor to the US government

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Executive orders, March 30 through June 29

See also: Executive orders issued by governors and state agencies in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020


Court closures, March 17 through November 4

See also: State court closures in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
  • May 13, 2020: Connecticut’s Judicial Branch expanded criminal proceedings that could take place.[15]
  • April 22, 2020: Connecticut’s Judicial Branch announced that people entering a courthouse or facility were required to wear a mask or a cloth face covering, per Gov. Ned Lamont’s April 22 executive order.[16]
  • April 3, 2020: Connecticut's Judicial Branch announced that all of their courthouses would close on April 7. Beginning April 14, all courthouses would remain closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays until further notice.[17]
  • April 1, 2020: The Judicial Branch announced the closure of three courthouses, Stamford, Middletown, and Milford, until further notice. Stamford and Milford's business was transferred to the courthouse in Bridgeport. Middletown's business was transferred to the New Britain courthouse.[18]
  • March 18, 2020: The Judicial Branch announced that it would curtail courthouse operations with reduced staffing, with one courthouse in each of the 13 judicial districts remaining open for priority court business.[19][20]
  • March 12, 2020: Connecticut's Judicial Branch suspended nearly all jury trials for 30 days, but ordered courthouses to remain open. Trials currently in progress and criminal trials under a speedy trial motion were not subject to the suspension.[21]

Legislative session changes, March 20 through October 1

See also: Changes to state legislative session dates in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

The Connecticut State Legislature suspended its session, effective March 12, 2020. The suspension was originally scheduled to lift at the end of March. It was then extended to April 13, 2020. It was extended again to April 23, 2020. On April 21, 2020, legislative leaders announced that the legislature would not reconvene in advance of its constitutional adjournment on May 6, 2020. The legislature convened a special session on July 21, 2020. The special session adjourned on July 27, 2020.[22][23][24][25]

Proposed and enacted legislation, March 25 through August 19

See also: State laws in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

See below for a complete list of bills related to the coronavirus pandemic in Connecticut. To learn more about a particular bill, click its title. This information is provided by BillTrack50 and LegiScan.

Rent, mortgage, eviction, and foreclosure policies, April 9 through November 24

See also: Changes to rent, mortgage, eviction, and foreclosure policies in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020


  • October 1, 2020: Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced that he would extend the statewide moratorium on evictions through January 1. The moratorium was set to expire on October 1.[26]
  • August 20, 2020: Gov. Ned Lamont (D) extended the statewide moratorium on evictions through October 1.[27]
  • April 10, 2020: Gov. Ned Lamont (D) announced a grace period for rents due in April and May. His executive order allowed an automatic 60-day grace period for April rent and a 60-day grace period for May rent, upon request, for tenants who had lost their jobs or income due to the coronavirus pandemic. The order also prohibited landlords from serving “notice to quit” or “service of summary process” before July 1, with an exception for “serious nuisance.” [28][29]
  • March 13, 2020: Connecticut's Judicial Branch announced that hearings on eviction cases would be paused through March 27. Landlords could still file new cases.[30]


Prison inmate release responses, March 30 through July 1

See also: State and local governments that released prison inmates in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020
  • June 8, 2020: In May, Connecticut Department of Corrections Commissioner Rollin Cook granted discretionary release to 560 people who had served 40 percent of their sentence. As part of a settlement from a federal lawsuit, the Connecticut Department of Corrections is required to identify inmates who are 65 years or older who meet specific medical criteria to expedite release consideration.[31]
  • May 12, 2020: U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shea for the District of Connecticut issued an order directing prison officials at the federal prison in Danbury to identify inmates with health conditions that make them vulnerable to the coronavirus and to provide a list to the court in about 13 days. The order follows a class-action lawsuit filed by nearly 1,000 inmates. Judge Shea did not rule on the inmate’s request for the mass transfer of inmates to either home confinement or other institutions, or the appointment of a special master to enforce measures, such as social distancing, in the institution. He did, however, order an expedited hearing schedule for questions.[32]
  • April 6, 2020: Officials from the Connecticut Department of Corrections announced that the state released 727 people from state prisons since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in early March, the most substantial one-month reduction of the prison population in the state's history.[33]


Debate in Connecticut over responses to the coronavirus

See also: Debate in Connecticut over responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia is covering the debate over continuing restrictions and closures in Connecticut in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Click on the links below to read more about these debates.

Status of industries, May 15 through July 31

Between May 15 and July 31, we conducted detailed tracking of industries and activities in each state daily.

  • "Yes" means an activity was allowed or an industry was permitted to open. "No" means an activity was not allowed or an industry was not permitted to reopen.
  • Some rules were applied regionally rather than statewide. Each cell shows the loosest restriction in place at the time, or the broadest level of an activity permitted in the state, even if that activity was only permitted regionally. Where applicable, we indicated that an activity was only permitted regionally, and provided details in a cell note. For example, if gyms were permitted to open in half of a state, the spreadsheet would say "Yes (regionally)," and differences between the regions would be explained in a note.
  • A lack of detail in a note or parentheses does not necessarily mean that an activity or industry was "back to normal." We did our best to capture caveats, exceptions, and modifications to activities. We acknowledge, though, that states put forth a large number of requirements for many industries and activities.

Initial reopening plan from March and April 2020 closures

Connecticut released an initial reopening plan from March and April 2020 closures on April 30, 2020. An analysis of this plan appeared in our Documenting America's Path to Recovery newsletter on June 12. The sections below include an analysis of the plan, the details of the plan, and reactions from officials to the plan.

Summary from Documenting America's Path to Recovery

See also: Documenting America's Path to Recovery: June 12, 2020

On April 30, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) outlined a phased reopening plan. On May 26, Lamont released additional details on three phases in a report "assembled with input from our state agencies and departments, legislators, and subject matter experts from the Reopen CT Advisory Group."

Phase 1 began on May 20. Lamont established the following criteria for entering Phase 1:

  1. 14-day decline of hospitalizations
  2. Increased testing available
  3. Sufficient contact tracing capacity
  4. Protect high-risk populations
  5. Adequate healthcare capacity
  6. Adequate supply of PPE
  7. Appropriate physical distancing regulations

Connecticut is scheduled to enter Phase 2 on June 17. Lamont said that about 95% of the state's economy would be running at that time. This phase is scheduled to last at least four weeks.

Individual sectors received a health risk score based on guidance from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Contact proximity, contact length, number of contacts, disinfection ability, and social distancing enforceability factored into each sector's score, which the governor used in developing reopening phases.

The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) issued sector-specific requirements that reopening businesses must follow. Businesses must also self-certify that they are adhering to safety guidelines before they may reopen.

Lamont's stay-at-home order closing nonessential businesses said no municipality could issue an order conflicting with the statewide order. It said municipalities could not issue shelter-in-place orders or orders prohibiting travel unless they receive written permission from the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.

Context

  • On March 20, Lamont signed a "Stay Safe, Stay Home" executive order closing nonessential businesses effective March 23. When announcing the order, Lamont said people should leave home as little as possible. Lamont extended the order past its original April 22 expiration date, and it expired on May 20.
  • A series of other orders restricted gathering sizes. Social gatherings of more than five people were prohibited on March 26. The gathering size limit increased to 10 people on June 1.
  • Lamont also issued an order requiring residents to wear face coverings when in public if they are not maintaining 6 feet of distance from others, effective April 20. The order remains in effect.
  • As of June 11, Connecticut had 44,461 confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases and 4,146 deaths. For every 100,000 residents, the state had 1,247 cases and 116 deaths. According to The New York Times' analysis, this was the fifth-highest per capita case rate and third-highest per capita death rate of any state.
  • Connecticut is a Democratic trifecta, with a Democratic governor and Democratic majorities in both chambers of the state legislature.

Plan details

Social guidelines

Phases 1-3

  • Face masks at all times
  • Handwashing and social distancing at social gatherings

Phases 1 and 2

  • 65+ and high risk stay home

Phase 3

  • High risk stay home

Phase 1 reopenings (beginning May 20)

  • Restaurants for outdoor dining (50% capacity limit, tables 6 feet apart, no bar areas, additional guidelines)
  • Retail and malls (50% capacity limit, prevent congregating, additional guidelines)
  • Offices (50% capacity limit, continue work from home where possible, additional guidelines)
  • Hair salons and barbershops (June 1 reopening - 50% capacity limit, by appointment only, additional guidelines)
    • Originally scheduled to open May 20. Lamont delayed reopening these businesses and coordinated with Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) to align their reopening.
  • Museums, zoos (outdoor only, 50% capacity limit, additional guidelines)
  • Additional outdoor recreation—e.g., camping, mountain biking (guidelines)
  • University research programs (guidelines)

Phase 2 (beginning June 17)

Lamont established the following criteria for entering Phase 2:

  • Declining transmission
    • Less than 100 bed net increase in hospitalizations in last week of phase 1
  • Testing and contact tracing
    • 100,000 tests a week; connected with >50% of identified contacts within 48 hours
  • Business & social safeguards
    • Rules and regulations disseminated two weeks prior to Phase 2 reopening
  • Protection for critical and at risk individuals
    • Testing plan for key workers and priority high-risk communities implemented
  • Healthcare capacity
    • <20% of beds occupied by COVID-19 patients amongst total peak COVID-19 bed capacity

June 17 reopenings

  • Outdoor amusement parks (25% capacity limit, additional guidelines)
  • Hotels (guidelines)
  • Indoor dining at restaurants (50% capacity limit, no bar area, tables 6 feet apart, additional guidelines)
  • Museums, zoos, and aquariums (50% capacity limit, additional guidelines)
  • Indoor recreation—e.g., bowling, movie theaters (50% capacity limit, additional guidelines)
  • Libraries (50% capacity limit, additional guidelines)
  • Outdoor events (guidelines)
  • Personal services—e.g., nail salons, tattoo parlors, etc. (50% capacity limit, by appointment only, no services that require face mask removal allowed, additional guidelines)
  • Sports and fitness facilities—e.g., gyms, fitness centers, pools (capacity, player, and audience limits; additional guidelines)

July 6 opening

Phase 3

The May 26 plan update said the following could reopen in Phase 3, at least four weeks after the start of Phase 2.

  • Bars
  • Indoor event spaces/venues
  • Indoor amusements parks/arcades
  • Outdoor events up to 100 people

Reactions

  • Nine Democratic state Senators sent Lamont a letter on May 14 urging him to delay the May 20 start date for reopening. They said, "We are all anxious to reopen Connecticut's economy and we generally agree with the metrics you laid out in your Reopen CT plan, metrics that have yet to be achieved. While this is first and foremost a public health crisis, we are well aware of the economic impact on families and businesses and the state as a whole. Reopening is essential – but to do it while the first wave of the pandemic is still raging will not lead to a second wave, it will simply add fuel to the first wave, delaying our eventual recovery."
  • On May 18, Lamont said the state had met established criteria for entering Phase 1 on May 20.
  • State Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano (R) criticized the delayed reopening date for barbershops and hair salons: "[T]oday’s last-minute delay is not based on science. ... It’s a policy decision based on input that should have been sought long before decisions were made. Obviously the governor gave thought to the reopening of salons and barbershops, even going so far as to allow hair dryers after first banning them. So why now make the decision to completely delay the reopening? The rug is being pulled out from under hundreds of employers and job creators across the state. Many salons and barbershop owners have spent thousands of dollars over the last few weeks getting ready for reopening."
  • Lamont said of the delayed date for barbershops and hair salons, "We’ve been hearing a lot of feedback from many owners and employees, and at this time I think the best approach is that we hit pause on the reopening of hair salons and barbershops, take a step back, and allow some more time as preparations continue to be made."

Coronavirus resources

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State resources

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Federal resources

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Office of the Governor of Connecticut, "Executive Order No. 7MMM," August 10, 2020
  2. ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "OLR Bill Analysis: HB6002," accessed August 4, 2020
  3. ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "H.B. No. 6002," accessed August 4, 2020
  4. ↑ Office of the Governor of Connecticut, "Executive Order No. 7QQ," May 20, 2020
  5. ↑ Office of the Governor of Connecticut, "Executive Order No. 7LL," May 11, 2020
  6. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Overcoming Adversity During the COVID-19 Crisis," May 4, 2020
  7. ↑ Office of the Governor of Connecticut, "Executive Order No. 7BB," April 17, 2020
  8. ↑ Twitter, "Governor Ned Lamont: March 19, 2020: 2:00 PM," accessed March 19, 2020
  9. ↑ Hartford Courant, "Daily update: Second Connecticut resident dies of COVID-19; Gov. Ned Lamont directs nail salons, barber shops to close; April 28 presidential primaries delayed," March 19, 2020
  10. ↑ Connecticut Secretary of State, "Updates to Presidential Preference Primary Calendar Dates Due to Governor Lamont Order of Changing Primary to June 2, 2020," accessed April 4, 2020
  11. ↑ Connecticut Office of the Governor', "Executive Order No. 7H," March 20, 2020
  12. ↑ Hartford Courant, "Gov. Ned Lamont extends mandatory shutdown in Connecticut to May 20 as coronavirus cases top 10,000; orders rent relief for April, May," April 10, 2020
  13. ↑ CT.Gov', "Business Exemptions for Coronavirus - Executive Order 7H," accessed March 24, 2020
  14. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  15. ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Coronavirus and the Courts," May 14, 2020
  16. ↑ State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, "COVID-19 INFORMATION FROM THE CONNECTICUT JUDICIAL BRANCH," April 22, 2020
  17. ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Coronavirus and the Courts - April 6, 2020," April 6, 2020
  18. ↑ The Hartford Courant, "Connecticut closes three more courthouses in response to coronavirus concerns," April 1, 2020
  19. ↑ National Center for State Courts, "NCSC Coronavirus and the Courts," March 18, 2020
  20. ↑ Hartford Courant, "Connecticut to close some courthouses to limit employee, visitor exposure to coronavirus," March 18, 2020
  21. ↑ Connecticut Mirror, "Connecticut courts restrict business, suspend jury trials for next 30 days," March 12, 2020
  22. ↑ CT News Junkie, "Capitol Closed, Legislative Business Suspended Until March 30," March 12, 2020
  23. ↑ News 8, "Lawmakers postpone legislative activities until April 13 due to coronavirus pandemic," March 24, 2020
  24. ↑ Hartford Courant, "Coronavirus short-circuits Connecticut’s legislative session: 'All bills are probably dead,'" April 10, 2020
  25. ↑ Hartford Courant, "Coronavirus forces early adjournment of Connecticut’s legislative session," April 21, 2020
  26. ↑ Governor Ned Lamont, "Governor Lamont Doubles Funding for Housing Assistance Program To Prevent the Spread of COVID-19, Extends Eviction Moratorium To End of 2020," September 30, 2020
  27. ↑ CT News Junkie, "Lamont Extends Connecticut’s Pandemic Eviction Moratorium To Oct. 1," August 20, 2020
  28. ↑ Hartford Courant, "Daily coronavirus updates: Gov. Ned Lamont warns of extended shutdown, will impose grace period for rent payments," April 10, 2020
  29. ↑ State of Connecticut, "PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND RESPONSE – RENTER PROTECTIONS, EXTENDED CLASS CANCELLATION AND OTHER SAFETY MEASURES, EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, FOOD TRUCKS FOR TRUCKERS," April 10, 2020
  30. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named EvictMA
  31. ↑ The Prison Policy Initiative, "Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic," June 8, 2020
  32. ↑ Hartford Courant, "U.S. Judge backs prison inmates in Danbury on COVID-19 suit, orders warden to move fast on requests for release," May 12, 2020
  33. ↑ CT Post, "State prisons releasing inmates due to coronavirus as positive tests rise," April 6, 2020
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