Pritzker withdraws order that criminalizes stay-at-home violations
By Jim Hagerty
Reporter
SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker withdrew an emergency rule that made businesses subject to criminal prosecution if they opened earlier than specified in the state's plan to restart the economy.
According to members of the bi-partisan Joint Committee on Administrative Rules that Pritzker withdrew the measure Wednesday as lawmakers convened at the Capitol.
The move was pushed largely by Republicans, who argued that the order exceeds the governor's authority to…