{"id":"AR-014","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Asa Hutchinson","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-101 et seq.; 12-75-107","instrument":"Executive Order 21-03","title":"Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19 (renewal to March 31, 2021; conversion of directives to guidelines)","dateIssued":"2021-02-26","effective":"2021-02-26","end":"2021-03-31 11:59 p.m.; renewed by EO 21-07","startDate":"2021-02-26","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["EMER","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all businesses and gatherings","Department of Health"],"clause":"the public health and disaster emergency... shall continue until March 31, 2021. The emergency shall expire at 11:59pm on March 31, 2021, unless it is renewed... (3) Executive Order 20-43, regarding the issuance of a face covering directive by the Arkansas Department of Health and the Secretary of Health\u0027s, \u0027Face Coverings Directive\u0027, effective July 20, 2020, shall remain in place; however, prior to March 31, 2021, the Governor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, will determine whether the \u0027Face Coverings Directive\u0027 should be converted to a public health guideline... (4) The Secretary of Health shall convert all other COVID-19 directives in effect as of the date of this order to COVID-19 guidelines. (5) All persons participating in public and private gatherings... are encouraged to adhere to applicable guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health. (6) All businesses, manufacturers, construction companies, long-term care facilities, medical and dental providers, and community and school-sponsored team sports are encouraged to adhere to applicable guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health. (7) K-12 schools and extracurricular activities are encouraged to adhere to the applicable guidelines","enforcement":"Face-covering directive enforceable to Mar. 31, 2021 (misdemeanor under 20-7-101); other directives converted to guidelines; par. (2) preserves the Secretary\u0027s isolation and quarantine orders and the bar on more restrictive local measures; compliance with guidelines remained the condition of EO 20-33 immunity","functions":["EMP (guidance)","MASK to Mar. 31"],"notes":"The instrument that ended the general business, capacity, venue and gathering directives on Feb. 26, 2021 and fixed the mask mandate\u0027s last day at Mar. 31, 2021; recites that \u0027Over 500,000 Americans, including over 5,000 Arkansans, have died\u0027 and that \u0027All fifty (50) states continue to either maintain a state of emergency or measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19\u0027; incorporates EO 20-05, 20-06/20-16, 20-14, 20-15, 20-18, 20-52, 20-22, 20-35, 20-33.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/executiveOrders/EO_21-03.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214321/https://governor.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/executiveOrders/EO_21-03.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":310849,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-014","citation":"Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 21-03 (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. AR-014)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["DUT-AR-014","AR-015","AR-013","AR-016","AR-012"]}