{"id":"AR-015","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 21-07 (Mar. 31, 2021)","title":"Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19","dateIssued":"2021-03-31","effective":"2021-03-31","end":"2021-05-30 11:59 p.m. (expired; not renewed)","startDate":"2021-03-31","endDate":"2021-05-30","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMER","HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["State agencies","health-care providers","businesses (immunity)"],"clause":"the public health and disaster emergency and declaration of the State of Arkansas as a disaster area resulting from the state-wide impact of COVID-19 shall continue until May 30, 2021. The emergency shall expire at 11:59pm on May 30, 2021. FURTHERMORE, the following executive orders are adopted and incorporated herein... a. Executive Order 20-05, regarding telehealth; b. Executive Order 20-14, regarding the suspension of in-person witnessing and notarization of legal documents; c. Executive Order 20-18 and Executive Order 20-52, regarding access to healthcare resources; d. Executive Order 20-33, regarding the protection of businesses from liability related to COVID-19; and e. Executive Order 21-06, regarding the extension of the state individual tax filing deadline to May 17, 2021","enforcement":"Emergency Services Act","functions":["CL closings and notarization (EO 20-14)","TM telehealth","EMP immunity conditioned on guidance"],"notes":"Recites \u0027The current state of emergency expires on March 31, 2021\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; EO 20-43 is no longer incorporated, consistent with the mask mandate\u0027s end on Mar. 31, 2021. Signed \u0027this 31st day of March\u0027 (OCR).","sourceUrl":"https://governor.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/executiveOrders/EO_21-07_Emergency_Extension.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210406214812/https://governor.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/executiveOrders/EO_21-07_Emergency_Extension.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":184933,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-015","citation":"Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 21-07 (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. AR-015)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-014"]}