{"id":"SEC-15-075","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor John Bel Edwards","authority":"La. R.S. 29:721 et seq.; La. R.S. 29:760 et seq.","instrument":"Proclamation Number 167 JBE 2021","title":"COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures - Statewide Mask Mandate (renewal after Hurricane Ida)","dateIssued":"2021-09-01","effective":"2021-09-01 (renewing 137 JBE 2021)","end":"Renewed by 178 JBE 2021 (Sept. 29, 2021); indoor mask requirement lifted Oct. 26/27, 2021 except K-12 schools","startDate":"2021-09-01","endDate":"2021-09-29","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["every individual indoors outside a private residence; operators of businesses and organizations"],"clause":"WHEREAS, by the time this order is in effect, the State will continue to have some of the highest numbers of COVID-related hospitalizations it has seen, while simultaneously in the midst of recovering from Hurricane Ida... WHEREAS, based on current CDC recommendations and the State\u0027s rapid increase in cases and hospitalizations, the Louisiana Department of Health has recommended to the Governor to implement a statewide mask mandate to slow the spread of the Delta variant... SECTION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS. A)... a statewide public health emergency is declared to continue to exist...","enforcement":"As in 137 JBE 2021","functions":["IN","EC","TR","AC","CP","FS","WF","CB"],"notes":"Carried the statewide school-inclusive mask mandate through the last month of Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Proclamations/2021/167-JBE-2020-COVID-Dec-with-Mask-Mandate.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":182021,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-075","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-075","citation":"Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation Number 167 JBE 2021 (Sept. 1, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-075)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["SEC-15-074","SEC-15-038"]}