The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ark. Code 20-7-142 (new)
- Issued
- 2021-04-28 Apr. 28, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-07-28 (ninety days after adjournment); all mandatory face covering orders terminated on the effective date (read as 2021-07-28)
- End
- TRO Aug. 6, 2021 (Pulaski County Circuit Court, Fox, J.); Arkansas Supreme Court declined to lift it Sept. 30, 2021; held unconstitutional Dec. 29, 2021 (read as 2021-08-06)
- In force
- July 28, 2021 to Aug. 6, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther
- Addressees
- State agencies and entities
- political subdivisions of the State (including school districts)
- State and local officials
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Education and Child Care SEC-15
Operative words
20-7-142. Prohibition on mandatory use of face mask, face shield, or other face covering.... (b) A state agency or entity, a political subdivision of the state, or a state or local official shall not mandate an individual in this state to use a face mask, face shield, or other face covering. (c) The use of a face mask, face shield, or other face covering shall [be voluntary]...
Enforcement
Statutory prohibition; injunctive relief
Notes
The Governor called a special session Aug. 4-6, 2021 to add a school exception; the General Assembly adjourned without amendment on Aug. 6, 2021, the day the TRO issued (Ex. SEC-15-003).
Retrieval noteEffective date computed from the Act's default effective clause; verify.