The States

Arkansas

Name: Arkansas: governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The Arkansas file holds 84 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 84 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 108 records in the Library resolve to Arkansas in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code ARFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. AR-042End of general restrictions Feb. 26, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 14Primary source read 84 Confirmed from a secondary source 0

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The record in brief

Arkansas never issued a stay-at-home order; it limited commerce, travel and group meetings through the Governor's executive orders under the Emergency Services Act (Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-101 et seq.) and the Secretary of Health's directives under Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109 to -110, each carrying criminal sanction. Every order from EO 20-10 forward recites that the Governor's orders 'have the force and effect of law' and that violation of a directive of the Secretary of Health 'is a misdemeanor offense... punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) month, or both,' and commands that 'all law enforcement officers within this state shall enforce the directives of this order and those of the Secretary of Health.' Run-up (March 11-31, 2020): EO 20-03 (March 11) declared the emergency and barred any local 'quarantine regulations of commerce or travel' except by authority of the Secretary of Health; the Secretary's March 19 directive closed dine-in service, gyms and indoor entertainment venues from March 20, closed schools to April 17 and moved State employees to remote work; the casino directive (March 16-17) closed casinos, extended March 30 to April 30; the March 13 long-term-care directive barred visitation; the barber, cosmetology, body-art, massage and medical-spa directive closed those establishments; dentistry was limited to emergencies; on March 26 the gatherings directive and EO 20-10 prohibited 'gatherings of more than ten (10) people in any confined indoor or outdoor space' from 12:01 a.m. March 27 and declared the whole State a disaster area under 12-75-114(e)(7); the Supreme Court suspended in-person proceedings from March 18 and closed the Justice Building from March 19; Little Rock imposed a curfew (midnight to 5 a.m. from March 17; 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from March 26). 2020 Q2: EO 20-13 (April 4, effective April 6) consolidated the closures (dine-in, gyms and indoor entertainment, casinos, personal care), the ten-person cap, mandatory distancing protocols on 'all businesses, manufacturers, construction companies, and places of worship,' the limitation of hotels, motels and short-term rentals to thirteen categories of 'authorized guests,' school closure and State-employee telework; the April 3 directive ordered postponable procedures, tests and office visits rescheduled and routine dental and eye care postponed; the April 17 directive cancelled summer camps; EO 20-25 (May 5) extended the emergency to June 19, made the fourteen-day quarantine of travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Orleans and abroad mandatory, and set the reopening calendar (gyms May 4; salons May 6; restaurants May 11 at one-third seating; venues from May 4/18; casinos May 18 at 33 percent; bars May 26; elective procedures April 27 with testing; dentistry May 18); Phase 2 (June 15) raised every sector to 66 percent and lifted the lodging and travel limits; EO 20-33 (June 15) conditioned business immunity on compliance with directives; EO 20-37 (June 18) declared the emergency anew, ordered every business, manufacturer, construction company, long-term-care facility, medical and dental provider, team-sports program and place of worship to 'adhere to applicable directives or guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health' and barred cities and counties from any more restrictive measure; the courts resumed hearings May 18 and jury trials only from July 1. 2020 Q3: EO 20-41 (July 3) authorized city mask ordinances (Fayetteville June 16 and Little Rock June 26 had preceded it); EO 20-43 (July 16) and the Face Coverings Directive (effective July 20) required 'every person in Arkansas' to wear a face covering indoors and outdoors where six feet could not be assured, enforced by misdemeanor; the 66 percent directives, the music and team-sports directives, the Phase IV elective-procedure conditions and the long-term-care directive continued; schools reopened on site August 24 under Ready for Learning; EO 20-45 (August 14) renewed the emergency. 2020 Q4: EO 20-48 (October 13), EO 20-51 (December 11) and EO 20-53 (December 29) renewed the emergency and re-incorporated the mask order; the winter re-tightening consisted of the November 19 directive closing on-premises alcohol sales at 11:00 p.m. from November 20 to January 3, the October 6 and December 23 long-term-care visitation directives and the Supreme Court's suspension of jury trials from November 20, 2020 (extended to January 15, February 28 and April 30, 2021). 2021 Q1: the 11:00 p.m. closing was re-issued January 5; indoor venues over ten attendees required an approved plan from January 5; EO 21-03 (February 26) renewed the emergency to March 31 and converted the business, capacity and gathering directives to guidance while keeping the mask mandate to March 31; Act 403 (March 19) subjected renewals and directives to Legislative Council review; the mask directive was 'Converted to Guidance Effective April 1, 2021'; EO 21-07 (March 31) renewed the emergency to 11:59 p.m. May 30, 2021 without the mask order. 2021 Q2: jury trials resumed May 1 with courts ordered to follow Department mask and distancing guidelines; Act 1002 (April 28) ended all public mask mandates; Act 977 (April 28) barred State and local vaccination mandates; Act 1030 (April 29) barred vaccine passports; the emergency expired May 30; the Justice Building reopened June 1. 2021 Q3: EO 21-14 (July 29) declared a statewide public-health emergency for the 'catastrophic statewide impact of the Delta Variant... on the healthcare system,' which ran to September 27, 2021; the Pulaski County Circuit Court enjoined Act 1002 on August 6 and the Supreme Court refused a stay on September 30 (Hickey v. McClane, CV-21-421), so school districts' mask rules and the DESE-ADH 2021-2022 school guidance (quarantine of unvaccinated, unmasked close contacts) governed the school year; the Department's quarantine requirement on close contacts and Acts 977 and 1030 remained; no capacity, gathering or general mask directive was in force after February 26 and March 31, 2021 respectively.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Arkansas on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2020: EO 20-10 and the gatherings directive (more than ten prohibited; AR-002, AR-038); dine-in, gyms, indoor entertainment venues, casinos and personal-care establishments closed by directive (AR-035, AR-037, AR-042, AR-043); schools closed (AR-001, AR-035); State employees remote (AR-035); LTC visitation barred (AR-045); hospital screening (AR-044); traveler quarantine advisory (AR-039); courts closed to in-person proceedings and Justice Building closed (AR-018, AR-019); Little Rock 9 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew (AR-077). EO 20-13 followed Apr. 6 (AR-003) and the elective-procedure directive Apr. 3 (AR-040).	June 30, 2020: EO 20-37 emergency (AR-007); Phase 2 directives at 66 percent on restaurants, bars, gyms, salons, casinos and indoor and outdoor venues with staff masking, patron masking where six feet cannot be kept, ten-person groups and no self-service (AR-050, AR-051, AR-052 to AR-057); business-protocol directive (AR-050); dental and elective-procedure conditions (AR-058, AR-059); team-sports and day-camp directives (AR-072, AR-085); LTC directive (AR-074); quarantine requirement on close contacts (AR-073); jury trials suspended through June 30 (AR-020, AR-023); EO 20-33 immunity conditioned on compliance (AR-006); Fayetteville and Little Rock mask ordinances (secondary).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2020: as on June 30 except that jury summonses could issue for service from July 1 (AR-023).	Sept. 30, 2020: EO 20-45 emergency to Oct. 13 (AR-010); statewide face-covering directive as amended Aug. 26 (AR-009, AR-060, AR-061); 66 percent directives on every sector, restaurants as modified Sept. 9 (AR-050 to AR-057, AR-063); music and team-sports directives (AR-071, AR-072); Phase IV elective conditions and two-visitor limit (AR-059); LTC directive (AR-074); quarantine requirement (AR-073); schools on site under Ready for Learning with masks (secondary).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Oct. 1, 2020: as on Sept. 30.	Dec. 31, 2020: EO 20-51 to Dec. 31 and EO 20-53 from Dec. 30 (AR-012, AR-013); face-covering directive as amended Oct. 5 (AR-062); 66 percent directives (AR-050 to AR-057, AR-063); 11:00 p.m. closing of on-premises alcohol sales from Nov. 20 (AR-065); jury trials suspended from Nov. 20 (AR-024); LTC visitation directive as amended Oct. 6 and revised Dec. 23 (AR-064, AR-068); quarantine requirement (AR-073).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Jan. 1, 2021: as on Dec. 31, 2020; 11:00 p.m. closing re-issued Jan. 5 and indoor-venue plan requirement from Jan. 5 (AR-065, AR-066).	Mar. 31, 2021: EO 21-07 emergency to May 30 (AR-015); face-covering directive in its last day (AR-060; converted to guidance effective Apr. 1, AR-070); capacity, venue and gathering directives converted to guidance Feb. 26 (AR-014, AR-067, AR-069); jury trials suspended through Apr. 30 (AR-026); Justice Building closed (AR-019, AR-029); LTC visitation directive (AR-068); quarantine requirement (AR-073); Act 403 (AR-032).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2021: EO 21-07 emergency (AR-015); ADH guidance in place of directives (AR-069, AR-070); jury trials suspended through Apr. 30 (AR-026); Justice Building closed (AR-029); LTC visitation directive (AR-068); quarantine requirement (AR-073).	June 30, 2021: no State business, gathering or mask directive; emergency expired May 30 (AR-015); Acts 1002, 977 and 1030 (AR-031, AR-033, AR-034); courts ordered to follow ADH face-covering and distancing guidelines (AR-028); quarantine requirement (AR-073); federal layer (CDC conveyance mask order; OSHA Healthcare ETS from June 21, 2021; CMS rules).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2021: Acts 1002, 977 and 1030 (AR-031, AR-033, AR-034); ADH quarantine requirement (AR-073); ADH face-covering guidance (AR-082); LTC visitation directive (AR-068); courts on ADH guidelines (AR-028); federal layer.	Sept. 30, 2021: EO 21-14 emergency had run July 29-Sept. 27 (AR-017); Act 1002 enjoined since Aug. 6, stay denied Sept. 30 (AR-081); school-district mask requirements and DESE-ADH 2021-22 guidance (AR-080); Acts 977 and 1030; ADH quarantine requirement (AR-073) and July 30 face-covering guidance (AR-075); federal layer.

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Arkansas, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

Feb. 26, 2021

2021-02-26 (business, capacity and gathering directives); 2021-03-31 (face coverings); 2021-05-30 (emergency)

Instrument EO 21-03 (Feb. 26, 2021) converted the Department of Health's business, capacity, venue and gathering directives to guidance and kept only the face-covering mandate to March 31, 2021; the Face Coverings Directive was 'Converted to Guidance Effective April 1, 2021' (Ex. AR-070); EO 21-07 (Mar. 31, 2021) renewed the emergency without EO 20-43 and fixed its expiry at 11:59 p.m. May 30, 2021 (Ex. AR-015).

What remained in force

After Feb. 26, 2021: the statewide face-covering directive to Mar. 31; the emergency and its incorporated orders (telehealth EO 20-05; notarization EO 20-14; health-care resources EO 20-18 and 20-52; business immunity EO 20-33 conditioned on compliance with directives or guidelines); the Secretary of Health's isolation and quarantine authority and the 14-day quarantine requirement on close contacts (Ex. AR-073); the long-term-care visitation directive (Ex. AR-068); the Supreme Court's jury-trial suspension to Apr. 30, 2021 and the Justice Building closure to June 1, 2021 (Ex. AR-026, AR-028, AR-029); Act 403 (Ex. AR-032). After Apr. 28-29, 2021: Acts 1002, 977 and 1030 (Ex. AR-031, AR-033, AR-034). After May 30, 2021: no State emergency until EO 21-14 (July 29-Sept. 27, 2021; Ex. AR-017); the Act 1002 injunction of Aug. 6, 2021 and school-district mask rules (Ex. AR-081); the DESE-ADH 2021-22 school guidance (Ex. AR-080); the federal layer (CDC conveyance mask order; TSA directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS from June 21, 2021; CMS long-term-care rules).

Preemption of local orders

State-driven and centralized: Arkansas has no county health departments. EO 20-03 par. 2 (Mar. 11, 2020): 'No quarantine regulations of commerce or travel shall be instituted or operated by any place, city, town or county against another place, city, town, or county in this or in any other state except by authority of the Secretary of Health.' EO 20-13 par. 12 and EO 20-25 par. 14 permitted 'reasonable' city and county curfews and closures of city or county parks and facilities. EO 20-37 par. 5 (June 18, 2020), repeated in EO 20-45, 20-48, 20-51 and 20-53: 'Cities and counties shall not impose any restriction of commerce or travel that is more restrictive than a directive or guideline issued by the Secretary of Health, in consultation with the Governor.' EO 20-41 (July 3, 2020) authorized cities to adopt a model face-covering ordinance after Fayetteville (June 16) and Little Rock (June 26) had acted; EO 20-43 par. 4-6 (July 16, 2020) permitted local ordinances 'consistent with this order,' provided that 'Cities shall not impose any measure that is in conflict with a directive or guideline issued by the Secretary of Health,' and superseded EO 20-41 while preserving the ordinances adopted under it. Act 1002 (Apr. 28, 2021) barred every State agency, political subdivision and State or local official from mandating face coverings; the Pulaski County Circuit Court preliminarily enjoined it Aug. 6, 2021 (Nos. 60CV-21-4692 and 60CV-21-4763), the Supreme Court denied a stay Sept. 30, 2021 (Ex. AR-081), and the circuit court held the Act unconstitutional Dec. 29, 2021. Acts 977 and 1030 (Apr. 28-29, 2021) barred State and local vaccination mandates and vaccine passports. Act 403 (Mar. 19, 2021) subjected the Governor's renewals and the Department's directives to Legislative Council review.

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Arkansas. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (11)

AR-017 EO 21-14 (July 29-Sept. 27, 2021): statewide public-health emergency; licensure rules suspended; hospital staffing through EMAC
AR-031 Act 1002 as written July 1-Aug. 6, 2021; thereafter the Pulaski County Circuit Court preliminary injunction of Aug. 6, 2021 (Nos. 60CV-21-4692, 60CV-21-4763) permitting school-district and local mask requirements
AR-081 Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421 (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021): motion for immediate stay of the preliminary injunction denied
AR-080 DESE-ADH 2021-2022 Guidance for Schools (rev. July 27, 2021): quarantine of unvaccinated close contacts; exclusion of symptomatic persons; screening; distancing
AR-073 ADH requirement that close contacts complete a 14-day quarantine (critical-infrastructure work exception) under Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110
AR-033 Act 977: no State or local COVID-19 vaccination mandate; vaccination no condition of employment, education, entry or services from the State
AR-034 Act 1030: no State or local vaccine passport; not a condition for entry, travel, education or services
AR-068 ADH long-term-care visitation directive (rev. Dec. 23, 2020) with CMS rules
AR-028 courts ordered to follow ADH face-covering and distancing guidelines (Apr. 8, 2021 per curiam)
AR-075 ADH Guidance for Face Coverings and Social Distancing (July 30, 2021) (recommendation)
Federal layer (cross-reference FED): CDC conveyance mask order 86 Fed. Reg. 8025; TSA security directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS 29 C.F.R. 1910.502 (June 21, 2021); CMS long-term-care testing and visitation rules; presidential entry proclamations and DHS land-border notices

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Arkansas, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Dine-in closed Mar. 20, 2020 (AR-035; AR-003 par. 7), takeaway and delivery only; dine-in resumed May 11 at one-third seating (AR-005, AR-051), bars within restaurants May 19 (AR-051), free-standing bars and clubs May 26 (AR-005, AR-052); 66 percent from June 15 with staff masks, patron masks, groups of ten and no self-service (AR-051); buffets under conditions from Sept. 9 (AR-063); 11:00 p.m. closing Nov. 20, 2020-Jan. 2021 (AR-065); guidance from Feb. 26, 2021 (AR-014).

Retail

No closure; mandatory distancing protocols from Apr. 6, 2020 (EO 20-13 par. 3; AR-041; AR-048; AR-050): entry limits, six-foot line markings, contactless payment or disinfected portals, disinfection, signage, employee screening and masking, reporting of positive employees; statewide customer masking July 20, 2020-Mar. 31, 2021 (AR-060); guidance from Feb. 26, 2021.

Personal care

Barbers, cosmetology, body art, massage and medical spas closed by directive late Mar. 2020 (AR-037; AR-003 par. 10); reopened May 6, 2020 by appointment with screening and masks (AR-005); walk-ins and 66 percent from June 15 (AR-053); guidance from Feb. 26, 2021.

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms and indoor entertainment venues closed Mar. 20, 2020 (AR-035; AR-003 par. 8); gyms reopened May 4 (AR-005), 66 percent June 15 (AR-054); casinos closed Mar. 17-May 18 (AR-042, AR-043), 33 percent then 66 percent (AR-049, AR-057); large indoor venues fifty from May 18 and 66 percent June 15, plan required above ten attendees from Jan. 5, 2021 (AR-055, AR-066, AR-067); outdoor venues fifty May 4, 33 percent May 18, 66 percent June 15 (AR-056); camps cancelled Apr. 17 and day camps regulated from May 18 (AR-046, AR-085); team sports and music by directive (AR-071, AR-072).

Hotels and short-term rentals

'Shall only permit occupancy for the following authorized guests' from Apr. 6, 2020 (EO 20-13 par. 4; ADH directive Apr. 4) until June 15, 2020 ('no longer limited as to the type of guests,' AR-050); traveler quarantine Mar. 30-June 15, 2020 (AR-039, AR-047, AR-050); casinos closed to May 18.

Offices and telework

State employees moved to remote work Mar. 19, 2020 (AR-035); 'On-site government work will be limited to employees that are critical to the necessary function of government during a public health emergency and are required to report to work on site' (EO 20-13 par. 6; EO 20-25 par. 7); private offices subject to the business protocols (AR-003 par. 3, AR-050) and to the face-covering directive in every indoor environment where six feet could not be assured (AR-060).

Manufacturing

No shutdown; 'manufacturers' named in the same orders and directives; employee screening, masks, distancing, reporting of positive employees (AR-050 par. c, e, k); face-covering directive from July 20, 2020.

Construction

No shutdown; 'construction companies' named in every protocol order and directive from Apr. 6, 2020 (AR-003 par. 3; AR-041; AR-050; AR-007 par. 3); face-covering directive from July 20, 2020.

Real estate

In-person witnessing and notarization suspended by EO 20-14 (renewed through EO 21-07, to May 30, 2021); eviction complaints required to plead CARES Act status Apr. 28-July 25, 2020 (AR-030); business protocols on offices and showings (AR-050).

Hospitals and long-term care

Hospital screening of staff and visitors from Mar. 19 (AR-035, AR-044); LTC visitation barred Mar. 13, 2020 (AR-045), Phase 2 directive (AR-074), amended Oct. 6, 2020 (AR-064), revised Dec. 23, 2020 (AR-068); EO 21-14 (July 29-Sept. 27, 2021) on hospital staffing and licensure (AR-017); CMS and OSHA rules throughout.

Dental and elective health care

Dentistry limited to emergency care from Mar. 19, 2020 (AR-036); 'Routine dental and eye care visits shall be postponed' and postponable procedures, testing and office visits 'shall be rescheduled' from Apr. 3 (AR-040); elective procedures resumed Apr. 27 with pre-procedure testing (48, then 72, then 120 hours; rescinded Aug. 1) (AR-059); dental resumed May 18 with conditions (AR-058); two-visitor limit and 14-day contact exclusion continued (AR-059).

Schools

Closed to on-site instruction Mar. 17, 2020 (AR-001 par. 3), extended to Apr. 17 (AR-035), then for the rest of the year (Apr. 6; AR-003 par. 5; AR-005 par. 6); reopened on site Aug. 24, 2020 under Ready for Learning with masks for staff and students over ten (secondary); Act 1002 barred school mask mandates Apr. 28, 2021 (AR-031), enjoined Aug. 6, 2021 (AR-081); DESE-ADH 2021-22 guidance on quarantine, exclusion, screening and distancing (AR-080).

Child care

ADH-DHS child-care guidance documents of Mar. 19, 21, 31, Apr. 8, 23 and May 11, 2020 (group sizes, screening, exclusion) (secondary; ADH page captures); camps cancelled Apr. 17, 2020 (AR-046); summer day camps from May 18, 2020 limited to classes of ten, closed to non-staff adults, no field trips (AR-085).

Worship and gatherings

Gatherings over ten prohibited Mar. 27, 2020 (AR-002, AR-038); places of worship exempt from the cap but ordered to implement the distancing protocols (AR-003 par. 3) and to adhere to directives or guidelines (AR-007 par. 3); reopening guidance May 4, 2020 (AR-084); worship exempt from the face-covering directive but strongly encouraged (AR-060); guidance June 24, 2021 (AR-083).

Courts and public offices

In-person proceedings suspended Mar. 18-May 18, 2020 (AR-018 to AR-022); Justice Building closed Mar. 19, 2020-June 1, 2021 (AR-019, AR-029); jury trials suspended to June 30, 2020 (AR-020, AR-023) and Nov. 20, 2020-Apr. 30, 2021 (AR-024 to AR-026, AR-028); ten- and fifty-person courtroom caps with masks and temperature checks (AR-021, AR-023); ADH mask and distancing guidelines in courts through 2021 (AR-028); State offices remote (AR-035; AR-003 par. 6).

Travel and quarantine

Fourteen-day home quarantine for arrivals from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Orleans and abroad: advisory Mar. 30, 2020 (AR-039), mandatory by EO 20-25 par. 5 and the hot-spot directive (AR-047), lifted June 15, 2020 (AR-050); close-contact quarantine requirement throughout (AR-073).

Face coverings

Local ordinances June 16 (Fayetteville) and June 26, 2020 (Little Rock) (secondary); EO 20-41 model ordinance July 3 (AR-008); statewide mandate July 20, 2020-Mar. 31, 2021 (AR-009, AR-060 to AR-062); converted to guidance Apr. 1, 2021 (AR-070); Act 1002 barred public mask mandates Apr. 28, 2021 (AR-031), enjoined Aug. 6, 2021 (AR-081); guidance only thereafter (AR-075, AR-082).

Vaccination mandates

None imposed by the State; Act 977 (Apr. 28, 2021) barred State and local mandates and made vaccination no condition of employment, education, entry or services from the State (AR-033); Act 1030 (Apr. 29, 2021) barred vaccine passports (AR-034); Supreme Court prioritized justice-system workers for vaccination Mar. 4, 2021 (AR-027); Act 1115 of the 2021 special session (Oct. 13, 2021) is post-period.

Standing duties

The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of Arkansas that stood before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. They are the reason nothing an employer did under the orders was voluntary. Read the Arkansas duties →

Arkansas bound employers through three standing bodies of law. (1) Act 96 of 1913, Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 et seq.: the State Board of Health has direction and control of all sanitary and quarantine measures (20-7-110), rulemaking power over quarantine, isolation and sanitary conditions (20-7-109), and every violation of its orders or rules is a misdemeanor, each day a separate offense, with a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation for rule and permit violations (20-7-101); the Board's Rules Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (eff. Jan. 1, 2019) direct the Director to impose quarantine restrictions upon commerce, travel and all individuals and forbid any person to interfere with a health authority; 20-7-113 makes violation of a gubernatorial nuisance-abatement order a misdemeanor. Every executive order from EO 20-13 forward recited 20-7-101 and ordered all law enforcement officers to enforce the Secretary of Health's directives; Act 401 of 2021 confirms by its own findings that businesses were penalized under this scheme and carves out only patron behavior. (2) The Emergency Services Act, 12-75-114: executive orders have the force and effect of law; the Governor may control the occupancy of premises (e)(7) and suspend regulatory statutes (e)(1); the Act has no general offense section, so the criminal route ran through 20-7-101. (3) The labor statute of 1937, 11-2-117: every employer shall furnish safe employment and do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect employees' life, health, safety and welfare; 'safe' includes conditions and methods of sanitation and hygiene for the protection of employees or the public (11-2-102); misdemeanor for each day of violation (11-2-104); Arkansas is a federal-OSHA State, so 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1) binds every private employer. The liability shields (EO 20-33, June 15, 2020; Act 559 of 2021, Apr. 5, 2021) presume the absence of willful misconduct only for a business substantially complying with the directives or guidelines of the Governor, the Secretary of Health, the CDC and CMS. The Retail Food Establishment rules (eff. Sept. 7, 2019) make compliance with the regulatory authority's directives 'in response to community emergencies' a condition of retaining the permit, and the Department closed a Little Rock bar on July 4, 2020 under them. EO 20-35 (June 15, 2020) made COVID-19 a compensable occupational disease. The orders in the library used 'shall' and 'must' for the protocols that conditioned continued operation (EO 20-13 par. 3; the Business Limitations Directives; EO 20-37 par. 3 'shall adhere to applicable directives or guidelines'; the Face Coverings Directive) and 'should' or 'encouraged' for the items left to judgment; EO 21-03 converted the directives to guidelines on Feb. 26, 2021 with 'are encouraged to adhere', and the Supreme Court ordered all State courts to 'continue to follow' the ADH guidelines on Apr. 8, 2021.

By character

5 Workplace duty
3 Sanitary code duty
3 Statutory authority
2 Order penalty
1 Adjudication
1 Liability shield condition
1 Order operating condition
1 Recommendation only

Exhibits

Ex. DUT-AR-001 Ex. DUT-AR-002 Ex. DUT-AR-003 Ex. DUT-AR-004 Ex. DUT-AR-005 Ex. DUT-AR-006 Ex. DUT-AR-007 Ex. DUT-AR-008 Ex. DUT-AR-009 Ex. DUT-AR-010 Ex. DUT-AR-011 Ex. DUT-AR-012 Ex. DUT-AR-013 Ex. DUT-AR-014 Ex. DUT-AR-015 Ex. DUT-AR-016 Ex. DUT-AR-017

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On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Arkansas file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 14Business closure 7Telework mandate 3Capacity limit 15Gathering cap 23Face-covering requirement 36Travel and quarantine 8Schools and child care 14Health care orders 20Curfew and hours 5Alcohol and bars 6Events and venues 16Courts and public offices 13Workplace rules 25Vaccination or testing 2Quarantine and isolation 10Other 6

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Ex. AR-001 Executive Order 20-03Governor Asa Hutchinson · Mar. 11, 2020

Executive Order 20-03

Ex. AR-044 ADH Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Hospitals…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Mar. 11, 2020

ADH Guidance for Limiting…

Ex. AR-076 City of Little Rock Emergency Proclamation (March 12, 2020)Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. · Mar. 12, 2020

City of Little Rock…

Ex. AR-045 ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Mar. 13, 2020

ADH-DHS Guidance for…

Ex. AR-074 ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for…Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human… · Mar. 13, 2020

ADH-DHS Guidance for…

Ex. AR-042 ADH Civil Directive to Limit Operations of Arkansas Casinos for two…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Mar. 17, 2020

ADH Civil Directive to Limit…

Ex. AR-018 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 116 (per curiam)Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar. 18, 2020

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-019 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 125 (per curiam)Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar. 19, 2020

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-035 ADH Directive of March 19, 2020Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Mar. 20, 2020

ADH Directive of March 19…

Ex. AR-036 ADH Directive to Dentists to suspend non-emergent dental care (March…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Mar. 23, 2020

ADH Directive to Dentists to…

Ex. AR-037 ADH Directive, Barber, Body Art, Cosmetology, Massage Therapy and…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Mar. 25, 2020

ADH Directive, Barber, Body…

Ex. AR-077 Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency 20-01 (March 26, 2020)…Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. · Mar. 26, 2020

Declaration of Local…

Ex. AR-002 Executive Order 20-10Governor Asa Hutchinson · Mar. 27, 2020

Executive Order 20-10

Ex. AR-038 Secretary of Health Directive (Order), Limitations on Gatherings 10…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Mar. 27, 2020

Secretary of Health…

Ex. AR-039 ADH Advisory for Travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New…Arkansas Department of Health · Mar. 30, 2020

ADH Advisory for Travelers…

Ex. AR-043 ADH Directive extending the Casinos Directive (March 30, 2020)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Mar. 30, 2020

ADH Directive extending the…

Ex. AR-020 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 132 (per curiam)Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr. 3, 2020

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-040 ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Apr. 3, 2020

ADH Directive on Elective…

Ex. AR-003 Executive Order 20-13Governor Asa Hutchinson · Apr. 6, 2020

Executive Order 20-13

Ex. AR-041 ADH Business Limitations Directive (April 4, 2020)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Apr. 6, 2020

ADH Business Limitations…

Ex. AR-078 Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency 20-02 (April 6, 2020…Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. · Apr. 6, 2020

Declaration of Local…

Ex. AR-004 Executive Order 20-16Governor Asa Hutchinson · Apr. 13, 2020

Executive Order 20-16

Ex. AR-046 ADH Directive for Camps, Including Day and Overnight, and Faith-based…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Apr. 17, 2020

ADH Directive for Camps…

Ex. AR-021 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam)Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr. 23, 2020

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-030 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Eviction Filings, 2020 Ark.…Supreme Court of Arkansas · Apr. 28, 2020

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-054 ADH Directive for Gym, Fitness Center, Athletic Club and Weight Room…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 4, 2020

ADH Directive for Gym…

Ex. AR-056 ADH Directive Regarding Large Outdoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 4, 2020

ADH Directive Regarding…

Ex. AR-084 ADH Guidance on Reopening Places of Worship (effective May 4, 2020)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 4, 2020

ADH Guidance on Reopening…

Ex. AR-005 Executive Order 20-25Governor Asa Hutchinson · May 5, 2020

Executive Order 20-25

Ex. AR-053 ADH Directive for Barber Shops, Body Art Establishments, Cosmetology…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 6, 2020

ADH Directive for Barber…

Ex. AR-048 ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020, Phase 1 text)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 8, 2020

ADH Business Limitations…

Ex. AR-051 ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations (effective May…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 11, 2020

ADH Directive on Resuming…

Ex. AR-047 ADH Directive for Travelers from 'Hot Spot' and International…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 14, 2020

ADH Directive for Travelers…

Ex. AR-022 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 187 (per curiam)Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 18, 2020

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-049 ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos during the COVID-19 Public…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 18, 2020

ADH Directive for Reopening…

Ex. AR-055 ADH Directive Regarding Large Indoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 18, 2020

ADH Directive Regarding…

Ex. AR-058 ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 18, 2020

ADH Directive on Resuming…

Ex. AR-085 ADH Directive Regarding Summer Day Camps (effective May 18, 2020)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 18, 2020

ADH Directive Regarding…

Ex. AR-073 ADH notice, 'ADH requires a person exposed to COVID-19 to complete a…Arkansas Department of Health · May 22, 2020

ADH notice, 'ADH requires a…

Ex. AR-052 ADH Directive on Resuming Bar or Club Operations (effective May 26…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 26, 2020

ADH Directive on Resuming…

Ex. AR-072 ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Team Sports…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · June 1, 2020

ADH Directive for Community…

Ex. AR-023 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020)Supreme Court of Arkansas · June 11, 2020

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-006 Executive Order 20-33Governor Asa Hutchinson · June 15, 2020

Executive Order 20-33

Ex. AR-050 ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020), Phase 2 revision…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · June 15, 2020

ADH Business Limitations…

Ex. AR-057 ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos, Phase 2 revision effective…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · June 15, 2020

ADH Directive for Reopening…

Ex. AR-007 Executive Order 20-37Governor Asa Hutchinson · June 18, 2020

Executive Order 20-37

Ex. AR-008 Executive Order 20-41Governor Asa Hutchinson · July 3, 2020

Executive Order 20-41

Ex. AR-009 Executive Order 20-43Governor Asa Hutchinson · July 20, 2020

Executive Order 20-43

Ex. AR-060 ADH Face Coverings Directive (issued July 18, 2020, effective July 20…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · July 20, 2020

ADH Face Coverings Directive…

Ex. AR-059 ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Aug. 1, 2020

ADH Directive on Resuming…

Ex. AR-071 ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music and Theater…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Aug. 5, 2020

ADH Directive for Community…

Ex. AR-010 Executive Order 20-45Governor Asa Hutchinson · Aug. 14, 2020

Executive Order 20-45

Ex. AR-061 ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified August 26, 2020Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Aug. 26, 2020

ADH Face Coverings…

Ex. AR-063 ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations, modified…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Sept. 9, 2020

ADH Directive on Resuming…

Ex. AR-062 ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified October 5, 2020Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Oct. 5, 2020

ADH Face Coverings…

Ex. AR-064 Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term…Arkansas Department of Health · Oct. 6, 2020

Revised Visitation…

Ex. AR-011 Executive Order 20-48Governor Asa Hutchinson · Oct. 13, 2020

Executive Order 20-48

Ex. AR-024 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 384 (per curiam)Supreme Court of Arkansas · Nov. 20, 2020

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-065 ADH Directive for hours of operation to Alcoholic Beverage Control…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Nov. 20, 2020

ADH Directive for hours of…

Ex. AR-012 Executive Order 20-51Governor Asa Hutchinson · Dec. 11, 2020

Executive Order 20-51

Ex. AR-068 Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term…Arkansas Department of Health · Dec. 23, 2020

Revised Visitation…

Ex. AR-016 Executive Order 20-54Governor Asa Hutchinson · Dec. 29, 2020

Executive Order 20-54

Ex. AR-013 Executive Order 20-53Governor Asa Hutchinson · Dec. 30, 2020

Executive Order 20-53

Ex. AR-066 ADH Directive Regarding Indoor Venues, revision effective January 2…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Jan. 2, 2021

ADH Directive Regarding…

Ex. AR-025 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 1 (per curiam)Supreme Court of Arkansas · Jan. 5, 2021

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-026 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 30 (per curiam)Supreme Court of Arkansas · Feb. 12, 2021

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-067 ADH Guidance Regarding Indoor Venues (directive revised Feb. 15, 2021…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Feb. 15, 2021

ADH Guidance Regarding…

Ex. AR-014 Executive Order 21-03Governor Asa Hutchinson · Feb. 26, 2021

Executive Order 21-03

Ex. AR-069 ADH Business Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic (directive of May 8…Arkansas Department of Health · Feb. 26, 2021

ADH Business Guidance During…

Ex. AR-027 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic / Vaccine Eligibility (per…Supreme Court of Arkansas · Mar. 4, 2021

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-032 Act 403 of 2021 (SB 379)Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the… · Mar. 19, 2021

Act 403 of 2021 (SB 379)

Ex. AR-015 Executive Order 21-07 (Mar. 31, 2021)Governor Asa Hutchinson · Mar. 31, 2021

Executive Order 21-07 (Mar.…

Ex. AR-070 ADH Face Coverings Guidance (directive issued July 18, 2020; modified…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · Apr. 1, 2021

ADH Face Coverings Guidance…

Ex. AR-031 Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590)Arkansas General Assembly (93rd, Regular… · Apr. 28, 2021

Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590)

Ex. AR-033 Act 977 of 2021 (HB 1547)Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the… · Apr. 28, 2021

Act 977 of 2021 (HB 1547)

Ex. AR-028 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Resumption of Jury Trials…Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 1, 2021

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-082 ADH Guidance for Face Coverings and Social Distancing (May 21, 2021)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · May 21, 2021

ADH Guidance for Face…

Ex. AR-029 In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Return to the Regular…Supreme Court of Arkansas · June 10, 2021

In re Response to the…

Ex. AR-083 ADH Guidance for Places of Worship (effective May 4, 2020; updated…Arkansas Department of Health · June 24, 2021

ADH Guidance for Places of…

Ex. AR-080 2021-2022 COVID-19 Guidance for Schools (revised July 27, 2021)Division of Elementary and Secondary Education… · July 27, 2021

2021-2022 COVID-19 Guidance…

Ex. AR-034 Act 1030 of 2021 (SB 615)Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the… · July 28, 2021

Act 1030 of 2021 (SB 615)

Ex. AR-017 Executive Order 21-14Governor Asa Hutchinson · July 29, 2021

Executive Order 21-14

Ex. AR-075 ADH Guidance for Face Coverings and Social Distancing (May 21, 2021…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of… · July 30, 2021

ADH Guidance for Face…

Ex. AR-081 Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421, Formal Order (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021)Supreme Court of Arkansas · Sept. 30, 2021

Hickey v. McClane, No.…

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. AR-001	Executive Order 20-03Executive Order to Declare an Emergency, as Authorized by Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-114, and Order the Arkansas…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Mar. 11, 2020	June 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careOther	Primary source read	PDF 221 KB
Ex. AR-044	ADH Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Hospitals (March 11, 2020)Voluntary, suggested screening criteria for hospital employees and visitors; review of visitation criteria	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Mar. 11, 2020	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 176 KB
Ex. AR-076	City of Little Rock Emergency Proclamation (March 12, 2020)Declaration of a state of emergency in the City of Little Rock; City Emergency Response Framework implemented	Mayor Frank Scott, Jr.	City	Mar. 12, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 323 KB
Ex. AR-045	ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020) (directive)Directive barring visitation and restricting entry at long-term-care facilities	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	Oct. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 193 KB
Ex. AR-074	ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020), as posted on the ADH directives page through summer 2020 ('directive_long_term_care')Long-term-care visitation prohibition and screening directive (second copy of the March 13, 2020 text)	Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human Services	Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	Oct. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 211 KB
Ex. AR-042	ADH Civil Directive to Limit Operations of Arkansas Casinos for two weeks (March 16, 2020)Civil directive limiting operations of Arkansas casinos	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 130 KB
Ex. AR-018	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 116 (per curiam)Per curiam suspending all in-person proceedings in all appellate, circuit and district courts	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Mar. 18, 2020	May 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 948 KB
Ex. AR-019	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 125 (per curiam)Per curiam closing the Justice Building to the public and extending the suspension of in-person proceedings to…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Mar. 19, 2020	June 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 402 KB
Ex. AR-035	ADH Directive of March 19, 2020Directive closing schools through April 17, closing restaurant and bar dine-in service, gyms and indoor…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Mar. 20, 2020	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 192 KB
Ex. AR-036	ADH Directive to Dentists to suspend non-emergent dental care (March 23, 2020)Directive limiting dental practice to emergency care	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	May 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 501 KB
Ex. AR-037	ADH Directive, Barber, Body Art, Cosmetology, Massage Therapy and Medical Spa Establishments and SchoolsDirective closing personal-care establishments and their schools	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Mar. 25, 2020	May 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Primary source read	PDF 522 KB
Ex. AR-077	Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency 20-01 (March 26, 2020): Executive Order to Amend the Little Rock Executive Order of March 12, 2020, for the Purpose of Extending a Nighttime Curfew... from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AMLittle Rock nighttime curfew 9:00 p.m.-5:00 a.m.	Mayor Frank Scott, Jr.	City	Mar. 26, 2020	July 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Curfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 196 KB
Ex. AR-002	Executive Order 20-10Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03 Regarding the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19 for…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Mar. 27, 2020	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 194 KB
Ex. AR-038	Secretary of Health Directive (Order), Limitations on Gatherings 10 people / 6 feetDirective prohibiting gatherings of more than ten in any confined indoor or outdoor space	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Mar. 27, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 122 KB
Ex. AR-039	ADH Advisory for Travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Orleans and All International Locations (revised March 30, 2020)Fourteen-day self home quarantine for arriving travelers	Arkansas Department of Health	State	Mar. 30, 2020	June 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 243 KB
Ex. AR-043	ADH Directive extending the Casinos Directive (March 30, 2020)Extension of the casino closure to April 30, 2020	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Mar. 30, 2020	May 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Primary source read	PDF 298 KB
Ex. AR-020	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 132 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 1, 2020 and suspending jury summonses…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Apr. 3, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 521 KB
Ex. AR-040	ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020)Directive postponing elective procedures, testing, office visits and routine dental and eye care	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Apr. 3, 2020	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 349 KB
Ex. AR-003	Executive Order 20-13Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03 Regarding the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19 for…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Apr. 6, 2020	May 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 378 KB
Ex. AR-041	ADH Business Limitations Directive (April 4, 2020)Directive imposing social-distancing protocols on all businesses, manufacturers, construction companies and…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Apr. 6, 2020	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 171 KB
Ex. AR-078	Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency 20-02 (April 6, 2020; corrected April 8, 2020)Outdoor gatherings over ten declared a hazardous or physically offensive condition; caravanning of five or…	Mayor Frank Scott, Jr.	City	Apr. 6, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCurfew and hours	Primary source read	PDF 162 KB
Ex. AR-004	Executive Order 20-16Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03... for the Purpose of Extending Executive Order 20-06 to Assist…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Apr. 13, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read	PDF 169 KB
Ex. AR-046	ADH Directive for Camps, Including Day and Overnight, and Faith-based Organizations (April 17, 2020)Directive cancelling summer camp operations	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Apr. 17, 2020	May 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 398 KB
Ex. AR-021	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 15, 2020 with a ten-person courtroom…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Apr. 23, 2020	May 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 812 KB
Ex. AR-030	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Eviction Filings, 2020 Ark. 166 (per curiam)Per curiam requiring eviction and failure-to-vacate filings to plead that the property is not a CARES Act…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Apr. 28, 2020	July 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 50 KB
Ex. AR-054	ADH Directive for Gym, Fitness Center, Athletic Club and Weight Room Reopening (effective May 4, 2020; Phase 2 June 15; amended June 22, 2020)Gym reopening with screening, masks, twelve-foot spacing and sanitation	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	May 4, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 391 KB
Ex. AR-056	ADH Directive Regarding Large Outdoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 4 for 50 or fewer, May 18 for 33 percent, June 15 for 66 percent)Outdoor venues: fifty persons, then 33 percent, then 66 percent with an approved plan	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	May 4, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 350 KB
Ex. AR-084	ADH Guidance on Reopening Places of Worship (effective May 4, 2020)Phase 1 conditions for resuming in-person worship (signage, masks for all congregants indoors, twelve-foot…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	May 4, 2020	July 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 487 KB
Ex. AR-005	Executive Order 20-25Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03... for the Purpose of Renewing the Disaster and Public Health…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	May 5, 2020	June 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 310 KB
Ex. AR-053	ADH Directive for Barber Shops, Body Art Establishments, Cosmetology Establishments, Massage Therapy Clinics/Spas, and Medical Spas (effective May 6, 2020; Phase 2 June 15, 2020)Personal-care reopening by appointment, then walk-ins, with screening, masking and distancing	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	May 6, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 777 KB
Ex. AR-048	ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020, Phase 1 text)Directive continuing distancing protocols on all businesses, manufacturers and construction companies and the…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	May 8, 2020	June 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 164 KB
Ex. AR-051	ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations (effective May 11, 2020; revised May 18; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020)Restaurant dine-in at one-third then 66 percent of seating with masking, distancing and service rules	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	May 11, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 645 KB
Ex. AR-047	ADH Directive for Travelers from 'Hot Spot' and International Locations (effective May 14, 2020)Directive requiring fourteen-day quarantine of travelers arriving from designated hot-spot locations	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	May 14, 2020	June 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 167 KB
Ex. AR-022	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 187 (per curiam)Per curiam resuming hearings from May 18, 2020 by video, audio or in person under Department of Health…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	May 18, 2020	June 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. AR-049	ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos during the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (effective May 18, 2020)Casino reopening at 33 percent capacity with an approved plan	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	May 18, 2020	June 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 94 KB
Ex. AR-055	ADH Directive Regarding Large Indoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 18; Phase 2 June 15, 2020)Indoor venues: 66 percent with an approved plan; twelve-foot performer separation; masking	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	May 18, 2020	Jan. 2, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 531 KB
Ex. AR-058	ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020)Dental resumption conditioned on screening, masking, aerosol controls, modified waiting rooms and longer…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	May 18, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 459 KB
Ex. AR-085	ADH Directive Regarding Summer Day Camps (effective May 18, 2020)Day camps: classes of ten or fewer, no outside adults, no field trips, masks for staff and campers ten and…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	May 18, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 181 KB
Ex. AR-073	ADH notice, 'ADH requires a person exposed to COVID-19 to complete a 14-day quarantine period' (May 22, 2020)Fourteen-day quarantine requirement for close contacts; critical-infrastructure work exception	Arkansas Department of Health	State	May 22, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Quarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 452 KB
Ex. AR-052	ADH Directive on Resuming Bar or Club Operations (effective May 26, 2020; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020)Bars and clubs: closed from March 20, resumed May 26 with distancing, 66 percent from June 15	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	May 26, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 647 KB
Ex. AR-072	ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Team Sports (effective June 1, 2020; amended July 23 and Aug. 10, 2020)Phased resumption of youth and adult team sports with screening, temperature checks, distancing and masking	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	June 1, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 197 KB
Ex. AR-023	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020)Per curiam setting a fifty-person courtroom cap with masks and temperature checks and ending the jury-trial…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	June 11, 2020	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 96 KB
Ex. AR-006	Executive Order 20-33Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19... for the Purpose of Protecting…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	June 15, 2020	May 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 198 KB
Ex. AR-050	ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020), Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020Directive imposing operating protocols on all businesses, manufacturers and construction companies; lifting…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	June 15, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 484 KB
Ex. AR-057	ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos, Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020Casinos at 66 percent with approved plan, contact tracing, screening and masking	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	June 15, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 215 KB
Ex. AR-007	Executive Order 20-37Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	June 18, 2020	Aug. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 305 KB
Ex. AR-008	Executive Order 20-41Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19, as Declared in Executive Order…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	July 3, 2020	July 16, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 382 KB
Ex. AR-009	Executive Order 20-43Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19, as Declared in Executive Order…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	July 20, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 317 KB
Ex. AR-060	ADH Face Coverings Directive (issued July 18, 2020, effective July 20, 2020)Statewide face-covering requirement on every person in Arkansas	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	July 20, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 144 KB
Ex. AR-059	ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May 25, 2020; testing timeframe revised July 6; pre-procedure testing rescinded effective Aug. 1, 2020)Elective procedures: history of the April 27 resumption and its testing conditions; symptomatic-patient…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Aug. 1, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 129 KB
Ex. AR-071	ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music and Theater (effective Aug. 5, 2020; amended Aug. 14, 2020)Conditions for community and school music and theater: masks for everyone ten and older, six-foot spacing…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Aug. 5, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 104 KB
Ex. AR-010	Executive Order 20-45Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Aug. 14, 2020	Oct. 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 293 KB
Ex. AR-061	ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified August 26, 2020Face-covering directive as amended (valved masks barred; bandanas and single-layer gaiters discouraged)	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Aug. 26, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 135 KB
Ex. AR-063	ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations, modified September 9, 2020 (self-service and buffets)Restaurant directive as modified to permit buffets under masking, gloving, monitoring and utensil-replacement…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Sept. 9, 2020	Feb. 26, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 521 KB
Ex. AR-062	ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified October 5, 2020Face-covering directive as amended October 5, 2020 (the version in force through Q4 2020 and Q1 2021)	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Oct. 5, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 447 KB
Ex. AR-064	Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (October 6, 2020)Long-term-care visitation prohibited except as allowed; screening; expanded visitation only in facilities…	Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Oct. 6, 2020	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q4	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 450 KB
Ex. AR-011	Executive Order 20-48Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Oct. 13, 2020	Dec. 12, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 305 KB
Ex. AR-024	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 384 (per curiam)Per curiam suspending jury trials not yet begun until January 15, 2021 and adopting remote-participation…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Nov. 20, 2020	Apr. 30, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 76 KB
Ex. AR-065	ADH Directive for hours of operation to Alcoholic Beverage Control on-premise permitted locations (issued Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 20, 2020 until Jan. 3, 2021)Eleven o'clock closing of on-premises alcohol locations	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Nov. 20, 2020	Jan. 3, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 246 KB
Ex. AR-012	Executive Order 20-51Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Dec. 11, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 296 KB
Ex. AR-068	Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (December 23, 2020)Long-term-care visitation directive in force through 2021	Arkansas Department of Health	Sector regulator	Dec. 23, 2020	Nov. 12, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 260 KB
Ex. AR-016	Executive Order 20-54Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19... for the Purpose of Clarifying…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Dec. 29, 2020	Feb. 27, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Primary source read	PDF 185 KB
Ex. AR-013	Executive Order 20-53Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Dec. 30, 2020	Feb. 27, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 319 KB
Ex. AR-066	ADH Directive Regarding Indoor Venues, revision effective January 2, 2021 (until March 1, 2021 unless extended)Indoor venues over ten attendees require a plan approved by the Secretary of Health	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Jan. 2, 2021	Feb. 15, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 414 KB
Ex. AR-025	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 1 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the jury-trial suspension through February 28, 2021	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Jan. 5, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q1	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 46 KB
Ex. AR-026	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 30 (per curiam)Per curiam suspending jury trials through April 30, 2021	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Feb. 12, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 198 KB
Ex. AR-067	ADH Guidance Regarding Indoor Venues (directive revised Feb. 15, 2021; converted to guidance Feb. 26, 2021)The indoor-venue directive in its final form, recording its conversion to guidance on February 26, 2021	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Feb. 15, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 161 KB
Ex. AR-014	Executive Order 21-03Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Feb. 26, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	2021 Q1	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 304 KB
Ex. AR-069	ADH Business Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic (directive of May 8, 2020; 'Changed from Directive to Guidance February 26, 2021')The business directive in its guidance form	Arkansas Department of Health	State	Feb. 26, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 94 KB
Ex. AR-027	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic / Vaccine Eligibility (per curiam, Mar. 4, 2021)Per curiam designating justice-system workers as Phase 1-B essential workers eligible for vaccination	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Mar. 4, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	2021 Q1	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read	PDF 858 KB
Ex. AR-032	Act 403 of 2021 (SB 379)An Act Concerning the Process for Emergency Declarations in the State of Arkansas; Concerning Directives…	Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the Governor	State	Mar. 19, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 277 KB
Ex. AR-015	Executive Order 21-07 (Mar. 31, 2021)Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	Mar. 31, 2021	May 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read	PDF 181 KB
Ex. AR-070	ADH Face Coverings Guidance (directive issued July 18, 2020; modified Aug. 26 and Oct. 5, 2020; 'Converted to Guidance Effective April 1, 2021')The face-covering directive in its guidance form, fixing the mandate's end at March 31, 2021	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	Apr. 1, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 188 KB
Ex. AR-031	Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590)An Act to End Mandatory Face Covering Requirements in the State of Arkansas; to Declare an Emergency; and for…	Arkansas General Assembly (93rd, Regular Session); approved by the Governor	State	Apr. 28, 2021	Aug. 6, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 301 KB
Ex. AR-033	Act 977 of 2021 (HB 1547)An Act to Prohibit the State from Mandating a Vaccine or Immunization for Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19); to…	Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the Governor	State	Apr. 28, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Vaccination or testing	Primary source read	PDF 263 KB
Ex. AR-028	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Resumption of Jury Trials, 2021 Ark. 72 (per curiam)Per curiam ending the jury-trial suspension effective May 1, 2021 and requiring courts to follow Department of…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	May 1, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 201 KB
Ex. AR-082	ADH Guidance for Face Coverings and Social Distancing (May 21, 2021)Post-mandate mask recommendations following CDC's May 2021 guidance for fully vaccinated persons	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	May 21, 2021	July 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 147 KB
Ex. AR-029	In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Return to the Regular Standards for Remote Court Participation and Reopening of the Justice Building, 2021 Ark. 135 (per curiam)Per curiam returning remote participation to case-by-case discretion and recording the Justice Building's…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	June 10, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 200 KB
Ex. AR-083	ADH Guidance for Places of Worship (effective May 4, 2020; updated July 2 and Nov. 10, 2020, March 19 and June 24, 2021)Worship guidance in its June 24, 2021 form, stating that the State issued no directives to houses of worship	Arkansas Department of Health	State	June 24, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 262 KB
Ex. AR-080	2021-2022 COVID-19 Guidance for Schools (revised July 27, 2021)Statewide guidance for the 2021-22 school year: masks cannot be mandated under Act 1002; quarantine of…	Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Arkansas Department of Education, with the Arkansas Department of Health	State	July 27, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 344 KB
Ex. AR-034	Act 1030 of 2021 (SB 615)An Act to Prohibit the Requirement of Vaccine Passports in Arkansas	Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the Governor	State	July 28, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Vaccination or testing	Primary source read	PDF 295 KB
Ex. AR-017	Executive Order 21-14Executive Order to Declare a Statewide Public Health Emergency for the Purpose of Meeting and Mitigating the…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	State	July 29, 2021	Sept. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read	PDF 155 KB
Ex. AR-075	ADH Guidance for Face Coverings and Social Distancing (May 21, 2021; updated July 30, 2021)Delta-wave face-covering recommendations for vaccinated and unvaccinated persons	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	State	July 30, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 427 KB
Ex. AR-081	Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421, Formal Order (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021)Order denying the legislative leaders' motion for immediate stay of the preliminary injunction against Act…	Supreme Court of Arkansas	Court	Sept. 30, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 503 KB
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Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-03 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-001)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Hospitals (March 11, 2020) (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-044)
Mayor Frank Scott, Jr, City of Little Rock Emergency Proclamation (March 12, 2020) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AR-076)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020) (directive) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-045)
Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human Services, ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020), as posted on the ADH directives page through summer 2020 ('directive_long_term_care') (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-074)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Civil Directive to Limit Operations of Arkansas Casinos for two weeks (March 16, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AR-042)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 116 (per curiam) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AR-018)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 125 (per curiam) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AR-019)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive of March 19, 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AR-035)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive to Dentists to suspend non-emergent dental care (March 23, 2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-036)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive, Barber, Body Art, Cosmetology, Massage Therapy and Medical Spa Establishments and Schools (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-037)
Mayor Frank Scott, Jr, Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency 20-01 (March 26, 2020): Executive Order to Amend the Little Rock Executive Order of March 12, 2020, for the Purpose of Extending a Nighttime Curfew... from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AR-077)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-10 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AR-002)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, Secretary of Health Directive (Order), Limitations on Gatherings 10 people / 6 feet (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AR-038)
Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Advisory for Travelers from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Orleans and All International Locations (revised March 30, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AR-039)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive extending the Casinos Directive (March 30, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. AR-043)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 132 (per curiam) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-020)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-040)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-13 (Apr. 4, 2020) (Ex. AR-003)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Business Limitations Directive (April 4, 2020) (Apr. 4, 2020) (Ex. AR-041)
Mayor Frank Scott, Jr, Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency 20-02 (April 6, 2020; corrected April 8, 2020) (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. AR-078)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-16 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-004)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Camps, Including Day and Overnight, and Faith-based Organizations (April 17, 2020) (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. AR-046)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam) (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-021)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Eviction Filings, 2020 Ark. 166 (per curiam) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. AR-030)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Gym, Fitness Center, Athletic Club and Weight Room Reopening (effective May 4, 2020; Phase 2 June 15; amended June 22, 2020) (Ex. AR-054)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive Regarding Large Outdoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 4 for 50 or fewer, May 18 for 33 percent, June 15 for 66 percent) (Ex. AR-056)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Guidance on Reopening Places of Worship (effective May 4, 2020) (Ex. AR-084)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-25 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. AR-005)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Barber Shops, Body Art Establishments, Cosmetology Establishments, Massage Therapy Clinics/Spas, and Medical Spas (effective May 6, 2020; Phase 2 June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-053)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020, Phase 1 text) (Ex. AR-048)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations (effective May 11, 2020; revised May 18; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-051)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Travelers from 'Hot Spot' and International Locations (effective May 14, 2020) (Ex. AR-047)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 187 (per curiam) (May 8, 2020) (Ex. AR-022)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos during the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (effective May 18, 2020) (May 14, 2020) (Ex. AR-049)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive Regarding Large Indoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 18; Phase 2 June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-055)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-058)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive Regarding Summer Day Camps (effective May 18, 2020) (Ex. AR-085)
Arkansas Department of Health, ADH notice, 'ADH requires a person exposed to COVID-19 to complete a 14-day quarantine period' (May 22, 2020) (Ex. AR-073)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Bar or Club Operations (effective May 26, 2020; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-052)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Team Sports (effective June 1, 2020; amended July 23 and Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. AR-072)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-023)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-33 (June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-006)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020), Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020 (Ex. AR-050)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos, Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020 (Ex. AR-057)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-37 (June 18, 2020) (Ex. AR-007)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-41 (July 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-008)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-43 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AR-009)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Face Coverings Directive (issued July 18, 2020, effective July 20, 2020) (Ex. AR-060)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May 25, 2020; testing timeframe revised July 6; pre-procedure testing rescinded effective Aug. 1, 2020) (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-059)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music and Theater (effective Aug. 5, 2020; amended Aug. 14, 2020) (Ex. AR-071)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-45 (Aug. 14, 2020) (Ex. AR-010)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified August 26, 2020 (Aug. 26, 2020) (Ex. AR-061)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations, modified September 9, 2020 (self-service and buffets) (Sept. 9, 2020) (Ex. AR-063)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified October 5, 2020 (Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. AR-062)
Arkansas Department of Health, Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (October 6, 2020) (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. AR-064)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-48 (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-011)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 384 (per curiam) (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. AR-024)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for hours of operation to Alcoholic Beverage Control on-premise permitted locations (issued Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 20, 2020 until Jan. 3, 2021) (Ex. AR-065)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-51 (Dec. 11, 2020) (Ex. AR-012)
Arkansas Department of Health, Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (December 23, 2020) (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. AR-068)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-54 (Dec. 29, 2020) (Ex. AR-016)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-53 (Dec. 29, 2020) (Ex. AR-013)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive Regarding Indoor Venues, revision effective January 2, 2021 (until March 1, 2021 unless extended) (Jan. 2, 2021) (Ex. AR-066)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 1 (per curiam) (Jan. 5, 2021) (Ex. AR-025)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 Ark. 30 (per curiam) (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. AR-026)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Guidance Regarding Indoor Venues (directive revised Feb. 15, 2021; converted to guidance Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. AR-067)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 21-03 (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. AR-014)
Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Business Guidance During COVID-19 Pandemic (directive of May 8, 2020; 'Changed from Directive to Guidance February 26, 2021') (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. AR-069)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic / Vaccine Eligibility (per curiam, Mar. 4, 2021) (Ex. AR-027)
Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the Governor, Act 403 of 2021 (SB 379) (Mar. 19, 2021) (Ex. AR-032)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 21-07 (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. AR-015)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Face Coverings Guidance (directive issued July 18, 2020; modified Aug. 26 and Oct. 5, 2020; 'Converted to Guidance Effective April 1, 2021') (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. AR-070)
Arkansas General Assembly (93rd, Regular Session); approved by the Governor, Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590) (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. AR-031)
Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the Governor, Act 977 of 2021 (HB 1547) (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. AR-033)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Resumption of Jury Trials, 2021 Ark. 72 (per curiam) (Apr. 8, 2021) (Ex. AR-028)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Guidance for Face Coverings and Social Distancing (May 21, 2021) (Ex. AR-082)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Return to the Regular Standards for Remote Court Participation and Reopening of the Justice Building, 2021 Ark. 135 (per curiam) (June 10, 2021) (Ex. AR-029)
Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Guidance for Places of Worship (effective May 4, 2020; updated July 2 and Nov. 10, 2020, March 19 and June 24, 2021) (Ex. AR-083)
Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, Arkansas Department of Education, with the Arkansas Department of Health, 2021-2022 COVID-19 Guidance for Schools (revised July 27, 2021) (Ex. AR-080)
Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the Governor, Act 1030 of 2021 (SB 615) (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. AR-034)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 21-14 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. AR-017)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Guidance for Face Coverings and Social Distancing (May 21, 2021; updated July 30, 2021) (Ex. AR-075)
Supreme Court of Arkansas, Hickey v. McClane, No. CV-21-421, Formal Order (Ark. Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. AR-081)