Governor Kemp signs new COVID-19 Executive Orders
ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Governor Brian Kemp signed three Executive Orders today, relating to COVID-19.
The first, Executive Order 03.31.21.01, extends the Public Health State of Emergency through April 30.
The second, Executive Order 03.31.21.02, extends the current COVID-19 guidance in Georgia until April 7, with an added provision allowing state agency employees to get a COVID vaccine without using sick or annual leave.
The third order, Executive Order 03.31.21.03, will roll back many of the current COVID-19 restrictions in place April 8.
The Governor’s Executive Orders are available to read here. More details on all three Executive Orders are below:
Executive Order 03.31.21.01
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Extends Georgia’s Public Health State of Emergency through April 30, 2021 |
Executive Order 03.31.21.02
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Extends current COVID-19 guidance through April 7, 2021 |
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Provides a mechanism for allowing state agency employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine without using sick leave or annual leave |
Executive Order 03.31.21.03
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Will become effective April 8 through April 30, 2021 |
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Eliminates the Gatherings ban |
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Eliminates Shelter-in-Place requirements |
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Removes the critical infrastructure distinction and collapses all organization suggested measures into one main list, with a small number of additional industry-specific requirements remaining |
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Reduces any remaining distance requirements (i.e. distance between parties at restaurants, bars, and movie theaters, and between patrons of group fitness classes) |
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Eliminates the ability of law enforcement to close an organization for failure to comply with the Executive Order provisions |
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