On March 31, 2021, Governor Kemp signed three Executive Orders relating to COVID-19 in Georgia. The first, Executive Order 03.31.21.01, extended the Public Health State of Emergency through April 30, 2021. The second order, Executive Order 03.31.21.02, extends the current COVID-19 guidance in Georgia until April 7, 2021 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 become effective April 8 and will roll back many of the current COVID-19 restrictions in place.
More details on all three Executive Order are below:
Executive Order 03.31.21.01 - Extends Georgia's Public Health State of Emergency through April 30, 2021.
Executive Order 03.31.21.02 - Extends current COVID-19 guidance through April 7, 2021 and allows state agency employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine without using sick or annual leave.
Executive Order 03.31.21.03 - Effective April 8, 2021 through April 30, 2021
- Eliminates the gatherings ban
- Eliminates shelter-in-place requirements
- 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
- Reduces any remaining distance requirements (i.e. distance between parties at restaurants, bars, and movie theaters, and between patrons of group fitness classes)
Eliminates the ability of law enforcement to close an organization for failure to comply with the Executive Order provisions
Governor's Official Press Release
