{"id":"SEC-15-045","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"15","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Arkansas General Assembly (93rd G.A.); Governor Asa Hutchinson (signed)","authority":"Ark. Code 20-7-142 (new)","instrument":"Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590)","title":"An Act to Prohibit the Mandatory Use of Face Masks, Face Shields, or Other Face Coverings","dateIssued":"2021-04-28","effective":"2021-07-28 (ninety days after adjournment); all mandatory face covering orders terminated on the effective date","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","startDate":"2021-07-28","endDate":"2021-08-06","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["State agencies and entities","political subdivisions of the State (including school districts)","State and local officials"],"clause":"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","functions":["IN","TR","AC","WF","CB"],"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).","sourceUrl":"https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2021R%2FPublic%2F\u0026file=1002.pdf\u0026ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2021R","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":308582,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-15","url":"/library/SEC-15-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-15-045","citation":"Arkansas General Assembly (93rd G.A.); Governor Asa Hutchinson (signed), Act 1002 of 2021 (SB 590) (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-045)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["SEC-15-003"]}