Governor Kemp Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions

On Thursday, April 8, Executive Order 03.31.21.03 took effect, rolling back the remaining COVID-19 restrictions on Georgia’s economy. With an executive order rolling back remaining COVID-19 restrictions to the state’s economy, Governor Brian Kemp is declaring that “Georgia is open for business.”

Earlier this week, the governor announced the state hit a milestone 4 million vaccines administered, meaning more than 1 million doses of vaccine were administered in a 15-day period in Georgia.

Executive Order 03.31.21.03

  • Will become effective April 8 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
  • Will become effective April 8 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