Georgia Governor Bars Cities, Counties From Requiring Masks

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp speaks to the media during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on April 27, 2020. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on July 15 overrode more than a dozen local orders requiring masks to be worn in public.

In a new executive order, the Republican said that any laws, orders, rules, or regulations requiring people to wear face coverings of masks in public “are suspended.”