TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 6, 2020

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order late Friday that allows 89 counties that do not have their own health departments to mandate masks to slow the spread of COVID-19, Nashville Public Radio reports. The order will be in effect through Aug. 3. It also includes a number of exemptions counties can adopt. To date, Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Shelby and Williamson counties have adopted requirements that masks be worn in public. Wilson County’s mayor has asked merchants to require masks for patrons. Earlier in the week, Lee extended a state of emergency order until Aug. 29 expressing concern about the rising number of infections in the state. In related news, all court personnel and members of the public now will be required to wear face masks at all 3rd Judicial District courthouses, according to the Greeneville Sun.