Here you will find Governor Kemp's executive orders. These orders are legal instruments by which Governor Kemp carries out the duties of his office.

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Lowering flags to half-staff on Monday, May 29, 2023, until noon, in observance of Memorial Day
Appointing the Honorable Phil D. Miller to fill the temporary vacancy in the office of Douglas County Commission Chairperson
Appointing the Honorable Clarence Ricky Dobbs, Jr. to fill the temporary vacancy in the office of the Douglas County District 1 Commissioner
Establishing and appointing members to the Georgia Opioid Settlement Advisory Commission
Appointing the Honorable Matthew Scott Dubnik as a member of the Southern Regional Education Board
Appointing the Honorable William Rhett Hickman as a member of the Southern Regional Education Board
Appointing the Honorable Delos Harley Yancey, IV as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
Reappointing the Honorable Randall W. Hatcher as a member of the Board of Economic Development
Appointing the Honorable Benjamin Arthur Land as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission
Lowering flags to half-staff on Monday, May 15, 2023, in observance of Peace Officers Memorial Day
Authorizing the transfer of property in Baldwin County from the Georgia Department of Defense to the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Appointing the Honorable Charles Paul Efstration, III as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission
Reappointing the Honorable Houston Gaines as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission
Reappointing the Honorable Emanuel Jones as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission
Reappointing the Honorable Brian Strickland as a member of the Georgia Child Support Commission
Appointing the Honorable Jessica Barrett Martin as Solicitor General of the State Court of Habersham County
Authorizing a transfer from the Governor’s Emergency Fund
Authorizing the demolition and removal of a structure from the Savannah Farmers Market
Appointing the Honorable Mark Wenzel Hennessy as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
Reappointing the Honorable Deborah C. Hibben as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Reappointing the Honorable Cherise Mlott as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Reappointing the Honorable Jennifer M. Page as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Reappointing the Honorable C. Peggy Venable as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Reappointing the Honorable Samuel Rocco Verniero, Jr. as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Appointing the Honorable Matthew Alexander Barnes as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Appointing the Honorable Lisa Leiter as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Appointing the Honorable Michele Monique Mason as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Appointing the Honorable Myndi Kuhlmann Pryor as a member of the Georgia State Rehabilitation Council
Appointing the Honorable Joshua Brebson Whitworth as a member of the Georgia Agricultural Exposition Authority
Reappointing the Honorable Craig R. Buckley as a member of the Georgia State Board of Architects and Interior Designers
Appointing the Honorable Ralph Eddy Raymond as a member of the Georgia State Board of Architects and Interior Designers
Appointing the Honorable Jerry Bruce as a member of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Appointing the Honorable Jerry Bruce as a member of the Advisory Board to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Appointing the Honorable Shanna Jackson Sheats as a member of the State Board of Funeral Service
Appointing the Honorable Bradley Blake Anderson as a member of the State Board of Funeral Service
Appointing the Honorable Mike Long as a member of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Matthew Scott Bergen as a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission Advisory Committee
Appointing the Honorable Lisa Clark McKnight as a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission Advisory Committee
Appointing the Honorable Michael Christopher Rotalsky as a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission Advisory Committee
Appointing the Honorable Karen Viera as chairman of the State Workforce Development Board
Appointing the Honorable William Peavy Fricks, Jr. as a member of the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce
Reappointing the Honorable Billy Grogan as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Reappointing the Honorable Billy Hancock as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Reappointing the Honorable Alex Lee as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Reappointing the Honorable Steve Nichols as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Reappointing the Honorable Ted Wynn as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Appointing the Honorable Rhonda Futch Chatham as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Appointing the Honorable Vernica Marie Crockett as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Appointing the Honorable Douglas Frank Jamieson as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Appointing the Honorable Richard Allan Johnson, Jr. as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Appointing the Honorable Earl Scott Wood as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Appointing the Honorable James Barry Woodward, Sr. as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Emergency Communications Authority
Suspending Dr. Romona Jackson Jones from office as County Commissioner for Douglas County
Suspending from office Mr. Henry Mitchell as County Commissioner for Douglas County
Appointing the Honorable Donald W. Gillis as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia
Reappointing the Honorable Bambi Riley as a member of the Board of Review of the Department of Labor
Reappointing the Honorable Harvey K. Persons, III as a member of the Board of Review of the Department of Labor
Reappointing the Honorable Suzanne Mathis as a member of the Alapaha Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Lynn Doss as a member of the Appalachian Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Jonathan Hawkins as a member of the Atlanta Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Jason Tate as a member of the Atlanta Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Harold Choate, III as a member of the Cherokee Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable J. Stanley Smith, Jr. as a member of the Dublin Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable O. Wendell Horne III as a member of the Macon Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable L. Allyn Stockton, Jr. as a member of the Mountain Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Graham McKinnon IV as a member of the Northeastern Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Gary Gerrard as a member of the Northern Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Robert Alexander, Jr. as a member of the Piedmont Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable James Skipper, Jr. as a member of the Southwestern Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Jeffrey Brickman as a member of the Stone Mountain Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable W. Bryant Swan, Jr. as a member of the Toombs Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Ben Vaughn as a member of the Towaliga Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Reappointing the Honorable Ryan Michael Loke as a member of the Georgia Board of Nursing
Reappointing the Honorable Ashlan Durrence Porter as a member of the Georgia Board of Nursing
Reappointing the Honorable Jerry Don Spillers, Jr. as a member of the Georgia Board of Dentistry
Reappointing the Honorable Brent Stiehl as a member of the Georgia Board of Dentistry
Reappointing the Honorable Debra M. Wilson as a member of the Georgia Board of Dentistry
Appointing the Honorable Caylee B. Noggle as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation
Reappointing the Honorable Yi Jeng Lin as a member of the State Properties Commission
Reappointing the Honorable Tracy L. Jordan as a member of the State Board of Examiners for Speech Pathology and Audiology
Reappointing the Honorable David Perez as a member of the Georgia Student Finance Commission Board of Commissioners
Appointing the Honorable Charles Austin Gower, Jr. as a member of the Chattahoochee Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Appointing the Honorable Falen O’Neal Cox as a member of the Eastern Circuit Public Defender Supervisory Panel
Appointing the Honorable Lawton C. Heard, Jr. as Judge of the Superior Court of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit
Appointing the Honorable Bert Poston as Judge of the Superior Court of the Conasauga Judicial Circuit
Appointing the Honorable Kelley M. Robertson as Judge of the State Court of Hall County
Declaring a State of Emergency for Tornadoes and Severe Storms
Lowering flags to half-staff on Saturday, March 25, 2023, in honor and memory of State Representative Letitia “Tish” Naghise
Appointing members to the review commission to consider the indictment of Gregory Baker, Tax Commissioner for Douglas County
Appointing members to the review commission to consider the indictment of Dr. Romona Jackson Jones, County Commissioner for Douglas County, and Henry Mitchell, County Commissioner for Douglas County
Increasing the Georgians for Refuge, Action, Compassion, & Education Commission Membership
Issuing a writ of election to fill the District 68 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives
Appointing the Honorable Christopher A. Arnt as Judge of the Superior Court of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit
Appointing the Honorable Clayton M. Fuller as District Attorney of the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit
Appointing the Honorable Katherine L. Paulk as Judge of the State Court of Coffee County
Appointing the Honorable Michael L. Hubbard as Judge of the State Court of Carroll County
Appointing the Honorable Ryan S. Hope as Judge of the State Court of Clarke County
Appointing the Honorable Margaret Claire Chason as Judge of the Superior Court of the South Georgia Judicial Circuit
Appointing Major General Konata Ato Crumbly as Assistant Adjutant General for Air of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Jeffrey Eugene Mullis as a member of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Appointing the Honorable Robert Hewlett Grigsby as a member of the Georgia Student Finance Commission Board of Commissioners
Renewal of State of Emergency for Supply Chain Disruptions
Appointing the Honorable Mark Kauffman as a member of the Professional Standards Commission
Reappointing the Honorable Indran Indrakrishnan as a member of the Board of Healthcare Workforce
Reappointing the Honorable William R. Kemp as a member of the Board of Health Care Workforce
Appointing the Honorable Benjamin DeLeon Steele as a member of the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians
Appointing the Honorable Katherine Keehn Wiley as a member of the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitians
Appointing the Honorable William Pope Hightower as a member of the State Workforce Development Board
Appointing the Honorable Deke Gavin Cateau as a member of the Georgia Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias State Plan Advisory Council
Reappointing the Honorable David Johnson as a member of the State Board of Registration of Used Car Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers
Reappointing the Honorable Jerrold Lewis Page as a member of the State Board of Registration of Used Car Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers
Appointing the Honorable Cornelius “Neil” Edward Rawls as a member of the State Board of Registration of Used Moto Vehicle Dealers and Used Motor Vehicle Parts Dealers
Appointing the Honorable Michael Edward Farmer as a member of the State Board of Pharmacy
Appointing the Honorable James “Bubber” Alton Epps, Jr. as a member of the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Appointing the Honorable Erica Rocker as a member of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association
Appointing the Honorable Roy Hampton Fickling as a member of the Board of Public Safety
Appointing the Honorable Sonyja J. George as Judge of the State Court of Clayton County
Appointing the Honorable Scott F. McAfee as Judge of the Superior Court of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit
Appointing the Honorable G. Kevin Morris as Judge of the Superior Court of the Alcovy Judicial Circuit
Appointing the Honorable Shannon Wallace as Judge of the Superior Court of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit
Appointing the Honorable Jaletta Long Smith as Judge of the State Court of Gwinnett County
Appointing the Honorable James E. Hardy as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable James Terry Branch as a member of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Reappointing the Honorable Cody Whitlock as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund
Appointing the Honorable Jennifer Diane Vann as a member of the Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists
Declaring a State of Emergency due to unlawful assemblage, overt threats of violence, disruption of the peace, and danger existing to persons and property
Appointing members to the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee
Reappointing the Honorable Benjamin Lamar Gillis as a member of the State Forestry Commission
Reappointing the Honorable Robert Pollard as a member of the State Forestry Commission
Appointing the Honorable T. Jane Warnock as Chairperson of the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission
Reappointing the Honorable Dwight Davis as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
Appointing the Honorable Tyler Leon Barr as a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation
Appointing the Honorable Carl Perry Dowling as a member of the Certificate of Need Appeal Panel
Appointing the Honorable Michael Wayne Brown as a member of the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Conditioned Air Contractors
Appointing the Honorable Randell Eugene Trammell as chairperson of the Georgia Commission on Civics Education
Appointing the Honorable Brenda DeAnn Golden as a member of the Georgia Real Estate Commission
Reappointing the Honorable Jeffrey Scot Hackleman as a member of the State Board of Optometry
Appointing the Honorable Virginia “Ellen” D. Fitzgerald as a member of the State Board of Optometry
Issuing a writ of election to fill the District 75 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives
Approving the issuance of single family mortgage bonds by the Georgia Housing and Finance Authority
Reappointing members to the Altamaha Regional Water Planning Council
Appointing members to the Altamaha Regional Water Planning Council
Reappointing members to the Upper Oconee Regional Water Planning Council
Appointing the Honorable Alexia Louise Jones as a member of the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
Appointing the Honorable Veda Charmaine Johnson as a member of the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
Appointing the Honorable Nathan Atkin Call as a member of the Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
Appointing the Honorable Nancy B. Young as a member of the Georgia Board of Dentistry
Appointing the Honorable John Fitzgerald Carter as a member of the Invest Georgia Board
Reappointing the Honorable Charles B. Thompson as a member of the Invest Georgia Board
Extending the State of Emergency for Tornadoes and Severe Storms
Reappointing the Honorable William Frank Griffin as a member of the State Board of Education
Reappointing the Honorable Leonte Bernard Leonta as a member of the State Board of Education
Appointing the Honorable Nicholas Dwayne Ellis as a member of the State Board of Education
Reappointing the Honorable Erin Hames as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Reappointing the Honorable James M. Hull as a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Joe Hatfield as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
Appointing the Honorable Kevin "Catfish" Jackson as a member of the Board of Natural Resources
Appointing the Honorable Debra Mae Bailey as a member of the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Appointing Major General Thomas M. Carden, Jr. as Adjutant General of Georgia
Declaring a State of Emergency for Tornadoes and Severe Storms
Authorizing the demolition and removal of a structure from Standing Boy Creek State Park
Appointing the Honorable William R. Oliver as Superior Court Judge of the Mountain Judicial Circuit
Renewal of the State of Emergency for Supply Chain Disruptions
Authorizing a transfer from the Governor’s Emergency Fund
Appointing the Honorable C. Gregory Price as Senior Judge of the Juvenile Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Linda S. Cowen as Senior Judge of the State Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Ethelyn N. Simpson as Senior Judge of the State Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Pamela D. South as Senior Judge of the State Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable David D. Watkins as Senior Judge of the State Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Louisa Abbot as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable William T. Boyett as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Robert E. Flournoy, III as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable C. Andrew Fuller as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable John M. Ott as Senior Judge of the Superior Courts of Georgia
Appointing the Honorable Timothy Ward as a member of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles