On April 30, 2020, the 3,618 th case of a novel coronavirus ("COVID-19"), was confirmed in the State of Oklahoma. As noted in a previous Executive Order, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified the potential public health threat posed by COVID-19 as "high" both globally and in the United States. In addition, on March 14, 2020, the President of the United States declared a national health emergency in the United States as a result of the national spread of COVID-19.
As COVID-19's impact continues to evolve, it is important to take measures to protect all Oklahomans against this threat. Therefore, I believe, after consultation with numerous health experts within my administration, that a health emergency continues to exist in the State of Oklahoma, and the provisions of the Act set forth in Oklahoma Statutes 63 O.S. Sections 6101 et seq. should continue to be activated.
Therefore, I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to the power vested in me by Section 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution, and 63 O.S. §§ 6101-6900 of the Oklahoma Statutes, specifically 63 O.S. § 6401, do hereby declare and order the following:
All 77 Oklahoma Counties
The foregoing Orders shall be effective until the end of thirty (30) days after the filing of this Order.
In addition, I hereby declare and order the following:
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, the Adjutant General of the Oklahoma National Guard, the Oklahoma State Commissioner of Health, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services who shall cause the provisions of this Order to be implemented by all appropriate agencies of State government.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, this 1 st day of May 2020.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Michael Rogers
Secretary of State
Okla. Admin. Code § 1:2020-12A