{"id":"DUT-OK-020","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oklahoma","state":"OK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Oklahoma Legislature (Senate Bill 672, 1st Sess., 60th Leg.; enrolled)","authority":"Laws 2025, SB 672, c. 7, secs. 1-2, eff. July 1, 2025, amending 63 O.S. 2021, secs. 683.8 and 683.9","instrument":"Enrolled Senate Bill No. 672 (2025)","title":"An Act relating to emergency management; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 683.8 and 683.9...; prohibiting Governor from closing businesses under certain circumstances; requiring certain evidence for authorized closure; requiring due process for businesses ordered to close; defining term","dateIssued":"2025-04-21","effective":"2025-07-01","end":"standing (post-period; no application to 2020-2021)","startDate":"2025-07-01","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["EMER","CLOSE","OTHER"],"addressees":["the Governor (from July 1, 2025)"],"clause":"during a pandemic under a declared state of emergency by the Governor or the President of the United States, the Governor of this state shall not close or force the closing of any business without documented scientific evidence that the nature of a particular business actually contributes to the direct spreading of disease relating to the pandemic.","enforcement":"None","functions":[],"notes":"Nothing in any claim quarter. From July 1, 2025 the Governor may not close businesses in a pandemic without documented scientific evidence and \u0027notice and hearing to any business determined to be nonessential\u0027, and \u0027economic stabilization\u0027 in 683.9(1) \u0027specifically excludes the determination of essential or nonessential private business enterprises or the closing of private business enterprises\u0027. The enrolled bill\u0027s base text is 63 O.S. 2021, secs. 683.8 and 683.9, the law in force in 2020-2021, and the Legislature\u0027s 2025 decision to write these limits into the two sections that EO 2020-07 and its amendments recited is a legislative identification of the power those orders exercised. Character as recorded: statutory_limitation (on emergency powers).","sourceUrl":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26%20ENR/SB/SB672%20ENR.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":74090,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_limitation","description":"","collection":"DUT-OK","url":"/library/DUT-OK-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OK-020","citation":"Oklahoma Legislature (Senate Bill 672, 1st Sess., 60th Leg.; enrolled), Enrolled Senate Bill No. 672 (2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-020)","stateName":"Oklahoma","related":["DUT-OK-006","DUT-OK-019"]}