The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Okla. Const. art. VI, sec. 2; Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 (closures 2020-03-25 11:59 p.m.) (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- 2020-04-16 (closures, as written; extended statewide to Apr. 30, 2020 by later amendments) (read as 2020-04-16)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 16, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care orders
- Addressees
- all persons
- vulnerable individuals
- non-critical businesses
- nursing homes
- Functions reached
- WS and EV social gatherings over 10 prohibited
- CR nursing-home visitation barred
- OP non-critical nonprofits closed in community-spread counties
- CB vulnerable members ordered home
- Collection
- Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16
Operative words
17. Adults over the age of sixty-five (65) and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions... shall stay in their home or place of residence except for working in a critical infrastructure sector... and the conduct of essential errands.... 19. Social gatherings of more than ten people are prohibited.... 20. Effective at 11:59 p.m. on March 25, 2020, all businesses not identified as being within a critical infrastructure sector as defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and located in a county experiencing community spread of COVID-19... shall close.... This shall be effective until April 16, 2020. 21. Visitors are prohibited from entering and visiting patients and residents at nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and retirement homes.
Enforcement
63 O.S. 683.24; 21 O.S. 1321.1
Notes
Scanned; pages 1-5 read. Filed with the Secretary of State Mar. 24, 2020 (document 1919).
Retrieval noteScanned; no text layer; paragraphs 17-21 verified against rendered page 5 by the repair agent Sept. 27, 2026.