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Executive Order 2020-2

Declaration of a State of Emergency and a Public Health Emergency

Governor Mark Gordon · Wyoming (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Wyoming
Level
State
Authority
Wyo. Stat. Ann. 19-13-102, 19-13-104 (Wyoming Homeland Security Act); 35-4-115(a)(i) (public health emergency); Wyo. Const.
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-13)
End
2022-03-15 (rescinded by Executive Order 2022-03) (read as 2022-03-15)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 15, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • Director of the Office of Homeland Security
  • Adjutant General
  • Director of the Wyoming Department of Health
  • the public
Functions reached
  • EMER predicate for every Wyoming order in the six quarters
Collection
Wyoming WY

Operative words

I, Mark Gordon, do hereby declare a state of emergency and a public health emergency, and therefore order and direct the following:... 3. The Director of the Wyoming Department of Health in accordance with but not limited to Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-1-240, 35-1-227, 35-4-101 to 115; to take all appropriate and necessary actions, and in the Director's judgment any actions necessary to provide aid to those locations where there is a threat or danger to public health, safety and welfare. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect until such time it is rescinded.

Enforcement

Predicate for the State Health Officer's orders under W.S. 35-1-240 (enforced under W.S. 35-1-105 and 35-1-106) and for W.S. 35-4-114 immunity and 35-4-115 emergency powers

Notes

Recites the March 11, 2020 presumptive-positive case; directs Homeland Security mobilization, National Guard activation and WDH action. Every statewide public health order recites this declaration as its predicate. Rescinded March 15, 2022 (WDH release, verified_secondary). The govdelivery attachment is an image-only scan; Ex. WY-002 is a text-layer copy of the same instrument.

Retrieval note

Text read by OCR (Windows.Media.Ocr) of the Governor's own attachment and confirmed against the FAO Lex text copy (WY-002).