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The Oklahoma file holds 89 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 88 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 124 records in the Library resolve to Oklahoma in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code OKFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 16, 2020 Ex. OK-072End of general restrictions Mar. 12, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 5Primary source read 89 Confirmed from a secondary source 0
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The Oklahoma file

The record in brief

Oklahoma's regime was a Governor-led emergency chain of thirty-day executive orders (EO 2020-07 and eight amendments, March 15 to April 8, 2020; EO 2020-13 and six amendments, April 8 to May 30, 2020; EO 2020-20 and nine amendments, May 30, 2020 to February 12, 2021; EO 2021-07 and two amendments, February 12 to May 4, 2021), each filed with the Secretary of State and each 'effective until the end of thirty (30) days after the filing of this Order', supplemented by a separate Catastrophic Health Emergency declaration (EO 2020-12, April 2, 2020, renewed May 1, 2020, terminated by the Legislature effective May 30, 2020), by Executive Memoranda defining the essential-sector list and the elective-surgery tiers, by the Supreme Court's three Emergency Joint Orders, by Insurance Department bulletins and Board of Dentistry resolutions, and, because the Governor never issued a statewide mask mandate, by municipal ordinances and mayoral proclamations in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman and Stillwater that carried the mask, capacity and gathering rules from July 2020 through April-June 2021. 2020 Q2 (with the March 13-31 run-up): the Fourth Amended EO 2020-07 (March 24, 2020) ordered vulnerable individuals to 'stay in their home or place of residence except for working in a critical infrastructure sector... and the conduct of essential errands', postponed 'all elective surgeries, minor medical procedures, and non-emergency dental procedures', prohibited 'Social gatherings of more than ten people', closed every non-critical-infrastructure business in a county with community spread effective 11:59 p.m. March 25 (with restaurants and bars limited to pick-up, curbside and delivery) and barred visitors from nursing homes; the Sixth Amended (March 29) imposed a 14-day quarantine on air travelers from the New York tri-State area, Washington, California and Louisiana; the Seventh Amended (April 1) extended the closure statewide to every business 'not identified as being within a critical infrastructure sector as defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or defined as essential by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce through the use of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)' and the elective-procedure postponement to April 30; EO 2020-13 (April 8) carried every restriction forward; the Second Amended EO 2020-13 (April 16) allowed elective surgeries from April 24 under the tiered Elective Surgery Acuity Scale of Executive Memorandum 2020-02, minor procedures and non-emergency dental from April 30; the Fourth Amended EO 2020-13 (April 24) replaced the closure order with the Open Up and Recover Safely (OURS) Plan ('all businesses should, unless the local municipality has more stringent guidelines, adhere to the statewide Open Up and Recover Safely (OURS) Plan'): Phase 1 April 24 (personal care by appointment) and May 1 (dining, entertainment, theaters, sporting venues, gyms, worship with every other pew open; bars closed), Phase 2 May 15 (bars at diminished standing-room occupancy; organized sports; funerals and weddings), Phase 3 June 1 (unrestricted worksite staffing; senior-facility visits still prohibited); the vulnerable-population stay-home directive ran to May 15 and then May 31; the traveler quarantine ended with the Sixth Amended EO 2020-13 (filed May 12); the Supreme Court cancelled jury terms and suspended deadlines March 16 to May 15 and closed courthouses to the public March 27 to May 15; Oklahoma City (shelter in place March 28 to April 30; Phase 1 standards May 1-15), Tulsa (dine-in and bar closures March 17; shelter at home March 28 to April 30; gatherings of any size prohibited; bars closed until May 15 then 36 square feet per person) and Norman (stay at home March 25 to April 30; Healthier at Home phases from May 1) ran stricter local regimes. 2020 Q3: EO 2020-20 and its Second through Fifth Amendments kept the emergency, the OURS Plan, the nursing-home visitation limits, the hospital-data and testing-report mandates and the state-agency remote-work directive in force; Tulsa's EO 2020-13 (July 2) required Health-Department-approved safety plans for events of 500 or more and face coverings for all bar and restaurant employees; Tulsa Ordinance 24408 (July 15), Norman Ordinance O-2021-3 (July 7) and Stillwater Ordinance 3452 (July 9) mandated face coverings in places of public accommodation and public settings, with Norman closing bar standing areas and limiting restaurant and bar capacity to distanced seating; the Board of Dentistry's Resolution R-2020-2 governed dental licensure examinations through December 31. 2020 Q4 (the winter re-tightening): the Sixth Amended EO 2020-20 (October 23) placed a moratorium on all State-paid out-of-State travel by State employees; the Seventh Amended (November 16) required masks on all State-owned or leased property from November 17 and, from November 19, six feet between parties in restaurants and bars and a bar on the sale or service of food or beverages for on-premises consumption after 11 p.m.; the Eighth Amended (December 14) added a 50 percent occupancy cap on public and social gatherings and a four-spectators-per-participant cap on indoor youth sports; Tulsa Ordinance 24446 (September 30) extended its mask mandate to January 31, 2021 and Ordinance 24490 (November 24) codified six-foot separation in restaurants, bars and places of public accommodation and a 150-attendee event-plan threshold; Stillwater Ordinance 3463 (November 19) extended its mask mandate to February 28, 2021, reciting that 'the Governor of the State of Oklahoma has left it to the cities to decide what steps are necessary'. 2021 Q1: the Ninth Amended EO 2020-20 (January 13) lifted the 11 p.m. rule but kept the State-property mask rule, the six-foot rule for restaurants and bars, the 50 percent gathering cap and the youth-sports cap; EO 2021-07 (February 12) re-declared the emergency with the mask and 50 percent provisions; the First Amended EO 2021-07 (March 12) dropped every business and gathering restriction while keeping the emergency; Tulsa Ordinances 24516 and 24517 (January 13) extended the mask, separation and event rules to April 30, 2021; Norman Ordinance O-2021-36 (March 2) extended its mask rules to June 1, 2021; Stillwater Ordinance 3472 (February 24) extended its mandate to May 25, 2021. 2021 Q2: the Second Amended EO 2021-07 (filed April 11) continued the emergency; EO 2021-11 (May 3) withdrew and rescinded it 'Effective May 4, 2021'; Tulsa EO 2021-04 (May 2021) terminated the civil emergency after the Governor's rescission; Norman Proclamation 2020-10 (effective April 1) capped restaurants, bars, fitness centers and indoor gatherings at 75 percent until the mask ordinance sunset June 1; Stillwater rescinded its emergency May 14; EO 2021-16 (May 28) ordered State buildings to rescind mask requirements by June 1 and barred vaccination as a condition of entry; SB 658 (signed May 28, effective July 1, 2021) barred school districts from requiring vaccination, vaccine passports, or masks for unvaccinated students absent a gubernatorial emergency. 2021 Q3: no statewide emergency or business restriction was in force; the instruments in force were SB 658 (its mask provisions enjoined September 1, 2021 by the District Court of Oklahoma County), EO 2021-16, the Cherokee Nation's Executive Order 2021-01-CTH (vaccination mandate for executive-branch employees, effective May 25 through December 31, 2021), Stillwater's Resolution CC-2021-24 (August 2) and its September 2, 2021 state-of-emergency proclamation (September 3-20, 2021, hospital-capacity emergency with advisory mask and vaccination directives), and the federal general layer.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Oklahoma on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

QuarterFirst dayLast day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →April 1, 2020: Seventh Amended EO 2020-07 (Ex. OK-011) in force: statewide closure to the public of every business outside the DHS critical-infrastructure sectors and the Commerce NAICS essential list (Ex. OK-014), restaurants and bars limited to takeout, curbside and delivery, vulnerable individuals ordered to stay home, gatherings of more than ten prohibited, elective surgeries, minor medical and non-emergency dental procedures postponed until April 30, nursing-home visitation barred, 14-day quarantine for air travelers from NY/NJ/CT/WA/CA/LA; Supreme Court SCAD 2020-29 (Ex. OK-050): courthouses closed to the public, jury terms cancelled and deadlines suspended through May 15; OKC shelter in place (Ex. OK-052), Tulsa shelter at home and gatherings of any size prohibited (Ex. OK-057, OK-058), Norman stay at home (Ex. OK-074).June 30, 2020: EO 2020-20 (May 30) and Amended EO 2020-20 (June 12) (Ex. OK-026, OK-027) in force: emergency continued; OURS Phase 3 in effect since June 1 with businesses directed to 'adhere to the statewide Open Up and Recover Safely (OURS) Plan'; nursing-home visitation, outings and communal dining governed by OSDH guidance from June 15; hospital critical-data and universal test-reporting mandates; State-agency remote-work policy directive; Tulsa EO 2020-10 (Ex. OK-062) requiring all businesses including bars to follow the OURS Plan; Supreme Court SCAD 2020-36 (Ex. OK-051): jury trials rescheduled after July 31, 2020.
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →July 1, 2020: Amended EO 2020-20 (Ex. OK-027) in force (emergency; OURS Plan; OSDH-governed LTC visitation; data mandates; remote-work directive); Tulsa EO 2020-10 (Ex. OK-062); SCAD 2020-36 jury-trial postponement to after July 31 (Ex. OK-051).September 30, 2020: Fifth Amended EO 2020-20 (Sept. 25) (Ex. OK-031) in force; Tulsa EO 2020-13 (Ex. OK-063: 500-attendee safety plans; bar and restaurant employee face coverings), Tulsa Ordinance 24408 as amended by 24446 adopted that day (Ex. OK-064, OK-065: face coverings mandatory in places of public accommodation, educational buildings and public settings; sunset January 31, 2021); Norman Ordinance O-2021-3 (Ex. OK-080: face coverings; restaurant and bar capacity through distanced seating; bar standing areas closed; sunset November 30, 2020); Stillwater Ordinance 3452 (face coverings; verified through Ex. OK-085).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →October 1, 2020: Fifth Amended EO 2020-20 (Ex. OK-031) in force; Tulsa Ordinances 24408/24446 (Ex. OK-064, OK-065), Tulsa EO 2020-13 (Ex. OK-063), Norman O-2021-3 (Ex. OK-080), Stillwater 3452 in force.December 31, 2020: Eighth Amended EO 2020-20 (Dec. 14) (Ex. OK-034) in force: masks required on all State-owned or leased property; restaurants and bars six feet between parties; no on-premises food or beverage service after 11 p.m.; public and social gatherings capped at 50 percent of permitted occupancy; indoor youth sports capped at four spectators per participant up to 50 percent; State-employee out-of-State travel moratorium (since Oct. 23, Ex. OK-032); Tulsa Ordinance 24490 (Ex. OK-066: six-foot separation in restaurants, bars and places of public accommodation; 150-attendee event plans from Dec. 11) and Tulsa EO 2020-15 (Ex. OK-067: Health Department citation authority); Stillwater Ordinance 3463 (Ex. OK-085: mask mandate to Feb. 28, 2021).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →January 1, 2021: Eighth Amended EO 2020-20 (Ex. OK-034) in force with all December 14 restrictions; Tulsa 24408/24446/24490 (sunset Jan. 31, extended Jan. 13 to Apr. 30 by Ex. OK-068, OK-069); Stillwater 3463 (Ex. OK-085); Norman mask rules.March 31, 2021: First Amended EO 2021-07 (Mar. 12) (Ex. OK-039) in force: emergency continued, every business, mask and gathering restriction of EO 2021-07 removed; Amended EO 2021-05 (Ex. OK-038: DPS license processing waivers); Tulsa Ordinances 24516/24517 (Ex. OK-068, OK-069: masks, six-foot separation and 150-attendee plans to Apr. 30, 2021); Norman O-2021-36 (Ex. OK-081: mask rules to June 1, 2021); Stillwater Ordinance 3472 (Ex. OK-086: mask mandate to May 25, 2021) and its Feb. 26, 2021 emergency proclamation (verified through Ex. OK-087).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →April 1, 2021: First Amended EO 2021-07 (Ex. OK-039) in force (emergency; administrative mandates only); Tulsa 24516/24517 (Ex. OK-068, OK-069); Norman O-2021-36 and Proclamation 2020-10 effective that day (Ex. OK-081, OK-082: 75 percent capacity for restaurants, bars, fitness centers and indoor gatherings); Stillwater 3472 (Ex. OK-086).June 30, 2021: no State emergency (EO 2021-11 rescinded it effective May 4, Ex. OK-041); EO 2021-16 (May 28) in force (Ex. OK-042: State buildings may not require masks or vaccination for access); SB 658 enacted, effective July 1 (Ex. OK-043); Cherokee Nation EO 2021-01-CTH in force since May 25 (Ex. OK-090); all municipal mask and capacity ordinances expired (Tulsa Apr. 30 and EO 2021-04, Ex. OK-071; Stillwater May 14/25, Ex. OK-087; Norman June 1, Ex. OK-081).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →July 1, 2021: SB 658 takes effect (Ex. OK-043); EO 2021-16 (Ex. OK-042); Cherokee Nation EO 2021-01-CTH (Ex. OK-090); no State emergency; no municipal mask or capacity ordinance in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman or Stillwater; federal layer (CDC conveyance mask order; TSA directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS 29 C.F.R. 1910.502 from June 21, 2021; see FED exhibits).September 30, 2021: SB 658 in force with its mask provisions temporarily enjoined since September 1, 2021 (District Court of Oklahoma County; verified_secondary); EO 2021-16 (Ex. OK-042); Cherokee Nation EO 2021-01-CTH (Ex. OK-090); Stillwater Resolution CC-2021-24 (Aug. 2; Ex. OK-088) and the Stillwater state-of-emergency proclamation of Sept. 2, 2021 (in force Sept. 3 to 12:00 a.m. Sept. 20, 2021; Ex. OK-089); federal layer.

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Oklahoma, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

2021-03-12 (statewide business and gathering restrictions); 2021-05-04 (State emergency); 2021-06-01 (last municipal mask ordinance, Norman)

Instrument First Amended Executive Order 2021-07 (Gov. Stitt), filed March 12, 2021 (Ex. OK-039), removed every business, mask, gathering and youth-sports restriction of EO 2021-07 while continuing the emergency declaration; the emergency itself ended when Executive Order 2021-11 (May 3, 2021; Ex. OK-041) withdrew and rescinded the Second Amended EO 2021-07 'Effective May 4, 2021'. Tulsa Ordinances 24516/24517 sunset April 30, 2021 and EO 2021-04 terminated the civil emergency in May 2021; Stillwater rescinded its emergency May 14, 2021 (Ordinance 3472 sunset May 25, 2021); Norman Ordinance O-2021-36 sunset June 1, 2021.

What remained in force

After March 12, 2021: the State emergency and its administrative mandates (hospital critical-data reporting; universal test-result reporting to OSDH; EMAC licensure; State-agency remote-work policy directive) until May 4, 2021; municipal mask, separation and capacity ordinances in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman and Stillwater to their sunsets (April 30, May 25 and June 1, 2021). After May 4, 2021: EO 2021-16 (May 28, 2021; State buildings may not require masks or vaccination for access), SB 658 (July 1, 2021; school mask and vaccine mandates barred, mask provisions enjoined September 1, 2021), the Cherokee Nation vaccination mandate (May 25 to December 31, 2021), Stillwater's advisory Resolution CC-2021-24 (August 2, 2021) and September 2-20, 2021 emergency proclamation, the OSDH quarantine and isolation guidance for exposed persons (guidance, not verified as an order), and the federal layer (CDC conveyance mask order; TSA directives; OSHA Healthcare ETS; CMS conditions).

Preemption of local orders

Oklahoma did not preempt or bar local COVID-19 orders during 2020-2021. The Fourth Amended EO 2020-13 (April 24, 2020) and its successors provided that 'all businesses should, unless the local municipality has more stringent guidelines, adhere to the statewide Open Up and Recover Safely (OURS) Plan' (Ex. OK-022, OK-023, OK-025), expressly preserving stricter municipal rules; the Eighth and Ninth Amended EO 2020-20 allowed 'the local health authority' to grant exceptions to the 50 percent gathering cap (Ex. OK-034, OK-035); Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman and Stillwater enacted stay-at-home, closure, mask, capacity and event ordinances that the State never displaced, and Stillwater's Ordinance 3463 recited that 'the Governor of the State of Oklahoma has left it to the cities to decide what steps are necessary to protect their citizens from the spread of COVID-19' (Ex. OK-085). Two 2021 instruments limited public bodies: EO 2021-16 (May 28, 2021) directed State agencies to rescind mask requirements for public services by June 1, 2021 and prohibited vaccination as a condition of admittance to public buildings (Ex. OK-042); SB 658 (effective July 1, 2021) barred school districts from requiring COVID-19 vaccination or vaccine passports and from implementing a mask mandate except during a gubernatorial state of emergency and after consultation with the local health department (Ex. OK-043); its mask provisions were temporarily enjoined by the District Court of Oklahoma County (Mai, J.) on September 1, 2021 (verified_secondary).

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Oklahoma. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (7)

  • OK-043 SB 658 (70 O.S. 1210.189-.190), effective July 1, 2021: school districts barred from requiring COVID-19 vaccination or vaccine passports and from mask mandates for unvaccinated students; mask mandates permitted only during a gubernatorial state of emergency after consultation with the local health department (mask provisions temporarily enjoined Sept. 1, 2021, Oklahoma County District Court, verified_secondary)
  • OK-042 EO 2021-16 (May 28, 2021): State-owned or leased buildings open to the public must rescind mask mandates by June 1, 2021; State agencies prohibited from requiring COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of admittance (exception for patient-facing medical facilities)
  • OK-090 Cherokee Nation Executive Order 2021-01-CTH (signed May 11, 2021; effective May 25, 2021; expires Dec. 31, 2021): COVID-19 vaccination mandated for the Nation's executive-branch workforce and job-training participants; new employees within 45 days or termination; existing employees' non-essential job functions (travel to conferences, public events) suspended until vaccinated; medical and religious exemptions
  • OK-088 Stillwater Resolution CC-2021-24 (Aug. 2, 2021): City Council 'strongly encourages' masks in public indoor settings per CDC July 27, 2021 guidance; businesses 'free to require more stringent mask rules'; police will respond to trespass complaints for businesses requiring masks (advisory)
  • OK-089 Stillwater Proclamation Declaring State of Emergency (Sept. 2, 2021): state of emergency effective 8:00 a.m. Sept. 3 until 12:00 a.m. Sept. 20, 2021, on Stillwater Medical Center's lack of staffed ICU and medical beds and emergency-department diversion; residents advised of limited hospital resources; mask and vaccination encouraged (EMER with advisory directives)
  • Federal layer in Oklahoma (see FED exhibits): CDC conveyance mask order (86 Fed. Reg. 8025) and TSA security directives through Sept. 2021; OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare ETS, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502 (June 21, 2021); CMS conditions of participation and QSO memoranda; presidential entry proclamations and DHS land-border notices
  • OSDH isolation and quarantine guidance for cases and exposed persons and the OSDH-OSDE 2021-22 school guidance (guidance; force-of-law status not verified; listed for completeness)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Oklahoma, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Statewide: dine-in and bar service closed to the public from 11:59 p.m. Mar. 25, 2020 in 19 community-spread counties (Fourth Amended EO 2020-07) and statewide from Apr. 1 (Seventh Amended; takeout, curbside and delivery permitted) through Apr. 30; dining reopened May 1, 2020 under OURS Phase 1 with distancing (bars 'should remain closed'); bars reopened May 15 (Phase 2) at 'diminished standing-room occupancy'; from Nov. 19, 2020 six feet between parties and no on-premises food or beverage service after 11 p.m. (Seventh Amended EO 2020-20); 11 p.m. rule lifted Jan. 13, 2021; six-foot rule ended Mar. 12, 2021. Tulsa: dine-in closed Mar. 17, 2020 (EO 2020-02); bars closed to May 15 then 36 sq. ft. per person; employee face coverings from July 2, 2020; six-foot separation codified Nov. 24, 2020 (Ord. 24490) to Apr. 30, 2021. Norman: dining rooms closed Mar. 18, 2020; O-2021-3 (July 7, 2020) distanced-seating capacity, bar standing areas closed, to June 1, 2021 (75 percent cap from Apr. 1, 2021). OKC: bars without food closed and restaurant standards (servers masked; tables six feet; parties of ten) May 1-15, 2020.

Retail

Non-essential retail closed to the public Mar. 25/Apr. 1 to Apr. 24, 2020 under the Fourth and Seventh Amended EO 2020-07 and EO 2020-13 (Commerce NAICS list defines the exemption; Ex. OK-014); OKC, Tulsa and Norman stay-at-home orders required non-essential businesses to cease in-person operations Mar. 25/28 to Apr. 30, 2020 (Norman allowed delivery and curbside only; auto showrooms closed); from Apr. 24, 2020 OURS Plan adherence; municipal mask mandates in places of public accommodation July 2020 to Apr. 30/June 1, 2021.

Personal care

Salons, barbers, nail salons, spas and tattoo parlors closed as non-essential Mar. 25/Apr. 1 to Apr. 24, 2020 (Norman closed them Mar. 23); reopened Apr. 24, 2020 'for appointments only' with sanitation protocols (OURS Phase 1); Norman delayed personal care to Phase 1B until a Cleveland County District Court order of May 4, 2020 (Amended Proclamation 2020-07); OKC required appointment-only operation with masks May 1-15, 2020; municipal mask mandates thereafter; Cosmetology Board reopening guidelines by phase (Apr. 24, May 15, June 1, 2020; guidance).

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms, theaters, entertainment venues closed Mar. 17 (Tulsa, Norman) and statewide Mar. 25/Apr. 1 to May 1, 2020; reopened May 1 (OURS Phase 1) with distancing; OKC imposed staggered seating and every-other-row closure for theaters, venues and worship May 1-15, 2020; gatherings capped at 50 percent of occupancy Dec. 14, 2020 to Mar. 12, 2021; indoor youth sports capped at four spectators per participant; Norman 75 percent cap Apr. 1 to June 1, 2021.

Hotels and short-term rentals

Lodging never closed statewide; the Fourth and Seventh Amended EO 2020-07 closed hotel bars, dining rooms, gyms and event space with the general closure Mar. 25/Apr. 1 to May 1, 2020; the 14-day traveler quarantine (Mar. 29 to May 12, 2020) applied to air arrivals from six States; OKC's Apr. 2 proclamation treated 'hotels, motels, shared rentals' as residences for shelter in place; Tulsa's 500- and 150-attendee event-plan rules (July 16, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2021) and the State 50 percent gathering cap (Dec. 14, 2020 to Mar. 12, 2021) governed banquets and conventions.

Offices and telework

Every gubernatorial COVID order from EO 2020-07 (Mar. 15, 2020) through EO 2021-07 directed all State agencies to 'Establish and, if necessary, implement a remote work policy that balances the safety and welfare of state employees with the critical services they provide' and to 'Encourage Oklahomans interacting with agency services to utilize online options whenever possible'; EO 2020-08 (Mar. 17, 2020) recommended that all Oklahomans 'Work or engage in schooling from home, whenever possible'; non-critical-infrastructure offices closed to the public Mar. 25/Apr. 1 to Apr. 24, 2020; Norman's stay-at-home orders required non-essential businesses to cease in-person operations while 'agents can perform business activities at their own residences'; State-employee out-of-State travel moratorium Oct. 23, 2020 onward; masks in State offices Nov. 17, 2020 to Mar. 12, 2021; Tulsa and Norman mask ordinances reached offices that are public service areas or where distancing cannot be maintained (July 2020 to Apr. 30/June 1, 2021).

Manufacturing

Manufacturing sectors on the DHS critical-infrastructure and Commerce NAICS lists (petroleum, chemical, machinery, electrical equipment, food, beverage, personal-care products) remained open; manufacturers outside those sectors 'shall close to the public' Mar. 25/Apr. 1 to Apr. 24, 2020 (Seventh Amended EO 2020-07; EO 2020-13) and under municipal stay-at-home orders; OURS Phase 3 (June 1, 2020) allowed 'unrestricted staffing at their worksites'; State-property mask and gathering caps did not reach private plants; municipal mask ordinances reached public service areas and settings where distancing could not be maintained.

Construction

Construction (NAICS 23) listed as essential on the Commerce list (Ex. OK-014) and never closed statewide; job sites subject to the ten-person gathering prohibition Mar. 24 to Apr. 24, 2020 and to municipal stay-at-home orders' essential-business conditions (OKC, Tulsa, Norman, Mar. 25/28 to Apr. 30, 2020); permit offices affected by municipal building closures (Stillwater facilities closed Mar. 16, 2020).

Real estate

Real estate and leasing (NAICS 53) and finance and insurance (NAICS 52) listed as essential (Ex. OK-014); showings and closings subject to the ten-person cap and municipal stay-at-home orders Mar. 25/28 to Apr. 30, 2020; courthouses closed to the public and all filings by mail Mar. 27 to May 15, 2020 (SCAD 2020-29), affecting recorders and clerks in county courthouses; OID PC Bulletin 2020-01 directed 45-day grace-period extensions (Mar. 20 to June 30, 2020).

Hospitals and long-term care

Hospitals and physician clinics ordered to report critical data (ICU, med-surg, ventilator, PPE, positive patients) daily to OSDH from Mar. 17, 2020 through May 4, 2021; every testing entity to report all results daily; nursing-home, long-term-care and retirement-home visitation prohibited Mar. 24, 2020 to June 15, 2020 (end-of-life excepted from Apr. 24), then governed by OSDH guidance; delivery personnel screened at hospitals, clinics, LTC and childcare facilities; EMAC out-of-State licensure; OSU/OU laboratories exempted from CLIA; hospital visitation limited to one designated representative under OURS Phases 2-3.

Dental and elective health care

'Oklahomans and medical providers in Oklahoma shall postpone all elective surgeries, minor medical procedures, and non-emergency dental procedures' from Mar. 24 to Apr. 7, 2020 (Fourth Amended EO 2020-07), extended to Apr. 30 (Seventh Amended; EO 2020-13); elective surgeries resumed Apr. 24, 2020 under the Elective Surgery Acuity Scale tiers of Executive Memorandum 2020-02 (Tier 2 Apr. 24; Tier 1 Apr. 30/May 1) with a COVID-19 test required pre-operatively; minor procedures and non-emergency dental resumed Apr. 30, 2020; Board of Dentistry Resolution R-2020-1 (Apr. 1, 2020) fixed the emergency and urgent triage protocol through Apr. 30 and R-2020-2 (May 1, 2020) altered licensure examinations through Dec. 31, 2020; telemedicine preexisting-relationship requirement waived Mar. 21, 2020 onward.

Schools

State Board of Education ordered all accredited public schools to cease operations Mar. 17 to Apr. 6, 2020 (Mar. 16 order) and on Mar. 25, 2020 ordered a Distance Learning Plan completing the 2019-20 year without reopening buildings (both verified through official recitals in Tulsa EO 2020-04/05 and OKC proclamations); Eighth Amended EO 2020-07 (Apr. 2) directed payment of school support staff; Third Amended EO 2020-20 (July 30, 2020) ordered an OSDH-OSDE teacher-testing plan by Aug. 21, 2020; 2020-21 reopening under the OSDE 'Return to Learn' framework (recommendations); indoor youth-sports spectator caps Dec. 14, 2020 to Mar. 12, 2021; SB 658 (July 1, 2021) barred district mask and vaccine mandates absent a gubernatorial emergency, enjoined Sept. 1, 2021.

Child care

Child-care workers 'supporting public and private childcare establishments... for purposes of... care and supervision of minors to support essential workforce' designated essential by Executive Memorandum 2020-01 (Mar. 24, 2020); childcare facilities may require screening of delivery personnel (EO 2020-13 series); childcare exempt from the ten-person cap of Tulsa Ordinance 24490 and the 50 percent State gathering cap; Sixth Amended EO 2020-07 barred housing and childcare discrimination against health-care workers.

Worship and gatherings

Gatherings of more than ten prohibited Mar. 24 to Apr. 24, 2020 (Fourth Amended EO 2020-07; EO 2020-13); places of worship reopened May 1, 2020 leaving 'every other row or pew open'; Tulsa banned gatherings of any size Mar. 28 to Apr. 30, of more than ten to May 15 and of more than 50 to May 31, 2020, and required Health-Department safety plans for events of 500 or more (July 16, 2020) and 150 or more (Dec. 11, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2021); statewide 50 percent gathering cap (religious, healthcare, educational, public-safety and childcare gatherings exempt) Dec. 14, 2020 to Mar. 12, 2021.

Courts and public offices

SCAD 2020-24 (Mar. 16, 2020): all jury terms cancelled 30 days, all deadlines and procedures suspended 30 days, statutes of limitation extended 30 days, entry barred to exposed or symptomatic persons; SCAD 2020-29 (Mar. 27): jury terms cancelled and deadlines suspended through May 15, 'All courthouses shall be closed to the public with exceptions for emergencies', no more than ten persons in a courtroom, appellate filings by mail; SCAD 2020-36 (Apr. 29): jury trials rescheduled to after July 31, 2020, deadlines resume May 16, local officials may keep county buildings closed and may require masks and gloves; State agencies directed to move the public online (EO 2020-07 series); DPS license processing delays addressed by EO 2021-05 and its amendment (Feb. 10 and Mar. 12, 2021); occupational licenses expiring during the emergency extended (Amended EO 2020-07 onward).

Travel and quarantine

Sixth Amended EO 2020-07 para. 26 (Mar. 29, 2020): 'all persons who enter the State of Oklahoma by air from an area with substantial community spread, to include the New York Tri-State Area (Connecticut, New Jersey and New York), the state of Washington, California, and Louisiana, [shall] quarantine for a period of 14 days'; carried in EO 2020-13 and its First through Fifth Amendments; removed by the Sixth Amended EO 2020-13 (filed May 12, 2020); State employees' non-essential out-of-State travel limited by EO 2019-13 throughout and barred by the Oct. 23, 2020 moratorium; Cherokee Nation employees' travel to conferences suspended for the unvaccinated from May 25, 2021.

Face coverings

No statewide public mask mandate. State-owned and leased property: masks required Nov. 17, 2020 to Mar. 12, 2021 (Seventh through Ninth Amended EO 2020-20; EO 2021-07); rescinded for public services by June 1, 2021 (EO 2021-16). OKC: restaurant servers, gym staff and personal-care employees masked May 1-15, 2020 (Ex. OK-053); Tulsa: bar and restaurant employees July 2, 2020 (EO 2020-13); Ordinance 24408 July 15, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2021 (as extended). Norman: O-2021-3 July 7, 2020 to June 1, 2021. Stillwater: Ordinance 3452 July 9, 2020 to May 25, 2021 (as extended). Cherokee Nation: mask mandate by Executive Order of May 28, 2020 (verified_secondary). Courts: local masks and gloves permitted from Apr. 29, 2020.

Vaccination mandates

No State health-care-worker or State-employee vaccination mandate was issued; EO 2021-16 (May 28, 2021) prohibited State agencies from requiring vaccination for admittance to public buildings and SB 658 (July 1, 2021) barred school vaccination requirements and vaccine passports. The Cherokee Nation's Executive Order 2021-01-CTH (effective May 25 to Dec. 31, 2021) mandated vaccination for the Nation's executive-branch workforce and job-training participants. Federal mandates (EO 14042/14043; CMS rule; OSHA ETS of Nov. 2021) are stated in the FED files.

Standing duties

The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of Oklahoma that stood before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. They are the reason nothing an employer did under the orders was voluntary. Read the Oklahoma duties →

Oklahoma's compulsion ran on four standing statutory tracks. First, the Public Health Code: the State Board of Health holds rulemaking power over 'quarantine measures', 'regulation of public meetings and gatherings in epidemic situations' and 'fumigation, cleaning and sterilization, and disinfection' (63 O.S. 1-502(a)); the State Commissioner of Health must 'recommend, prescribe and enforce such measures of health, sanitation and safety' for 'all buildings and places of public resort' and 'take such measures as deemed necessary... to control or suppress, or to prevent the occurrence or spread of, any communicable, contagious or infectious disease' (63 O.S. 1-106(C)(1)); local health officers may quarantine exposed persons and isolate infected persons, and 'It shall be unlawful for such person, or any other person, to violate the terms or conditions of the quarantine' (63 O.S. 1-504(A)-(B)), with district-court injunctions to compel compliance (1-504(C)); willful violation of 'any quarantine law or regulation' is a misdemeanor (21 O.S. 1195), as is willfully exposing a person 'affected with any contagious disease in any public place' (21 O.S. 1199); the local health officer may order 'the owner or occupant of any private premises' to remove 'any... cause of sickness... or any other condition adversely affecting the public health' within twenty-four hours on pain of a misdemeanor (63 O.S. 1-1011(a)); no food establishment may operate without a license, and the Commissioner's sanitation rules must cover 'cleanliness and hygiene of personnel' (63 O.S. 1-1118(A), (C)), with OAC 310:257 requiring the person in charge to exclude or restrict symptomatic food employees and the license holder to 'immediately discontinue operations' on an imminent health hazard 'as determined by the Commissioner of Health' (310:257-3-4(e), 310:257-15-32(a)). Second, the emergency statutes: the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 gave the Governor, during a proclaimed emergency, 'regulatory control over all essential resources of this state', defined as 'all economic resources within this state', and power 'to promote and secure the safety and protection of the civilian population' (63 O.S. 683.9(1), (5), text in force 2009-2025), with a misdemeanor of six months and $3,000 per day for willful violation of any OEM rule, regulation or order (63 O.S. 683.23(C)); the Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act, invoked by EO 2020-12 (Ex. OK-012), let the Governor suspend regulatory statutes and 'Utilize all available resources of the state government and its political subdivisions' and vested the Commissioner of Health with 'primary jurisdiction, responsibility, and authority' over the response (63 O.S. 6403(B)-(C)); municipalities hold standing power to 'enact and enforce such ordinances, rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the protection of the public health' and to 'make regulations to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases' (11 O.S. 22-120(A)), the power Tulsa recited for its face-covering and six-foot ordinances (Ex. OK-064, OK-066). The Supreme Court of Oklahoma held on December 14, 2021 that the Governor issued the 2020 orders 'within the full authority statutorily granted by the Legislature pursuant to 63 O.S. 2011 6403, and 683.1 and 683.9', that the orders 'were Legislatively mandated in a health crisis' and 'designed to control infections, and provide a safe and sanitary environment for Oklahomans', and that a private hospital that discharged a nurse for refusing to work elective surgeries the orders had postponed faced a wrongful-discharge tort (Ho v. Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, 2021 OK 68). In 2025 the Legislature narrowed the closure power prospectively (SB 672), which confirms where it lay in 2020. Third, the workplace-safety duty: Oklahoma's own general-duty statute binds 'the state and all its political subdivisions' (40 O.S. 402(1), 403(A)); every private employer in Oklahoma is under federal OSHA's general duty clause, 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), the Commissioner of Labor being barred from asserting enforcement jurisdiction where a federal standard exists (40 O.S. 414(A)); OSHA's COVID-19 guidance and its General Duty Clause citations of 2020 are in the library (AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-029, -030, -031, -095). Fourth, the liability shield: from May 21, 2020 a business was protected from COVID-19 exposure suits only 'if the act or omission alleged to violate a duty of care of the person or agent was in compliance or consistent with federal or state regulations, a Presidential or Gubernatorial Executive Order, or guidance applicable at the time of the alleged exposure', 'guidance' meaning written COVID-19 guidelines of the CDC, OSHA, OSDH, Commerce 'or any other state agency, board or commission' (76 O.S. 111, SB 1946); the companion SB 1947 codified the Commerce NAICS list and the executive orders as the legal definition of an essential business (76 O.S. 112(B)(4)), and SB 300 conditioned health-care immunity on acts taken 'in response to or as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency' (63 O.S. 6406(C)). The orders themselves made operation conditional: the Commerce list allowed starred industries to remain open only if they 'must publicly post and adhere to social distancing guidelines in order to remain open' (Ex. OK-014); the OURS Plan let personal-care businesses reopen 'for appointments only, must adhere to sanitation protocols', gyms 'if they adhere to CDC-recommended social distancing and sanitation protocols', and dining, entertainment and venues 'using CDC-recommended social distancing and sanitation protocols', while its employer paragraphs 'recommended' distancing protocols (Ex. OK-021); the Governor's orders said businesses 'should' adhere to the OURS Plan (Ex. OK-023) but commanded that restaurants and bars 'shall ensure a minimum of six (6) feet of separation' and that gatherings 'shall be limited to fifty percent (50%)' of permitted occupancy (Ex. OK-033, OK-034, OK-037); Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Norman wrote face-covering, separation, signage and capacity duties on places of public accommodation with fines and citation authority (Ex. OK-064, OK-066, OK-067, OK-069, OK-080, OK-052, OK-053, OK-074, OK-076). Verbs are recorded exactly: 'shall', 'must', 'are required', 'unlawful' where the text commands; 'should', 'can... if', 'are recommended' where it does not.

The question these duties answer

Whether the measures employers took beyond the four corners of the emergency orders were voluntary within Notice 2021-20 Q&A-14, or were the discharge of standing duties imposed by Oklahoma law and of the conditions on which the orders let a business operate.

By character

  • 5 Statutory authority
  • 3 Liability shield condition
  • 3 Sanitary code duty
  • 3 Workplace duty
  • 2 Order penalty
  • 2 Statutory duty
  • 1 Adjudication
  • 1 Statutory limitation

Exhibits

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On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Oklahoma file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 54Stay-at-home 18Business closure 25Telework mandate 13Capacity limit 28Gathering cap 33Face-covering requirement 20Travel and quarantine 12Schools and child care 4Health care orders 31Curfew and hours 3Alcohol and bars 13Events and venues 18Courts and public offices 7Workplace rules 16Vaccination or testing 3Quarantine and isolation 9Supply chain 1Other 9

All instruments

Every record in the Oklahoma file, in the order it took effect. Filter by quarter and by limitation type; sort by any column; open the exhibit ID for the record and the operative words, or the file where The COVID Project holds it.

Showing 89 of 89 instrumentsEvery record that resolves to Oklahoma in the Library (124) →
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerLevelEffectiveEndQuartersLimitationsSourceFile
Ex. OK-001Executive Order 2020-07Declaration of emergency caused by the impending threat of COVID-19 (all 77 counties)Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 15, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationTelework mandatePrimary source readPDF 654 KB
Ex. OK-049First Emergency Joint Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (SCAD 2020-24)All jury terms cancelled for 30 days; all deadlines and procedures suspended 30 days; statutes of limitation…Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals (Gurich, C.J.; Lewis, P.J.)CourtMar. 16, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 125 KB
Ex. OK-054Executive Order No. 2020-01Order Proclaiming Existence of a Civil Emergency: events of 50 or more on City property banned; special event…Mayor G.T. BynumCityMar. 16, 2020Mar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 723 KB
Ex. OK-072Proclamation of the Mayor (Mar. 16, 2020)Emergency declared; organized gatherings of 50 or more prohibited; effective 8:00 p.m. March 18, 2020 bars…Mayor Breea ClarkCityMar. 16, 2020Mar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capAlcohol and barsPrimary source readPDF 114 KB
Ex. OK-083Proclamation Declaring State of EmergencyState of emergency in Stillwater effective 12:01 a.m. March 16, 2020; City facilities (library, senior center…Mayor William H. JoyceCityMar. 16, 2020July 14, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. OK-002Amended Executive Order 2020-07Amended emergency declaration: occupational-license extensions, hospital data mandate, EMAC medical licensure…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 17, 2020Mar. 19, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationTelework mandateHealth care ordersCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 1.7 MB
Ex. OK-003Executive Order 2020-08Recommendation that Oklahomans follow the President's Coronavirus Guidelines for AmericaGovernor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 17, 2020Apr. 16, 20202020 Q2Telework mandateGathering capOtherPrimary source readPDF 471 KB
Ex. OK-045LH Bulletin No. 2020-02 (Coronavirus (COVID-19)), as amended Apr. 29 and June 18, 2020Bulletin to life and health insurers and HMOs: telehealth, cost-sharing waivers for COVID-19 testing, no…Oklahoma Insurance Department, Commissioner Glen MulreadySector regulatorMar. 17, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Health care ordersOtherPrimary source readPDF 277 KB
Ex. OK-055Executive Order No. 2020-02Restaurants, food courts, cafes and coffeehouses closed to dine-in; bars, taverns, breweries, wineries…Mayor G.T. BynumCityMar. 17, 2020May 1, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureAlcohol and barsPrimary source readPDF 702 KB
Ex. OK-004Second Amended Executive Order 2020-07Second amended emergency declarationGovernor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 19, 2020Mar. 21, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationTelework mandateHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.7 MB
Ex. OK-044PC Bulletin No. 2020-01 (Coronavirus (COVID-19))Bulletin to all property and casualty insurers: 45-day grace-period extension for nonpayment of premium…Oklahoma Insurance Department, Commissioner Glen MulreadySector regulatorMar. 20, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2OtherPrimary source readPDF 289 KB
Ex. OK-005Third Amended Executive Order 2020-07Third amended emergency declaration: telemedicine waiver, unemployment waiting-week waiver, nurse license…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 21, 2020Mar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationTelework mandateHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 2.0 MB
Ex. OK-073Proclamation 2020-03Organized gatherings of 10 or more prohibited; effective 5:00 p.m. March 23, 2020 beauty parlors, barber…Mayor Breea ClarkCityMar. 22, 2020Mar. 24, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 134 KB
Ex. OK-006Fourth Amended Executive Order 2020-07'Safer at Home': vulnerable individuals ordered home; elective procedures postponed; gatherings over ten…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 24, 2020Apr. 16, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 2.1 MB
Ex. OK-007Executive Memorandum 2020-01Additional critical infrastructure sectors (health care, public safety, faith-based streaming, child care…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 24, 2020Mar. 25, 20202020 Q2Business closureSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 286 KB
Ex. OK-056Executive Order No. 2020-03 (Superseding Executive Order 2020-01)All events or gatherings of more than ten people banned until at least April 15, 2020; special event permits…Mayor G.T. BynumCityMar. 24, 2020Mar. 28, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 422 KB
Ex. OK-008Amended Executive Memorandum 2020-01Expanded critical infrastructure list (food and agriculture, energy, water, transportation and logistics…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 25, 2020Apr. 1, 20202020 Q2Business closureSupply chainPrimary source readPDF 820 KB
Ex. OK-074Proclamation 2020-04Stay at Home Order: individuals may leave their residences only for Essential Activities; non-essential…Mayor Breea ClarkCityMar. 25, 2020Apr. 8, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 390 KB
Ex. OK-009Fifth Amended Executive Order 2020-07Fifth amended emergency declaration (Safer at Home, closures and elective postponement continued; CLEET…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 27, 2020Mar. 29, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 912 KB
Ex. OK-050SCAD 2020-29, Second Emergency Joint Order (Mar. 27, 2020)Jury terms cancelled and all deadlines suspended through May 15, 2020; statutes of limitation extended through…Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal AppealsCourtMar. 27, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 111 KB
Ex. OK-057Executive Order No. 2020-04 (Superseding Executive Order 2020-03)Shelter at home: all citizens ordered to shelter at their residence; all businesses except Essential…Mayor G.T. BynumCityMar. 28, 2020Apr. 16, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 389 KB
Ex. OK-010Sixth Amended Executive Order 2020-07Sixth amended emergency declaration: 14-day quarantine for air travelers from the New York tri-State area…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 29, 2020Apr. 1, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 970 KB
Ex. OK-075Proclamation 2020-05Amendment of Proclamation 2020-04 concerning outdoor activities qualifying as essentialMayor Breea ClarkCityMar. 30, 2020Apr. 8, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homePrimary source readPDF 138 KB
Ex. OK-011Seventh Amended Executive Order 2020-07Statewide closure to the public of all businesses outside the DHS critical-infrastructure sectors and the…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 1, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. OK-014Oklahoma Essential Industries ListNAICS list of industries deemed essential pursuant to Executive Order 2020-07 (Seventh Amendment)Oklahoma Department of Commerce (under Seventh Amended EO 2020-07)StateApr. 1, 2020Apr. 24, 20202020 Q2Business closureWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 165 KB
Ex. OK-046Resolution R-2020-1A Resolution Determining Emergency and Urgent Dental Treatment Triage Protocol During the COVID-19 National…Oklahoma State Board of DentistrySector regulatorApr. 1, 2020Apr. 1, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.8 MB
Ex. OK-058Executive Order No. 2020-05 (Extending Executive Orders 2020-02 and 2020-04 and Proclaiming a Civil Emergency)Shelter at home, business cessation and prohibition of gatherings of any size extended through April 30, 2020Mayor G.T. BynumCityApr. 1, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 390 KB
Ex. OK-012Executive Order 2020-12Declaration of a catastrophic health emergency (all 77 counties) and convocation of the Legislature's special…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 2, 2020May 1, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 220 KB
Ex. OK-013Eighth Amended Executive Order 2020-07Eighth amended emergency declaration (statewide closures, Safer at Home, elective postponement and traveler…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 2, 2020Apr. 8, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. OK-052Revised Proclamation of State of Emergency (fourth revision)Shelter in place through April 30, 2020; non-essential businesses required to close facilities; bars…Mayor David HoltCityApr. 2, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. OK-015Executive Order 2020-13Renewed emergency declaration carrying forward Safer at Home, statewide closures, elective postponement…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 8, 2020Apr. 13, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. OK-076Proclamation 2020-06Stay at Home Order re-issued through April 30, 2020: non-essential businesses cease in-person operations…Mayor Breea ClarkCityApr. 8, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 454 KB
Ex. OK-016Amended Executive Order 2020-13Amended renewed emergency declaration (all EO 2020-13 restrictions continued)Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 13, 2020Apr. 16, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. OK-017Second Amended Executive Order 2020-13Elective surgeries permitted from April 24, 2020 under Executive Memorandum 2020-02; minor procedures and…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 16, 2020Apr. 20, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. OK-019Third Amended Executive Order 2020-13Third amended renewed declaration: elective surgeries under Amended Executive Memorandum 2020-02; liability…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 20, 2020Apr. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. OK-018Executive Memorandum 2020-02Elective Surgery Acuity Scale (ESAS) tiers governing elective surgeries reinstated April 24, 2020Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 24, 2020not dated2020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. OK-020Amended Executive Memorandum 2020-02Amended Elective Surgery Acuity Scale: Tier 2 allowable April 24, Tier 1 allowable April 30, 2020…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 24, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source readPDF 2.0 MB
Ex. OK-021Open Up and Recover Safely (OURS) PlanA Three-phased Approach to Open Oklahoma's Economy (published Apr. 22, 2020; revised Aug. 3, 2020)Governor J. Kevin Stitt / Oklahoma Department of CommerceStateApr. 24, 2020Feb. 12, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 418 KB
Ex. OK-022Fourth Amended Executive Order 2020-13OURS Plan made the operative standard; statewide closure order ends; Safer at Home continues; nursing-home…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 24, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. OK-051Third Emergency Joint Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (SCAD 2020-36)Transition from shelter in place: jury trials rescheduled to after July 31, 2020; deadlines resume May 16…Supreme Court of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Court of Criminal AppealsCourtApr. 29, 2020July 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 205 KB
Ex. OK-023Fifth Amended Executive Order 2020-13Vulnerable individuals to stay home until May 15, 2020; OURS Plan; visitation ban; traveler quarantine…Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 30, 2020May 12, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. OK-024Amended Executive Order 2020-12Renewal of the catastrophic health emergency for thirty days; Legislature reconvened to concurGovernor J. Kevin StittStateMay 1, 2020May 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 222 KB
Ex. OK-047Resolution R-2020-2A Resolution Giving Guidance for Live Patient Exams for Dental Students and Dental Hygiene Students During the…Oklahoma State Board of DentistrySector regulatorMay 1, 2020Dec. 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Health care ordersOtherPrimary source readPDF 778 KB
Ex. OK-053Revised Proclamation of State of Emergency (fifth revision; Phase 1 standards)Requirements effective May 1, 2020 through at least May 15: City events suspended; bars without food closed…Mayor David HoltCityMay 1, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 691 KB
Ex. OK-059Executive Order No. 2020-07 (Repealing Executive Order 2020-02, Replacing Executive Order 2020-05, and Proclaiming a Civil Emergency)Phase 1 in Tulsa effective May 1, 2020: gatherings of more than ten banned until May 15; bars closed until May…Mayor G.T. BynumCityMay 1, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 309 KB
Ex. OK-077Proclamation 2020-07 (Healthier at Home Initiative to Reboot Norman)Phased reopening plan effective upon the expiration of Proclamation 2020-06 at 11:59 p.m. April 30, 2020…Mayor Breea ClarkCityMay 1, 2020May 8, 20202020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 528 KB
Ex. OK-078Amended Proclamation 2020-07Amendment after the District Court of Cleveland County's May 4, 2020 order: personal care providers permitted…Mayor Breea ClarkCityMay 4, 2020May 8, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 543 KB
Ex. OK-079Second Amended Proclamation 2020-07Second amendment (places of worship) following the Attorney General's May 7, 2020 releaseMayor Breea ClarkCityMay 8, 2020June 9, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 585 KB
Ex. OK-025Sixth Amended Executive Order 2020-13Vulnerable individuals to stay home until May 31, 2020; traveler quarantine removed; OURS Phase 2Governor J. Kevin StittStateMay 12, 2020May 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. OK-060Executive Order No. 2020-08 (Replacing Executive Order 2020-07)Phase 2 in Tulsa effective May 15, 2020: gatherings of more than 50 banned until May 31; bars reopen at 36…Mayor G.T. BynumCityMay 15, 2020June 1, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 551 KB
Ex. OK-026Executive Order 2020-20New thirty-day emergency declaration; OURS Phase 3; vulnerable individuals 'should' stay home; nursing-home…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMay 30, 2020June 12, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationTelework mandateCapacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 974 KB
Ex. OK-061Executive Order No. 2020-09 (Replacing Executive Order 2020-08)Phase 3 in Tulsa effective June 1, 2020: City facilities and special events resume under CDC and OURS…Mayor G.T. BynumCityJune 1, 2020June 8, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitAlcohol and barsPrimary source readPDF 327 KB
Ex. OK-062Executive Order No. 2020-10 (Replacing Executive Order 2020-09)Civil emergency continued effective June 6, 2020; all businesses, including bars, to follow the OURS PlanMayor G.T. BynumCityJune 6, 2020July 2, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitPrimary source readPDF 260 KB
Ex. OK-027Amended Executive Order 2020-20Nursing-home visitation ban to June 15, 2020, then per OSDH guidance; OURS Plan; data mandatesGovernor J. Kevin StittStateJune 12, 2020July 10, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationTelework mandateCapacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 2.4 MB
Ex. OK-063Executive Order No. 2020-13 (Replacing Executive Order 2020-10)Events and gatherings of 500 or more require a Tulsa Health Department-approved COVID-19 safety plan (from…Mayor G.T. BynumCityJuly 2, 2020May 1, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 304 KB
Ex. OK-080Ordinance O-2021-3COVID-19 Pandemic article: face coverings mandatory in places of public accommodation and public settings…Norman City Council (adopted July 7, 2020) and Mayor Breea ClarkCityJuly 7, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 2.8 MB
Ex. OK-028Second Amended Executive Order 2020-20Emergency continued (OURS Plan; OSDH-governed LTC visitation; data mandates; remote-work directive)Governor J. Kevin StittStateJuly 10, 2020July 30, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationTelework mandateCapacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 2.6 MB
Ex. OK-084Proclamation Declaring State of Emergency, July 14, 2020 AmendmentJune 1, 2020 emergency proclamation (as extended June 29 and amended July 6) extended to 11:59 p.m. July 31…Mayor William H. JoyceCityJuly 14, 2020July 31, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 968 KB
Ex. OK-064Ordinance No. 24408Face Covering and Social Distancing During COVID-19 Pandemic Civil Emergency: face coverings mandatory in…Tulsa City Council (adopted July 15, 2020) and Mayor G.T. Bynum (approved July 16, 2020)CityJuly 16, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 2.9 MB
Ex. OK-029Third Amended Executive Order 2020-20Emergency continued; OSDH-OSDE teacher and support-employee COVID-19 testing plan ordered by Aug. 21, 2020Governor J. Kevin StittStateJuly 30, 2020Aug. 28, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationTelework mandateCapacity limitSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 2.6 MB
Ex. OK-030Fourth Amended Executive Order 2020-20Emergency continued; OSDH color-coded Alert System; vulnerable individuals in Orange or Red counties should…Governor J. Kevin StittStateAug. 28, 2020Sept. 25, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationTelework mandateCapacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.0 MB
Ex. OK-031Fifth Amended Executive Order 2020-20Emergency continued (OURS Plan; Alert System; LTC visitation per OSDH; data mandates; remote-work directive)Governor J. Kevin StittStateSept. 25, 2020Oct. 23, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Emergency declarationTelework mandateCapacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. OK-065Ordinance No. 24446Amendment of sec. 409: age exemption lowered to children under 10; athletic-exertion exemption; sunset…Tulsa City Council (adopted Sept. 30, 2020) and Mayor G.T. BynumCitySept. 30, 2020Jan. 31, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. OK-032Sixth Amended Executive Order 2020-20Moratorium on all State-paid out-of-State travel by State employees; emergency continuedGovernor J. Kevin StittStateOct. 23, 2020Nov. 16, 20202020 Q4Emergency declarationTelework mandateTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 375 KB
Ex. OK-033Seventh Amended Executive Order 2020-20Winter re-tightening: masks on State property (Nov. 17); six-foot separation in restaurants and bars and no…Governor J. Kevin StittStateNov. 17, 2020Dec. 14, 20202020 Q4Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. OK-085Ordinance No. 3463Extension of the face-covering Ordinance 3452 (adopted July 9, 2020) from November 30, 2020 to February 28…Stillwater City Council (adopted Nov. 19, 2020) and Mayor William H. JoyceCityNov. 19, 2020Feb. 28, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 244 KB
Ex. OK-066Ordinance No. 24490Separation and Operational Requirements Concerning Restaurants, Bars, Certain Other Places of Public…Tulsa City Council (adopted Nov. 24, 2020) and Mayor G.T. Bynum (approved Nov. 25, 2020)CityNov. 25, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 446 KB
Ex. OK-067Executive Order No. 2020-15Tulsa City-County Health Department director and code enforcement officers authorized to issue citations for…Mayor G.T. BynumCityNov. 25, 2020Apr. 30, 20212020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source readPDF 418 KB
Ex. OK-034Eighth Amended Executive Order 2020-20Public and social gatherings capped at 50 percent of permitted occupancy; indoor youth sports capped at four…Governor J. Kevin StittStateDec. 14, 2020Jan. 13, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 302 KB
Ex. OK-035Ninth Amended Executive Order 2020-2011 p.m. cutoff lifted; State-property masks, six-foot rule for restaurants and bars, 50 percent gathering cap…Governor J. Kevin StittStateJan. 13, 2021Feb. 12, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 1.6 MB
Ex. OK-068Ordinance No. 24516Final extension of the face-covering ordinance (sec. 409) and the separation and event-plan ordinance (secs.…Tulsa City Council (adopted Jan. 13, 2021) and Mayor G.T. BynumCityJan. 13, 2021Apr. 30, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 986 KB
Ex. OK-069Ordinance No. 24517Extension of the COVID-19 health-nuisance provisions of Title 24 sec. 101 B paras. 19 and 20 from January 31…Tulsa City Council (adopted Jan. 13, 2021) and Mayor G.T. BynumCityJan. 13, 2021Apr. 30, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source readPDF 772 KB
Ex. OK-036Executive Order 2021-05 (Feb. 10, 2021)Department of Public Safety directed to waive restrictions on motor license agents' issuance of driver…Governor J. Kevin StittStateFeb. 10, 2021Mar. 12, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 260 KB
Ex. OK-037Executive Order 2021-07Emergency re-declared; masks on State property; public and social gatherings capped at 50 percent; indoor…Governor J. Kevin StittStateFeb. 12, 2021Mar. 12, 20212021 Q1Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 596 KB
Ex. OK-086Ordinance No. 3472Extension of the face-covering mandate (Ordinances 3452 and 3463) to May 25, 2021Stillwater City Council (adopted Feb. 24, 2021) and Mayor William H. JoyceCityFeb. 24, 2021May 25, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 396 KB
Ex. OK-081Ordinance O-2021-36Extension of the sunset date of the COVID-19 regulations (art. XI) from March 1, 2021 to June 1, 2021Norman City Council and Mayor Breea ClarkCityMar. 2, 2021June 1, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsPrimary source readPDF 61 KB
Ex. OK-038Amended Executive Order 2021-05Continued DPS license-processing waivers (renewals and replacements by motor license agents; third-party CDL…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 12, 2021Apr. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 279 KB
Ex. OK-039First Amended Executive Order 2021-07Emergency continued for thirty days with every mask, gathering and youth-sports restriction removed; hospital…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMar. 12, 2021Apr. 11, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 302 KB
Ex. OK-082Proclamation 2020-10Capacity of restaurants, bars and fitness centers limited to 75 percent; organized indoor gatherings and…Mayor Breea ClarkCityApr. 1, 2021June 1, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 247 KB
Ex. OK-040Second Amended Executive Order 2021-07Emergency continued for thirty days (administrative and reporting mandates only)Governor J. Kevin StittStateApr. 11, 2021May 4, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationHealth care ordersPrimary source readPDF 396 KB
Ex. OK-070Executive Order No. 2021-03 (Superseding Executive Order 2020-13 and Proclaiming a Civil Emergency)Civil emergency continued from May 1, 2021 until rescinded: Health Department safety plans for events of 500…Mayor G.T. BynumCityMay 1, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 1.8 MB
Ex. OK-041Executive Order 2021-11Withdrawal and rescission of the Second Amended Executive Order 2021-07 effective May 4, 2021 (end of the…Governor J. Kevin StittStateMay 4, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 91 KB
Ex. OK-071Executive Order No. 2021-04 (Rescinding Executive Order 2021-03 and Terminating Civil Emergency)Rescission of EO 2021-03 and termination of Tulsa's COVID-19 civil emergency following the Governor's EO…Mayor G.T. BynumCityMay 4, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 85 KB
Ex. OK-087Proclamation Withdrawing and Rescinding [State of Emergency]Rescission of the February 26, 2021 emergency proclamation (as extended April 29, 2021), effective immediatelyMayor William H. JoyceCityMay 14, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source readPDF 546 KB
Ex. OK-090Executive Order 2021-01-CTH (vaccination mandate for executive-branch employees, effective May 25 to Dec. 31, 2021)COVID-19 vaccination mandated for the Cherokee Nation's executive-branch government workforce and job-training…Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr.TribalMay 25, 2021Dec. 31, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Travel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source readSource
Ex. OK-042Executive Order 2021-16State buildings open to the public to rescind mask mandates by June 1, 2021; State agencies prohibited from…Governor J. Kevin StittStateJune 1, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source readPDF 158 KB
Ex. OK-043Senate Bill 658 (2021)An Act relating to schools: prohibiting school districts and technology centers from requiring COVID-19…Oklahoma Legislature (58th Leg., 1st Sess.); approved by Governor Stitt May 28, 2021StateJuly 1, 2021Sept. 1, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source readPDF 65 KB
Ex. OK-088Resolution No. CC-2021-24A Resolution Regarding the CDC COVID-19 Guidance as Updated on July 27, 2021 (masks strongly encouraged in…Stillwater City Council and Mayor William H. JoyceCityAug. 2, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementOtherPrimary source readPDF 398 KB
Ex. OK-089Proclamation Declaring State of Emergency (Sept. 2, 2021)State of emergency effective 8:00 a.m. September 3, 2021 until 12:00 a.m. September 20, 2021: Stillwater…Mayor William H. JoyceCitySept. 3, 2021Sept. 20, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationHealth care ordersOtherPrimary source readPDF 177 KB

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