Executive Orders

Hereby order the following dates be observed as holidays by the State of Oklahoma in 2022

Ensure clarity in the implementation of House Bill 1775 and to provide guidance for the State Regents for Higher Education and the State Board of Education

Effective May 4, 2021, Second Amended Executive Order 2021-07 (re: COVID-19) is withdrawn and rescinded.

Hereby direct the appropriate steps taken to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property immediately and until sundown on the day of interment to honor the life and legacy of former Vice President Walter Mondale.

Hereby direct all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 19, 2021, in honor of the 26th Anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995.

Hereby direct all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m on Friday, April 2, 2021, to honor the life and service of Kyle Jeffrey Davis. He served in the line of duty for the Washington County Sheriff's Department.

Directing all State agencies, boards, and commissions (other than State higher education member institutions and local school district boards) that desire to apply for a grant in excess of $50,000 of any kind from any source other than the Federal government, must obtain written approval from the appropriate Cabinet Secretary and the Chief Financial Officer prior to the beginning of the grant appliction process.

Direct the Department of Public Safety to waive statutory or regulatory restrictions, to the extent allowable by law, on the ability of certified Motor License Agents to issue renewals or replacements of valid, unexpired, Class A, B, or C driver licenses. Likewise, the Department of Public Safety shall waive statutory or regulatory restrictions on the ability of certified Motor License Agents to issue a lower class Oklahoma REAL ID compliant driver license or Oklahoma REAL ID non-compliant driver license in response to a voluntary downgrade from a Class A, B, or C, driver license. Nothing in this paragraph relieves the licensee from the responsibility to provide documentation required by the Department of Public Safety or the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s commercial driver license requirements.

Hiring freeze implemented by all State agencies

State travel and State membership regulations

President Biden's Executive Order 13990 terminates the Keystone XL pipeline and claims to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord while failing to seek ratification by the US Senate. Governor's Stitt, hereby direct every state agency to utilize all civil methods and lawful powers to protect its 10th Amendment powers and challenge any actions by the federal government that would seek to diminish or destroy Oklahoma's ability to encourage job growth.

Directing all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 5, 2021, to honor the life and service of Waynoka Fire Chief, Lonnie Leroy Bolar, who was tragically killed while battling a house fire on January 29, 2021.

Directing all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 5, 2021, to honor the life and service of Waynoka Firefighter Tayler Wade Bradford, who was tragically killed while battling a house fire on January 29, 2021

In recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, hereby direct to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on Stte property at half-staff on Monday, December 7, 2020, to honor the many united States citizens who died or were injured on December 7, 1941, as a result of the Japanese attack on pearl Harbor.

fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff on Thursday, November 19, 2020, to honor the life and service of former state lawmaker Marian D. Cooksey-Hood, who passed away November 11, 2020

Direct the appropriate steps be taken to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 5:00 p.m. Friday, October 16, 2020, through 8:00 a.m. Monday, October 19, 2020, as a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of former Speaker Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, Jim R. Glover.

to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff immediately and until 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 14, 2020, in memory of World War II Veteran, Navy Fireman 1st Class Rex Elwood Wise.

to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, to honor the life and service of Oklahoma firefighter Ricky Fulton, who passed away September 22, 2020, in Emmett, Idaho, while battling the Schill Wildfire as a tanker plane pilot.

fly all American flags on State property at half-staff immediately and until the day of interment as a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Continue to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff on Friday September 25, 2020, to honor the life and service of former state lawmaker Neil Brannon, who passed away on September 22, 2020.

Continue to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff on Friday, September 25, 2020 to honor the life and service of former state lawmaker Mark Slatten Snyder, who passed away September 22, 2020.

fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 11, 2020, to honor the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America.

The Governor shall designate at which appropriate state agency the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security shall be located. That agency shall provide housing, administrative staff and other support to the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security. It has been determined that, in order to create operating efficiencies and consolidate common functions to more efficiently use taxpayer dollars, OOHS should be transferred to and be located at the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management ("OEM") effective September 1, 2020.

Ordering the formation of The Oklahoma Commission on Cooperative Sovereignty to address concerns and make recommendations to the State and the United States Congress in light of the recent Supreme Court decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma

Direct all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2020, to honor the life and service of Sgt. Craig Vincent Johnson, who worked in the line of duty for the Tulsa Police Department.

Here by direct to fly all American and Oklahoma flagson State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 8, 2020, to honor former state insurance commissioner John Presley Crawford.

Effective immediately, Executive Order 2015-11 is hereby withdrawn and rescinded.

Fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 25, 2020, in recognition of Memorial Day.

Fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8am Thursday May 14, 2020, until 5pm on Friday May 15, 2020 to honor the life and legacy of former State Senator Richard "Brooks" Douglas

Recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day, dircet to fly all American flags and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2020, to acknowledge hardworking law enforcement officers and in honor of Federal, State, and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty.

Hereby order the following dates as holidays by the State of Oklahoma in 2021

Convoking the First Special Session of the 57th Legislature to convene at the State Capitol at 8:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time on the second business day following the date of this Order, for the sole purpose of concurring with or terminating this declaration of health emergency

Memo regarding the Elective Surgery Acuit Scale (ESAS) and key considerations for providers when proceeding with a non-essential (elective) treatment or procedure in relation to Third Amended Executive Order 2020-13.

Direct the appropriate steps be taken to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2020, through 8:00 a.m. on Monday, April 20, 2020, in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995.

direct the appropriate steps be taken to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17, 2020, to honor the life and service of former state lawmaker Linda Jane Larason, who passed away April 11, 2020.

Direct all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff on Monday, 30, 2020, to honor the life and legacy of Thomas Allen Coburn, who passed away on March 28, 2020.

Designate the Director of the State Department of Human Services to act for me as my designee.

Amended Executive Memorandum 2020-01 regarding the Governor's Fouth Amended Executive Order 2020-07 filed March 24, 2020.

Directing all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8am to 5pm, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in memory of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Marshal D. Roberts, of Owasso, Oklahoma.

Governor hereby recommends Oklahomans follow the President's Coronavirus Guidlines

In order for Oklahoma to be prepared for any threats of COVID-19 it is hereby declared and directed that all state agencies to take necessary steps to protect vulnerable populations and directing state agencies to make any necessary purchases to fully prepare for a potential outbreak of COVID-19 and also directing state agencies to continue to follow guidance for interaction with the public provided by the Oklahoma Department of Health.

I declare that no confidential student information be released through compliance with and implementation of HB 1230. HB 1230 would require the Department of Education to publicly report on its website information related to the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship Program.

Directing all State Agencies to report as directed on any owned vehicles under the control of the state agency

Directing all state agencies to undertake a comprehensive review of the agency's administartive rules and regulation of such

Hereby order the extension of the Criminal Justice Reentry, Supervision, Treatment and Opportunity Reform Task Force until December 31, 2020.

In recognition of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, to fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff on Saturday, December 7, 2019, to honor the many United States citizens who died or were injured on December 7, 1941, as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Flly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday, November 26, 2019, as a mark of respect for the memory of former Oklahoma State Representative Elmer Leroy Maddux.

Directing Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development, currently housed at Oklahoma Work's, shall be transferred to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce effective December 31, 2019

Fly all American and Oklahoma flags on State property at half-staff from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., on Friday, November 1, 2019, as a mark of respect for the memory of former Oklahoma State Senator Roger Ballenger.

Saturday, September 14, 2019, riotous behavior involving inmates in the Oklahoma prison was initiated by inmate gang leaders and gang members. Use of contraband cellphones resulting in all prisons in the system being placed on lockdown. Hereby order the secretaries and the Department to eliminate this crisis of contraband.