Executive Order 2020-3
The public has a right to a concise and easily understood overview of the tangible impacts, costs and benefits of any proposed state agency rule. However, the 2019 Oklahoma Administrative Code contains 16,430 pages, roughly 35,000 active sections 1, 145,296 restrictive phrases and 9.3 million words. That would take an individual about 515 hours - or almost 13 forty hour work weeks - to read.
Accountability, transparency and efficiency have been critical principles of my administration since taking office in January of 2019. Furthermore, I believe it is in the best interests of the State, its government, and its citizens to reduce regulatory burden whenever and wherever possible, while continuing to protect public health and public safety.
Therefore, I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, by the authority vested in me pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of the Oklahoma Constitution, hereby direct and order as follows:
Copies of this Executive Order shall be distributed to all members of the Governor's Executive Cabinet and the chief executives of all state agencies, who shall cause the provisions of this Order to be implemented.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, this 3rd day of February, 2020.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Michael Rogers
Secretary of State
1 Active sections may also be referred to as "Regulatory baseline" herein
Okla. Admin. Code § 1:2020-3