Oklahoma governor issues executive order to cut regulations (2020)

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State governments have taken a variety of actions that impact the administrative state at the state level. These actions may address aspects of the regulatory process—such as rulemaking and regulatory review—or interactions between the administrative state and other branches of state government, including judicial deference.
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Oklahoma governor issues executive order to cut regulations (2020)
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) issued an executive order on February 3, 2020, designed to reduce state regulations by 25%. The order has two main requirements. First, state agencies must review their administrative rules and list any that are expensive, ineffective, redundant, or outdated. Next, for all new restrictive rules proposed after February 15, 2020, agencies have to eliminate at least two existing regulatory restrictions until agencies reduce regulations by 25%.[1][2]
The order requires the Oklahoma secretary of state to write an annual report for the governor “outlining progress made in eliminating burdensome regulations and streamlining state government.”[2]
President Donald Trump (R) issued a similar executive order at the federal level in January 2017. Executive Order 13771 included a requirement that agencies eliminate two old regulations for each new regulation issued.
Since Trump’s 2017 executive order, Oklahoma and other states have taken similar actions to address regulatory activity. In July 2019, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) signed a budget deal that included a comparable 2-for-1 regulatory requirement. Idaho Governor Brad Little (R) issued an executive order with a similar mandate in January 2019 and later directed an agency-wide regulatory reduction process that resulted in a 75% decrease in the state’s regulations.
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