PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem signed an executive order to continue to give flexibility as South Dakota fights the spread of COVID-19.

Executive Order 2020-34 extends the COVID-19 emergency declaration until  June 30, 2021, unless sooner terminated or extended. The executive order also:

• Extends several previously suspended statutes and administrative rules;
• Terminates Executive Orders 2020-17, 2020-23, and 2020-31;
• Terminates suspension of statutes and administrative rules as laid out in various other executive orders; and
• Temporarily suspends regulatory provisions governing annual child care program staff training requirements.

To learn more about executive orders to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit COVID.sd.gov.