EXECUTIVE ORDER
25-28

WHEREAS, severe storm systems impacted the State of Missouri starting on March 14, 2025, resulting in damages associated with tornadoes, straight line winds, large hail, fires, heavy rains, flooding, flash flooding, and riverine flooding, resulting in loss of life as well as damage to homes, businesses, public infrastructure, and electrical transmission lines across the state; and

WHEREAS, a State of Emergency was declared on March 14, 2025, pursuant to Executive Order 25-19; and

WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Natural Resources was temporarily granted authority to waive statutory and administrative rules or regulations to serve the interests of public safety during the period of the Emergency, pursuant to Executive Order 25-20; and

WHEREAS, Executive Orders 25-19 and 25-20 were extended by Executive Order 25-22; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order 25-22 was extended by Executive Order 25-23; and

WHEREAS, Executive Order 25-22 was extended by Executive Order 25-27 which will expire on August 31, 2025; and

WHEREAS, the impacts from these severe storm systems continue to cause ongoing conditions of distress and hazard to the safety, welfare, and property of the citizens of Missouri beyond the capabilities of local jurisdictions and other established agencies; and

WHEREAS, the State of Missouri will continue to be proactive where the health and safety of the citizens of Missouri are concerned; and

WHEREAS, the resources of the State of Missouri have been needed and will continue to be needed to assist affected jurisdictions and to help relieve the condition of distress and hazard to the safety and welfare of our fellow Missourians; and

WHEREAS, continuation of the provisions of sections 44.100 and 44.110, RSMo, is required to ensure the protection of the safety and welfare of the people of Missouri.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MIKE KEHOE, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Missouri, including Chapter 44 RSMo, do hereby extend the following portions of Executive Order 25-27:

1. Declaring that a State of Emergency exists in the State of Missouri; and

2. Granting the Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources the full discretionary authority to temporarily waive or suspend the operation of any statutory or administrative rule or regulation currently in place under their purview in order to best serve the interests of the public health and safety during the period of the emergency and the subsequent recovery period.

This Order shall terminate on October 31, 2025, unless extended in whole or in part. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Missouri, in the City of Jefferson, on this 28th day of August, 2025.

[signature of Michael Kehoe]
MIKE KEHOE
GOVERNOR

ATTEST:

[signature of Denny Hoskins]
DENNY HOSKINS
SECRETARY OF STATE

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