Bill Text For SB0033 - Introduced

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 2|             1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)                |
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 3|SENATE BILL 33                       By: Bullard                       |
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 6|                            AS INTRODUCED                              |
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 7|       An Act relating to public health; prohibiting public            |
  |       entities and contractors from requiring COVID-19                |
 8|       vaccinations or discriminating due to vaccination               |
  |       status; defining term; providing for codification;              |
 9|       and declaring an emergency.                                     |
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11|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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12|    SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified     |
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13|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-502.5 of Title 63, unless        |
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14|there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:         |
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15|    It shall be unlawful for any federal or state agency, any          |
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16|political subdivision, or any business under contract with a federal   |
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17|or state agency or political subdivision to require any resident of    |
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18|this state to submit to or receive a COVID-19 vaccination or any       |
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19|variant thereof.  Additionally, no federal or state agency,            |
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20|political subdivision, or business under contract with a federal or    |
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21|state agency or political subdivision shall discriminate against any   |
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22|resident of this state due to vaccination status.  As used in this     |
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23|section, "political subdivision" means a county, city, town, school    |
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 1|district, or other governmental or public entity located within this   |
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 2|state.                                                                 |
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 3|    SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation    |
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 4|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby          |
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 5|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and    |
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 6|be in full force from and after its passage and approval.              |
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 8|    59-1-61        DC        12/14/2022 10:30:30 AM                    |
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