Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1236 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 02/18/2021

                     
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR 
HOUSE BILL NO. 1236 	By: McCall 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
 
An Act relating to the United States; providing for 
review of presidential executive orders and fed eral 
actions; prohibiting implementation of 
unconstitutional actions; providing for codification; 
and providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 101 of Title 80, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  The Legislature may review any executive order issued by the 
President of the United States, federal agency r ule or federal 
congressional action to determine the constitutionality of such 
action.  Upon recommendation from the Legislature, the Attorney 
General shall review such action by the federal government to 
determine the constitutionality of the action and w hether the state   
 
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should seek an exemption from the application of the action or seek 
to have the action declared unconstitutional. 
B.  Should the Attorney General decline to pursue action based 
upon the determination of the Legislature, the Legislature may 
declare the action unconstitutional by a majority vote. 
C.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state, 
county, political subdivision or any other publicly funded 
organization shall not implement any action that restricts a 
person's rights or t hat the Office of the Attorney General or the 
Legislature by a majority vote determines to be unconstitutional 
under subsection A of this section and which relates to: 
1.  Pandemics or other health emergencies; 
2.  The regulation of natural resources, incl uding oil and 
natural gas; 
3.  The regulation of the agriculture industry; 
4.  The use of land; 
5.  The regulation of the financial sector as it relates to 
environmental, social or governance standards; 
6.  The regulation of the constitutional right to ke ep and bear 
arms; 
7.  The regulation of education; 
8.  The regulation of interscholastic, intramural or other 
extracurricular sports sponsored by an institution of higher 
education, a school district or a charter school; or   
 
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9.  Any other powers reserved b y the State of Oklahoma or the 
people of Oklahoma. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 
 
58-1-7583 MAH 02/18/21