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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2335 By: Steagall
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public health; prohibiting vaccine
mandates; creating exception; defining terms;
prohibiting discrimination and penalties; 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 1-502.5 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Except as provided for in Sections 1210.191 through
1210.195 and Section 3244 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes, n o
governmental entity shall mandate any vaccinatio n. For purposes of
this section, "governmental entity" includes, but is not limited to,
any elected or appointed state or local official, any political
subdivision, and any agency, board, commission , or council with
rule-making authority. The prohibition contained in this section
includes any vaccine mandate enacted by any order, ordinance, or
rule issued by any governmental entity.
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B. No governmental entity shall discriminate against or pursue
civil or criminal penalties against any person who declines to be
vaccinated or who declines to vaccinate his or her children.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-5838 AB 01/06/21