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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2580 By: Stearman
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to public health; creating the
Maintaining the People 's Rights Act; preempting
vaccine mandates by any authority other than the
Legislature; prohibiting discrimination on the basis
of vaccination or immunity status; defining term;
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 7311 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Maintaining the
People's Rights Act".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7312 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Vaccine mandates may only be imposed by the Legislature, which
hereby states its intent to preempt any vaccine -related ordinances,
rules, and orders. No elected or appointed official or any
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political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to ,
counties, cities, towns, school di stricts, agencies, boards,
councils, and commissions, shall issue or enforce a vaccine mandate
through any means, including, but not limited to, orders,
ordinances, or rules.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7313 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
No person shall be discriminated against on the basis of his or
her vaccination or immunity status by denial of any public
accommodation. For purposes of this section, "discrimination" shall
include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Providing any service, financial aid, or benefit to an
individual that is different or is provided in a different manner
from that provided to othe r similarly situated members of the
general public;
2. Subjecting any individual to segregation or separate
treatment in any manner related to that individual 's receipt of any
service, financial aid, or benefit provided to other similarly
situated members of the general public;
3. Restricting in any way the enjoyment of any advantage or
privilege enjoyed by others receiving any service, financial aid, or
benefit provided to other similarly situated members of the general
public;
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4. Treating an individual differently from others in
determining whether that individual satisfies any admission,
enrollment, quota, eligibility, membership, or other requirement or
condition which individuals must meet in order to be provided any
service, financial aid, function, or benefit available to other
similarly situated members of the general public; and
5. Denying an individual an opportunity to participate in a
program through the provision of service or otherwise afford that
individual an opportunity to do so that is different from that
afforded to other similarly situated members of the general public.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
58-1-6731 AB 01/12/21