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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 3203 By: Williams
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to vaccinations; providing
exemptions; prohibiting vaccination requirements;
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 3400 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
A. If an employer requires any vacc ination as a requirement for
employment, such employer shall be required to offer exemptions from
the mandatory vaccination requirements. The exemptions shall be as
follows:
1. An individual having a bona fide, sincerely held religious
belief which opposes vaccination;
2. A certificate of a licensed physician, as defined in Section
725.2 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes, stating that the
physical condition of the individual is such that immunization would
endanger the life or health of the individual; or
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3. A written statement by the individual objecting to
immunization,
whereupon the individual shall be exempt from the immunization laws
of an employer-mandated vaccination polic y.
B. There shall be no justification evidence need ed to be
granted such exemptions.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3400.1 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No governmental entit y within the state shall ma ndate
vaccinations for COVID-19 as a requirement for employment. These
entities include, but are not limited to , the following:
1. Any state entity organized within any executi ve department
or branch;
2. Any city or municipal entity; and
3. Any county governmental entity.
B. Any city or municipal regulation of COVID-19 vaccinations
shall be superseded by this act, as the area of public health is one
which pertains to general matters of the state and its g overnment.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-8804 KN 12/08/21