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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3878 By: Lepak
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to employers and employees; requiring
certain mandatory employer vac cination policies to
include certain exemptions; providing exemption;
providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3402 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, re ads as follows:
A. If an employer requires any vacc ination as a prerequisite
for employment, and that vaccination was not reasonably foreseeable
at the time the job position was retained, such employer shall be
required to offer exemptions from the mandatory vaccination
requirements. The exemptions shall include:
1. An individual having a moral or religious tenet which
opposes vaccination; or
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2. A written statement by a licensed physician in this state
stating the physical condition of the individual is such that a
vaccine would endanger the life or health of the individual.
B. There shall be no justification evidence needed to be
granted a moral or religious tenet exemption.
C. Where an employee is under eighteen (18) years of age, the
employee shall not be required to receive any vaccinations without
the written permission of a parent or guardian.
SECTION 2. It being immediate ly necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
58-2-10915 KN 03/02/22