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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 4316 By: Stearman
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to children; providing that
vaccination status is inadmissible evidence in
certain circumstances; prohibiting vaccinati on status
from being a factor in certain circum stances;
providing for codification; and provid ing 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 co dified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2415 of Title 12, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
In any case involving the De partment of Human Services, Child
Protective Services, or any other government entity involved in the
determination of the fitness of a parent or guardian to have
parental rights, custody, visi tation, or guardianship of a minor
child or an incapacitated adult , the following is not admissible:
Evidence of the vaccination status of a:
a. parent or one seeking to be deemed a parent ,
b. guardian or one seeking to be deemed a guardian ,
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c. minor child, or
d. ward or one over whom guardianship is sou ght.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2416 of Title 12, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Vaccination status shall not be a factor in any administrati ve
or judicial decree, order, or judgm ent of deprived status, child
neglect, child abuse, child sup port, parental rights, cus tody,
visitation, or guardianship.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
58-2-10219 CMA 01/19/22