Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1106 Introduced / Bill

Filed 11/12/2021

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) 
 
SENATE BILL 1106 	By: Standridge 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to civil liability; creating the 
Citizen Health Mandate Protection Act; defining 
terms; providing method of claim fo r certain 
liability; stating finding of punit ive damages under 
certain circumstances; prohibiting limitations of 
liability or immunity under certain circumstances; 
providing for noncodification; providing for 
codification; and declaring an emergency. 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be 
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: 
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Citizen Health 
Mandate Protection Act”. 
SECTION 2.     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 numb ering, reads as follows: 
A.  As used in the Citizen Health Mandate Protection Act: 
1.  “Employee” means any person, whether employed by a p rivate 
employer or public emp loyer, who performs a service for wages or 
other remuneration for an employer ; and   
 
 
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2. “Employer” means any person or entity who has one or more 
employees. Employer also includes an agent of an employer, the 
state or any agency or instrumentality of the state, and any 
municipal corporation, county, township, school district, or other 
political subdivision or any agency or instrumentality thereof. 
B.  Notwithstanding any prov ision of law to the contrary, an 
employee may bring a claim against an employer in a court of 
competent jurisdiction for actual and punitive damages for injuries 
or illness caused by a vaccination or medicinal treatment program if 
the employer required the employee to receive the vaccine or 
vaccines, or a medicinal treatment program as a condition of their 
employment. If an employer knowingly requires the vaccination or 
treatment without confirming its safety based on publicly available 
medical testing and documentation , upon a finding of liability after 
a claim, the employer shall automatically be subject to punitive 
damages. The minimum award for punitive damages shall be One 
Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). 
C.  An employer subject to a claim made pursuant to the Citizen 
Health Mandate Protection Act shall not have the limitations of 
liability or immunity provided by the Governmental Tort Claims Act 
or the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act. 
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby   
 
 
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval. 
 
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