Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1142 Compare Versions

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	28	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	30	+	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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33	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
34	33		FOR
35		-	SENATE BILL ~~NO.~~ 1142 By: Standridge, Newhouse, and
	34	+	SENATE BILL 1142 By: Standridge, Newhouse, and
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41	44		An Act relating to schools; prohibiting c ertain
42	45		schools and school libra ries from maintaining or
43	46		promoting certain books; allowing a parent or legal
44	47		guardian of a student to submit certain request to
45	48		remove certain book; requiring within certain time
46	49		period the removal of the book or submission of
47	50		certain written explanation f or denying a request for
48	51		removal; creating a cause of ac tion for denying a
49	52		request to remove a book ; allowing a court to make
50	53		certain determination and grant certain injunctive
51	54		relief; providing for codification; providing an
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57	60		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
58	61		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
59	62		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 16-130 of Title 70, unless there
60	63		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
61	64		A. No public school district, public charter school, or public
62	65		school library shall maintain in its inventory or promote books that
63	66		make as their primary subject the study of sex, sexual lifestyles,
64	67		or sexual activity, or books that are of a controversial nature that
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	94	+	a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want to know of or
	95	+	approve of prior to their child being exposed to it.
94	96		B. 1. The parent or legal guardian of a student who believes a
95	97		public school district, public charter school, or public school
96	98		library is maintaining book(s) in violation of subsecti on A of this
97	99		section may submit a written request to the school district
98	100		superintendent or charter school administrator to remove the book(s)
99	101		from the public school district, public charter schoo l, or public
100	102		school library.
101	103		2. Within thirty (30) days of receiving a written request to
102	104		remove a book, the school district superintendent or charter school
103	105		administrator shall either remove the book from the public school
104	106		district, public charter school, or public school library or submit
105	107		to the parent or legal guardian a written explanation for denying
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107	109		C. If a written request to remove a book is denied pursuant to
108	110		paragraph 2 of subsection B of this section , a parent or legal
109	111		guardian shall have a cause of action against a public school
110	112		district or public charter school . If a court determines the book
111	113		is of a nature that a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want
112	114		to know of or approve of it prior to their child being exposed to
113	115		it, the court may grant injunctive relief by ordering the removal of
114	116		the book from the public school district, public charter school, or
115	117		public school library.
116		-	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
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	144	+	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
144	145		SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservat ion
145	146		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
146	147		declared to exist, by reason wh ereof this act shall take effect and
147	148		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
148		-	~~COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIO N~~
149		-	~~March~~ 1, 2022 ~~- DO PASS AS AMENDED~~
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