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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
March 1, 2022
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1142 By: Standridge, Newhouse, and
Allen
An Act relating to schools; prohibiting c ertain
schools and school libra ries from maintaining or
promoting certain books; allowing a parent or legal
guardian of a student to submit certain request to
remove certain book; requiring within certain time
period the removal of the book or submission of
certain written explanation f or denying a request for
removal; creating a cause of action for denying a
request to remove a book ; allowing a court to make
certain determination and grant certain injunctive
relief; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; and declaring an emergency.
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 16-130 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No public school district, public charter school, or public
school library shall maintain in its inventory or promote books that
make as their primary subject the study of sex, sexual lifestyles,
or sexual activity, or books that are of a controversial nature that
a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want to know of or
approve of prior to their child being exposed to it.
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B. 1. The parent or legal guardian of a student who believes a
public school district, public charter school, or public school
library is maintaining book(s) in violation of subsection A of this
section may submit a written request to the school district
superintendent or charter school administrator to remove the book(s)
from the public school district, public charter schoo l, or public
school library.
2. Within thirty (30) days of receiving a written request to
remove a book, the school district superintendent or charter school
administrator shall either remove the book from the public school
district, public charter school, or public school library or submit
to the parent or legal guardian a written explanation for denying
the request.
C. If a written request to remove a book is denied pursuant to
paragraph 2 of subsection B of this section , a parent or legal
guardian shall have a cause of action against a public school
district or public charter school . If a court determines the book
is of a nature that a reasonable parent or legal guardian would want
to know of or approve of it prior to their child being exposed to
it, the court may grant injunctive relief by ordering the removal of
the book from the public school district, public charter school, or
public school library.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
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SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason wh ereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIO N
March 1, 2022 - DO PASS AS AMENDED