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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 835 By: Stephens
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to discrimination; prohibit ing
certain discrimination by public accommodation on
basis of vaccination or immunity statu s; 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 to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1460 of Title 25, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
No person shall be discriminated against on the basis of their
vaccination or immunity status by any public accommodation by:
1. Providing any disposition, service, financial aid or benefit
to an individual which is different, or is provided in a different
manner, from that provided to other members of the general public;
2. Subjecting any individual to segregation or separate
treatment in any matter related to that individual ’s receipt of any
disposition, service, financial aid or benefit provided to other
members of the general public;
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3. Restricting an individual in any way in the enjoyment of any
advantage or privilege enjoyed by others receiving any disposition,
service, financial aid or benefit provided to other members of the
general public;
4. Treating an individual differently from others in
determining whether that indi vidual satisfies any admission,
enrollment, quota, eligibility, membership or other requirement or
condition which individuals must meet in order to be provided any
disposition, service, financial aid, function or benefit available
to other members of the general public; or
5. Denying an individual an opportun ity to participate in a
program through the provisi on of service or otherwise afford that
individual an opportunity to do so which is different from that
afforded to other members of the general publi c.
SECTION 2. It being immediately nece ssary for the preservation
of the public peace, hea lth 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 and approval.
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