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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 885 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to mask mandates; stating legislative
intent; preempting the mandate and enforcement of
masks; preventing cities and towns from enacting and
enforcing local laws; 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 3106.5 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in n umbering, reads as follows:
A. The Legislature, seeking to protect aga inst the overreach of
governmental entities and to safeguard the individual freedoms of
taxpayers and businesses, intends to preempt any other ordinance
enacted or adopted to mandate the wearing of masks on public and
private property.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, cities and towns
of this state may neither enact nor enforce any ordinanc e or other
local law conflicting with subsection A of this section .
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SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health 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 an d approval.
58-1-1651 MR 1/21/2021 4:10:35 PM