Req. No. 7016 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) HOUSE BILL 2786 By: Munson AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to cities and towns; repealing all laws that interfere with the free exercise of municipalities to regulate and protect t heir citizens; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. 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 Sectio n 1-111 of Title 11, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Any statute which attempts to pre-empt municipal actions by interfering with the free exercise of municipalities to regulate and protect their citizens is hereby rep ealed from the statutes of the State of Oklahoma. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. 59-1-7016 MJ 01/12/23