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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 270 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to municipalities; preempting the
mandate and enforcement of masks; pr eventing cities
and towns from enacting and enforci ng 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 la w to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 22-140 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in n umbering, reads as follows:
A. The Legislature intends to preempt any other regulation
promulgated to mandate the wearing of masks on public and private
property.
B. Notwithstanding any oth er provision of law, cities and towns
of this state may neither enact nor enforce any ordinance or other
local law conflicting with subsection A of this section .
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
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