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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 276 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to employment discrimination;
amending 25 O.S. 2021, Sections 1101 and 1302, which
relate to exclusive remedy and discrimin atory
practices; extending exclusive remedies to employment
discrimination based on vaccination and immunity
status; establishing certain ad verse acts based on
vaccination and immunization status as discri minatory
practices; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 20 21, Section 1101, is
amended to read as follow s:
Section 1101. A. This act Section 1101 et seq. of this title
provides for exclusive remedies within the state of the policies for
individuals alleging d iscrimination in employment on the basis of
race, color, national origin, sex, religion, creed, age, disability ,
or genetic information, vaccination status, or immunization status.
B. This act Section 1101 et seq. of this title shall be
construed according to the fa ir import of its terms to further the
general purposes stat ed in this section and the special purposes of
the particular provi sion involved.
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SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1302, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1302. A. It is a discriminatory practice for an
employer:
1. To fail or refuse to hire, to discharge, or otherwise to
discriminate against an individual wi th respect to compensation or
the terms, conditions, privileges or responsibilities of employment,
because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ag e, genetic
information, vaccination status, immun ization status, or disability,
unless the employer can demonstrate that accommodation for the
disability would impose an undue hardship on the oper ation of the
business of such employer ; or
2. To limit, segregate, or classify an employee or applicant
for employment in a way which would deprive or tend to deprive an
individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect
the status of an employee, because of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, genetic information, vaccination status,
immunization status, or disability, unless the employer can
demonstrate that accommodation for the disability would impose an
undue hardship on the operation of the business of such emp loyer.
B. This section does not apply to the employment of an
individual by his or her parents, spouse, or child or to employment
in the domestic service of the employer.
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SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the pr eservation
of the public peace, hea lth or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reaso n whereof this act shall take ef fect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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