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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 377 By: Howard of the Senate
and
Newton of the House
An Act relating to voter registration; amendi ng 26
O.S. 2021, Sections 4-120, as amended by Section 3,
Chapter 293, O.S.L. 2022, and 4-120.5 (26 O.S. Supp.
2022, Section 4-120), which relate to cancellation of
registrations; adding cause for cancell ation of voter
registration; requiring court to prep are certain
list; requiring list to be provided to county
election board; requiring secretary to cancel certain
registrations; requiring report to district attorney
and United States attorney; updating statutory
language; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 4-120, as
amended by Section 3, Chapter 293, O.S.L. 2022 (26 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 4-120), is amended to read as follows:
Section 4-120. A. The registration of any registered voter
shall be canceled only for one of the followin g reasons:
1. Written notice from the voter pursuant to Section 4-120.1 of
this title;
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2. Death;
3. Conviction of a felony;
4. Judicial determination of mental i ncapacitation under Title
30 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
5. Registration in another county or state;
6. Failure to respond to a confirmation of address mailing and
failure to vote as prescribed in Section 4-120.2 of this title; or
7. The surrendering of the voter’s Oklahoma driver license to
the Department of Public Safety Service Oklahoma upon being issued a
driver license in another state; or
8. Being excused from jury duty for not being a citizen of the
United States.
B. For purposes of this section, par agraphs 5 and 7 of
subsection A of this section shall constitute confirmation from the
voter to cancel his or her voter registration due to a change of
residence.
C. A list of voter registrations that were canceled during the
previous twenty-four (24) months, and the reason for the
cancellation, shall be made available to the public.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -120.5, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4-120.5. A. The court clerk in each county shall
prepare each month a list of all persons who have been adjudge d
incapacitated and hold said provide the list for to the secretary of
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the county election board. The secretary shall cancel the
registration of each registered voter included on said the list, and
such the person shall be ineligible for registration unti l he or she
has been adjudged no longer incapacitated by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
B. The court clerk in each county shall prepare each month a
list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a
citizen of the United States and provide the list to the secretary
of the county election board. The secretary shall cancel the
registration of each registered voter included on the list, and
shall report the person or persons to the district attorney and the
United States attorney for th e county.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS AND ETHICS, dated
04/03/2023 - DO PASS.