Oklahoma 2023 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB377 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 04/20/2023

                     
 
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ENGROSSED HOUSE AMENDME NT 
 TO 
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 distric t attorney 
and United States attorney; updating statutory 
language; and providing an effective date . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMENDMENT NO. 1.  Page 1, Lines 6 through 11, strike the title to 
read: 
 
 
"[ voter registration – cancellation – list - county 
election board – report – effective date ]" 
   
 
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Passed the House of Representatives the 19th day of April, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
  
Presiding Officer of the House of 
 	Representatives 
 
 
Passed the Senate the ____ day of _______ ___, 2023. 
 
 
 
 
  
Presiding Officer of the Senate 
   
 
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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; 
2.  Death; 
3.  Conviction of a felony;   
 
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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, paragraphs 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 li st of all persons who have been adjudge d 
incapacitated and hold said provide the list for to the secretary of 
the county election board.  The secretary shall cancel the 
registration of each registered voter included on said the list, and   
 
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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 bei ng 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 attorne y and the 
United States attorney for th e county. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. 
Passed the Senate the 22nd day of February, 2023. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate 
 
 
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 
2023. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives