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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 20, 2023
SENATE BILL NO. 506 By: Stephens and Hamilton
An Act relating to meat and poultry inspections;
authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
Food, and Forestry to review methods of remote
viewing or other digital inspection; requiring the
Department to apply for use of inspection technology
from the applicable federal agency; providing f or
promulgation of rules; limiting remote inspections to
intrastate commerce unless otherwise approved;
requiring the Department to keep videos confidential;
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 Section 6-181.2 of Title 2, unless there
is created a duplication in nu mbering, reads as follows:
A. The Oklahoma Departme nt of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
shall review methods of remo te viewing or other digital inspection
technology for meat and poultry product inspections.
B. If the Department determines a suitable method of remote
viewing or other digital inspection t echnology upon completion of
the review, then the Department shall make application to the
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federal agency governing meat and poultry inspection to request use
of the technology.
C. Upon approval by the federal agency g overning meat and
poultry inspection, the Department shall promulgate rules to
implement the use of remote viewing or other digital inspection
technology.
D. The use of remote viewing or other digital inspection
technology shall be restricted to inspections of meat and poultry
products sold only in intrastate commerce, unless the federal agency
governing meat and poultry inspection approves it for interstate
commerce.
E. The videos from remote viewing or digital inspection
obtained pursuant to this section shall be kept confidential by the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
SECTION 2. This act shall become eff ective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
February 20, 2023 - DO PASS