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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 847 By: Dahm and Jett of the Senate
and
Boles of the House
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to local governments; creating the
Oklahoma Right to Drive Act; providing short title ;
defining terms; prohibiting bans by cities, towns,
and counties of combustion engines; declaring state
concern; providing for codification; and providi ng 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 15 -133 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma Right
to Drive Act”.
A. For the purposes of this act:
1. “Internal combustion engine ” means an engine of one or more
working cylinders in which the process of combustion takes p lace
within the cylinders; and
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2. “Motor vehicle” shall have the same meanin g as defined in
Section 1-134 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. No city, town, county, or subdivision thereof shall adopt an
ordinance, rule, or code which limits the sale , purchase, trade, or
usage of any motor vehicle which utilizes an internal c ombustion
engine as means of propulsion.
C. For the purposes of promoting commerce and the equitable
treatment of the citizens of this state, limitations on the sale,
purchase, trade, or usage of any motor vehicle which utilizes an
internal combustion eng ine as a means of propulsion by any city,
town, county, or subdivision thereof is declared to be a statewide
concern and shall be prohibited pursuant to subsection B of this
act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-2236 RD 5/22/2023 1:00:42 PM