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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 11 By: Coleman
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amend ment to Section 15 of
Article II of the Oklahoma Constitution; authorizing
Legislature to enact provisions related to certain
offenders; specifying certain allowable requirements;
clarifying timing of required compliance; construing
provisions; providing ballot title; and directing
filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF RE PRESENTATIVES OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 15 of Article II of the
Oklahoma Constitution to read as follows:
Section 15. A. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, nor
any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed.
No conviction shall work a corruption of b lood or forfeiture of
estate: Provided, that this provision shall not prohibit the
imposition of pecuniary penalties.
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B. The Legislature may enact or amend by statute provisions
related to sex offenders if such provision s are rationally related
to protecting the public from sex -based crimes. Such provisions
include but are not limited to those related to sex offender
registration requirements, durati on of registration requirements,
proximity to areas frequented by vulnerable populations such as
children, mentally disabled persons, a nd the elderly, and
disclosures to be made by the offender. Persons required by law to
be registered as a sex offender shall comply with any s uch
enactments or amendments after implemented. Subsequent changes
regulating residence of a person required by law to be registered as
a sex offender shall be applicable when the offender esta blishes a
new residence. A statute enacted by the Legislature in accordance
with the requirements of this subsection sh all not be deemed a
violation of subsection A of this section.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the propo sed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall b e in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITIO N IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends Section 15 of Article 2 of the Oklahoma
Constitution. This section establishes that the Legislatur e can
enact laws related to regulation of sex offen ders. The measure
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states that new statutes will apply when an offender establishes
a new residence.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passage of th is resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
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