An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3156 By: Roberts, Crosswhite Hader,
Lepak, Sims, Hays, Maynard,
Caldwell (Chad), Stark,
McDugle, West (Kevin),
Cantrell, Lowe (Dick),
Conley, Wolfley, Banning,
Kendrix, Staires, Miller,
Gann, Boles, and Hasenbeck
of the House
and
Howard, Jett, Hamilton,
Bullard, Daniels,
Bergstrom, Alvord, Rogers,
Dahm, and Stephens of the
Senate
An Act relating to elections; prohibiting the use of
ranked choice voting; defining terms; declaring
certain ordinances and elections void; authorizing
certain persons to bring civil action; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Elections
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 1-112 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No election conducted by the State Election Board, a county
election board, or any municipality authorized to conduct elections
in Oklahoma shall use ranked choice voting, ranked voting,
proportional ranked voting, preferent ial voting, or instant runoff
voting. ENR. H. B. NO. 3156 Page 2
B. As used in this secti on, "ranked choice voting", "ranked
voting", "proportional ranked voting", and "preferential voting"
shall mean any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a
sequence from first, second, th ird, and onward on a ballot to
determine a winning candidate.
C. As used in this section, "instant runoff voting" shall mean
any voting system whereby a voter ranks candidates in a sequence
from first, second, third, and onward to determine which candidat es
advance to a general election.
D. Any existing or future ordinance enacted or adopted by a
county, municipality, or any other local government entity which is
in conflict with this section is void. Any election for any public
office in this state cond ucted under a voting system prohibited by
this section is void.
E. The Secretary of the State Election Board, or the Pres ident
Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Speaker of the
Oklahoma House of Representatives jointly, shall have th e authority
to bring a civil action in an appropriate court for such declaratory
or injunctive relief as is necessary to carry out this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
ENR. H. B. NO. 3156 Page 3
Passed the House of Representatives the 13th day of March, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 24th day of April, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________