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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1821 By: Dahm
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to militia; requiring Military
Department of the State of Oklahoma to eliminate
certain office; prohibiting certain acts b y the
Department; requiring certain transfer of personnel;
defining term; 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 sectio n of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 21.2 of Title 44, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
On or before the effective date of th is act, the Military
Department of the State of Oklahoma shall eliminat e its Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion Office , and thereafter shall not reestablish
such office or conduct any affirmative hiring or special emphasis
programs. All personnel assigned to the Office shall be transferred
to other divisions of the Department. As used in this section,
“special emphasis program ” means an employment-related program which
focuses special attention on specific groups based on ethnicity,
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sex, gender, or similar criteria in an effort to achieve affirmative
employment goals.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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