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31	28		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	30		1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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35		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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37		-	HOUSE BILL NO. 1218 By: West (Kevin), Hilbert, and
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	32	+	HOUSE BILL 1218 By: West (Kevin)
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49		-	An Act relating to discrimination; adopting certain
50		-	definition of anti-Semitism; stating purposes for use
51		-	of certain definition; construing provisions;
52		-	providing for codification; providing an effective
53		-	date; and declaring an emergency.
	38	+	AS INTRODUCED
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	40	+	An Act relating to definitions and general
	41	+	provisions; making legislative findings; defining
	42	+	term; making reference to certain stat utory
	43	+	provisions; providing for noncodification; providing
	44	+	for codification; and providing an effective date .
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59	50		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
60		-	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
61		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1911 of Title 25, unless there
62		-	is created a duplication in nu mbering, reads as follo ws:
63		-	A. The State of Oklahoma hereby adopts the non -legally binding
64		-	Working Definition of Anti -Semitism adopted by the International
65		-	Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016, including the
66		-	contemporary examples of anti -Semitism set forth there in,
67		-	exclusively as a tool and guide for training, education, and
	51	+	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
	52	+	codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
	53	+	The Legislature finds that:
	54	+	1. Antisemitism, including harassment on the basis of actual or
	55	+	perceived Jewish origin, ancestry, ethnicity, identity, affiliation,
	56	+	or faith, remains a persistent, pervasive, and d isturbing problem in
	57	+	contemporary American society;
	58	+	2. Jewish people continue to be a targeted minority in the
	59	+	United States. Data shows, for instance, that Jews are consistently
	60	+	the most likely of all religious groups to be victimized by
	61	+	incidents of hate, and that such incidents are increasing at an
	62	+	alarming rate;
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95		-	recognizing and combating anti -Semitic hate crimes or discrimination
96		-	and for tracking and reporting anti -Semitic incidents in this state.
97		-	B. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to
98		-	diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the First
99		-	Amendment to the United States Constitution or the Oklahoma
100		-	Constitution.
101		-	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
102		-	SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
103		-	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
104		-	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
105		-	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
	89	+	3. State officials and institutions have a responsibility to
	90	+	protect citizens from acts of hate and bigotry motivated by
	91	+	discriminatory animus, including antisemitism, and must be given the
	92	+	tools to do so;
	93	+	4. Valid monitoring, informed analysis and investigation, and
	94	+	effective policy-making all require uniform definitions;
	95	+	5. While there can be no exhaustive definition of antisemitism,
	96	+	as it can take many forms, the International Holocaust R emembrance
	97	+	Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition has been an essential
	98	+	definitional tool used to determine contemporary manifestations of
	99	+	antisemitism, and includes useful examples of discriminatory anti -
	100	+	Israel acts that cross the line into antisemitism ;
	101	+	6. The IHRA definition is used by various agencies of the
	102	+	federal government, the majority of the United States, and the 33
	103	+	governments that are members of IHRA; recommended for use by the
	104	+	European Council and the European Parliament, endorsed by the UN
	105	+	Secretary General and the Secretary General of the OAS, included in
	106	+	policy guides prepared by the Organization for Security and
	107	+	Cooperation in Europe, and formally adopted by a growing number of
	108	+	European nations; and
	109	+	7. Use of this definition of anti semitism, although it is not
	110	+	to be taken as an exhaustive definition, will increase the awareness
	111	+	and understanding of the parameters of contemporary anti -Jewish
	112	+	discrimination in certain circumscribed areas.
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107		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTE E ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT, dated
108		-	03/10/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.
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	139	+	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in
	140	+	the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 61 of Title 25, unless there is
	141	+	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	142	+	A. For purposes of this act, the term "antisemitism" has the
	143	+	same meaning as provided for in the working definiti on of
	144	+	antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance
	145	+	Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016, including the "contemporary
	146	+	examples of antisemitism. "
	147	+	B. Nothing in this act shall be construed to diminish or
	148	+	infringe upon any right protected under the First Amendment to the
	149	+	United States Constitution, or the Oklahoma Constit ution. Nothing
	150	+	in this act shall be construed to conflict with local, federal or
	151	+	state discrimination laws.
	152	+	C. In reviewing, investigating, or deciding whether there has
	153	+	been a violation of any policy, law, or regulation prohibiting
	154	+	discriminatory acts under Sections 1101 through 1707 of Title 25 of
	155	+	the Oklahoma Statutes or Section 850 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
	156	+	Statutes the state shall take into consideration the definition of
	157	+	antisemitism set forth in subsection A of this section or purposes
	158	+	of determining whether the alleged act was motivated by
	159	+	discriminatory antisemitic intent.
	160	+	D. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter the
	161	+	evidentiary requirements pursuant to whic h an agency or department
	162	+	makes a determination that conduct, including harassment, amounts to
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	189	+	actionable discrimination, or to diminish or infringe upon the
	190	+	rights protected under any other provision of law.
	191	+	SECTION 3. This act shall beco me effective November 1, 2025.
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