Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1484 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 03/04/2025

                     
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR 
HOUSE BILL NO. 1484 	By: Johns 
 
 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
 
An Act relating to schools; creating Rain's Law; 
requiring certain instruction on fentanyl abuse 
prevention and drug poisoning awareness; prescribing 
frequency of and grades for instruction; listing 
information to be included in fentanyl abuse 
instruction; authorizing organizations and persons to 
provide instruction; directing the State Department 
of Education to adopt certain curriculum standards; 
requiring the Department to provide certain resources 
to schools; requiring fentanyl awareness curriculum 
in certain units of instruction; directing Governor 
to designate Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week in 
schools; requiring correlation with National Red 
Ribbon Week; providing for certain instruction during 
designated week; providing for noncodification; 
providing for codification; providing an effective 
date; and declaring an emergency. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be 
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: 
This act shall be known and may be cited as "Rain's Law".   
 
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SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A n ew section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1210.229 -8 of Title 70, unless 
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  As part of the comprehensive , integrated curriculum for 
substance abuse programs provided in Section 1210.229-5 of Title 70 
of the Oklahoma Statutes, each school district shall annually 
provide research-based instruction related to fentanyl abuse 
prevention and drug poisoning awareness to students in grades six 
through twelve. 
B.  The instruction required by this section shall include: 
1.  Suicide prevention; 
2.  Prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl; 
3.  Awareness of local school and community resources and how to 
access those resources; and 
4.  Health education that includes in formation about substance 
use and abuse of fentanyl, including youth substance use and abuse 
of fentanyl. 
C.  The instruction required by this section may be provided by 
an organization or an employee or agent of an organization that is: 
1.  A public or private institution of higher education; 
2.  A library; 
3.  A community service organization; 
4.  A religious organization; 
5.  A local public health agency; or   
 
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6.  An organization employing mental health professionals. 
D.  The State Department of Education shall identify and adopt 
curriculum standards for fentanyl awareness instruction that reflect 
the areas of instruction listed in subsection B of this section.  
The standards shall be incorporated into the appropriate health 
standards for grades six through twelve. 
E.  The State Department of Education shall provide resources to 
assist schools and teachers in providing instruction on fentanyl 
awareness. 
F.  Any school district that offers a health education class in 
grades six through twelve shall include fe ntanyl awareness 
curriculum in the drug awareness unit. 
G.  To educate students about the dangers posed by fentanyl and 
the risks of fentanyl poisoning, including overdose, the Governor 
shall designate a week to be known as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness 
Week in public schools.  Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week shall be 
in correlation with National Red Ribbon Week .  Fentanyl Poisoning 
Awareness Week may include age -appropriate instruction, including 
instruction on the prevention of the abuse of and addiction to 
fentanyl, as determined by each school district. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2025. 
SECTION 4.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergen cy is hereby   
 
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 
 
60-1-13092 SW 03/04/25