Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1809 Compare Versions

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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1809 By: Newton
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to public safety; directing fire
41	41	departments to designate an individual to monitor
42	42	fire site for flare ups and hot spots; clarifying
43	43	that designee shall be responsible for observing and
44	44	ensuring the safety of the affected area; clarifying
45	45	designee does not need to be a fire fighter;
46	46	requiring designee to monitor sight for certain
47	47	amount of time; permitting responsibility to be
48	48	shared; prohibiting fire department from leaving
49	49	before having a designee; providing for codification;
50	50	and providing an effective date.
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56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
57	57	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new se ction of law to be codified
58	58	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 170 of Title 63, unless there is
59	59	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
60	60	A. Any fire department operating within the State of Oklahoma
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62	62	fire, designate an individual to monitor the site for po tential
63	63	flare-ups or residual hot spots.
64	64	B. The designee shall assume responsibility for observing and
65	65	ensuring the safety of the affected area.
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92	92	C. The designated individual is not required to be a
93	93	professional or volunteer firefighter; however, they must have the
94	94	ability to conduct site inspections at intervals not exceeding one
95	95	(1) hour for a minimum period of twelve (12) hours following the
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97	97	D. The responsibility for monitoring may be shared among
98	98	multiple individuals, provided t he requirements of subsection C are
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100	100	E. The fire department shall leave at least one firefighter at
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102	102	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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104	104	60-1-10366 MJ 01/07/25