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45 | 46 | | An Act relating to state agencies; defining terms; |
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46 | 47 | | prohibiting state agencies from taking certain |
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47 | 48 | | actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion; |
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48 | 49 | | providing for implementation and enforcement; |
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49 | 50 | | requiring report; providing penalties; providing for |
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50 | 51 | | codification; and providing an effective date . |
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55 | 56 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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56 | 57 | | SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified |
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57 | 58 | | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9300 of Title 74, unless there |
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58 | 59 | | is created a duplication in numbering, reads a s follows: |
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59 | 60 | | A. As used in this section: |
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60 | 61 | | 1. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion ” means any program, class, |
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61 | 62 | | system, curriculum, hiring practice, training, department, survey, |
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62 | 63 | | verbal or written directive or memo, or contract which uses |
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63 | 64 | | discrimination through e quity action plans, forced compulsion from |
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64 | 65 | | constitutional freedoms of speech, expression, religion, or any |
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93 | 93 | | protect every person with equal dignity and respect , or is meant to |
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94 | 94 | | indoctrinate or intimidate a person in any way into discrimination |
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95 | 95 | | of any kind; |
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96 | 96 | | 2. “Indoctrinate” means to force or compel endorsement, |
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97 | 97 | | adoption, acceptance, or affirmation of any belief system, ideology, |
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98 | 98 | | theory, lifestyle, religion, non -religion, or philosophy by any |
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99 | 99 | | action, curriculum, training or instruction by using either directly |
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100 | 100 | | or commingling any taxpayer funds for these items; and |
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101 | 101 | | 3. “State agency” means any board, commission, department, |
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102 | 102 | | office, or other instrumentality of the state supported in whole or |
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103 | 103 | | in part by public funds or entrusted with the expenditure of public |
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104 | 104 | | funds or administering or operating public property. The term shall |
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105 | 105 | | include the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. |
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106 | 106 | | B. No state agency shall: |
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107 | 107 | | 1. Grant or support any diversity, eq uity, and inclusion |
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108 | 108 | | positions, departments, activities, procedures, or programs to the |
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109 | 109 | | extent that they grant preferential treatment based on the |
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110 | 110 | | particular race, color, sex, ethnicity, or national origin of one |
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111 | 111 | | person over another; |
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112 | 112 | | 2. Require any person to participate in, listen to, or receive |
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113 | 113 | | any education, training, activity, procedure, or programming to the |
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114 | 114 | | extent such education, training, activity, procedure, or programming |
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144 | 143 | | 3. Require any person to swear, certify , or agree to any |
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145 | 144 | | loyalty oath that favors or prefers one particular race, color, sex, |
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146 | 145 | | ethnicity, or national origin over another; |
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147 | 146 | | 4. Require any person to certify or declare agreement with, |
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148 | 147 | | recognition of, or adherence to any particular political, |
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149 | 148 | | philosophical, religious, or other ideological viewpoint; or |
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150 | 149 | | 5. Require any applicant for employment to provide a diversity, |
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151 | 150 | | equity, and inclusion statement or give any applicant for employment |
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152 | 151 | | preferential consideration based on the provision of such a |
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153 | 152 | | diversity, equity, and inclusion statement. |
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154 | 153 | | C. The Office of the Attorney General shall enforce and may |
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155 | 154 | | promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. Upo n |
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156 | 155 | | the finding of a violation of this section, the Attorney General |
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157 | 156 | | shall report the details of the violation to the Governor, the |
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158 | 157 | | President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of |
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159 | 158 | | Representatives, and the chairs of the Senate and House of |
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160 | 159 | | Representatives appropriations committees. |
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161 | 160 | | D. Upon receipt of a report pursuant to subsection C of this |
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162 | 161 | | section, the Legislature shall reduce the appropriation to the state |
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163 | 162 | | agency by one percent (1%) in the following fiscal year ’s general |
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164 | 163 | | appropriations bill, if the agency receives appropriations from the |
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165 | 164 | | Legislature. If the agency does not regularly receive |
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