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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 136 By: Burns
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to poultry feeding operations ;
establishing a moratorium on registration o f new
poultry feeding operations; providing exce ption;
authorizing Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food,
and Forestry to conduct certain inspection; requiring
Department to cease registration under certain
circumstance; providing for promulgation of rules;
providing for codification; and providing a n
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKL AHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 10 -9.4a of Title 2, unless there
is created a duplicatio n in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall declare and
establish a moratorium on the registration of any new poultry
feeding operations.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to existing
poultry feeding operations; p rovided, however, the Department shall
be authorized to review , inspect, or investigate existing poultry
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feeding operations, and, if such review, inspection, or
investigation results in a penalty pursuant to Section 10 -9.11 of
Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes , the Department shall cease
registration of the violating poultry feeding operation . The
Department shall not reissue a certification for any operation whose
certification was revoked pursuant to this subsection .
C. The Department shall promulgate an y rules necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 20-44a of Title 2, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning on the effective date of this act, the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall declare and
establish a moratorium on new concentrate d animal feeding operation s
licenses for persons engaging in poultry feeding o perations for
which registration is not required pursuant to subsection B of
Section 10-9.3 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. The provisions of this section shall not appl y to existing
concentrated animal feeding operation s licenses for persons engaging
in poultry feeding operations; provided, however, the Department
shall be authorized to review, inspect, or investigate existing
concentrated animal feeding operations for p ersons engaging in
poultry feeding operations, and, if such review, inspection , or
investigation violates the provisions of Section 20 -61 of Title 2 of
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the Oklahoma Statutes , the Department shall revoke the license of
such individuals engaging in the poult ry feeding operation . The
Department shall not reissue a license for any operation whose
license was revoked pursuant to this subsection.
C. The Department shall promulgate any rules necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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