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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 149 By: Boren
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to landlord and tenant; amending 12
66	66	O.S. 2021, Section 1823, which relates to referral to
67	67	mediation; authorizing district court to refer
68	68	eviction cases to mediation; updating statutory
69	69	reference; prohibiting landlord recovery of rental
70	70	dwelling under certain circumstances; establishing
71	71	procedures for certain complaints; authorizing
72	72	recovery of property in certain circumstance s;
73	73	establishing liability for certain violations;
74	74	requiring maintenance of lis t of certain code
75	75	violations by certain municipalities; specifying
76	76	information to be included on certain list; requiring
77	77	publication of list on website; providing for
78	78	codification; and providing an effective date .
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 12 O.S. 2021, Section 1823, is
85	85	amended to read as follows:
86	86	Section 1823. Any district court, by agreement of the parties,
87	87	may refer any civil case, including any domestic relations ca se, any
88	88	eviction case, or any portion thereof for mediation. A referral to
89	89	mediation may be made at any time while a civil case is pending.
90	90	The order of referral to mediation s hall be entered on a standard
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142	142	form consistent with the form provided in subsection D of Section 5
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144	144	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
145	145	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 137 of Title 41, un less there is
146	146	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
147	147	A. If a landlord retaliates against a tenant because the tenant
148	148	exercised the tenant ’s rights granted by law or because of the
149	149	tenant’s complaint to an appropriate agency as to ability of a
150	150	dwelling, and if the tenant is not in default as to the payment of
151	151	rent, the landlord may not recover possession of a dwelling in any
152	152	action or proceeding, cause the tenant to quit involuntarily,
153	153	increase the rent, or decrease any services offered by th e landlord
154	154	within one hundred eighty (180) days of any of the circumstances
155	155	described in paragraphs 1 through 5 of this subsection. In each
156	156	instance, the one-hundred-eighty-day period shall run from the
157	157	latest applicable date:
158	158	1. After the date upon whic h the tenant, in good faith, has
159	159	given notice of a suspected bed bug infestation, has made a
160	160	complaint, orally or in writing in either a physical or electronic
161	161	format, to the landlord regarding tenantability, or has requested
162	162	orally or in writing the landl ord make a repair to an item for which
163	163	the landlord is responsible;
164	164	2. After the date upon which the tenant, in good faith, has
165	165	filed a written complaint either physically or in an electronic
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217	217	format, or an oral complaint which is registered or otherwise
218	218	recorded in writing, with an appropriate agency, of which the
219	219	landlord has notice, for the purpose of obtaining correction of a
220	220	condition relating to tenantability;
221	221	3. After the date of an inspection or issuance of a citation
222	222	resulting from a complaint des cribed in paragraph 2 of this
223	223	subsection of which the landlord did not have no tice;
224	224	4. After the filing of appropriate documents commencing a
225	225	judicial or arbitration proceeding involving the issue of
226	226	tenantability; or
227	227	5. After entry of judgment or the si gning of an arbitration
228	228	award, if any, when in the judicial proceeding or arbitration the
229	229	issue of tenantability is determined adversely to the landlord.
230	230	B. A tenant may not invoke the provisions of subsection A of
231	231	this section more than once in any twelv e-month period.
232	232	C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a landlord m ay
233	233	recover possession of a dwelling and perform any of the other acts
234	234	described in subsection A of this section within the period
235	235	prescribed therein, if the notice of termination , rent increase, or
236	236	other act, and any pleading or statement of issues in an
237	237	arbitration, if any, states the ground upon which the landlord, in
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239	239	any other acts described in subsection A of t his section.
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291	291	D. Any landlord or agent of a landlord who violates the
292	292	provisions of this section shall be liable to the tenant in a civil
293	293	action for:
294	294	1. Actual damages sustained by the tenant;
295	295	2. Punitive damages in an amount not less than One Hundred
296	296	Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for
297	297	each retaliatory act where the landlord or landlord ’s agent has been
298	298	guilty of fraud, oppression, or malice with respect to such act; and
299	299	3. Court costs and reasonable attorney fees.
300	300	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
301	301	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 138 of Title 41, unless there is
302	302	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
303	303	Any municipality with more than one hundred thousand (100,0 00)
304	304	residents according to the latest Federal Decennial Census shall
305	305	maintain a list of code violations for rental properties within the
306	306	municipality limits. The list shall include the name of the
307	307	property owner, the date of the code violation, the specif ic
308	308	municipal code violated, and any fine or penalty issued to the
309	309	property owner. The list shall be maintained on the municipality ’s
310	310	website and made available to the public.
311	311	SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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