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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 484 By: Standridge
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to municipalities; defining terms;
prohibiting certain municipalities from maintaining
certain services; requiring th e termination of
certain services on certain date; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codifie d
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 22 -140 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Homeless person” or “homeless persons” means any person or
persons who:
a. lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime
residence,
b. has as a primary nighttime residence a publicly or
privately operated shelter designed to provide
temporary living accommodations, or
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c. has as a primary nighttime residence a public or
private place not designed f or, or ordinarily used as,
a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
The term includes those persons and families who do not have
access to normal accommodations as a result of violence or the
threat of violence from a cohabitant; and
2. “Homeless shelter” means a facility providing temporary
housing and services for homeless persons .
B. No municipality of this state with a population less than
three hundred thousand (300,000) according to the most recent
Federal Decennial Census shall provide programs or services to
homeless persons including, but not limited to, owning o r leasing
land for the purpose of building or maintaining a homeless shelter.
C. Any municipality that meets the population requirement set
forth in subsection B of this section that is providing programs or
services to homeless persons on the effective date of this act shall
immediately terminate such services and, if the municipality
currently owns or leases land for the purpose of building or
maintaining a homeless shelter, ce ase using the land for such
purpose.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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