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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 489 By: Jett
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to immigration and customs laws;
66	66	amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 20j, which relates to
67	67	Attorney General enforcement of feder al immigration
68	68	and customs laws; prohibiting enactment or adoption
69	69	of certain policies; defining term; requiring
70	70	Attorney General to make certain determination upon
71	71	request; providing for ineligibility for certain
72	72	funding; subjecting certain officials to r emoval from
73	73	office; updating statutory language; and providing an
74	74	effective date.
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 20j, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 20j. A. The Attorney General is authorized and
83	83	directed to negotiate the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding
84	84	between the State of Oklahoma and the United States Department of
85	85	Justice or the United States Department of Homeland Security, as
86	86	provided by Section 1357(g) of Title 8 of the United States Code,
87	87	concerning the enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws,
88	88	detention and removals, and investigations in the State of Oklahoma
89	89	this state.
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141	141	B. The Memorandum of Understanding negotiated pursuant to
142	142	subsection A of this section shall be signed on behalf of this state
143	143	by the Attorney General and the Governor or as otherwise required by
144	144	the appropriate federal agency.
145	145	C. No political subdivision or agency of the state or any local
146	146	government, whether acting through its governing body or by an
147	147	initiative, referendum, or any other process, shall enact or adopt
148	148	any ordinance, sanctuary policy, or other policy that limits or
149	149	prohibits a law enforcement officer, local government official, or
150	150	local government employee from communicating or cooperating with
151	151	federal officials with regard to the immigration status of any
152	152	person within this state. For the purposes of this section,
153	153	“sanctuary policy” includes, but is not limited to, any ordinance or
154	154	policy that:
155	155	1. Restricts or imposes conditions on compliance with a
156	156	detainer or other request from United States Immigration and Customs
157	157	Enforcement to maintain custody of an undocumented alien or to
158	158	transfer custody of an undocumented alien to the United States
159	159	Immigration and Customs Enforcement;
160	160	2. Requires United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
161	161	to obtain a warrant or court order before compliance with a detainer
162	162	or other request;
163	163	3. Prevents a law enforcement officer from inquiries to a
164	164	person about his or her immigration status when specific and
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216	216	articulable facts su pport probable cause that the person is an
217	217	undocumented alien; or
218	218	4. Knowingly provides special benefits, privileges, or support
219	219	to an undocumented alien.
220	220	D. Notwithstanding an y other provision of law, no government
221	221	entity or official within the State of Oklahoma this state may
222	222	prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official
223	223	from sending to, or receiving from, the United States Department of
224	224	Homeland Security, information regarding the citizenship or
225	225	immigration status, lawful or unlaw ful, of any individual.
226	226	E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person or
227	227	agency may prohibit, or in any way restrict, a public employee from
228	228	doing any of the followin g with respect to information regarding the
229	229	immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:
230	230	1. Sending such information to, or requesting or receiving such
231	231	information from, the United States Department of Homeland Security;
232	232	2. Maintaining such information; or
233	233	3. Exchanging such information with any other federal, stat e,
234	234	or local government entity.
235	235	F. Upon request for an opinion pursuant to paragraph 5 of
236	236	subsection A of Section 18b of this title, the Attorney General
237	237	shall determine whether an ordinance or policy is in violation of
238	238	this section. A political subdivision or agency of the state or any
239	239	local government that enacts or adopts any ordinance, sanctuary
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291	291	policy, or other policy in violation of this section shall be
292	292	ineligible to receive any state appropriation or funding through a
293	293	grant administered by any stat e agency or department until such
294	294	ordinance or policy is repealed or no longer in effect.
295	295	G. The provisions of this section shall allow for a private
296	296	right of action by any natu ral or legal person lawfully domiciled in
297	297	this state to file for a writ of mandamus to compel any
298	298	noncooperating local or state governmental agency or political
299	299	subdivision to comply with such reporting laws.
300	300	H. An elected or appointed official who willfu lly violates the
301	301	provisions of this section shall be subject to removal for of ficial
302	302	misconduct pursuant to Section 93 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma
303	303	Statutes.
304	304	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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