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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 552 By: Hines of the Senate
and
Duel of the House
An Act relating to public safety; defining terms;
prohibiting state agencies from certain use of
biotechnology; prohibiting certain contract;
providing for codification; and providing conditional
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 52 of Title 74, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For purposes of this section:
1. “Biotechnology company of concern ” means an entity
designated by the federal government to be under the control of a
foreign adversary and that poses a risk to national security based
on the company’s research of multiomic data collection; and
2. “Multiomics” means a biological analysis method that
combines data from mu ltiple research areas, including, but not
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limited to, genomics, tra nscriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and
metabolomics in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of
complex biological processes .
B. Any state agency that receives federal or state funds shall
not be authorized to use or procure any biotechnology equipment or
service that originates from a company designated by the federal
government to be a biotechnology company of concern nor shall any
such state agency contract with an entity that uses or procures such
biotechnology.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon the enac tment of a
federal law that prohibits entities that receive federal funds from
using biotechnology that is from a company associated with a foreign
adversary.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY , dated
04/17/2025 – DO PASS.