Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB735 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/15/2025

                             
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
SENATE BILL 735 	By: Deevers 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to reporting of voting procedures; 
creating the Voter Roll Integrity and Maintenance 
Act; providing short title; requiri ng certain annual 
reports; providing for information to be included in 
reports; requiring certain publication; allowing for 
compliance notification; authorizing certain rule 
promulgation; providing for noncodification; 
providing for codification; and provi ding an 
effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be 
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: 
This act shall be known as and may be c ited as the “Voter Roll 
Integrity and Maintenance Act ”. 
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-122 of Title 26, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follo ws: 
A.  1.  The Secretary of the State Election Board shall prepare 
and submit an annual report, as provided for in subsection B of this 
section, to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,   
 
 
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and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no l ater than 
January 31 of each year. 
2.  Each secretary of a county election board shall prepare and 
submit an annual report, as provided for in subsection B of this 
section, to the Secretary of the State Election Board no later than 
January 15 of each year. 
B.  1.  The reports required in subsection A of this section 
shall include the following information: 
a. a summary of efforts undertaken during the preceding 
calendar year to prevent non -citizens from being added 
to the voter rolls, 
b. actions taken to remove any identified non -citizens or 
other ineligible persons from the voter rolls, 
including the total number of removed individuals and 
reasons for removal, 
c. any coordination or collaboration with federal, state, 
and local agencies to verify voter eligi bility, and 
d. an analysis of the efficacy of current voter 
registration maintenance processes and any 
recommendations for improvements. 
2. The report of the Secretary of the State Election Board shall 
include aggregated statewide data as well as a summary of county-
level reports.   
 
 
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C.  The Secretary shall publish the statewide report on the 
official state website within thirty (30) days of submission to the 
Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives, to ensure public transparency. 
D.  Failure by the secretary of a county election board to 
submit the required report by the specified deadline shall result in 
notification from the Secretary, providing a fourteen -day grace 
period for compliance. Repeated failure to comply with the 
provisions of this act shall result in a written referral to the 
Secretary for review and potential disciplinary action as de emed 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
E.  The Legislature shall retain exclusive authority to 
establish statutes necessary for implement ation of the provisions of 
this act.  The Secretary of State may promulgate rules necessary to 
implement the requirements of this section and submit to the 
legislature for approval as required by law . 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 
 
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