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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 822 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to welfare programs; defining term;
prohibiting this state and any political subdivision
of this state from providing univers al basic income;
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 codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sectio n 270 of Title 56, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads a s follows:
A. As used in this section, “universal basic income ” means any
welfare program that provides a recurring source of income in the
form of a government transfer payment to all residents or citizens
or all adult residents or citizens within a designated area or
political boundary, which income is provided without a means test or
work requirement.
B. No universal basic income shall be provided by this state or
any political subdivision of this state.
SECTION 2. This act shall becom e effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-860 QD 1/16/2025 12:44:12 AM