Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB991 Engrossed / Bill

Filed 03/26/2025

                     
 
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ENGROSSED SENATE 
BILL NO. 991 	By: Thompson, Daniels, 
Gillespie, and Frix of the 
Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Gise and Pae of the House 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to discrimination; adopting certain 
definition of anti-Semitism; stating purposes for use 
of certain definition; construing provisions; and 
providing for codification. 
 
 
 
 
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 1911 of Title 25, unless th ere 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  The State of Oklahoma hereby adopts the non -legally binding 
Working Definition of Anti -Semitism adopted by the International 
Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016, including t he 
contemporary examples of anti -Semitism set forth the rein, 
exclusively as a tool and guide for training, education, and 
recognizing and combating anti -Semitic hate crimes or discrimination 
and for tracking and reporting anti -Semitic incidents in this sta te. 
B.  The provisions of this act shall not be construed to 
diminish or infringe upon any right protected under the First   
 
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Amendment to the United States Constitution or the Oklahoma 
Constitution. 
Passed the Senate the 25th day of March, 2025. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the Senate 
 
 
Passed the House of Represen tatives the ____ day of __________, 
2025. 
 
 
  
 	Presiding Officer of the House 
 	of Representatives