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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE JOINT
RESOLUTION 8 By: Deevers
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma
Constitution by adding a new Section 38 to Article
II; preventing infringement of the fundamental right
of a citizen to grow and purchase food ; providing
ballot title; and directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
1ST SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendm ent to the Oklahoma Constitution by
adding a new Section 38 to Article II thereof, to read as follows:
Section 38. The right of a citizen of Oklahoma to cultivate
food and to purchase food from the source of his or her choice shall
not be infringed.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
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BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends Article 2 of the Oklahoma Constitution by
adding a new Section 38. This measure would prevent
infringement on the fundamental right of a citizen to grow food
and purchase food from a source of his or her choosing .
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, prepare and file
one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in SECTION 2
hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the Attorney
General.
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