1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 RESOLUTION 1042 By: West (Rick)
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 A Resolution relating to the World Health
7 Organization, the United Nations and the World
8 Economic Forum; expressing intent with regard to
8 policies of state and local government.
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11 WHEREAS, the State of Oklahoma is a sovereign governmental
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12 entity and through its elected officials, including the members of
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13 the Oklahoma House of Representatives is the appropriate entity to
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14 make law and policy for the people of the State of Oklahoma; and
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15 WHEREAS, the political subdivisions of the State of Oklahoma are
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16 legally constituted pursuant to the authority of the Oklahoma
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17 Constitution and the Oklahoma Statutes and each such entity has a
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18 governing board equally capable of making decisions related to the
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19 health and welfare of the people of the State of Oklahoma; and
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20 WHEREAS, the World Health Organization, the United Nations and
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21 the World Economic Forum are not government entities and do not have
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22 any authority to make law or policy that impacts the lives of the
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23 people of the State of Oklahoma; and
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 1 WHEREAS, the people of the State of Oklahoma have fundamental
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2 rights which should not be subject to the influence of
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3 nongovernmental entities such as the World Health Organization, the
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4 United Nations or the World Economic Forum.
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5 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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6 OF THE 2ND SESSION OF THE 59TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
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7 THAT the World Health Organization, the United Nations and the
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8 World Economic Forum should have no jurisdiction in the State of
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9 Oklahoma.
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10 THAT the state and its political subdivisions, including, but
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11 not limited to counties, cities, towns, precincts, water districts,
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12 school districts, school administrative units, or quasi-public
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13 entities, should not engage in the enforcement of, or any
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14 collaboration with the enforcement of, any requirements,
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15 instructions, mandates, recommendations, or guidance provided by the
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16 World Health Organization, the United Nations or the World Economic
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17 Forum.
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18 THAT any mandates, recommendations, instructions, communications
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19 or guidance issued by the World Health Organization, the United
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20 Nations or the World Economic Forum should not be used in this state
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21 as a basis for action, nor to direct, order or otherwise impose,
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22 contrary to the constitution and laws of the State of Oklahoma any
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23 requirements whatsoever, including those for masks, vaccines or
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24 medical testing, or gather any public or private information about
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 1 the state's citizens or residents, and shall have no force or effect
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