1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 70 By: Daniels
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Administrative Procedures Act;
7 requiring a court or an administrative hearing
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8 rule, or other document; establishing guidelines for
9 court interpretation of statute, rule, or other
9 document in certain actions; providing for
10 codification; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 318.1 of Title 75, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 In the interpretation of a state statute, administrative rule,
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18 or other subregulatory document, a court of this state or an officer
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19 hearing an administrative action shall not defer to the
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20 interpretation of a state agency and shall interpret the meaning and
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21 effect de novo. In an action brought by or against a state agency,
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22 after applying all customary tools of interpretation, the court or
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23 hearing officer shall exercise any remaining doubt in favor of a
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 1 reasonable interpretation which limits agency power and maximizes
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2 individual liberty.
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3 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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