1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 223 By: Dahm
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to prevention and control of disease;
7 prohibiting compulsory immunization by state entity
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8 providing for codification; and declaring an
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-502.5 of Title 63, unless
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15 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state entity or
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17 political subdivision of this state shall, through direct or
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18 indirect means, compel or coerce any person under its jurisdiction
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19 to receive any immunization. No person shall be punished through
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20 any means including, but not limited to, a monetary fine, for such
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21 person’s refusal to receive any immunization. As used in this
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22 section, “political subdivision” means a county, city, town, school
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23 district or other local governmental or public entity located within
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24 this state.
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 1 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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2 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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3 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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4 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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