1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 835 By: Stephens
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to discrimination; prohibiting
7 certain discrimination by public accommodation on
8 basis of vaccination or immunity status; providing
8 for codification; and declaring an emergency.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1460 of Title 25, unless there
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14 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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15 No person shall be discriminated against on the basis of their
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16 vaccination or immunity status by any public accommodation by:
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17 1. Providing any disposition, service, financial aid or benefit
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18 to an individual which is different, or is provided in a different
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19 manner, from that provided to other members of the general public;
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20 2. Subjecting any individual to segregation or separate
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21 treatment in any matter related to that individual’s receipt of any
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22 disposition, service, financial aid or benefit provided to other
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23 members of the general public;
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 1 3. Restricting an individual in any way in the enjoyment of any
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2 advantage or privilege enjoyed by others receiving any disposition,
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3 service, financial aid or benefit provided to other members of the
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4 general public;
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5 4. Treating an individual differently from others in
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6 determining whether that individual satisfies any admission,
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7 enrollment, quota, eligibility, membership or other requirement or
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8 condition which individuals must meet in order to be provided any
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9 disposition, service, financial aid, function or benefit available
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10 to other members of the general public; or
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11 5. Denying an individual an opportunity to participate in a
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12 program through the provision of service or otherwise afford that
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13 individual an opportunity to do so which is different from that
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14 afforded to other members of the general public.
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15 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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16 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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17 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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18 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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