1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3 SENATE BILL 506 By: Stephens
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to meat and poultry inspections;
7 authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
8 Food, and Forestry to review methods of remote
8 viewing or other digital inspection; requiring the
9 Department to apply for use of inspection technology
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10 promulgation of rules; limiting remote inspections to
10 intrastate commerce unless otherwise approved;
11 requiring the Department to keep videos confidential;
11 providing for codification; and providing an
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-181.2 of Title 2, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
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20 shall review methods of remote viewing or other digital inspection
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21 technology for meat and poultry product inspections.
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22 B. If the Department determines a suitable method of remote
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23 viewing or other digital inspection technology upon completion of
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24 the review, then the Department shall make application to the
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2 of the technology.
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3 C. Upon approval by the federal agency governing meat and
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4 poultry inspection, the Department shall promulgate rules to
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5 implement the use of remote viewing or other digital inspection
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6 technology.
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7 D. The use of remote viewing or other digital inspection
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8 technology shall be restricted to inspections of meat and poultry
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9 products sold only in intrastate commerce, unless the federal agency
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10 governing meat and poultry inspection approves it for interstate
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11 commerce.
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12 E. The videos from remote viewing or digital inspection
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13 obtained pursuant to this section shall be kept confidential by the
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14 Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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