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Oklahoma Legislature· HB 2938Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Elections and Ethics

An act relating to elections, the official text

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1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 2938            By: Olsen

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to elections; prohibiting individuals

    with no intent to return to Oklahoma from voting in

8   state or local elections; permitting individuals with

    no intent to return to Oklahoma to vote in national

9   elections; prohibiting individuals with an indefinite

    intent to return to Oklahoma from voting in state or

10  local elections; permitting individuals with an

    indefinite intent to return to Oklahoma to vote in

11  national elections; prohibiting individuals who vote

    in another state or country's elections from voting

12  in state or local elections; permitting individuals

    who vote in another state or country's elections to

13  vote in national elections; providing exceptions for

    individuals and spouses employed by the federal

14  government or state; clarifying act does not apply to

    individuals with intent to return to Oklahoma;

15  providing for codification; and providing an

    effective date.

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20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

21  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-125 of Title 26, unless there

23 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

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1   A. Individuals who move into another state or country with the

2 intention of making that state or country their permanent residence

3 shall be permitted to vote in only national elections and shall not

4 be permitted to vote in state elections, county elections, municipal

5 elections, or any election of subdivisions thereof.

6   B. Individuals who move into another state or country with the

7 intention of remaining there an indefinite time, and make that state

8 or country their place of residence, shall be permitted to vote in

9 only national elections and shall not be permitted to vote in state

10 elections, county elections, municipal elections, or any election of

11 subdivisions thereof.

12  C. Individuals who move into another state or country and,

13 while there, vote in an election held by that state or county shall

14 be permitted to vote in only national elections and shall not be

15 permitted to vote in state elections, county elections, municipal

16 elections, or any election of subdivisions thereof.

17  D. Subsections A, B, and C of this section shall not apply to

18 individuals, or their spouses, who are employed in the service of

19 the federal government or the State of Oklahoma and are required

20 thereby to be absent from where that individual resided when

21 entering that employment.

22  E. Subsections A, B, and C of this section shall not apply to

23 individuals who move into another state or country for temporary

24 purposes only, with the intention of returning to Oklahoma.

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1   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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