An act relating to officers, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

3 HOUSE BILL 2999                 By: Dobrinski

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to officers; prohibiting public

    officials from being required to sign nondisclosure

8   agreements related to appointed or elected office;

    providing for inapplicability of restriction based

9   upon matters unrelated to performance of duties of

    public office; providing for codification; and

10  providing an effective date.

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

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

17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 401 of Title 51, unless there is

18 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

19  A. No elected or appointed public official shall be required to

20 sign any type of nondisclosure agreement with respect to a matter

21 involving the performance of duties by the public official if the

22 nondisclosure agreement relates to a project that would have

23 significant impact on the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the

24 project would be located or operate. As used in this subsection,

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1 "significant impact" means facilities or operations that would

2 affect electrical power usage, water, or other utility

3 infrastructure and similar factors for at least ten percent (10%) of

4 the residents of the area in which the project or facility is

5 proposed to be located or operated.

6   B. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to a

7 nondisclosure agreement that a person is requested or required to

8 sign with respect to a matter which is personal or related to

9 litigation or potential litigation which does not involve the

10 performance of any duty imposed directly upon the person because of

11 the appointed or elected office the person occupies.

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

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