An act relating to employment rights, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

3 HOUSE BILL 3235                       By: Rosecrants

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to employment rights; prohibiting

    certain conduct by employers; specifying employers

8   subject to requirements; providing for filing of

    claims with the Office of Civil Rights Enforcement;

9   authorizing civil action; providing for remedies;

    prescribing fine amount; providing for codification;

10  and providing an effective date.

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

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

16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1361 of Title 25, unless there

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

18  A. It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer

19 to terminate, deny, reduce, or alter post-employment benefits for

20 any retiree if:

21  1. The individual's retirement resulted, in whole or in part,

22 from disability-related separation; and

23  2. The change in benefits is causally related to the disability

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1   B. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to

2 employers covered by the Oklahoma Anti-Discrimination Act.

3   C. Any claim for violation of this act shall be filed through

4 the Office of Civil Rights Enforcement or by the filing of an action

5 in the same manner provided by law for civil cases.

6   D. Whether pursuant to a final decision of the Office of Civil

7 Rights Enforcement or the judgment of a court, remedies for

8 violation may include reinstatement of benefits, damages, and civil

9 penalties up to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per violation.

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

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