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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 3546 By: Maynard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to technology; prohibiting the
granting of personhood to artificial intelligence
8 systems, environmental elements, nonhuman animals,
and inanimate objects; clarifying act does not revoke
9 personhood of entities currently recognized;
providing for codification; and providing an
10 effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 of Title 75A, unless there is
16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
17 A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, artificial
18 intelligence systems, environmental elements, nonhuman animals, and
19 inanimate objects shall not be recognized as or granted the status
20 of personhood under the Constitution or laws of this state.
21 B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or
22 revoke the status of any municipality, corporation, association,
23 partnership, nonprofit organization, or other legal entity duly
24 recognized under the laws of this state prior to November 1, 2026.
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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