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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 149 By: Boren
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to landlord and tenant; amending 12
7 O.S. 2021, Section 1823, which relates to referral to
8 mediation; authorizing district court to refer
8 eviction cases to mediation; updating statutory
9 reference; prohibiting landlord recovery of rental
9 dwelling under certain circumstances; establishing
10 procedures for certain complaints; authorizing
10 recovery of property in certain circumstances;
11 establishing liability for certain violations;
11 requiring maintenance of list of certain code
12 violations by certain municipalities; specifying
12 information to be included on certain list; requiring
13 publication of list on website; providing for
13 codification; and providing an effective date.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 12 O.S. 2021, Section 1823, is
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18 amended to read as follows:
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19 Section 1823. Any district court, by agreement of the parties,
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20 may refer any civil case, including any domestic relations case, any
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21 eviction case, or any portion thereof for mediation. A referral to
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22 mediation may be made at any time while a civil case is pending.
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23 The order of referral to mediation shall be entered on a standard
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1 form consistent with the form provided in subsection D of Section 5
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2 1825 of this act title.
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3 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 137 of Title 41, unless there is
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5 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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6 A. If a landlord retaliates against a tenant because the tenant
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7 exercised the tenant's rights granted by law or because of the
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8 tenant's complaint to an appropriate agency as to ability of a
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9 dwelling, and if the tenant is not in default as to the payment of
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10 rent, the landlord may not recover possession of a dwelling in any
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11 action or proceeding, cause the tenant to quit involuntarily,
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12 increase the rent, or decrease any services offered by the landlord
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13 within one hundred eighty (180) days of any of the circumstances
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14 described in paragraphs 1 through 5 of this subsection. In each
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15 instance, the one-hundred-eighty-day period shall run from the
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16 latest applicable date:
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17 1. After the date upon which the tenant, in good faith, has
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18 given notice of a suspected bed bug infestation, has made a
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19 complaint, orally or in writing in either a physical or electronic
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20 format, to the landlord regarding tenantability, or has requested
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21 orally or in writing the landlord make a repair to an item for which
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22 the landlord is responsible;
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23 2. After the date upon which the tenant, in good faith, has
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24 filed a written complaint either physically or in an electronic
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1 format, or an oral complaint which is registered or otherwise
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2 recorded in writing, with an appropriate agency, of which the
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3 landlord has notice, for the purpose of obtaining correction of a
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4 condition relating to tenantability;
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5 3. After the date of an inspection or issuance of a citation
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6 resulting from a complaint described in paragraph 2 of this
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7 subsection of which the landlord did not have notice;
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8 4. After the filing of appropriate documents commencing a
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9 judicial or arbitration proceeding involving the issue of
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10 tenantability; or
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11 5. After entry of judgment or the signing of an arbitration
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12 award, if any, when in the judicial proceeding or arbitration the
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13 issue of tenantability is determined adversely to the landlord.
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14 B. A tenant may not invoke the provisions of subsection A of
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15 this section more than once in any twelve-month period.
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16 C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a landlord may
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17 recover possession of a dwelling and perform any of the other acts
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18 described in subsection A of this section within the period
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19 prescribed therein, if the notice of termination, rent increase, or
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20 other act, and any pleading or statement of issues in an
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21 arbitration, if any, states the ground upon which the landlord, in
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22 good faith, seeks to recover possession, increase rent, or perform
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23 any other acts described in subsection A of this section.
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1 D. Any landlord or agent of a landlord who violates the
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2 provisions of this section shall be liable to the tenant in a civil
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3 action for:
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4 1. Actual damages sustained by the tenant;
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5 2. Punitive damages in an amount not less than One Hundred
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6 Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for
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7 each retaliatory act where the landlord or landlord's agent has been
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8 guilty of fraud, oppression, or malice with respect to such act; and
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9 3. Court costs and reasonable attorney fees.
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10 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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11 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 138 of Title 41, unless there is
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12 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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13 Any municipality with more than one hundred thousand (100,000)
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14 residents according to the latest Federal Decennial Census shall
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15 maintain a list of code violations for rental properties within the
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16 municipality limits. The list shall include the name of the
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17 property owner, the date of the code violation, the specific
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18 municipal code violated, and any fine or penalty issued to the
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19 property owner. The list shall be maintained on the municipality's
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20 website and made available to the public.
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21 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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