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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 168 By: Hicks
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state property; defining terms;
7 establishing requirements for purchasing certain
8 goods or equipment; providing exceptions; creating a
8 differential pricing preference for the cost of goods
9 manufactured or produced in the United States of
9 America; providing for codification; and providing an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 53 of Title 61, unless there is
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16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. As used in this section:
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18 1. "Manufactured or produced in the United States" means a
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19 product that has all manufacturing processes occurring in the United
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20 States. All components of the product must be of United States
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21 origin. A component is considered to be a product of United States
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22 origin if all of its manufacturing processes occur in the United
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23 States, notwithstanding the origin of it subcomponents; and
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1 2. "Public building or public work" means any structure,
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2 building, highway, waterway, street, bridge, transit system,
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3 airport, or other betterment, work, or improvement, whether of a
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4 permanent or temporary nature and whether for governmental or
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5 proprietary use. The term includes, but is not limited to, any
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6 railway, street railway, subway, elevated and passenger and rail
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7 rolling stock, self-propelled cars, gallery cars, locomotives,
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8 passenger buses, wires, poles and equipment for electrification of a
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9 transit system, rails, tracks, roadbeds, guideways, elevated
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10 structures, buildings, schools, hospitals, stations, terminals,
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11 docks, shelters, and repairs to any such public building or public
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12 work.
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13 B. Any agency or entity of this state, or any person making
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14 purchases on behalf of such agency or entity, shall require any
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15 contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair,
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16 improvement, or maintenance of a public building or public work with
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17 an estimated contract price exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars
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18 ($100,000.00), to state that all iron, steel, and aluminum to be
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19 used in the completion of such contract shall be manufactured or
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20 produced in the United States. All solicitation documents for such
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21 contracts shall clearly state such requirement. Any bid or proposal
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22 that does not affirmatively attest that the bidder read and
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23 understood such requirement shall not be considered by the agency or
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1 entity, or person making purchases on behalf of such agency or
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2 entity.
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3 C. An agency or entity of this state may submit a written
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4 appeal to the State Purchasing Director to exempt a contract from
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5 the requirements of subsection B of this section. The appeal shall
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6 include information demonstrating that:
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7 1. Such requirements are inconsistent with the public interest;
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8 2. A particular material to be used in the completion of the
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9 contract is not produced or manufactured in the United States in
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10 sufficient and reasonably available quantities and with satisfactory
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11 quality; or
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12 3. Using materials produced or manufactured in the United
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13 States shall increase the cost of construction, reconstruction,
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14 alteration, repair, improvement, or maintenance of a public building
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15 or public work by more than twenty-five percent (25%).
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16 The State Purchasing Director shall give public notice of the
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17 appeal upon its receipt in a manner that the State Purchasing
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18 Director determines shall give adequate notice to the public and to
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19 individuals, firms, or corporations that intend to submit or have
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20 submitted bids or proposals for such contracts for public buildings
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21 or public works. The State Purchasing Director shall allow seven
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22 (7) calendar days for public comment on the appeal. If after the
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23 public comment period the State Purchasing Director authorizes the
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24 exemption of a contract from the requirements of subsection B of
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1 this section, he or she shall provide public notice of the
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2 authorization in the same method used to provide public notice of
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3 the appeal.
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4 D. A state agency or entity shall notify the State Purchasing
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5 Director if it suspects an individual, firm, or corporation is
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6 intentionally violating the requirements of subsection B of this
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7 section. If the State Purchasing Director determines after a review
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8 of the contract and the actions of the individual, firm, or
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9 corporation that an intentional violation has taken place, the
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10 individual, firm, or corporation shall be ineligible to, and shall
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11 not, bid on a state contract for a period of five (5) years. Such
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12 individual, firm, or corporation shall have the right to appeal the
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13 decision of the State Purchasing Director to a court of competent
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14 jurisdiction.
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15 E. The provisions of this section shall not apply if a
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16 reciprocal trade agreement or treaty has been negotiated by this
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17 state or by the United States on behalf of or including this state
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18 with a foreign nation or government for nondiscriminatory
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19 governmental procurement practices or policies with such foreign
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20 nation or government.
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21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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