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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1795 By: Jett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to retirement benefits; restricting
7 access to certain benefit by certain public employee
8 following felony charge; directing notice to be
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9 certain claim for payment; construing provision;
9 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 945 of Title 74, unless there is
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17 A. Any state or education employee who is a member of the
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18 Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System, Oklahoma Public
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19 Employees Retirement System, Teachers' Retirement System of
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20 Oklahoma, or The Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges
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21 and who is charged with a felony in a state or federal court of
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22 competent jurisdiction shall lose the right to access, withdraw
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23 from, or liquidate the retirement benefit of the member.
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1 B. The prosecuting attorney shall notify the retirement system
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2 that the employee is a member within forty-eight (48) hours of the
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5 C. Any claims for payment to a member upon being charged with a
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6 felony shall be rejected by the system pursuant to this section.
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7 D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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