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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 1937 By: Bergstrom
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to labor organizations; defining
7 terms; prohibiting employers who engage in certain
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8 incentives; authorizing report of certain violation
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9 penalty; clarifying applicability of provisions;
10 providing for codification; and providing an
10 effective date.
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 201 of Title 40, unless there is
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17 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. As used in this act:
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19 1. "Contracts" include:
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20 a. agreements between an employer and the state, and
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21 b. agreements between an employer and a labor
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22 organization;
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23 2. "Economic development incentive" means any grant, loan, or
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24 tax credit provided by the state or local government to an employer;
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1 3. "Employee" means any individual who performs services for an
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2 employer for wages that are subject to withholding under 26 U.S.C.,
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3 Section 3402;
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4 4. "Employer" means a business entity that voluntarily pursues
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5 economic development incentives and enters into an agreement with
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6 the state for the purpose of receiving such incentives;
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7 5. "Labor organization" has the same meaning as defined in 29
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8 U.S.C., Section 152;
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9 6. "Neutrality agreement" means an agreement signed with a
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10 union in which the employer agrees to conditions including, but not
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11 limited to, committing not to communicate with employees about union
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12 issues;
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13 7. "Personal contact information" means an employee's home
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14 address, home or personal cell phone number, or personal electronic
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15 mail address;
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16 8. "Project" means the activity or enterprise for which an
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17 employer receives an economic development incentive;
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18 9. "Secret ballot election" means a process conducted by an
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19 agent of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in which an
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20 employee casts a secret ballot for or against labor organization
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21 representation; and
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22 10. "Subcontractor" means an individual or entity that has
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23 contracted with an employer to perform work or provide services.
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1 B. 1. No employer shall be eligible to receive an economic
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2 development incentive for a project if the employer:
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3 a. voluntarily grants recognition rights for its
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4 employees solely and exclusively on the basis of
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5 signed union authorization cards if the selection of a
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6 bargaining representative may instead be conducted
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7 through a secret ballot election conducted by the
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8 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),
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9 b. voluntarily discloses an employee's personal contact
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10 information to a labor organization, or third party
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11 acting on behalf of a labor organization, without the
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12 employee's prior written consent, unless otherwise
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13 required by state or federal law,
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14 c. signs a neutrality agreement with a labor
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15 organization, or
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16 d. requires a subcontractor to engage in activities
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17 prohibited in this paragraph.
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18 2. The prohibitions set out in paragraph 1 of this subsection
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19 shall apply to any work or service for the employer on the project
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20 for which the economic incentive is provided.
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21 C. A person or entity may report, based upon a reasonable
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22 belief, a suspected violation of paragraph 1 of subsection B of this
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23 section to the Attorney General. Upon receiving a report pursuant
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1 to this subsection, the Attorney General shall determine whether a
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2 violation has occurred.
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3 D. An employer found to have engaged in any activity prohibited
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4 by paragraph 1 of subsection B of this section, and which has
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5 received an economic development incentive for any project, shall be
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6 required to repay all economic development incentives received over
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7 the life of the project to the administering agency of the
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8 incentive.
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9 E. Subsection B of this section shall not apply to any employer
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10 or subcontractor that does not directly receive an economic
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11 development incentive.
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12 F. This section shall not apply to any:
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13 1. Agreement between the state and an employer, or between a
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14 county or municipality and an employer, executed prior to the
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15 effective date of this act; and
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16 2. Employer with a collective bargaining unit where an
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17 employer, as of the effective date of this act, has entered into a
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18 collective bargaining agreement for that collective bargaining unit
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19 with a labor organization or to which a secret ballot election has
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20 already occurred under applicable federal law.
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21 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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