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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 337 By: Hicks
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to public health; amending 63 O.S.
7 2021, Section 1-1527, which relates to smoking in
8 public places; eliminating certain preemption;
8 authorizing adoption of certain regulations;
9 broadening provisions to apply to vapor products;
9 prohibiting certain local regulations from being less
10 stringent than state law; updating statutory
10 reference; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-1527, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 1-1527. The State Legislature by adopting this act
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17 intends to preempt any other regulation promulgated to control
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18 smoking in public places and to standardize laws that governmental
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19 Political subdivisions may adopt regulations to control or prohibit
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20 smoking or vaping in public places or properties owned or operated
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21 by the respective governing bodies. Cities and towns may enact and
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22 enforce laws prohibiting and penalizing conduct under provisions of
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23 this act, but the provisions of such laws shall be the same as
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24 provided in this act and the enforcement provisions under such laws
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1 shall not the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces Act.
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2 Such laws may be more, but not less, stringent than those of this
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3 act; provided, however, that cities and towns shall be authorized to
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4 enact laws restricting smoking on properties owned or operated by
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5 the respective governing bodies. Nothing in this section shall be
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6 construed as to prevent county or municipal governments, at the
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7 discretion of the respective governing bodies, from prohibiting
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8 smoking in or on property owned or operated by the respective
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9 governing bodies the Smoking in Public Places and Indoor Workplaces
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11 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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