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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 616 By: Bergstrom
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Administrative Procedures Act;
7 prohibiting compliance with certain federal
8 regulation without legislative approval; providing
8 means for approval and disapproval; exempting certain
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9 construing provision; providing for codification; and
10 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. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 308b of Title 75, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. Upon receipt by a state agency of a requirement for an
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18 agency to adopt, follow, or otherwise submit to any new federal rule
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19 or regulation, new interpretation of any rule or regulation, or
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20 change to an existing federal rule or regulation, that agency shall
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21 send the federal rule or regulation by electronic mail to all
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22 members of the Legislature and the Governor.
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1 B. The Legislature may disapprove the implementation of any
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2 federal rule or regulation imposed on a state agency by the adoption
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3 of a joint resolution.
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4 C. Unless otherwise authorized by the Legislature, whenever a
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5 rule or regulation is disapproved as provided in subsection B of
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6 this section, the agency subject to such rule or regulation shall
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7 not have authority to follow, interpret, or abide by any
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8 requirements of the rule or regulation as specified by the
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9 Legislature. Any effective rule or regulation which would have been
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10 imposed on an agency when the Legislature was not in session shall
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11 be deemed null and void on the date the Legislature disapproves the
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12 rule or regulation by a joint resolution as provided for in
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13 subsection B of this section. Federal rules and regulations imposed
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14 on state agencies may be disapproved in part or in whole by the
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15 Legislature. Upon enactment of any joint resolution disapproving a
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16 rule or regulation, the agency shall file notice of such legislative
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17 disapproval with the Attorney General.
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18 D. A federal rule or regulation shall be deemed authorized for
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19 state agency compliance if disapproved by a joint resolution
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20 pursuant to subsection B of this section which has been vetoed by
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21 the Governor in accordance with Section 11 of Article VI of the
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22 Oklahoma Constitution and the veto has not been overridden.
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1 E. State agencies and their employees complying with the
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2 provisions of this section shall be exempt from liability pursuant
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3 to Section 155 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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4 F. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any
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5 rights, privileges, or interests gained by any person by operation
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6 of a federal rule or regulation applied prior to the adoption of a
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7 joint resolution pursuant to this section. Such rights, privileges,
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8 or interests shall not be affected by reason of any subsequent
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9 disapproval or rejection of such rule or regulation by the
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11 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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