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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 735 By: Deevers
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to reporting of voting procedures;
7 creating the Voter Roll Integrity and Maintenance
8 Act; providing short title; requiring certain annual
8 reports; providing for information to be included in
9 reports; requiring certain publication; allowing for
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10 promulgation; providing for noncodification;
10 providing for codification; and providing an
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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 not to be
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16 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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17 This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Voter Roll
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18 Integrity and Maintenance Act".
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19 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4-122 of Title 26, unless there
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21 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 A. 1. The Secretary of the State Election Board shall prepare
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23 and submit an annual report, as provided for in subsection B of this
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24 section, to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,
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1 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than
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2 January 31 of each year.
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3 2. Each secretary of a county election board shall prepare and
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4 submit an annual report, as provided for in subsection B of this
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5 section, to the Secretary of the State Election Board no later than
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6 January 15 of each year.
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7 B. 1. The reports required in subsection A of this section
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8 shall include the following information:
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9 a. a summary of efforts undertaken during the preceding
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10 calendar year to prevent non-citizens from being added
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11 to the voter rolls,
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12 b. actions taken to remove any identified non-citizens or
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13 other ineligible persons from the voter rolls,
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14 including the total number of removed individuals and
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15 reasons for removal,
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16 c. any coordination or collaboration with federal, state,
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17 and local agencies to verify voter eligibility, and
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18 d. an analysis of the efficacy of current voter
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19 registration maintenance processes and any
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20 recommendations for improvements.
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21 2. The report of the Secretary of the State Election Board shall
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22 include aggregated statewide data as well as a summary of county-
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1 C. The Secretary shall publish the statewide report on the
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2 official state website within thirty (30) days of submission to the
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3 Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker
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4 of the House of Representatives, to ensure public transparency.
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5 D. Failure by the secretary of a county election board to
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6 submit the required report by the specified deadline shall result in
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7 notification from the Secretary, providing a fourteen-day grace
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8 period for compliance. Repeated failure to comply with the
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9 provisions of this act shall result in a written referral to the
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10 Secretary for review and potential disciplinary action as deemed
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11 appropriate by the Secretary.
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12 E. The Legislature shall retain exclusive authority to
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13 establish statutes necessary for implementation of the provisions of
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14 this act. The Secretary of State may promulgate rules necessary to
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15 implement the requirements of this section and submit to the
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16 legislature for approval as required by law.
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17 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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