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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 744 By: Gillespie
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to labor; amending 40 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 199, which relates to prohibited acts against
8 employees; prohibiting employers from taking certain
8 adverse actions against certain employees; making
9 language gender neutral; providing an effective date;
9 and declaring an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 40 O.S. 2021, Section 199, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 199. A. It shall be a misdemeanor for any employer, as
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16 defined in Section 165.1 of this title, or his or her agent to
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17 discharge, penalize, or in any other manner discriminate against any
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18 employee because:
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19 1. The employee has filed a complaint with his or her employer,
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20 or the Commissioner of Labor or his or her authorized
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21 representative, to enforce any provision of Sections 71 through
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1 2. The employee has caused to be instituted a proceeding or
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2 investigation related to an alleged violation of any provision of
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3 Sections 71 through 198.2 of this title; or
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4 3. The employee has testified or is about to testify in an
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5 investigation or proceeding under this title;
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6 4. The employee has exercised his or her right to vote as
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7 protected in Section 4 of Article II of the Oklahoma Constitution in
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8 the course of his or her duties as an elected official; or
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9 5. The employee has exercised his or her right of free speech
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10 as protected in Section 22 of Article II of the Oklahoma
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11 Constitution in the course of his or her duties as an elected
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12 official.
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13 B. Every employer, as defined in Section 165.1 of this title,
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14 or his or her agent shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if:
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15 1. The filing of a complaint with the employer, Commissioner of
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16 Labor or his or her authorized representative, or the taking of any
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17 action directly related to the complaint by any employee is a
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18 substantial and material factor in the discharge, penalization of or
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19 any other discrimination against the employee by the employer or his
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21 2. The employer or his or her agent has acted in a manner which
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22 has the effect of discouraging, restraining, coercing, or
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23 interfering with any employee in the exercise of the employee's
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1 C. Every person convicted of violating a prohibition of this
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2 section shall be fined not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more
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3 than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or imprisoned in the county jail
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4 for not less than five (5) days nor more than thirty (30) days, or
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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7 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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8 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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9 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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10 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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