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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 835 By: Daniels
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Secretary of State; defining
7 terms; requiring submission of certain agency actions
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8 procedures for certain review; requiring board to
9 abide by certain recommendations; subjecting board
9 members to removal for certain misconduct; specifying
10 actions not to be deemed anticompetitive; authorizing
10 board to make certain request; providing for
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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 664.11 of Title 74, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. As used in this section:
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19 1. "Proposed qualifying actions" means proposed actions by a
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20 qualifying board that include, but are not limited to:
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21 a. actions affecting a class or category of individuals,
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22 b. actions contested by the respondent,
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23 c. actions based on alleged conduct not admitted by the
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1 d. revocation or suspension of a license,
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2 e. actions stemming from a complaint filed by a
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3 competitor of the respondent, or
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4 f. actions that are purely discretionary by the board;
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5 and
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6 2. "Qualifying board" means a state licensing board or
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7 commission on which a majority of members are market participants in
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8 the occupation the board or commission regulates.
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9 B. 1. Any qualifying board proposing to take non-rulemaking
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10 action that has anticompetitive effects shall submit such proposed
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11 action to the Secretary of State for review and confirmation that
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12 the action is enforcing a clearly articulated and affirmatively
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13 expressed state policy.
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14 2. The Secretary of State, or his or her designee, shall review
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15 the action and return a written determination to the qualifying
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16 board within sixty (60) days.
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17 3. Upon receipt of the Secretary of State's written
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18 determination, the qualifying board shall abide by the Secretary of
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19 State's recommendation, if any.
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20 4. Failure of the qualifying board to following the written
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21 determination of the Secretary of State shall constitute misconduct
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22 and shall subject the board members to removal for cause by the
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1 C. Actions taken by qualifying boards that do not carry
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2 anticompetitive implications need not be submitted to the Secretary
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3 of State for review. Such actions shall include, but not be limited
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5 1. Actions to which the respondent consents or agrees;
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6 2. Actions resulting from a criminal conviction in a court of
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7 competent jurisdiction;
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8 3. Actions in which the qualifying board has performed the non-
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9 discretionary task of implementing a mandatory statute;
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10 4. Actions that impose only a fine or a requirement for
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11 additional education; and
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12 5. Actions that do not affect the status of a license or
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13 otherwise prevent a licensee from continuing to participate in the
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14 licensee's occupation.
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15 D. Qualifying boards may request a determination from the
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16 Secretary of State as to whether an action of the qualifying board
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18 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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