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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 862 By: Wingard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to emergency management; stating role
7 of government in emergencies; stating scope of
8 government authority; prohibiting certain actions;
8 creating felony offense; listing additional
9 punishments; providing for codification; and
9 providing an effective date.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 683.24C of Title 63, unless
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15 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. The constitutional role of government personnel, elected and
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17 employed, and all government agencies, during emergencies and
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18 disasters, is to aid residents of this state.
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19 B. All government personnel, elected and employed, and all
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20 government agencies have no authority to subvert the constitutional
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21 rights of the residents of this state, even during times of
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22 emergency or disaster.
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23 C. All government personnel, elected and employed, and all
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24 government agencies are prohibited from enacting or imposing any
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1 actions subverting the constitutional rights of the residents of
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2 this state, even during times of emergency or disaster.
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3 D. Examples of actions that shall be considered subversions of
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4 constitutional rights shall include:
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5 1. Requiring or compelling residents to receive a shot,
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6 vaccine, inoculation, or any other medical treatment;
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7 2. Requiring or compelling residents to wear a mask or medical
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8 device, with the exception of first responders and medical
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9 personnel;
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10 3. Restricting any right to medical treatment based on
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11 vaccination status, confiscating personal property, restricting
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12 constitutional freedoms, or restraining a patient involuntarily
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13 unless otherwise required by law;
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14 4. Requiring or compelling residents to show any documentation
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15 of vaccination status that was not already required by law prior to
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16 the emergency or disaster;
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17 5. Imposing a law, regulation, or restriction on businesses,
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18 churches, organizations, or residents that was not codified in law
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19 prior to the emergency or disaster;
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20 6. Restricting the rights of residents to exercise free speech,
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21 to peaceably assemble and gather in large groups, and to petition
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22 government for the redress of grievances, and restricting any other
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23 First Amendment right in any way that was not codified in law prior
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24 to the emergency or disaster;
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1 7. Restricting the rights of residents to exercise any Second
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2 Amendment right in any way that was not codified in law prior to the
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3 emergency or disaster; and
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4 8. Restricting the rights of residents to travel freely in any
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5 way that was not codified in law prior to the emergency or disaster.
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6 E. Any government official, elected or employed, who violates
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7 the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of
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8 a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department
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9 of Corrections for not more than five (5) years, a fine not more
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10 than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both such
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11 imprisonment and fine. The convicted government official shall also
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12 be subject to:
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13 1. Removal from his or her office or position;
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14 2. Prohibition from holding any future elected or public
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15 office;
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16 3. A fine of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per violation;
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18 4. Personal assumption of all liability where the government
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19 would otherwise be liable.
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20 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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