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Oklahoma Legislature· SB 879Coauthored by Representative Jenkins (principal House author)

An act relating to public health, the official text

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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 879                 By: Grellner
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to public health; prohibiting certain

7   vaccination of an infant without prior written

8   informed consent; making vaccination voluntary and

8   opt-in only; prohibiting certain requirement or

9   implication; 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 1-511.1 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. As provided in the Parents' Bill of Rights, a health care

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17 provider shall not administer any vaccine to an infant including,
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18 but not limited to, the Hepatitis B vaccine, unless the health care
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19 provider has obtained the prior written informed consent of the
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20 infant's parent or legal guardian and has explained any risks
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21 associated with the vaccine to the parent or legal guardian.
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22  B. The vaccines described in subsection A of this section shall

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23 be voluntary and on an opt-in basis only. The health care provider
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24 shall not require, or imply that it is required for, the parent or
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2 or legal guardian's infant.
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3   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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