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An act relating to discrimination, 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 948            By: Dossett
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to discrimination; adopting certain

7   definition of anti-Semitism; providing for

8   codification; providing an effective date; and

8   declaring an emergency.

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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12  SECTION 1.     NEW LAW   A new section of law to be codified

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13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1911 of Title 25, unless there
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14 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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15  The State of Oklahoma hereby adopts the following non-legally

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16 binding working definition of anti-Semitism:
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17  "Anti-Semitism" means a certain perception of Jewish people,

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18 which may be expressed as hatred toward Jewish people. Rhetorical
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19 and physical manifestations of anti-Semitism are directed toward
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20 Jewish or non-Jewish individuals or their property, toward Jewish
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21 community institutions and religious facilities.
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22  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.

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23  SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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24 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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1 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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2 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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