Senate Bill 469 Summary

• Amends 85 O.S. 2001, Section 12 regarding workers' compensation liability to clarify existing law and improve formatting of the statute's provisions.

• Reorganizes subsections from Roman numerals (i)-(vi) to numbered format (1)-(6) without substantive changes to employer liability protections or intentional tort definitions.

• Clarifies that intentional tort requires willful, deliberate, specific intent to cause injury; mere knowledge that injury was substantially certain to result does not constitute intentional tort.

• Maintains existing immunities for employers and intermediate/principal employers, while preserving exceptions for uninsured employers and actions based on intentional torts.

• Becomes effective November 1, 2011.