Oklahoma Senate Bill 14 Summary

• Establishes the "Privacy and Conscience Protection Act" to add "disclosure of medical privacy" as a protected class under Oklahoma's employment discrimination law.

• Requires all public and private employers in Oklahoma to allow employees and contractors to refuse disclosure of their COVID-19 vaccination or immunization status by providing a certification of disclosure exemption form.

• Employees refusing vaccination disclosure must be given 30 calendar days to complete and submit the exemption form, which employers must accept without question and maintain in the employee's file.

• Prohibits employers from disclosing vaccination status, offering incentives for disclosure, discriminating or retaliating against non-disclosers, terminating employment, segregating employees, or requiring insignia/marks indicating vaccination refusal.

• Allows reasonable accommodations (mask-wearing or weekly testing) for those refusing disclosure, with all costs paid by the employer; enforcement violations under Office of the Attorney General jurisdiction; act takes effect immediately upon passage.