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OK SB954
Bill
Status
2/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Julie Daniels
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AI Summary
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Prohibits discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, or marital status against students and employees in Oklahoma higher education institutions and public schools.
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Defines antisemitism using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition and requires institutions to integrate this definition into student, faculty, and employee codes of conduct with penalties identical to racism violations.
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Treats harassment and discrimination motivated by antisemitic intent identically to race-based discrimination, and specifies six categories of prohibited antisemitic conduct including violence, supporting BDS, masked demonstrations, and antisemitic curriculum.
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Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and State Board of Education to monitor institutions for antisemitic activity and impose at least a one-percent funding reduction if institutions fail to address violations within 30 days of notice.
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Becomes effective July 1, 2025, and includes emergency clause; preserves First Amendment protections and does not conflict with existing federal or state discrimination laws.
Legislative Description
Education; prohibiting certain exclusions, denials, and discrimination. Emergency.
Last Action
Second Reading referred to Education
2/4/2025