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OK HB1218
Bill
Status
2/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kevin West
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AI Summary
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Oklahoma adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Anti-Semitism from May 26, 2016, including its contemporary examples of anti-Semitism
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The definition serves exclusively as a non-legally binding tool for training, education, recognizing and combating anti-Semitic hate crimes or discrimination, and tracking/reporting anti-Semitic incidents in the state
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The act explicitly protects First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution and Oklahoma Constitution from being diminished or infringed
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Effective date of July 1, 2025, with an emergency clause allowing immediate effect upon passage and approval
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Codified as Section 1911 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes
Legislative Description
Discrimination; anti-Semitism; certain definition; purposes; construing provisions; effective date; emergency.
Last Action
Emergency added
3/10/2025