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OK HB1218

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kevin West

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Oklahoma adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Anti-Semitism from May 26, 2016, including its contemporary examples of anti-Semitism

  • 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

  • The act explicitly protects First Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution and Oklahoma Constitution from being diminished or infringed

  • Effective date of July 1, 2025, with an emergency clause allowing immediate effect upon passage and approval

  • 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

Committee Referrals

General Government2/4/2025
Government Oversight2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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