SB 862 — Emergency management; stating scope of government authority. Effective date.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1.

NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 683.24C of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A.

The constitutional role of government personnel, elected and employed, and all government agencies, during emergencies and disasters, is to aid residents of this state.

B.

All government personnel, elected and employed, and all government agencies have no authority to subvert the constitutional rights of the residents of this state, even during times of emergency or disaster.

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All government personnel, elected and employed, and all government agencies are prohibited from enacting or imposing any actions subverting the constitutional rights of the residents of this state, even during times of emergency or disaster.

D.

Examples of actions that shall be considered subversions of constitutional rights shall include:

1.

Requiring or compelling residents to receive a shot, vaccine, inoculation, or any other medical treatment;

2.

Requiring or compelling residents to wear a mask or medical device, with the exception of first responders and medical personnel;

3.

Restricting any right to medical treatment based on vaccination status, confiscating personal property, restricting constitutional freedoms, or restraining a patient involuntarily unless otherwise required by law;

4.

Requiring or compelling residents to show any documentation of vaccination status that was not already required by law prior to the emergency or disaster;

5.

Imposing any unconstitutional law, regulation, or restriction on businesses, churches, organizations, or residents that was not codified in law prior to the emergency or disaster;

6.

Restricting the rights of residents to exercise free speech, to peaceably assemble and gather in large groups, and to petition government for the redress of grievances, and restricting any other SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB862 SFLR Page 2 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) First Amendment right in any way that was not codified in law prior to the emergency or disaster;

7.

Restricting the rights of residents to exercise any Second Amendment right in any way that was not codified in law prior to the emergency or disaster;

and 8.

Restricting the rights of residents to travel freely in any way that was not codified in law prior to the emergency or disaster.

E.

Any government official, elected or employed, who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years, a fine not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.

The convicted government official shall also be subject to: