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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1006 By: Olsen
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; requiring display of Ten
Commandments in public school classrooms; prescribing
method for display; providing text of Ten
Commandments; providing for acceptance of donated
displays; permitting replacement of certain displays;
directing school to donate unused displays; providing
for codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
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 24-106.2 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, every public
school shall display in a conspicuous place in each classroom of the
school a durable poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments that
meets the requirements of subsection B of this section.
B. A poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments required by
subsection A of this section shall:
1. Include the text of the Ten Commandments as provided by
subsection C of this section in a size and typeface that is legible
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to a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom in
which the poster or framed copy is displayed; and
2. Be at least sixteen (16) inches wide and twenty (20) inches
tall.
C. The text of the poster or framed copy of the Ten
Commandments shall read as follows:
"The Ten Commandments
I AM the LORD thy God.
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven images.
Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor
his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is thy
neighbor's."
D. A public school in which each classroom does not include a
poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments shall:
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1. Accept any offer of a privately donated poster or framed
copy of the Ten Commandments provided that the poster or copy:
a. meets the requirements of subsection B of this
section, and
b. does not contain any additional content; and
2. Display the poster or framed copy as required by subsection
A of this section.
E. If a public school has a poster or framed copy of the Ten
Commandments in each classroom that does not meet the requirements
of subsection B of this section, the school may replace them with
privately donated posters or copies that meet the requirements for
display.
F. A public school shall offer a poster or framed copy of the
Ten Commandments required by subsection A of this section in the
school's possession that is not needed for display in a classroom as
a donation to another public school.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
60-1-10036 MAH 03/25/26