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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1043 By: Jenkins
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to motor vehicles; creating the
Respect for Citizens Act of 2025; declaring certain
driver licenses invalid in this state; providing
details on invalid licenses; requiring law
enforcement issue citation to certain drivers;
requiring certain notice; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date.
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 6-310 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Respect for
Citizens Act of 2025".
B. If a driver license is of a class of licenses issued by
another state exclusively to undocumented immigrants who are unable
to prove lawful presence in the United States when the licenses are
issued, the driver license or other permit purporting to authorize
the holder to operate a motor vehicle on public roadways, is invalid
in the State of Oklahoma and does not authorize the holder to
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operate a motor vehicle in this state. Such classes of licenses
include licenses that are issued exclusively to undocumented
immigrants or licenses that are substantially the same as licenses
issued to citizens, residents, or those lawfully present in the
United States but have markings establishing that the license holder
did not exercise the option of providing proof of lawful presence.
C. A law enforcement officer or other authorized representative
of the law enforcement agency who stops a person driving with an
invalid license as described in subsection B of this section and
driving without a valid license shall issue a citation to the driver
for driving without a license.
D. To facilitate the enforcement of this section and to aid in
providing notice to the public and visitors of invalid licenses, law
enforcement agencies shall maintain on their websites a list of out-
of-state classes of driver licenses that are invalid in this state.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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