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SB1015 • 2026

State agencies; creating the State-Sponsored Persecution Prohibition Act.

State agencies; creating the State-Sponsored Persecution Prohibition Act.

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Sponsor
Jett
Last action
2025-03-17
Official status
Coauthored by Representative Kelley (principal House author)
Effective date
Not listed

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State agencies; creating the State-Sponsored Persecution Prohibition Act.

State agencies; creating the State-Sponsored Persecution Prohibition Act.

What This Bill Does

  • State agencies; creating the State-Sponsored Persecution Prohibition Act.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1015 (Senate): Introduced (1/24/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1015 (Senate): Committee Substitute (2/25/2025)

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Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 1762 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.
  • 1015 By: Jett COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to state government; creating the State-Sponsored Persecution Prohibition Act; providing short title; prohibiting certain actions by state agencies; providing for civil action and penalties; providing for noncodification; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-17 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Kelley (principal House author)

  2. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  3. 2025-02-25 Senate

    Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Retirement and Government Resources committee; CR filed

  4. 2025-02-25 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Bullard

  5. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Retirement and Government Resources

  6. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  7. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Jett

Official Summary Text

State agencies; creating the State-Sponsored Persecution Prohibition Act.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1015 (Senate): Introduced (1/24/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1015 (Senate): Committee Substitute (2/25/2025)

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 25, 2025

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1015 By: Jett

An Act relating to state government; creating the
State-Sponsored Persecution Prohibition Act;
providing short title; prohibiting certain actions by
state agencies; providing for civil action and
penalties; providing for noncodification; 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 not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “State-Sponsored
Persecution Prohibition Act”.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13001 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No state agency shall for personal, political, or
ideological reasons:
1. Maliciously investigate a law-abiding private business,
farmer, rancher, or taxpayer with the intent to intimidate or
harass;

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2. Threaten or attempt to threaten any law-abiding private
business, farmer, rancher, or taxpayer with punitive regulation or
retaliation for questioning the agency or reporting misconduct of
the agency; or
3. Excessively and repetitively harass through communication a
law-abiding private business, farmer, rancher, or taxpayer.
B. Any agency found to have knowingly and willingly violated
this section of law shall be subject to civil action by the person
or persons directly impacted by the willful violation of the agency
and shall be entitled to seek damages and attorney fees.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT AND GOVERNMENT
RESOURCES
February 25, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS