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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1208 By: McIntosh
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state government; creating the
Judea and Samaria Act; providing short title;
defining terms; prohibiting state agencies from using
certain term in certain materials; providing for
certain exception; 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 9300 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Judea and
Samaria Act”.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9301 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in this act:
1. “Judea and Samaria” means the land controlled by Israel from
Jordan during the Six-Day War in 1967, with the land south of
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Jerusalem being considered Judea and the land north of Jerusalem
being considered Samaria;
2. “Official government material” means a guidance, rule,
material, briefing, press release, or communication prepared by a
state agency; and
3. “State agency” means any board, commission, department,
authority, bureau, office, or other entity created with authority to
make rules or formulate orders as defined in the Administrative
Procedures Act.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9302 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, no state
agency shall use the term “West Bank” to refer to Judea and Samaria
in an official government material or use state funds to create an
official government material that refers to Judea and Samaria as
West Bank.
B. The executive head of a state agency may waive the
prohibition provided for in subsection A of this section if the
executive head:
1. Determines that it is in the best interest of the state to
do so; and
2. Electronically submits to the Governor, the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
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Representatives a written explanation of such determination no later
than thirty (30) days after the date on which the executive head of
the state agency makes such determination.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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