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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1631 By: Grellner
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to higher education; amending
Sections 1 and 4, Chapter 18, O.S.L. 2022 (70 O.S.
Supp. 2025, Sections 3205.11 and 3205.13), which
relate to the Oklahoma Free Speech Committee;
providing for appointment of members; providing for
filling of vacancies; directing certain institutions
of higher education to provide students with certain
written notification with certain frequency; updating
statutory language; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 18, O.S.L. 2022
(70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 3205.11), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 3205.11. A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Free
Speech Committee to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
B. The Oklahoma Free Speech Committee shall be comprised of ten
(10) members to be appointed as follows:
1. Five persons to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate including one member of the minority party and four
members of the majority party, of whom one member shall not be
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serving in an elected or appointed leadership position in the
Senate; and
2. Five persons to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives including one member of the minority party and four
members of the majority party, of whom one member shall not be
serving in an elected or appointed leadership position in the House
of Representatives.
C. Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled by the appointing
authority.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 4, Chapter 18, O.S.L. 2022
(70 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 3205.13), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 3205.13. The Oklahoma Free Speech Committee shall
develop a process of collecting complaints of free speech violations
on public university the campuses of institutions of higher
education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and
advise complainants of their rights. Universities Institutions of
higher education shall publish contact information on how to report
free speech concerns to the Oklahoma Free Speech Committee on its
website their websites and shall provide written notification of
such information to students during first-year orientation and at
least once within the first month of each semester of each academic
year the student is enrolled in the institution.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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SECTION 4. 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.
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