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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1755 By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to torts; defining terms; providing
certain immunity; 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 113 of Title 76, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Religious organization” means any church, seminary,
synagogue, temple, mosque, religious order, religious corporation,
association, or society, whose identity is distinctive in terms of
common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices, or rituals of
any faith or denomination, including any organization qualifying as
a church or religious organization under Section 501(c)(3) or 501(d)
of the United States Internal Revenue Code; and
2. “Security personnel” means an individual:
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a. whom a religious organization hires to provide
security services for the organization, or
b. who is a volunteer of a religious organization whose
duties include providing security services to the
organization.
B. A religious organization or security personnel of a
religious organization shall be immune from civil liability for any
act or omission by the security personnel that results in death,
damage, or injury if the security personnel was acting in the course
and scope of employment or volunteer duties to provide security
services to the organization, including an intentional act or an act
involving possession or use of a firearm.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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