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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1783 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Legislature; creating the
Prohibiting Corruption in the Legislature Act of
2026; providing short title; prohibiting any member
of the Legislature from serving on certain committee
in certain circumstance; providing penalty for
certain violation; 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 456.8 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Prohibiting
Corruption in the Legislature Act of 2026”.
B. No member of the Legislature may serve on any legislative
committee as a member, vice chair, or chair if such member has a
family member within the third degree of consanguinity that is an
employee of, appointee of, or contracted by this state or any
political subdivision of such that has any oversight, including
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fiscal or legislative, over such entity for which the family member
is employed or contracted.
C. Any knowing violation of the provisions of subsection B of
this act shall be deemed corruption, and shall subject the member
who violates such provisions to removal of office.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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