State government; creating the Judea and Samaria Act. Effective date.

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
March 4, 2026

SENATE BILL NO. 2153 By: Daniels, McIntosh, and
Bullard of the Senate

and

Crosswhite Hader of the
House

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:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Judea and
Samaria Act”.
B. 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.
C. 1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection, 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.
2. The executive head of a state agency may waive the
prohibition provided for in paragraph 1 of this subsection if the
executive head:
a. determines that it is in the best interest of the
state to do so, and
b. electronically submits to the Governor, the President
Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
House of Representatives a written explanation of such
determination no later than thirty (30) days after the

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date on which the executive head of the state agency
makes such determination.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RULES
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