Municipalities; prohibiting approval of certain facility within certain locations. Emergency.

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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 484 By: Standridge, Hamilton,
Bergstrom, Prieto,
Gillespie, and Jett of the
Senate

and

West (Kevin) of the House

An Act relating to municipalities; defining terms;
prohibiting approval of certain facility within
certain locations; providing certain exceptions;
clarifying intent; providing for codification; and
declaring an emergency.

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 43-116 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Domestic violence shelter” means a facility providing
temporary housing and services for domestic violence victims;
2. “Domestic violence victim” means any person who:
a. does not have access to normal accommodations as a
result of violence or the threat of violence from a
cohabitant, and

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b. otherwise meets the definition of a homeless person,
as provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection;
3. “Entity” means any individual, corporation, company, firm,
partnership, association, trust, state agency, government
instrumentality or agency, institution, county, incorporated
municipality, municipal authority, trust in which any governmental
entity is a beneficiary, venture, or other legal entity however
organized;
4. “Homeless person” means any person who:
a. lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime
residence,
b. has as a primary nighttime residence a publicly or
privately operated shelter designed to provide
temporary living accommodations, or
c. has as a primary nighttime residence a public or
private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as,
regular sleeping accommodations for a human being;
5. “Homeless shelter” means a facility providing temporary
housing and services for homeless persons;
6. “Unaccompanied minor” means any minor who:
a. is not in the physical custody of a parent or
guardian, and
b. otherwise meets the definition of a homeless person,
as provided in paragraph 4 of this subsection; and

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7. “Youth shelter” means a facility providing temporary housing
and services for unaccompanied minors and includes, but is not
limited to, any such facility licensed or operated by the Department
of Human Services or the Office of Juvenile Affairs as a group home,
child care facility, or children’s shelter.
B. The municipal governing body, municipal zoning commission,
or any other such body with zoning authority of the municipality
where the proposed homeless shelter is located, provided the
municipality has a population of less than three hundred thousand
(300,000) according to the latest Federal Decennial Census, shall
not approve any proposed homeless shelter if such shelter would be
located within three thousand (3,000) feet of any school or school
property.
C. Any homeless shelter that was properly zoned and approved at
its location on the effective date of this act shall be permitted to
continue operating and not be subject to relocation or closure. If
any school or school property is established within three thousand
(3,000) feet of any homeless shelter after such homeless shelter has
been properly zoned and approved, the provisions of this section
shall not be a cause for the revocation or closure of such homeless
shelter. Any change of use from a homeless shelter at a location
that was properly zoned and approved on the effective date of this
act shall subject such location to the provisions of this act.

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D. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
apply to domestic violence shelters or youth shelters or to a
homeless shelter operated within a place of worship.
SECTION 2. 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.
Passed the Senate the 25th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives