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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma Bill Prohibits COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Liability for Covered Entities
Last action · February 4, 2025: Second Reading referred to Rules
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What This Bill Proposed
Public health and safety; Vaccine Mandate Prohibition Act; covered entities; liability; civil actions; emergency.
Changes legal obligations for Oklahoma employers, state agencies, and private businesses by banning vaccine mandates and penalization while protecting them from lawsuits tied to virus exposure.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Private Entities and Employers
Private businesses and employers are barred from requiring COVID-19 vaccines for employment or customer access and are granted immunity from civil lawsuits related to virus exposure if compliant.
Hospitals and State-Funded Entities
Employees and Students in Oklahoma
Individuals cannot be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for employment, educational admittance, or professional licensure, and are protected from workplace discrimination based on vaccination status.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which organizations must follow the vaccine mandate ban?
Does this bill protect businesses from COVID-19 lawsuits?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Humphrey
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Full breakdown
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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