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Senate Bill 658 (2021)

An Act relating to schools: prohibiting school districts and technology centers from requiring COVID-19 vaccination or vaccine passports or from implementing mask mandates for unvaccinated students; conditions for any mask mandate

Oklahoma Legislature (58th Leg., 1st Sess.); approved by Governor Stitt May 28, 2021 · Oklahoma (State)

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Jurisdiction
Oklahoma
Level
State
Authority
Enrolled Senate Bill 658; codified 70 O.S. 1210.189 and 1210.190; amends 70 O.S. 1210.191
Issued
2021-05-28 May 28, 2021
Effective
2021-07-01
End
Mask provisions temporarily enjoined Sept. 1, 2021 (District Court of Oklahoma County; verified_secondary); statute otherwise in force through 2021 Q3 (read as 2021-09-01)
In force
July 1, 2021 to Sept. 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • public school districts
  • technology center school districts
  • State Department of Education
Functions reached
  • IN/EC schools' 2021-22 operating rules
  • WF parents' workforce availability via school operations
  • SCH
Collection
Oklahoma OK

Operative words

[Section 1210.189 A:]... 1. Require a vaccination against Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a condition of admittance to or attendance of the school or technology center school; 2. Require a vaccine passport as a condition of admittance to or attendance of the school or technology center school; or 3. Implement a mask mandate for students who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.... [Section 1210.190:]... [a mask mandate may be implemented only] after consultation with the local county health department or city-county health department... [during] a state of emergency declared by the Governor... SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.

Enforcement

Statutory prohibition on school boards; enforcement through the State Department of Education

Notes

Passed the Senate May 25 and the House May 26, 2021; signed May 28, 2021 (EO 2021-16 recital). The Oklahoma State Medical Association and parents sued Aug. 12, 2021; Judge Natalie Mai temporarily blocked enforcement Sept. 1, 2021 (Ballotpedia, citing The Oklahoman, Sept. 1, 2021).

Retrieval note

Enrolled text from the Legislature's server; operative subsections quoted from Sections 2-4.

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