Oklahoma SB 183: Professional and occupational licenses; directing promulgation of rules for certain default. Effective date. Emergency.

Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)

SENATE BILL 183 By: Dossett (J.A.)

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to professional and occupational
licenses; directing licensing authorities to
promulgate rules to protect against revocation or
suspension of a license or certification for failure
to make student loan payments; stating date for
rules; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; 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 4004 of Title 59, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. By July 1, 2022, every administrative body, state agency
director or official with authority over any occupational or
professional license or certification shall develop and promulgate
administrative rules to ensure no individual who has obtained an
occupational or professional licensure or certification from this
state may have such license or certification revoked or suspended
solely for failure to make their scheduled student loan payments or
being delinquent on their student loans.

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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. 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.

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