Oklahoma SB 715: Elections; modifying prohibited activities at polling place or voting site; modifying elements of certain misdemeanor offense. Effective date.

Bill Text

SB715 FULLPCS1 Carl Newton-LRB 
 3/23/2021 10:35:27 am 
AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS 
 
  Amendment submitted by: Carl Newton 
Adopted: _____________________________ 
 
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                         Reading Clerk 
 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
State of Oklahoma 
 
 SPEAKER:  
 
 CHAIR:  
 
I move to amend  SB715                                          
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By striking the Title, the Enacting Clause, the entire bill, and by 
inserting in lieu thereof the following language:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) 
 
PROPOSED 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR ENGROSSED 
SENATE BILL NO. 715 By: Jech of the Senate 
   and 
   Newton of the House 
 
 
 
PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
 
An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2011, 
Sections 7-108 and 16-111, which relate to 
electioneering; modifying prohibited activities at 
polling place or voting site; defining terms; 
modifying elements of certain misdemeanor offense; 
and providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     26 O.S. 2011, Section 7-108, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 7-108.  A.  No person shall be allowed to electioneer 
within three hundred (300) feet of any ballot box an entrance to a 
polling place or in-person absentee voting site or a person who is 
standing in line to vote outside the polling place or voting site 
while an election is in progress, nor shall any.  No person or 
persons, except election officials, voters registered and voting at 

 
 
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the polling place or voting site, minor children or dependents 
accompanying such voters and other persons authorized by law, shall 
be allowed inside the election enclosure or within fifty (50) feet 
of any ballot box an entrance to a polling place or in-person 
absentee voting site while an election is in progress.  No printed 
material other than that provided by the election board shall be 
publicly placed or exposed within three hundred (300) feet of any 
ballot box, an entrance to a polling place or in-person absentee 
voting site while an election is in progress. 
B.  For purposes of this title: 
1.  "Electioneering" means: 
a. advocating directly for or against a candidate or 
question that is on the ballot at the election, either 
verbally or with visual materials, signs or clothing, 
or 
b. collecting signatures for a petition to place an issue 
or question on a future ballot; and 
2.  "Election enclosure" means the areas of a polling place or 
in-person absentee voting site where voters sign the precinct 
registry and are issued ballots, where voting booths are located, 
where a voting device or ballot box is located, and any room, 
hallway or other space wherein such activities take place. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     26 O.S. 2011, Section 16-111, is 
amended to read as follows: 

 
 
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Section 16-111.  Any person who electioneers within three 
hundred (300) feet of any ballot box an entrance to a polling place 
or in-person absentee voting site or a person who is standing in 
line to vote outside the polling place or voting site while an 
election is in progress, and any person except election officials, 
voters registered and voting at the polling place or voting site, 
minor children or dependents accompanying such voters and other 
persons authorized by law who remains within fifty (50) feet of any 
ballot box an entrance to a polling place or in-person absentee 
voting site while an election is in progress shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 
 
58-1-7938 LRB 03/16/21