UPDATE: 3/23/2017 - SB 83 failed to move out of the full senate by a vote of 26 NO and 16 YES. Senator Yen asked for the vote to be reconsidered and that failed by a vote of 22 Yes and 17 NO, 25 Yes votes were needed. You can view the votes here - http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2017-18%20SUPPORT%20DOCUMENTS/votes/Senate/SB83_VOTES.HTM
Bills can carry over from odd-numbered to even-numbered years.
UPDATE: 3/23/2017 - SB 83 is being debated on the senate floor. Video is available here - http://oksenate.gov/livechamber.htm
UPDATE: 3/3/2017 - A senate floor version of SB 83 was posted on 2/28/2017 - http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18%20FLR/SFLR/SB83%20SFLR.PDF
The substitute version that passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee restricts the religious belief exemption in Oklahoma and discriminates those exercising their religious and conscientious beliefs by subjecting them to state mandated so-called education in order to exercise rights. For more information on the importance of protecting religious freedom and the religious belief exemptions from discrimination watch Barbara Loe Fisher's testimony given in the Virginia Legislature here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzAxnmmU1UU
UPDATE: 2/27/2017 - SB 83 was put on the agenda for the meeting today in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee on short notice and passed committee as a substitute.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/capitol_report/oklahoma-senate-committee-passes-watered-down-vaccination-bill/article_83896653-ab5e-5721-9df6-0abfb41143fc.html - news article about the amended bill.
Substitute version that passed committee today:
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18%20COMMITTEE%20AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB83%20PCS.PDF
The committee substitute version requires:
2. A written statement by the parent, guardian or legal custodian of the child attesting that they have viewed the
information required by subsection B of this section and objecting to immunization of the child; whereupon the child shall be exempt from the immunization laws of this state.
B. A nonmedical exemption granted pursuant to paragraph 2 of
subsection A of this section shall only be valid for two (2) school
years and only after the parent or guardian:
1. Views information regarding the risks of not vaccinating
their child on a website maintained by the State Department of
Health; and
2. Submits a notarized document attesting that they have viewed
the information required by this subsection, certifying that he or
she has viewed the information specified in paragraph 1 of this
subsection.
C. The Department shall develop and maintain a stable Internet
website to provide the information described in subsection B of this
section. No information regarding who uses the website shall be
collected or maintained by the Department. The website created
pursuant to this section shall:
1. Ensure that the materials and form described in subsection B
of this section are printable only after viewing information about
the risks of not vaccinating a child;
2. Provide clear and prominent instructions on how to receive
the information in printed form;
3. Be accessible to the public without requiring registration
or use of a user name, a password or another user identification;
and
4. Only contain information that conforms to the highest
standards of academic research, including but not limited to peer review.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2017.
SB 83 was introduced on 1/4/2017 and will have first reading on 2/6/2017. This bill is sponsored by Senator Yen and eliminates the personal and religious belief exemptions to vaccination in Oklahoma.
http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB83&session=1700 - text, status and history for SB 83.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2017-18%20INT/SB/SB83%20INT.PDF - text of SB 83 as introduced.
http://www.newson6.com/story/34271869/okc-doctor-senator-pushes-for-proposed-vaccination-bill , http://kgou.org/post/oklahoma-lawmaker-takes-another-shot-vaccination-bill - news articles quoting Senator Yen
This bill is similar to SB 1478 that died in the 2016 legislative session that would have eliminated the conscientious belief exemption but leave a religious exemption. SB 83 eliminates both conscientious and religious leaving only medical exemptions.