A. As used in this section:
- 1. “Court” means any court, board, tribunal, administrative agency, or other adjudicative or enforcement authority of this state or any of its political subdivisions;
- 2. “Foreign law, legal code, or system” means any law, legal code, or system of a jurisdiction outside of any state or territory of the United States, inclusive of the laws, legal codes, and systems of international organizations or tribunals, applied by that jurisdiction’s courts, administrative bodies, or other formal or informal tribunals that are contrary to Western values. This shall not be construed as applying to the laws of any Native American tribes within this state;
- 3. “Religious organization” means a church, seminary, synagogue, temple, mosque, religious order, religious corporation, association, or society with an identity that is distinctive in terms of a common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, practices, or rituals of any faith or denomination, including any organization qualifying as a church or religious organization under the provisions of 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3) or 26 U.S.C., Section 501(d); and
4. “Judeo-Christian Western rights and values” means a system of values which recognizes:
- a. the right to due process,
- b. the right to equal protection under the law,
- c. freedom of religion,
- d. freedom of speech,
- e. freedom of the press,
- f. the right to keep and bear arms,
- g. the right to privacy, and
- h. the right to marry, as “marriage” is defined by the Oklahoma Constitution, to the extent that such definition does not conflict with federal law or a holding by the United States Supreme Court.
- B. Any court ruling or decision, if such ruling or decision is based in whole or in part on any foreign law, legal code, or system, shall be void and unenforceable if such ruling violates any Judeo-Christian Western rights and values.
- C. Any contract or contractual provision, if such would allow for a foreign law, legal code, or system to govern all or some of the disputes arising between the parties adjudicated by a court or law or by an arbitration panel arising from the mutually agreed contract, shall be void and unenforceable if such foreign law, legal code, or system does not grant the parties any Judeo-Christian Western rights and values.
- D. Any contract or contractual provision, if such provides for a jurisdiction for purposes of granting the courts or arbitration panels personal jurisdiction over the parties to adjudicate any disputes between parties arising from the mutually agreed contract, shall be void and unenforceable if such jurisdiction would apply any foreign law, legal code, or system to the dispute at issue that is contrary to any Judeo-Christian Western rights and values.
- E. This section shall not apply to a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business association, or other legal entity that contracts to subject itself to a foreign law, legal code, or system.
F.
- 1. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the right of any person in this state to the free exercise of religion as guaranteed by the provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 2. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require or authorize a court to adjudicate or prohibit any religious organization from adjudicating ecclesiastical matters, including but not limited to the election, appointment, calling, discipline, dismissal, removal, or excommunication of a member, officer, official, priest, nun, monk, pastor, rabbi, imam, or member of the clergy of such organization, or the determination or interpretation of the doctrine of such organization if such adjudication would violate the provisions of the Oklahoma Constitution and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Laws 2026, SB 1679, c. 355, § 2, emerg. eff. May 11, 2026.