SB 1582

1SENATE FLOOR VERSION
                                  February 24, 2026
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3  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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4  SENATE BILL NO. 1582  By: Guthrie, Burns, and Jett
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7An Act relating to alien ownership of land; amending
           60 O.S. 2021, Section 122, which relates to
8exceptions; defining terms; modifying exception;
           updating statutory language; making language gender
9neutral; and declaring an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
13      SECTION 1.  AMENDATORY        60 O.S. 2021, Section 122, is
14 amended to read as follows:
15      Section 122.       A.   For purposes of this section:
16      1.   “Bona fide resident” shall mean a lawful permanent resident
17 of the United States; and
18      2.   “Lawful permanent resident” shall mean a foreign national
19 who has been granted the right to reside permanently in the United
20 States.
21      B.   This article shall not apply to lands now owned in this
22 state by aliens so long as they are held by the present owners, nor
23 to any alien who is or shall take up become, within one (1) year, a
24 bona fide residence in resident of this state:; and any alien who is
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1  or shall become, within one (1) year, a bona fide resident of the
2  State of Oklahoma this state shall have the right to acquire and
3  hold lands in this state upon the same terms as citizens United
4  States citizen residents of the State of Oklahoma this state during
5  the continuance of such bona fide residence of such alien in this
6  state:.    Provided, that if any such resident alien shall cease to be
7  a bona fide inhabitant resident of this state, such alien shall have
8  five (5) years one (1) year from the time he or she ceased to be
9  such bona fide resident in which to alienate such lands.
10      SECTION 2.      It being immediately necessary for the preservation
11 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
12 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
13 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
14 COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
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