Two bills supported by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) were approved in floor votes by the Oklahoma State Senate on Tuesday.
SB 942 — initiated by State Senator Kristen Thompson — was passed by a 31-15 margin. This legislation defines antisemitism using the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism, including its 11 contemporary examples, and mandates the integration of the definition into student, faculty, and employee codes of conduct.
Furthermore, the bill gives teeth to Title VI of the U.S. Civil Rights Act by directing the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to designate a Title VI coordinator to monitor, review, and investigate antisemitic discrimination in public K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions.