Administrative Procedures Act; requiring certain statutes and rules to be interpreted in certain manner. Effective date.

SB 712 amends Oklahoma's Administrative Procedures Act to require courts to interpret statutes and agency rules independently, without deferring to an agency's interpretation. This means courts must review the meaning of laws and rules on their own, rather than accepting an agency's explanation. The bill directly affects agencies, courts, and individuals or businesses challenging agency decisions in judicial review. It changes the standard for legal challenges to agency actions, ensuring courts, not agencies, determine the meaning of the law.