Summary: Two proposed state bills out of Oklahoma and Missouri would prohibit an âanimal rights charitable organizationâ from soliciting contributions in-state intended for either out-of-state use or âpolitical purposes.â It is worthwhile to examine the bills and the factual context out of which they arose because of the important constitutional rights that they implicate and the potential chilling effect of this sort of legislation on the ability of nonprofits to advocate for their causes. While today it is âanimal rightsâ groups under attackâby way of the bills discussed herein and other legislation such as so-called âag-gagâ bills, which suffer from some of the same constitutional deficienciesâit is not difficult to imagine scenarios in which other nonprofit groups with a viewpoint unwelcome to a legislature, or to powerful private interests, could be similarly targeted.