Bill Text For SB0251 - Introduced

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 2|             1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)                |
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 3|SENATE BILL 251                      By: Dahm                          |
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 6|                            AS INTRODUCED                              |
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 7|       An Act relating to definitions and general                      |
  |       provisions; limiting permissible applications of                |
 8|       specified term or definition; prohibiting public                |
  |       entity from using other applications; providing for             |
 9|       codification; and declaring an emergency.                       |
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12|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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13|    SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified     |
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14|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 24.1 of Title 25, unless there     |
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15|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:               |
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16|    The only permissible applications of the terms or definitions of   |
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17|"gender" or "sex" shall be male (XY), female (XX), and intersex for    |
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18|those born with a mutation causing such abnormality.  No public        |
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19|entity in this state including but not limited to a state agency,      |
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20|political subdivision, or board of education may use any other         |
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21|application.                                                           |
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22|    SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation    |
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23|of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby          |
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 1|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and    |
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 2|be in full force from and after its passage and approval.              |
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 4|    59-1-420       DC        1/10/2023 1:59:48 PM                      |
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