1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 932 By: Jett | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to education; prohibiting certain | | employees, volunteers, and contractors from using | 8| certain names or pronouns without certain consent; | | defining term; prohibiting certain schools and | 9| institutions from requiring use of certain pronouns; | | providing penalty for noncompliance; providing for | 10| certain relief; providing for promulgation of rules; | | providing for codification; providing an effective | 11| date; and declaring an emergency. | | | 12| | | | 13| | | | 14|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 15| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 16|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-126 of Title 70, unless there | | | 17|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 18| A. Employees, volunteers, and contractors of a school district, | | | 19|public charter school, public virtual charter school, technology | | | 20|center school, or institution of higher education within The | | | 21|Oklahoma State System of Higher Education shall be prohibited from: | | | 22| 1. Using a name to address a student under the age of eighteen | | | 23|(18) other than the name listed on a student's birth certificate, or | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 1317 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|derivatives thereof, without written consent from the student's | | | 2|parent or legal guardian; or | | | 3| 2. Using a pronoun to address a student under the age of | | | 4|eighteen (18) that is different from the student's biological sex | | | 5|without written consent from a student's parent or legal guardian. | | | 6|For the purposes of this section, "biological sex" means the sex of | | | 7|an individual as listed on an original birth certificate. | | | 8| B. 1. School districts, public charter schools, public virtual | | | 9|charter schools, technology center schools, and institutions of | | | 10|higher education within The Oklahoma State System of Higher | | | 11|Education shall be prohibited from requiring an employee, volunteer, | | | 12|or contractor from using a pronoun that does not match the | | | 13|biological sex of an employee, volunteer, contractor, or student if | | | 14|doing so is contrary to his or her religious or moral convictions. | | | 15| 2. Upon a finding of noncompliance with the provisions of | | | 16|paragraph 1 of this subsection, a school district, public charter | | | 17|school, public virtual charter school, technology center school, or | | | 18|institution of higher education within The Oklahoma State System of | | | 19|Higher Education shall be ineligible to receive state funding for | | | 20|the fiscal years following the year of noncompliance. | | | 21| C. Employees, volunteers, and contractors of a school district, | | | 22|public charter school, public virtual charter school, technology | | | 23|center school, or institution of higher education within The | | | 24|Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and parents or legal | | | Req. No. 1317 Page 2 ___________________________________________________________________________
1|guardians of students under the age of eighteen (18) enrolled | | | 2|therein may: | | | 3| 1. Seek relief for a violation of this section through the | | | 4|United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights; | | | 5|and/or | | | 6| 2. Have a cause of action for injunctive relief, damages, and | | | 7|any other relief permitted by law against the school district, | | | 8|public charter school, public virtual charter school, technology | | | 9|center school, or institution of higher education. | | | 10| D. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules to | | | 11|implement the provisions of this section. | | | 12| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2023. | | | 13| SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | | | 14|of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby | | | 15|declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and | | | 16|be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | | | 17| | | | 18| 59-1-1317 EB 1/19/2023 12:07:07 PM | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 1317 Page 3