Req. No. 7239 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) HOUSE BILL 2109 By: Turner AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to state government; requiring state governmental entities organized within the executive branch of state government to i nclude certain choices regarding natural persons in documents; providing exception; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency . BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9501 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Each agency, board, commission, department, instrumentality o r other entity organized within the executive branch of state government shall include, if applicable, on any form or other document used by the state governmental entity as part of a process for determining a natural person 's identity a nonbinary option wherever options for male and female exist . The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any form or document used by the Req. No. 7239 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 state governmental entity if gender information is not required or is not otherwise part of the content of the form or document. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021. SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this ac t shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 58-1-7239 MAH 01/20/21