An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 2 By: Bergstrom, Murdock, Dahm,
Hamilton, Quinn, Stephens,
Rogers, Bullard, Jett,
Merrick, Taylor, Weaver,
Daniels, Pederson,
Standridge, Burns,
Newhouse, Pemberton, and
Garvin of the Senate
and
Hasenbeck, Dills, West
(Kevin), Crosswhite Hader,
West (Josh), Humphrey ,
Conley, Stark, Russ, Boles,
Townley, Gann, Kendrix,
Lawson, McDugle, Roberts
(Sean), Manger, Lowe
(Dick), Steagall, Roe,
Hardin (David), Grego ,
Dempsey, Smith, West
(Rick), Sneed, Cornwell,
Wolfley, Bashore, Ols en,
Miller, Stearman, and Baker
of the House
An Act relating to student athletics; creatin g the
Save Women’s Sports Act; providing short title;
providing definitions; requiring certain athletic
teams to be designated based on biological sex;
requiring execution of affidavit; requiring certain
notification; prohibiting certain teams from being
open to students of certain sex; creating causes of
action for certain students; prohibiting certain
groups from taking actions against schools for
maintaining athletic teams or sports for students of
the female sex; creating a cause of action for
certain schools; requiring causes of action to be
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initiated in certain time frame; providing for award
of damages, fees and costs; providing for
codification; and declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Creating the Save Women ’s Sports Act
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OK LAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 27 -106 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cite d as the “Save
Women’s Sports Act”.
B. As used in this section:
1. "School" means a public school district or public charter
school in this state or an institution within The Oklahoma State
System of Higher Education;
2. "School athletic association" shall have the same meaning as
provided for in Section 27 -102 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
and
3. "Intercollegiate association" shall mean a national
association that sets eligibility requirements for participation in
sports at the collegiate level and that provides the coordination,
supervision and regulation of the intercollegiate competitions.
C. Athletic teams that are sponso red by a school or sponsored
by a private school whose students or teams compete against a school
shall be expressly desi gnated as one of the following based on
biological sex:
1. "Males", "men" or "boys" ;
2. "Females", "women" or "girls" ; or
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3. "Coed" or "mixed".
D. Prior to the beginning of each school year, the parent or
legal guardian of a student who competes on a s chool athletic team
shall sign an affidavit acknowledging the biological sex of the
student at birth. If the student is eighteen (18) years of age or
older, the student who competes on a school athletic team shall sign
an affidavit acknowledging his or he r biological sex at birth. If
there is any change in the status of the biological sex of the
student, the affiant shall notify the school within thirty (30) days
of such change.
E. 1. Athletic teams designated for "females", "women" or
"girls" shall not be open to students of the male sex.
2. Any student who is deprived of an athletic opportunity or
suffers any direct or indirec t harm as a result of a violation of
paragraph 1 of this subsection shall have a cause of action for
injunctive relief, damages and any other relief available permitted
by law against the school.
3. Any student who is subject to retaliation or other adve rse
action by a school, school athletic association or intercollegiate
association as a result of reporting a violation of parag raph 1 of
this subsection to an employee or representative of the school,
school athletic association or intercollegiate associa tion or to any
state or federal agency with oversight of schools in this state
shall have a cause of action for injunctive relie f, damages and any
other relief available permitted by law against the school, school
athletic association or intercollegiate as sociation.
F. 1. The State Board of Education, the Oklahoma State Regents
for Higher Education and any school athletic associa tion or
intercollegiate association of which a school is a member shall be
prohibited from entertaining a complaint, opening an investigation
or taking any other adverse action against a school for maintaining
athletic teams or sports for students of the f emale sex as provided
for in subsection E of this section.
2. Any school that suffers any direct or indirect harm as a
result of a violation of paragraph 1 of this subsection shall have a
cause of action for injunctive relief, damages and any other relief
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permitted by law against the State Board of Education, the Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education, school athletic assoc iation or
intercollegiate association.
G. Causes of action authorized by this section shall be
initiated within two (2) years aft er the harm occurred. Persons or
associations that prevail on a claim brought pursuant to this
section shall be entitled to monetary damages including for any
psychological, emotional and physical harm suffered, reasonable
attorney fees and costs and any other appropriate relief permitted
by law.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is here by
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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Passed the Senate the 24th day of March, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 19th day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __