Req. No. 1180 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 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) SENATE BILL 676 By: Hamilton AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to crime and punishment; making certain medical treatment unlawful; providing definition; providing for certain penalty ; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codifi ed in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 761 of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows: A. It shall be unlawful for a person under the age of twenty- one (21) years to undergo gender reassignment medical treatment in this state. B. It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian or other person in this state having charge, control or custody of a child under the age of eighteen (18) years to obtain gender reassignment medical treatment for the child. C. It shall be unlawful for a health care professional to intentionally perform gender reassignment medical treatment on a person who is under the age of twen ty-one (21) years. Req. No. 1180 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 D. “Gender reassignment medical treatment” means any health care to facilitate the tra nsitioning of a patient’s assigned gender identity on the patien t’s birth certificate, to the gender identity experienced and defined by the patient. The term shall include, but not be limited to: 1. Medical procedures to suppress the develop ment of endogenous secondary sex characteristics; 2. Medical procedures to align the patient’s appearance or physical body with the patient’s gender identity. This does not include clothing, hairs tyles, the use of makeup or other non - permanent actions of the patient; and 3. Medical procedures to alleviate the sympto ms of clinically significant distress res ulting from gender dysphoria, as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5 th Edition. The term does not include behavioral health care services , such as mental health counseling. E. Any person guilty of the provisions of subsection A, B or C shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less than three (3) years nor more th an life and a fine of not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). SECTION 2. This act shall become ef fective November 1, 2021. 58-1-1180 BG 1/21/2021 11:31:29 AM