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	28	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	30	+	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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33	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
34	33		FOR ENGROSSED
35		-	HOUSE BILL ~~NO.~~ 1449 By: Hasenbeck, Conley, Stark,
	34	+	HOUSE BILL 1449 By: Hasenbeck, Conley, Stark,
36	35		Crosswhite Hader, Townley
37	36		and Roe of the House
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39	38		and
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41	40		Garvin of the Senate
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45		-	[ discrimination - Women’s Bill of Rights -
46		-	identification - noncodification - codification -
47		-	effective date ]
	44	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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	46	+	An Act relating to discrimination; enacting the
	47	+	Women’s Bill of Rights; declaring purpose; clarifying
	48	+	application and interpretation of act; amending 25
	49	+	O.S. 2021, Sections 16 , 1101, and 1201, which relate
	50	+	to definitions and general provisions; defining
	51	+	terms; construing provisions; authorizing
	52	+	distinctions for certain purposes; requiring certain
	53	+	identification in collection of data for certain
	54	+	purposes; providing for noncodification; providing
	55	+	for codification; and providing an effective date .
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51	60		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PE OPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
52	61		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
53	62		codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
54	63		A. This act shall be known and ma y be cited as the “Women’s
55	64		Bill of Rights”.
56	65		B. The purpose of the Women’s Bill of Rights is to bring
57	66		clarity, certainty, and uniformity under the laws of this state with
58	67		respect to natural persons of both biological sexes and the manner
59		-	in which they are treated as such under the la ws of this state. All
60		-	laws where the application thereof is contingent upon the
61		-	classification of a person as being female or male, woman or man,
62		-	girl or boy, are hereby superseded and inte rpreted to the extent
63		-	necessary by this act, including, but not limited to, any
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	94	+	in which they are treated as such under the la ws of this state. All
	95	+	laws where the application thereof is contingent upon the
	96	+	classification of a person as being female or male, woman or man,
	97	+	girl or boy, are hereby superseded and interpreted to the extent
	98	+	necessary by this act, including, but not limited to, any
91	99		educational benefits, corrections housing, employment protections,
92	100		and civil rights laws codified in the statutes of this state.
93	101		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 16, is
94	102		amended to read as follows:
95	103		Section 16. The word “person,” As used in the Oklahoma
96	104		Statutes:
97	105		1. “Father” means the male parent o f a child or children as
98	106		defined in Section 7 of this title;
99	107		2. “Female” means a natural person whose biological
100	108		reproductive system is developed to produce ova;
101	109		3. “Male” means a natural person whose biological repr oductive
102	110		system is developed to fertil ize the ova of a female;
103	111		4. “Man” or “boy” means a natural person who is male;
104	112		5. “Mother” means the female parent of a child or chi ldren as
105	113		defined in Section 7 of this title;
106	114		6. “Natural person” means a person as defined in paragraph 7 of
107	115		this section, except for bodies politic or corporate;
108	116		7. “Person”, except when used by way of contrast, includes not
109	117		only human beings, but bodie s politic or corporate ;
110		-	8. “Sex” means a natural person’s biological sex at birth; and
111		-	9. “Woman” or “girl” means a natural person who is female.
112		-	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1101, is
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	144	+	8. “Sex” means a natural person’s biological sex at birth; and
	145	+	9. “Woman” or “girl” means a natural person who is female.
	146	+	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1101, is
	147	+	amended to read as follows:
141	148		Section 1101. A. This act provides f or exclusive remedies
142	149		within the state of the p olicies for individuals alleging
143	150		discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national
144	151		origin, sex, religion, creed, age, disability or genetic
145	152		information.
146	153		B. This act shall be construed accordi ng to the fair import of
147	154		its terms to further t he general purposes stated in this sec tion and
148	155		the special purposes of the particular provision involved.
149	156		C. Any policy, program, or statute that prohibits sex
150	157		discrimination shall be construed to forbid unfa ir treatment of
151	158		females or males in relation to similarly situated members of the
152	159		opposite sex. The state or its political subdivisions shall not be
153	160		prohibited from establishing distinctions between sexes when such
154	161		distinctions are substantially related t o an important government
155	162		objective, including, but not limited to, biology, privacy, safety,
156	163		or fairness.
157	164		SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Sec tion 1201, is
158	165		amended to read as follows:
159	166		Section 1201. In Section 1101 et seq. of this title, unless the
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161		-	1. “Discriminatory practice ” means a practice designated as
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163		-	2. “Equal”, with reference to sex as defined in Section 16 of
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	194	+	1. “Discriminatory practice ” means a practice designated as
	195	+	discriminatory under the terms of this act;
	196	+	2. “Equal”, with reference to sex as defined in Section 16 of
	197	+	this title, shall not be construed to mean same or identical, and to
192	198		differentiate between the sexes shall not necessarily be cons trued
193	199		to be treating the sexes unequally;
194	200		3. “National origin” includes the national origin of an
195	201		ancestor; and
196	202		3. 4. “Person” includes an individual, associatio n,
197	203		corporation, joint apprenticeship committee, joint -stock company,
198	204		labor union, legal repre sentative, mutual company, partnership,
199	205		receiver, trust, trustee, trustee in ba nkruptcy, unincorporated
200	206		organization, any other legal or commercial entity, the sta te, or
201	207		any governmental entity or agency.
202	208		SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new se ction of law to be codified
203	209		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1202 of Title 25, unless there
204	210		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
205	211		The state, any political subdivision , or any state agency or
206	212		department, including, but not limited to, public school districts,
207	213		that collects vital sta tistics for the purpose of gath ering accurate
208	214		public health, crime, economic, or other data shall include, but not
209	215		be limited to, the identification of any natural person who is part
210	216		of the collected data as either male or female as defined in Section
211	217		16 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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212	244		SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
213		-	~~COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT~~
214		-	~~April~~ 13, 2023 ~~- DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS~~
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