Oklahoma 2023 2023 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB251 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/10/2023

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) 
 
SENATE BILL 251 	By: Dahm 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to definitions and genera l 
provisions; limiting permissible applications of 
specified term or definition; prohibiting publi c 
entity from using other appli cations; providing for 
codification; 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 24.1 of Title 25, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
The only permissible applications of the terms or definitions of 
“gender” or “sex” shall be male (XY), female (XX), and intersex for 
those born with a mutation causing such abnormality. No public 
entity in this state including but not limited to a state agency, 
political subdivision, or board of education may use any other 
application. 
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation 
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby   
 
 
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 
 
59-1-420 DC 1/10/2023 12:51:07 PM