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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1677 By: Daniels, Pederson, and
Bullard of the Senate
and
Crosswhite Hader of the
House
[ Oklahoma Children’s Code - Department of Human
Services – construction - claim - codification -
effective date ]
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 1-8-113 of Title 10A, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Department of Human Se rvices shall not:
1. Require, as a condition for eligibility to foster or adopt,
any current or prospective adoptive or fost er parent to affirm,
accept, or support any government policy regarding sexual
orientation or gender identity that conflicts with t he parent’s
sincerely held religious or moral beliefs;
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2. Deny a current or prospective adoptive or foster parent any
authorization necessary to be eligible to foster or adopt based, in
whole or in part, upon the parent ’s sincerely held religious or
moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; or
3. Establish or enforce any standard, rule, or policy that
precludes consideration of a current or prospective adoptive or
foster parent for any particular placement based, in whole or in
part, upon the parent’s sincerely held religious or moral beliefs
regarding sexual orientation or gender identity. Such beliefs sh all
not create a presumption that any particular placement is contrary
to the best interest of the child.
B. Nothing in this secti on shall:
1. Preclude the Department from taking into account the
religious or moral beliefs of a particular adoptive or fos ter child,
or his or her family of origin, when determining the most
appropriate placement f or the child; or
2. Be construed to pr ohibit the Department from making, or
relieve the Department of its duty to make, individual placements
consistent with the b est interests of the child as otherwise
required by law.
C. A current or prospective adoptive or foster parent aggrieved
by a violation of this section may raise a claim in a judicial or
administrative proceeding and seek injunctive relief, compensatory
damages, reasonable attorney fees , or other appropriate relief .
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SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON STATE POWERS, dated 04/04/2024 -
DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.