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5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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5555 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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5757 SENATE BILL 345 By: Hamilton
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6363 AS INTRODUCED
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6565 An Act relating to crime and punishment; making
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7373 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
7474 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codifi ed
7575 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 761 of Title 21, unless there is
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7777 A. It shall be unlawful for a person under the age of twenty-
7878 one (21) years to undergo gender reassignment medical treatment in
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8080 B. It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian, or other person
8181 in this state having charge, control , or custody of a child under
8282 the age of eighteen (18) years to obtain gender reassignment medical
8383 treatment for the child.
8484 C. It shall be unlawful for a health care professional to
8585 intentionally perform gender reassignment medical treatment on a
8686 person who is under the age of twen ty-one (21) years.
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138138 D. “Gender reassignment medical treatment” means any health
139139 care to facilitate the tra nsitioning of a patient’s assigned gender
140140 identity on the patien t’s birth certificate to the gender identity
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143143 1. Medical procedures to suppress the development of endogenous
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145145 2. Medical procedures to align the patient’s appearance or
146146 physical body with the gender identity experienced and defined by
147147 the patient. This does not include clothing, hairs tyles, the use of
148148 makeup, or other non-permanent actions of the patient; and
149149 3. Medical procedures to alleviate the symptoms of clinically
150150 significant distress res ulting from gender dysphoria, as defined in
151151 the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5 th
152152 Edition. The term does not include behavioral health care services,
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154154 E. Any person guilty of the provisions of subsection A, B, or C
155155 of this section shall be guilty of a felony punishable by
156156 imprisonment in the custo dy of the Department of Corrections for a
157157 term not less than three (3) years nor more th an life imprisoned and
158158 a fine not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).
159159 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the pr eservation
160160 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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212212 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shal l take effect and
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