Req. No. 614 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 60th Legislature (2025) SENATE BILL 1049 By: Standridge AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to health care; creating the Wrongful Life Act; providing short title; prohibiting physician or other health care professional from providing certain services to a minor; prohibiting parent or legal guardian from consenting to certain services; authorizing certain civil actions; specifying who may bring an action; allowing unlimited time period for commencement of an ac tion subject to certain conditions; creating certain rebuttable presumption; pr oviding for dismissal of cause of action under certain condition; authorizing award of certain damages or relief; providing for recovery of court costs and reasonable attorney f ees; providing certain construction; 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 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2607.1 a of Title 63, unless there is created a duplicat ion in numbering, reads as follows: This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Wrongful Life Act”. Req. No. 614 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 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be co dified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2607.1b of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. A physician or other health care professional shall not prescribe to or perform on any individual under eighteen (18) years of age: 1. Gender transition surgery; 2. Hormone therapy; or 3. Puberty-blocking drugs, unless such drugs are medically necessary. For the purpose of this paragraph, a gender transition shall not constitute medical necessity. B. A person may bri ng an action against a physician or other health care professional who prescribed or performed gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty -blocking drugs if the gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty -blocking drugs caused the per son to not be able to enjoy the natural reproductivity functions of childbearin g and rearing that the person would have enjoyed if not for the gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty-blocking drugs. C. If the person is under eighteen (18) y ears of age, he or she may bring an action throughout his or her minority through a parent or legal guardian, and may bring an action in his or her own name upon reaching majority. Req. No. 614 Page 3 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. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be no time limitation for the commencement of an action brought under this section except as provided by this subsection. 2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the plaintiff, based solely on his or her age, would be capable of bearing children if not for the gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty-blocking drugs. 3. If the presumption described in paragraph 2 of this subsection is successfully rebutted, the court shall dismiss the cause of action. E. A plaintiff who establishes a violation of subsection A of this section and who can show that he or she has suffered ha rm as described in subsection B of this section may be granted: 1. Compensatory damages appropriate to the loss of natural reproductivity functions as described in subsection B of this section; 2. Punitive damages; or 3. Any other appropriate relief. F. A plaintiff who establishes a violation of subsection A of this section and who can show that he or she has suffered harm as described in subsection B of this section shall re cover court costs and reasonable attorney fees. Req. No. 614 Page 4 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 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2607. 1c of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. A parent or legal guardian shall not consent, on behalf of any individual under eighteen (18) years of age for whom the parent or legal guardian has the authority to make medical decisions, to the prescription or performance of the following treatments b y a physician or other health care professional: 1. Gender transition surgery; 2. Hormone therapy; or 3. Puberty-blocking drugs, unless such drugs are medically necessary. For the purpose of this paragraph, a gender transition shall not constitute medi cal necessity. B. If a person received gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty-blocking drugs while such person was under eighteen (18) years of age and if the gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty-blocking drugs caused the person to not be able to enjoy the natural reproductivity functions of childbearing and rearing that the person would have enjoyed if not for the gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty- blocking drugs, the person may bring an action against his or her parent or legal guardian who consented to the gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty-blocking drugs on behalf of the minor. Req. No. 614 Page 5 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 C. If the person is under eighteen (18) years of age, he or she may bring an action: 1. Throughout his or her minority through a parent or legal guardian, provided that the parent o r legal guardian is not the same parent or legal guardian who consented to the gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty-blocking drugs on behalf of the minor; and 2. In his or her own name upon reaching majority. D. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be no time limitation for the commencement of an action brought under this section except as provided by this subsection. 2. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the plaintiff, based solely on his or her age, wo uld be capable of bearing children if not for the gender transition surgery, hormone therapy, or puberty-blocking drugs. 3. If the presumption described in paragraph 2 of this subsection is successfully rebutted, the court shall dismiss the cause of action. E. A plaintiff who establishes a violation of subsection A of this section and who can show that he or she has suffered harm as described in subsection B of this section may be granted: 1. Compensatory damages appropriate to the loss of natural reproductivity functions as described in subsection B of this section; Req. No. 614 Page 6 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 2. Punitive damages; or 3. Any other appropriate relief. F. A plaintiff who establishes a violation of subsec tion A of this section and who can show that he or she has suffered harm as described in subsection B of this section shall recover court costs and reasonable attorney fees. G. In addition to the other remedies provided by this subsection, a parent or leg al guardian found to have violated subsection A of this section, in cases where there are potentially grave long-term effects on the child, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of child abuse punishable as provided in Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2607.1d of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: The violations, penalties, and remedies provided by this act shall be in addition to those provided by Section 2607.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statu tes. This act shall not be construed to supersede, replace, or abrogate any of the provisions of Section 2607.1 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Sta tutes. SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 60-1-614 DC 1/16/2025 2:45:22 PM