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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 700 By: Rader
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to school athletics; defining terms;
directing the State Department of Education and the
State Department of Health to joi ntly develop and
post on certain websites guidelines, policies,
procedures, and safety standards regarding exertional
heat-related illness; providing for minimum contents
of guidelines; directing school district governing
bodies to develop certain emergenc y action plan;
allowing school districts to hold informational
meetings; providing for codification; providing an
effective date; 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 27-107 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section :
1. “Acclimatization period” means a specific period of time to
allow for students’ bodies to adapt and work towards the eliminatio n
of exertional heat-related illnesses and deaths within secondary
schools;
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2. “Exertional heat-related illness” means a serious medical
condition that result s from the body’s inability to cool itself in
extremely hot environments. Exertional heat-related illnesses
include exertional heatstroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, heat
syncope, heat rash, and muscle breakdown ;
3. “Athletic trainer” shall have the same meaning as prov ided
for in Section 1-116 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
4. “Practice” means the act of school personnel directly or
indirectly giving individual or team instruction concerning
fundamentals, conditioning activities , and workouts;
5. “School district” means a school district or public charter
school that offers interscholastic secondary school athletics and
activities;
6. “Student” means a secondary-school-age individual who is
participating in an activity or sport which is individual - or team-
based, outside of school or within school , and competitive or in an
organized practice; and
7. “Wet Bulb Globe Temperature” (WBGT) means a measure of how
much heat stress a person is experiencing in direct sunlight , which
takes into account atmospheric factor s including temperature,
humidity, wind speed, sun angle, and cloud cover.
B. The State Department of Education and the State Department
of Health shall jointly develop and post on their publicly
accessible websites guidelines, policies, procedures, and safety
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standards for the prevention and management of exertional heat-
related illness in students’ interscholastic athletics and
activities. The guidelines developed pursuant to this section shall
include, but not be limited to :
1. Identification of envir onmental conditions at which a public
school district that offers athletic s or activities shall limit or
prohibit practice and play using the acclimatization period for all
athletics and activities with a specific set of guidelines dedicated
to football. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to,
teams having eighteen (18) days to complete fourteen practices. The
eighteen days start prior to the team’s first scrimmage, not
including intrasquad scrimmages; and
2. Information regarding the accura te measurement of
environmental heat stress at the site of the athletic s or activities
including the use of Web Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT ). WBGT
readings shall be taken on the practice site of athletics or
activities a minimum of every hour , beginning thirty minutes prior
to the beginning of practice. All readings shall be recorded. If a
modification or cancellation to athletics or activities is required,
documentation using the WBGT Heat Participation Policy Record Chart
shall be completed.
C. The governing body of each school district shall d evelop a
venue-specific exertional heat-related illness emergency action
plan. Each school district shall include guidelines formulated by
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the WBGT index to assess environmental conditions and heat stress
prevention for students participating in athletics and activities ,
criteria for the establishment of cooling zones, hydration
guidelines, modifications for competitions and scrimmages, and
evidence-based practices to treat exertional heat-related illnesses
associated with athletic s and activities.
D. School districts that offer athletic s and activities may
hold an informational meeting prior to the start of each athletic
season for all ages of competitors and their parents and legal
guardians regarding the warning signs, symptoms, and treatment of
exertional heat-related illness.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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