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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 SENATE BILL 1530 By: Garvin
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to discrimination; creating the
7 Women’s Bill of Rights; providing short title;
8 stating purpose of act; clarifying application and
8 interpretation of act; amending 25 O.S. 2021,
9 Sections 16, 1101, and 1201, which relate to
9 definitions and general provisions; defining terms;
10 construing provisions; authorizing distinctions for
10 certain purposes; defining term; requiring certain
11 identification in collection of data for certain
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12 for noncodification; providing for codification; and
12 providing an effective date.
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
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17 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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18 A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Women’s
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19 Bill of Rights”.
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20 B. The purpose of the Women’s Bill of Rights is to bring
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21 clarity, certainty, and uniformity under the laws of this state with
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22 respect to natural persons of both biological sexes and the manner
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23 in which they are treated as such under the laws of this state. All
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24 laws where the application thereof is contingent upon the
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 1 classification of a person as being female or male, woman or man,
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2 girl or boy, are hereby superseded and interpreted to the extent
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3 necessary by this act including but not limited to any educational
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4 benefits, corrections housing, employment protections, and civil
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5 rights laws codified in the statutes of this state.
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6 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 16, is
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7 amended to read as follows:
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8 Section 16. The word “person,” As used in the Oklahoma
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9 Statutes:
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10 1. “Father” means the male parent of a child or children as
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11 defined in Section 7 of this title;
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12 2. “Female” means a natural person whose biological
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13 reproductive system is designed to produce ova;
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14 3. “Male” means a natural person whose biological reproductive
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15 system is designed to fertilize the ova of a female;
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16 4. “Man” or “boy” means a natural person who is male;
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17 5. “Mother” means the female parent of a child or children as
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18 defined in Section 7 of this title;
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19 6. “Natural person” means a person as defined in paragraph 7 of
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20 this section, except for bodies politic or corporate;
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21 7. “Person”, except when used by way of contrast, includes not
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22 only human beings, but bodies politic or corporate;
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23 8. “Sex” means a natural person’s biological sex at birth; and
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24 9. “Woman” or “girl” means a natural person who is female.
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 1 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1101, is
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2 amended to read as follows:
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3 Section 1101. A. This act section provides for exclusive
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4 remedies within the state of the policies for individuals alleging
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5 discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, national
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6 origin, sex, religion, creed, age, disability or genetic
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7 information.
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8 B. This act section shall be construed according to the fair
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9 import of its terms to further the general purposes stated in this
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10 section and the special purposes of the particular provision
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11 involved.
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12 C. Any policy, program, or statute that prohibits sex
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13 discrimination is to be construed to forbid unfair treatment of
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14 females or males in relation to similarly situated members of the
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15 opposite sex. The state or its political subdivisions shall not be
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16 prohibited from establishing distinctions between sexes when such
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17 distinctions are substantially related to an important government
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18 objective including but not limited to biology, privacy, safety, or
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19 fairness.
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20 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 1201, is
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21 amended to read as follows:
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22 Section 1201. In Section 1101 et seq. of this title, unless the
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23 context otherwise requires:
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 1 1. “Discriminatory practice” means a practice designated as
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2 discriminatory under the terms of this act;
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3 2. “Equal”, with reference to sex as defined in Section 16 of
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4 this title, shall not be construed to mean same or identical, and to
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5 differentiate between the sexes shall not necessarily be construed
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6 to be treating the sexes unequally;
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7 3. “National origin” includes the national origin of an
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8 ancestor; and
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9 3. 4. “Person” includes an individual, association,
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10 corporation, joint apprenticeship committee, joint-stock company,
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11 labor union, legal representative, mutual company, partnership,
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12 receiver, trust, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, unincorporated
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13 organization, any other legal or commercial entity, the state, or
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14 any governmental entity or agency.
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15 SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1202 of Title 25, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 The state, any political subdivision, or any state agency or
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19 department including but not limited to public school districts that
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20 collects vital statistics for the purpose of gathering accurate
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21 public health, crime, economic or other data shall include but not
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22 be limited to the identification of any natural person who is part
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23 of the collected data as either male or female as defined in Section
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24 16 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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 1 SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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