Text of OK HB 2108 (2021)
State government; identification; permits; gender evidence; effective date; emergency.
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As introduced
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
HOUSE BILL 2108
By: Turner
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state government; prohibiting
state governmental entities organized within the
executive branch of state government from requiring
certain evidence related to surgical procedures;
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 9501 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
No agency, board, commission, department, instrumentality or
other entity organized within the executive branch of state
government shall require, if applicable, on any form or other
document used by the state governmental entity as part of a process
for changing gender identification on a driver license or any permit
or other form of identification used by such entity an affidavit,
attesting to the applicant’s gender identity. The applicant’s
affidavit shall be accepted as conclusive proof of gender change if
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it contains substantially the following language: "I, [name of
applicant], hereby attest under penalty of perjury that the request
for a change in gender to (female, male or nonbinary) is to conform
my legal gender to my gender identity and is not for any fraudulent
purpose."
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
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.
58-1-6473
MAH
01/19/21