Text of OK HB 4145 (2024)

State government; identification; permits; gender evidence; effective date.

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Req. No. 9603 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 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) HOUSE BILL 4145 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; 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 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 it contains substantially the following language: "I, [name of Req. No. 9603 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 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 November 1, 2024. 59-2-9603 TJ 12/29/23