Text of OK SB 1249 (2022)
Municipalities; designating all bathrooms to be single gender; prohibiting ordinances contrary to act. Effective date. Emergency.
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
SENATE BILL 1249
By: Merrick
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to municipalities; providing
definition; directing certain restrooms and changing
facilities to be designated in certain manner;
requiring individuals to use the restroom or changing
facility that corresponds with his or her biological
sex; prohibiting municipalities from adopting certain
ordinance; 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 13-117 of Title 11, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section, “biological sex” means the physical
condition of being male or female, as identified at birth by that
individual’s anatomy.
B. Public restrooms and changing facilities that are intended
to accommodate multiple individuals shall be designated as follows:
1. For the exclusive use of the male sex; or
2. For the exclusive use of the female sex.
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C. A person shall use the public restroom or changing facility
that corresponds to the individual’s biological sex.
D. Municipalities shall not adopt an ordinance contrary to the
provisions of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2022.
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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