Text of OK SB 1831 (2024)
Statutory construction; modifying definitions. Effective date.
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
SENATE BILL 1831
By: Bullard
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to statutory construction; amending
25 O.S. 2021, Section 16, which relates to
definitions; modifying definitions; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 16, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 16. The word “person,” As used in the Oklahoma
Statutes:
1. “Father” means the male parent of a child or children as
defined in Section 7 of this title;
2. “Female” means a natural person whose biological
reproductive system is designed to produce ova;
3. “Gender” means a natural person’s biological sex at birth,
and shall be strictly limited to such definition in application of
the laws of this state, any ordinance, rule, regulation, or order
enacted by a political subdivision, or an executive order;
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4. “Male” means a natural person whose biological reproductive
system is designed to fertilize the ova of a female;
5. “Man” or “boy” means a natural person who is male;
6. “Mother” means the female parent of a child or children as
defined in Section 7 of this title;
7. “Natural person” means a person as defined in paragraph 8 of
this section, except for bodies politic or corporate;
8. “Person”, except when used by way of contrast, includes not
only human beings, but bodies politic or corporate;
9. “Sex” means a natural person’s biological sex at birth, and
shall be strictly limited to such definition in application of the
laws of this state, any ordinance, rule, regulation, or order
enacted by a political subdivision, or an executive order; and
10. “Woman” or “girl” means a natural person who is female.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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