Text of OK SB 345 (2023)
Crime and punishment; making certain medical treatment unlawful; defining term; providing for certain penalty. Emergency.
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
SENATE BILL 345
By: Hamilton
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crime and punishment; making
certain medical treatment unlawful; defining term;
providing for certain penalty; providing for
codification; 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 761 of Title 21, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. It shall be unlawful for a person under the age of twenty-
one (21) years to undergo gender reassignment medical treatment in
this state.
B. It shall be unlawful for a parent, guardian, or other person
in this state having charge, control, or custody of a child under
the age of eighteen (18) years to obtain gender reassignment medical
treatment for the child.
C. It shall be unlawful for a health care professional to
intentionally perform gender reassignment medical treatment on a
person who is under the age of twenty-one (21) years.
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D. “Gender reassignment medical treatment” means any health
care to facilitate the transitioning of a patient’s assigned gender
identity on the patient’s birth certificate to the gender identity
experienced and defined by the patient. The term shall include, but
not be limited to:
1. Medical procedures to suppress the development of endogenous
secondary sex characteristics;
2. Medical procedures to align the patient’s appearance or
physical body with the gender identity experienced and defined by
the patient. This does not include clothing, hairstyles, the use of
makeup, or other non-permanent actions of the patient; and
3. Medical procedures to alleviate the symptoms of clinically
significant distress resulting from gender dysphoria, as defined in
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th
Edition. The term does not include behavioral health care services,
such as mental health counseling.
E. Any person guilty of the provisions of subsection A, B, or C
of this section shall be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a
term not less than three (3) years nor more than life imprisoned and
a fine not more than Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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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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JES
1/13/2023 3:34:06 PM