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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1762 By: Jett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the protection of fundamental
7 rights; creating the Oklahoma Protection of
8 Fundamental Rights and Public Policy Act; providing
8 short title; providing legislative findings;
9 prohibiting certain acts as punishment, penalty, or
9 legal sanction; prohibiting the infliction of
10 physical violence or psychological coercion in
10 certain circumstances; prohibiting female genital
11 mutilation; creating felony offense; providing for
11 penalties; extending the statute of limitations for
12 certain claims; prohibiting the recognition of
12 certain marriages; prohibiting the application of
13 certain rules in certain legal proceedings;
13 prohibiting the enforcement of arbitration agreements
14 and choice-of-law provisions in certain
14 circumstances; construing provisions; providing for
15 codification; and providing an effective date.
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18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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19 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2111 of Title 25, unless there
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21 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
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23 Protection of Fundamental Rights and Public Policy Act".
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24 B. The Legislature finds that:
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1 1. The Oklahoma Constitution and the Constitution of the United
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2 States guarantee certain inalienable rights, including due process,
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3 equal protection, freedom of speech, and bodily integrity;
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4 2. Certain practices, whatever their source, directly
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5 contradict these fundamental rights and the public policy of this
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6 state; and
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7 3. Oklahoma has a compelling interest in protecting all persons
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8 within its jurisdiction from violence, coercion, and discrimination.
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9 C. No person shall inflict or cause to be inflicted any of the
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10 following acts upon another person as punishment, penalty, or
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11 purported legal sanction:
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12 1. Amputation of a limb or digit;
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13 2. Stoning, flogging, whipping, or lashing;
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14 3. Blinding or other deliberate destruction of an organ or
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15 sense; or
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16 4. Any other form of corporal mutilation or maiming.
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17 D. Any contract, agreement, tribunal decision, or purported
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18 judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding that imposes or authorizes any
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19 act listed in subsection C of this section is contrary to the public
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20 policy of this state and shall not be recognized or enforced by any
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21 court or administrative agency.
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22 E. It shall be unlawful to inflict or threaten physical
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23 violence or psychological coercion upon any person for the purpose
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24 of punishing perceived immorality, apostasy, blasphemy, or violation
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1 of religious or cultural dress or behavior codes. Aggravated
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2 assault, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any other felony
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3 committed with the motive described in this subsection shall be
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4 punished at the highest degree provided by law.
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5 F. 1. Female genital mutilation, including but not limited to
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6 the surgical removal of the clitoris, excision, infibulation, or any
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7 partial or total removal of or injury to the external female
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8 genitalia for non-medical reasons, is prohibited and declared
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9 contrary to the public policy of this state.
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10 2. Any person who performs female genital mutilation shall be
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11 guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
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12 Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more
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13 than five (5) years and a fine not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars
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14 ($20,000.00). Consent by a minor or parent shall not be a defense.
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15 3. In addition to criminal penalties, any physician, physician
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16 in training, nurse, midwife, or other medical professional who
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17 performs or participates in female genital mutilation shall have his
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18 or her professional license or certification permanently revoked.
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19 G. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit,
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20 restrict, criminalize, or otherwise infringe upon the practice of
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21 male circumcision when performed for religious, cultural, or medical
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22 reasons, or with parental consent. Male circumcision is distinct
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23 from and not considered equivalent to female genital mutilation
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24 under this act or state law.
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1 H. 1. In civil actions for damages against a perpetrator for
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2 sexual assault, abuse, or related harms inflicted upon a minor
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3 including, but not limited to, sexual assault and harms arising from
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4 transgender-related medical mutilation, sterilization procedures, or
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5 interventions performed coercively or in violation of fundamental
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6 rights, the statute of limitations shall be extended to allow filing
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7 up to the victim's forty-fifth birthday, consistent with and
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8 building upon existing extensions under Section 95 of Title 12 of
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9 the Oklahoma Statutes.
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10 2. The extension described in paragraph 1 of this subsection
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11 applies to minor victims of sexual assault and minor victims of
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12 transgender mutilation to provide additional protections against
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13 coercion or violation of bodily integrity.
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14 I. 1. No marriage shall be contracted in this state, and no
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15 marriage contracted outside this state shall be recognized, if any
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16 party was under the age of eighteen (18) at the time of marriage.
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17 2. No marriage shall be contracted or recognized if it was
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18 entered into under force, fraud, or coercion, including coercion
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19 based on family or community pressure.
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20 3. Polygamous marriages or purported marriages shall not be
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21 recognized for any purpose under Oklahoma law.
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22 4. In all actions concerning marriage, divorce, spousal
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23 maintenance, child custody, and inheritance, Oklahoma statutory and
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1 common law shall apply exclusively. No court or arbitrator shall
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2 apply, enforce, or give effect to any rule or body of rules that:
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3 a. grants different inheritance rights based solely on
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4 gender or religion,
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5 b. grants different testimonial weight or credibility
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6 based solely on gender or religion, or
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7 c. denies or limits custody or visitation rights based
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8 solely on a parent's departure from or rejection of
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9 any religious doctrine.
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10 J. Any arbitration agreement or award shall be unenforceable to
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11 the extent it requires the application of any rule or body of rules
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12 that would violate subsections C through F of this section or any
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13 other fundamental public policy of this state as expressed in the
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14 Oklahoma Constitution or statutes. Any arbitration agreement or
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15 award shall be unenforceable to the extent it requires the
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16 application of any rule or body of rules that would violate
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17 subsections C through F of this section or any other fundamental
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18 public policy of this state as expressed in its Constitution or
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19 statutes.
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20 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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