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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 2098 By: Deevers
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to vital records; requiring birth
7 certificate to include certain citizenship
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9 declaring an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-311.4 of Title 63, unless
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15 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. For each live birth in this state for which a birth
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17 certificate is issued, the birth certificate shall include
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18 provisions to designate the citizenship of the biological parent or
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19 parents of the child and provisions to designate the citizenship of
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20 the child.
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21 B. Provisions to designate the citizenship of the child shall
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23 1. United States citizenship;
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2 4. Foreign national/non-United States citizenship.
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3 C. For any child born to parents neither of which are citizens
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6 designation permitted on the birth certificate shall be the
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7 designation provided in paragraph 4 of subsection B of this section.
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8 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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9 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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10 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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11 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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