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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 418 By: Daniels
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5 AS INTRODUCED
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6 An Act relating to the Department of Corrections;
6 defining terms; requiring certain designation;
7 prohibiting certain use by certain persons; providing
7 certain exceptions; construing provisions; requiring
8 promulgation of rules; providing for certain relief;
8 providing for certain action within certain period;
9 authorizing recovery of certain fees and costs;
9 providing for codification; and providing an
10 effective date.
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1 2 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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1 4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 509.7 of Title 57, unless there
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1 5 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. For purposes of this section:
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17 1. "Changing room" means a room or area in which a person may
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1 8 be in a state of undress while in the presence of others, including
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1 9 a locker room or shower room;
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20 2. "Covered entity" means an institution or facility operated
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2 1 by the Department of Corrections or contracted with the Department
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2 2 of Corrections as provided in Section 502 of Title 57 of the
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2 3 Oklahoma Statutes;
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1 3. "Female" means a person who has, had, will have, or would
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2 have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical
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3 accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces,
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4 transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization;
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5 4. "Male" means a person who has, had, will have, or would
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6 have, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical
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7 accident, the reproductive system that at some point produces,
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8 transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization;
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9 5. "Multi-occupancy" means a space that is designed to be
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1 0 utilized by multiple persons simultaneously;
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11 6. "Restroom" means a room that includes one or more toilets or
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1 2 urinals;
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13 7. "Sex" means a person's biological sex, either male or
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1 4 female; and
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15 8. "Sleeping quarters" means a room that contains a bed and in
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1 6 which more than one individual is housed overnight.
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17 B. 1. A covered entity shall designate each multi-occupancy
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1 8 restroom, changing room, and sleeping quarters for the exclusive use
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1 9 of either females or males.
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20 2. Every restroom, changing room, or sleeping quarters within a
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2 1 covered entity that is designated for use by females or males shall
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2 2 only be used by members of the designated sex. No individual shall
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2 3 enter a restroom, changing room, or sleeping quarters that is
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1 designated for members of the opposite sex except for an employee of
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2 the covered entity.
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3 3. A covered entity shall take reasonable steps to provide
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4 individuals with privacy from members of the opposite sex in
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5 restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters.
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6 4. This section shall not apply to an individual who enters a
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7 restroom, changing room, or sleeping quarters designated for members
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8 of the opposite sex in any of the following circumstances:
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9 a. performance of custodial services or maintenance,
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10 b. rendering of medical or law enforcement assistance, or
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11 c. provision of services or aid during a natural disaster
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12 or declared emergency, or when necessary to prevent a
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13 serious threat to order and safety.
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14 5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a
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1 5 covered entity from:
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16 a. adopting policies necessary to accommodate persons
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17 protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act of
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18 1990 or elderly persons in need of aid or assistance,
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19 b. establishing single-occupancy restrooms, changing
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20 rooms, or sleeping quarters, or
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21 c. redesignating a multi-occupancy restroom, changing
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22 room, or sleeping quarters designated for exclusive
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23 use by members of one sex to that of members of the
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24 opposite sex.
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1 6. The Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules to
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2 administer the provisions of this section.
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3 C. 1. Any individual who accesses a restroom or changing room
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4 for use by members of his or her sex and encounters a person of the
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5 opposite sex in such restroom or changing room has a private cause
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6 of action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the covered
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7 entity that:
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8 a. provided permission to the person of the opposite sex
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9 to use such restroom or changing room, or
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10 b. failed to take reasonable steps to prohibit access of
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11 the restroom or changing room to the person of the
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12 opposite sex.
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13 2. Any individual who is required by the covered entity to
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1 4 share sleeping quarters with a person of the opposite sex has a
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1 5 private cause of action for declaratory and injunctive relief
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1 6 against the covered entity.
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17 3. Any civil action brought against a covered entity pursuant
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1 8 to this section shall be initiated within two (2) years after the
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1 9 violation occurred. Any individual aggrieved pursuant to this
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2 0 section who prevails in court may recover reasonable attorney fees
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2 1 and court costs from the covered entity.
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22 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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