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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 587 By: Alvord
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to schools; requiring school
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8 students in certain grades certain instruction in
8 human growth and development; providing for contents
9 of instruction; allowing instruction to be integrated
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10 codification; providing an effective date; and
10 declaring an emergency.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.17 of Title 70, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, school districts
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18 in this state shall provide students in grades nine through twelve
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19 age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and
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20 development, which shall include:
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21 1. Human biology related to pregnancy;
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22 2. Human development inside the womb;
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1 3. A high-definition ultrasound video that is at least three
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2 (3) minutes in duration showing the development of the brain, heart,
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3 sex organs, and other vital organs in early fetal development; and
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4 4. A high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation
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5 showing the process of fertilization and every state of human
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6 development inside the uterus, noting every significant marker of
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7 pregnancy until birth.
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8 B. The instruction required by subsection A of this section may
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10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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11 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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12 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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13 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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14 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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