An act relating to schools, the official text

1                           STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

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3 SENATE BILL 847           By: Bullard
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to schools; prohibiting a school

7   district or charter school from compelling an

8   employee or volunteer to use certain pronoun;

8   defining term; prohibiting certain materials or

9   resources from referring to an individual by certain

9   name or pronoun; providing for promulgation of rules

10  to monitor compliance; directing state funding of a

10  noncompliant school district or charter school to be

11  decreased by certain percentage in certain fiscal

11  year; creating a cause of action for certain

12  noncompliance; providing for codification; providing

12  an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16  SECTION 1.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 24-162 of Title 70, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19  A. No school district or charter school in this state shall

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20 compel an employee or volunteer to refer to a student with a pronoun
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21 other than that which corresponds to the student's biological sex.
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22 For the purposes of this section, "biological sex" means the
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23 physical condition of being male or female based on genetics and
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1 physiology as identified on the student's original birth
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2 certificate.
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3   B. No print or nonprint materials or multimedia resources

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4 located in a school district or charter school classroom, library,
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5 or elsewhere on the premises of the district or charter school shall
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6 refer to an individual by a name or by a pronoun that does not
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7 correspond to the individual's biological sex.
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8   C. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules for

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9 monitoring compliance with the provisions of this section. Upon a
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10 finding of noncompliance by the Board, the noncompliant school
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11 district or charter school shall receive a five percent (5%)
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12 reduction in state funding for the fiscal year following the fiscal
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13 year during which the district or charter school was noncompliant.
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14  D. A parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled in and

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15 attending a school district or charter school shall have a cause of
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16 action against the district or charter school for noncompliance with
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17 the provisions of subsections A and B of this section.
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18  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.

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19  SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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20 of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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21 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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22 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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24  60-1-48      EB  1/19/2025 5:44:33 AM

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