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OK HB4245
OK HB4245Student athletics; creating the Save Women's Sports Act; effective date; emergency.
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Introduced
02/07/2022
02/07/2022
In Committee
03/03/2022
03/03/2022
Crossed Over
03/24/2022
03/24/2022
Passed
Dead
05/27/2022
05/27/2022
Introduced Session
2022 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An Act relating to student athletics; creating the Save Women's Sports Act; providing definitions; requiring certain athletic teams to be designated based on biological sex; requiring execution of affidavit; requiring certain notification; prohibiting certain teams from being open to students of certain sex; creating causes of action for certain students; prohibiting certain groups from taking actions against schools for maintaining athletic teams or sports for students of the female sex; creating a cause of action for certain schools; requiring causes of action to be initiated in certain time frame; providing for award of damages, fees and costs; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
AI Summary
This bill, titled the "Save Women's Sports Act," creates a new law in Oklahoma to designate public and private school athletic teams as either for "males," "females," or "coed/mixed" based on the biological sex of the students. It requires students to sign an affidavit acknowledging their biological sex at birth before participating on a school athletic team. The bill prohibits male students from competing on female teams, and provides legal recourse for students who are deprived of athletic opportunities or face retaliation as a result of this law. It also prohibits education agencies and athletic associations from taking adverse action against schools that maintain female-only sports teams. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2022 and includes an emergency clause.
Sponsors (15)
Micheal Bergstrom (R)*,
Toni Hasenbeck (R)*,
Steve Bashore (R),
Brad Boles (R),
Denise Crosswhite Hader (R),
Sheila Dills (R),
Gerrid Kendrix (R),
Kevin McDugle (R),
Kenton Patzkowsky (R),
Sean Roberts (R),
Cindy Roe (R),
Jay Steagall (R),
Wendi Stearman (R),
Kevin West (R),
Max Wolfley (R),
Last Action
Remove as coauthor Representative(s) West (Josh) (on 04/05/2022)
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