SB 615: A bathroom ban for trans students with a 5% cut to funding for public schools that don’t comply.
HB 4327: Total abortion ban starting at fertilization w/ bounty hunter enforcement. (Excludes emergency contraception).
SB 615 (bathroom ban for trans students) is being heard now.
It includes “reasonable accommodations” for trans students, meaning they would either be outed using a restroom that didn’t align with their gender identity or be outed using a separate single-user restroom.
Sen. Bullard, author of the bathroom ban for trans students, cites 3 separate instances of people committing harm to other people in public changing facilities and restrooms.
None of the instances cited have to do with trans/two-spirit/gender diverse people.
SB 615, a bathroom ban for trans students with a 5% cut to school funding if they refuse to comply, passes the #okleg senate floor 38-7.
It will be placed on the house floor tomorrow before heading to the Governor’s desk.
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As if today wasn’t enough, the #okleg house floor is hearing SB 615 (bathroom ban for trans students) now. If it passes, it will go to the Governor for signature.
Rep. Ranson: Did the school district in question request the Oklahoma legislature to author a bill like this?
Rep. Kevin West: In a roundabout way, they did.
So no.
Rep. Turner: If we are forcing students to use separate restrooms based on what is on their birth certificate, this sounds suspiciously close to “separate but equal.”
Plan B and IUDs are specifically omitted from HB 4327, the total abortion ban at fertilization w/ bounty hunter enforcement.
Please do not spread misinformation that would prevent somebody from accessing the contraception they need.
HB 4327 (total abortion ban at fertilization) is being heard on the #okleg house floor now. If it passes, it will head straight to the Governor’s desk for signature.
This includes an emergency clause which means it will become immediately effective upon signature.
Rep. Fugate asks if a pharmacist being sued for providing misoprostol under HB 4327 is a concern for the author of the bill.