Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB1225: Vital records; requiring certificates of birth to contain accurate biological sex designations; clarifying certain requirement and prohibitions; emergency.
Status: Signed into law, May 11, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to vital records; providing findings and declarations; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 1311, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 58, O.S.L. 2025, 1-313, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 87, O.S.L. 2022, 1-316, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 87, O.S.L. 2022, and 1-321, as last amended by Section 10, Chapter 58, O.S.L. 2025 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 1-311, 1-313, 1-316, and 1-321), which relate to certificates of birth; updating statutory language; requiring certificates of birth to contain accurate biological sex designations…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
An Act relating to vital records; providing findings and declarations; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Sections 1311, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 58, O.S.L. 2025, 1-313, as amended by Section 2, Chapter 87, O.S.L. 2022, 1-316, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 87, O.S.L. 2022, and 1-321, as last amended by Section 10, Chapter 58, O.S.L. 2025 (63 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 1-311, 1-313, 1-316, and 1-321), which relate to certificates of birth; updating statutory language; requiring certificates of birth to contain accurate biological sex designations; clarifying certain requirement and prohibitions; updating statutory reference; providing for noncodification; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Vital records SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows: The Legislature finds and declares that it is enacting the following statutory changes "to clarify existing law, as opposed to altering its substance" per Purcell v. Santa Fe Minerals, Inc., 1998 OK 45, 961 P.2d 188. The Legislature further finds and declares that these clarifications are important to protect, among other things, the integrity and accuracy of vital statistics records. In particular, the Legislature finds that private parties have been wrongly asserting in court that the Legislature's previous law clarifying Oklahoma birth certificate statutes, Senate Bill No. 1100 of the 2nd Session of the 58th …