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HB1117 • 2026
In vitro fertilization; legal protections; health care providers; practice of medicine; child or children; human embryos; patient's property; effective date.
In vitro fertilization; legal protections; health care providers; practice of medicine; child or children; human embryos; patient's property; effective date.
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- Sponsor
- Stewart
- Last action
- 2025-02-04
- Official status
- Referred to Public Health
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
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In vitro fertilization; legal protections; health care providers; practice of medicine; child or children; human embryos; patient's property; effective date.
In vitro fertilization; legal protections; health care providers; practice of medicine; child or children; human embryos; patient's property; effective date.
What This Bill Does
- In vitro fertilization; legal protections; health care providers; practice of medicine; child or children; human embryos; patient's property; effective date.
- Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1117 (House): Introduced (2/10/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1117 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/11/2025)
Limits and Unknowns
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Amendments
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Plain English: HB1117 POLPCS1 Ronald Stewart-TJ
2/10/2025 1:53:09 pm
AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS
Amendment submitted by: Ronald Stewart
Adopted: _____________________________
______________________________________
Reading Clerk
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
State of Oklahoma
SPEAKER:
CHAIR:
I move to amend HB1117
Of the printed Bill
Page Section Lines
Of the Engrossed Bill
By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu
thereof the following language:
Req.
- HB1117 POLPCS1 Ronald Stewart-TJ
2/10/2025 1:53:09 pm
AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS
Amendment submitted by: Ronald Stewart
Adopted: _____________________________
______________________________________
Reading Clerk
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
State of Oklahoma
SPEAKER:
CHAIR:
I move to amend HB1117
Of the printed Bill
Page Section Lines
Of the Engrossed Bill
By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu
thereof the following language:
Req.
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
PROPOSED POLICY
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO.
- 1117 By: Stewart
PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to in vitro fertilization; providing
legal protections for health care providers;
providing for practice of medicine; providing legal
protections for the child or children; providing that
human embryos are the patient's property; directing
there be no limit to the number of embryos; providing
for codification; and providing an effective date.
Bill History
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2025-02-04
House
Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
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2025-02-04
House
Referred to Public Health
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2025-02-03
House
First Reading
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2025-02-03
House
Authored by Representative Stewart
Official Summary Text
In vitro fertilization; legal protections; health care providers; practice of medicine; child or children; human embryos; patient's property; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1117 (House): Introduced (2/10/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1117 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/11/2025)
Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1117 By: Stewart
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to in vitro fertilization; providing
legal protections for health care providers;
providing for practice of medicine; providing legal
protections for the child or children; providing that
human embryos are the patient's property; directing
there be no limit to the number of embryos; providing
for codification; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 560 of Title 10, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The technique of in vitro fertilization or human embryo
transfer may be performed in this state by persons duly authorized
to practice medicine at the request and with the consent in writing
of the husband and wife desiring the utilization of such technique
for the purpose of conceiving a child or children.
B. No person shall perform the technique of in vitro
fertilization or human embryo transfer unless currently licensed to
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practice medicine in this state, and then only at the request and
with the written consent of the husband and wife desiring the
utilization of such technique. Said consent shall be executed and
acknowledged by both the husband and wife and the person who is to
perform the technique.
C. Any child or children born as a result of in vitro
fertilization or human embryo transfer shall be considered, for all
legal intents and purposes, the same as a naturally conceived child
of the husband and wife that consent to and receive in vitro
fertilization or human embryo transfer.
D. Human embryos created during in vitro fertilization shall be
considered at law the patient's property.
E. There shall be no limit to how many number of human embryos
that can be created, frozen, or implanted in a single in vitro
fertilization cycle.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-11767 TJ 01/06/25