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SB2098 • 2026

Vital records; requiring birth certificate include certain provisions; excluding certain individuals from citizenship. Emergency.

Vital records; requiring birth certificate include certain provisions; excluding certain individuals from citizenship. Emergency.

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Sponsor
Deevers
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Second Reading referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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Vital records; requiring birth certificate include certain provisions; excluding certain individuals from citizenship. Emergency.

Vital records; requiring birth certificate include certain provisions; excluding certain individuals from citizenship.

What This Bill Does

  • Vital records; requiring birth certificate include certain provisions; excluding certain individuals from citizenship.
  • Emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 2098 (Senate): Introduced (1/27/2026)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Deevers

  4. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Burns

Official Summary Text

Vital records; requiring birth certificate include certain provisions; excluding certain individuals from citizenship. Emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 2098 (Senate): Introduced (1/27/2026)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 2098 By: Deevers

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to vital records; requiring birth
certificate to include certain citizenship
provisions; limiting provisions to certain
designations; excluding certain children from
citizenship; providing for codification; and
declaring an emergency.

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 1-311.4 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For each live birth in this state for which a birth
certificate is issued, the birth certificate shall include
provisions to designate the citizenship of the biological parent or
parents of the child and provisions to designate the citizenship of
the child.
B. Provisions to designate the citizenship of the child shall
be limited to one or more of the following:
1. United States citizenship;
2. Oklahoma citizenship;

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3. Tribal citizenship or membership; or
4. Foreign national/non-United States citizenship.
C. For any child born to parents neither of which are citizens
or legal residents of the United States, no United States or
Oklahoma citizenship shall be granted to the child and the only
designation permitted on the birth certificate shall be the
designation provided in paragraph 4 of subsection B of this section.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

60-2-3441 BRC 1/15/2026 12:31:33 PM