Oklahoma Gov. Stitt signed SB 2, barring transgender girls from female school sports statewide

On March 30, 2022, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed SB 2, the "Save Women's Sports Act," into law, requiring athletic teams sponsored by any public school district, public charter school, or institution within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education to be expressly designated "male/men/boys," "female/women/girls," or "coed/mixed" based on biological sex at birth, affirmed by a parent or guardian affidavit. The law bars students of the male sex from female-designated teams and creates a private cause of action against schools that violate the designation, as well as a countervailing cause of action against schools or athletic associations that penalize a school for maintaining female-only teams. The bill carried an emergency clause and took effect immediately on signing.

The law singled out transgender students for categorical exclusion from a public benefit based on a protected characteristic, establishing a statewide bar enforced through Oklahoma's public schools and university system. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond later joined a multistate amicus effort at the U.S. Supreme Court defending this category of law.

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2026-06-30 — Supreme Court upheld state transgender-athlete bans [3]

The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in parallel challenges to Idaho and West Virginia bans, upheld state laws barring transgender athletes from female sports. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, who had filed multistate amicus briefs supporting the bans, said the ruling would "allow Oklahoma to ensure fair competition for female athletes" under SB 2.