The civic record
Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1997 enacts the Child Protection Act of 2024 to restrict parental consent for minors in state custody to marry
Last action · February 4, 2025: Second Reading referred to Rules
Track this bill to get notified when it advances a stage. One tap to stop, anytime.
What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1997 enacts the Child Protection Act of 2024, prohibiting parents or guardians from consenting to the marriage of any minor under eighteen years of age who is in the custody of the Department of Human Services or the Department of Juvenile Justice, effective November 1, 2025.
The measure removes the ability of parents or guardians to authorize marriage for minors under state care, altering marriage licensing rules for youths supervised by state welfare and juvenile justice agencies.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
minors under the age of eighteen
Minors under the age of eighteen who are in the custody of state welfare or juvenile justice agencies are barred from utilizing parental consent to enter into marriage.
Department of Human Services
The agency's custody status over minors removes the parental consent option for marriage applications involving those youths.
Department of Juvenile Justice
The agency's custody over minor individuals disqualifies their parents or guardians from authorizing marriage for those youths.
Key Facts
You don't have to trust us. Each fact below is taken straight from the official document - click any one to see the exact passage, highlighted in the original.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can parents consent to the marriage of a teenager in state custody under this bill?
What else do you want to know?
News Coverage
Follow the record
Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Turner
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
View official text →Lobbying Activity
No state lobbying filings in our records match this bill. Federal lobbying reports (LDA) cover Congress, so they are not listed on state bills.
Full breakdown
Who this bill affects and the strongest case for and against it, written only from the bill’s own text.
Connected Entities
Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
Publisher tools