OK HB3084

Republican State Representative Justin J. J. Humphrey

Oklahoma Senate Bill OK HB3084, in full

OK HB3084, also known as House Bill 3084/HB 3084, or Section 11-301 of Title 70, is a new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma State Legislature which states that:

AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to schools; prohibiting certain students from participating in school curriculum or activities; requiring the student's parent or guardian to pick the student up from school; providing for removal of the student by animal control services; 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 11-301 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Students who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic behavior commonly referred to as furries at school shall not be allowed to participate in school curriculum or activities. The parent or guardian of a student in violation of this section shall pick the student up from the school, or animal control services shall be contacted to remove the student.

(In short, human kids acting furry in OK schools would need to be pulled out of them by their parents/guardians, and if not possible, "picked up" by animal control [which only deals with non-sentient, not-human, "animals"]).

Overview

HB3084 was first introduced on January 22, 2024 by Republican State Representative Justin J. J. Humphrey, an American politician who has served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing the 19th district, which covers parts of the counties of Choctaw, Pushmataha, Atoka, and Bryan.

The bill is slated to become law on November 1, 2024.

J. J. Humphrey's comments on HB3084

J. J. Humphrey told magazine Rolling Stone that he wrote HB3084 after hearing "several reports of students disrupting school while engaging in animal-like behavior", without offering Rolling Stones no proof then, nor during the bill creation.

After he introduced the bill, Republican State Representative Justin J. J. Humphrey stated that:

People are going to call me insane for running this bill. Hell, I'd say they're insane. If you got an animal coming to school, how 'bout we get them vaccinated? How 'bout we get them neutered? And how 'bout we send them to the pound? I don't wanna see some kid going to the bathroom inna litter box, inna kitty litter. Those people up 'dere lost their mind lettin' these people pretend to be animals in the classroom. If they're gonna be animals let's send 'em pound [sic], let's send 'em home. How do you teach a cat math?.

But within less than 24 hours, and due to the mainstream reaction to this extremist bill, Humphrey started to backpedal on the bill language, stating that the "animal control" part (written within an official Oklahoma government's official bill), was just "sarcasm".

Mainstream reaction

Oklahoma Representative Jacob Rosecrants, who was vocal about two of J. J. Humphrey's bills (including the "furry" one), stated on social media that HB3084 was nothing but pandering during an election year.

It purports to fix a problem that was never a problem," Rosecrants said.

OK HB3084 and furry

As with another prior Oklahoma political bill, Senate Bill 943 (or the Oklahoma Parent Empowerment Act for Kids), there is again no apparent reason given why furries are being targeted this time around, but there are similarities to the debunked allegations of conservative extremist parental rights advocates and republican politicians during the 2022 United States elections, whereas they the old canard that furry fandom was indoctrinating the conservative's their children in behalf of the political left, that school districts catered to their "sick whins" (pet bowls, litter boxes with kitty litter, etc), or were shooting people left and right.

Their solutions back then were, again, harsh, such as the example by extremist conservative Republican and pastor Mark Burns, whereas he stated that "furries would brand as 'traitors' and then 'killed' (by hanging)".

The call this time for the use of animal control services (an entity charged with responding to requests for help with animals, including wild animals, dangerous animals, and animals in distress by, normally, using leads, snares, traps, cages, nets, graspers, poles, and muzzles to capture them) to detain and remove human students perceived as being "furries" or roleplaying/cosplaying as animals ('furry characters) from school grounds was seen as at best, "odd".

Fandom reaction

Fandom reaction was mostly seen on social media and furry news sites, being almost all negative towards this new anti-furry 2024 Oklahoma bill.

See also

• American conservatism
• SB943

External links

• OK HB3084 bill tracking on LegisSan
• OK HB3084 bill tracking on Billtrack50
• HB3084 bill tracking on FastDemocracy
• Bill Information for HB 3084 page on the Oklahoma State Legislatur website
• HOUSE BILL 3084 on (PDF format)

Media

• Republican state lawmaker in Oklahoma calls for neutering children who are "furry" in defense of his proposed law article on Flayrah
• Oklahoma bill would require 'furries' be picked up from school by parents, animal control article in The Oklahoman
• Oklahoma lawmaker targeting 'furries' in schools: Who is Justin Humphrey? article on The Oklahoman
• Oklahoma lawmaker targets 'furries' in school with bill to involve animal control article on OKCFox
• Oklahoma bill calls for animal control services to remove students from schools article on the Stillwater News Press
• Students Dressed as Furries Could be Collected by Animal Control if New Oklahoma Bill Passes article on Rolling Stones magazine
• Oklahoma bill requires"furry" children to be removed from school by parents or animal control article on Boing Boing
• Oklahoma Republican Gonna Get Those Litter- Box-Using Furry Kids Out Of Schools, Using Animal Control article on Wonkette
• Oklahoma Republican files bill to ban 'furries' from school article on Daily Kos
• A Republican In This State Wants Animal Services To Remove Furries From Schools article on the HuffPost
• Oklahoma GOP Lawmaker Wants Animal Services To Remove Students Who Identify As Furries article on Com!c Sands
• Oklahoma lawmaker wants animal control to take furries from public schools: 'Send them to the pound' article on the New York Post
• Oklahoma Republican falls for furry conspiracy, proposes bill unleashing animal control on students article on the Advocate
• GOP bill would have animal control remove furries from schools article on LGBTQ Nation
• Republican files bill to make animal control remove furries from school grounds article on Pink News
• Fursona non grata: Oklahoma lawmaker moves to ban 'furryism' in public schools article on FIRE
• An Oklahoma Rep Filed a Bill to Have Animal Control Remove Furries From School Grounds article on THEM

Media (opinion)

• Furry: Oklahoma Rep. Justin Humphrey continues long-discredited 'furries use litter boxes' opinion piece by guest columnist by furry writer/historian, and artist Joe Strike for The Oklahoman

Media (critics)

• Oklahoma bill would ban 'furries' from school, require parent, 'animal control' to pick up rule-breakers (The 'furry' community have raised eyebrows in the past) article on Fox News
• New Oklahoma Bill Would Kick Furries Out Of School, Have Animal Control Pick Them Up article on the Daily Caller
• How A Silly Oklahoma Bill On Kids Identifying As 'Furries' Could Help Fight Mental Illness article om The Federalist