Oklahoma State Senator Earl Garrison (D) has authored a senate bill that, if passed in to law, will prohibit and make illegal any non-school-related sports program practicing outdoors for all kids 13 years of age or under, regardless of sport, when the heat index is 95 degrees or higher (per the National Weather Service).

If Mr. Garrison is so concerned about our kids' safety, why doesn't this bill say the kids can't practice outside when it's below freezing or a county is under a tornado warning? Does the author care about only about heat injuries and not frostbite or severe weather? Furthermore, does Mr. Garrison think is it alright for kids *not* covered by this bill (children over 13) to suffer a heat-related injury? Ridiculous!

Not only does this bill infringe on our citizens' constitutional right to freely assemble, it fails to respect the parents' right to choose what they feel is best for their own child, seems hasty, ill-conceived and quite frankly, detrimental to the statewide host of independent youth sports program in Oklahoma and their participants. Parents, organizers, coaches and the kids themselves are extremely capable of drinking water, taking breaks and staying in the shade and exercising the judgement necessary to ensure their children's safety in the heat.

JOIN US IN DENOUNCING THIS SENATE BILL! We, the undersigned, think that this bill is NOT good for the youth sports participants of Oklahoma and should NOT be passed into law.

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