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An act relating to protection from domestic abuse, the official text

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1                   STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1360               By: Hasenbeck

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6                   AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to protection from domestic abuse;

    amending 26 O.S. 2021, Section 4-115.2, as amended by

8   Section 2, Chapter 147, O.S.L. 2023 (26 O.S. Supp.

    2024, Section 4-115.2), which relates to

9   confidentiality of residence and mailing address;

    modifying applicable classes to include victims of

10  sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or human

    trafficking who provide independent documentary

11  evidence; granting the State Election Board authority

    to develop guidelines; amending 68 O.S. 2021, Section

12  2899.1, which relates to requests to keep personal

    information confidential; permitting the Director of

13  the Oklahoma Attorney General's Address

    Confidentiality Program to request that certain

14  information not be made publicly available;

    permitting certain officials to obtain court order to

15  keep certain records confidential; providing

    definition; providing an effective date; and

16  declaring an emergency.

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19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

20  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY  26 O.S. 2021, Section 4-115.2, as

21 amended by Section 2, Chapter 147, O.S.L. 2023 (26 O.S. Supp. 2024,

22 Section 4-115.2), is amended to read as follows:

23  Section 4-115.2. A. 1. The Secretary of the State Election

24 Board is authorized to promulgate rules to keep confidential the

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1 residence and mailing address, upon application to do so, of

2 individual registered voters who are members of certain classes as

3 described in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

4   2. Classes shall be limited to the judiciary, district

5 attorneys, assistant district attorneys, Uniformed Services members,

6 law enforcement personnel and the immediate family of law

7 enforcement personnel, correctional officers, the secretary,

8 assistant secretary, employees, and members of a county election

9 board or the State Election Board, persons who are protected by

10 victim's protection orders, the spouses and dependents of the

11 members of such classes, and persons who are certified by the

12 Secretary of State as participants in the Address Confidentiality

13 Program established by Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma

14 Statutes. The State Election Board shall also accept applications

15 from persons who provide independent documentary evidence to show

16 that the applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the

17 applicant's household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse,

18 stalking, or human trafficking to qualify for confidentiality of

19 records under this section. The State Election Board shall have the

20 authority to develop guidelines for accepting or rejecting

21 applications that use independent documentary evidence.

22  3. Such address information shall be provided to a candidate or

23 candidate representative or other lawful authority in anticipation

24 or as part of a contest of candidacy or contest of an election as

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1 provided for in this title or as part of a petition challenge as

2 provided by law. However, no information concerning the address of

3 a certified Address Confidentiality Program participant shall be

4 released by election officials to any person for any purpose except

5 under court order.

6   B. As used in this section, "immediate family of law

7 enforcement personnel" means a spouse, child by birth or adoption,

8 stepchild or parent living at the same residence as the law

9 enforcement personnel.

10  SECTION 2.        AMENDATORY  68 O.S. 2021, Section 2899.1, is

11 amended to read as follows:

12  Section 2899.1. A. All elected county officials, peace

13 officers and law enforcement organizations in the State of Oklahoma

14 shall be permitted to request to a county assessor that personal

15 information regarding elected county officials, peace officers or

16 undercover or covert law enforcement officers not be made publicly

17 available on the Internet, but instead kept in a secure location at

18 the office of the county assessor where it may be made available to

19 authorized persons pursuant to law. The Director of the Oklahoma

20 Attorney General's Address Confidentiality Program, administered

21 under Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be

22 permitted to request to a county assessor that personal information

23 regarding a certified Address Confidentiality Program participant,

24 upon the participant's proof of certification, not be made publicly

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1 available on the Internet, but instead kept in a secure location at

2 the office of the county assessor where it may be made available to

3 authorized persons pursuant to law.

4   B. Any elected county official, peace officer or, law

5 enforcement official on behalf of an undercover or covert officer,

6 or Address Confidentiality Program participant who wishes to have

7 the personal information of the elected county official, peace

8 officer or, undercover or covert officer, or Address Confidentiality

9 Program participant that is contained in the records of a county

10 assessor be kept confidential must obtain an order of a court that

11 requires the county assessor to maintain the personal information of

12 the person or entity in a confidential manner. Such an order must

13 be based on a sworn affidavit by the elected county official, peace

14 officer or, law enforcement official, or current Address

15 Confidentiality Program participant which affidavit:

16  1. States that the individual whose information is to be kept

17 confidential is:

18  a. an elected county official,

19  b. a peace officer, or

20  c. an undercover or covert officer; and, or

21  d. a current Address Confidentiality Program participant;

22  and

23  2. Sets forth sufficient justification for the request for

24 confidentiality.

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1   C. Upon receipt of such an order, a county assessor shall keep

2 such information confidential and shall not disclose the

3 confidential information to anyone not specifically authorized by

4 law to view the information, unless disclosure is specifically

5 authorized in writing by that person or the affiant. A county

6 assessor shall not post such confidential information on the

7 Internet.

8   D. As used in this section:

9   1. "Elected county official" means a person elected to a county

10 office;

11  2. "Peace officer" shall have the same meaning as that term is

12 defined in Section 99 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

13  3. "Program participant" shall have the same meaning as that

14 term is defined in Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma

15 Statutes; and

16  4. "Personal information" means:

17          a. the home address of a person,

18          b. the home address of the spouse, domestic partner or

19                minor child of a person, and

20          c. any telephone number or electronic mail address of a

21                person.

22  SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.

23  SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

24 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby

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1 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and

2 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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