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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 1368 By: Grego
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to human trafficking; directing
private businesses and public schools to post certain
8 signage at specific locations; directing the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control
9 to promulgate certain rules regarding signage;
listing requirements of signage; directing the Bureau
10 to provide signage without cost; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 748.1 of Title 21, unless there
16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
17 Beginning November 1, 2025, warning signs of the penalties for
18 the trafficking of persons under Section 748 of Title 21 of the
19 Oklahoma Statutes shall be posted at the following businesses:
20 1. Cosmetology establishments, as defined in Section 199.1 of
21 Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
22 2. Establishments or schools that provide massage therapy or
23 instruction in massage therapy, as defined in Section 4200.2 of
24 Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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1 3. Establishments that provide body piercing or tattooing
2 services, as defined in Section 842.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
3 Statutes; and
4 4. Hospitals, as defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the
5 Oklahoma Statutes.
6 The signage shall be posted in a conspicuous place that is
7 either near the public entrance of the business establishment or
8 near the location where similar notices are customarily posted at
9 the business establishment.
10 B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
11 Control shall adopt rules regarding the placement, installation,
12 design, size, wording, and maintenance procedures for the warning
13 signs required under this section. The rules shall require that
14 each warning sign:
15 1. Include a description of the provisions of Section 748 of
16 Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes including the criminal penalties
17 for violating the statute;
18 2. Be written in English and Spanish; and
19 3. Be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (8
20 1/2 x 11) in size.
21 C. The Bureau shall provide a warning sign without charge to
22 each business establishment listed in subsection A of this section.
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1 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 100.11 of Title 70, unless there
3 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
4 Beginning November 1, 2025, public schools of this state shall
5 post warning signs of the penalties for the trafficking of persons
6 under Section 748 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes at the
7 following locations:
8 1. Parallel to and along the exterior boundaries of the
9 premises of the school;
10 2. At each roadway or other way of access to the premises of
11 the school;
12 3. For premises not fenced, at least every five hundred (500)
13 feet along the exterior boundaries of the premises of the school;
14 4. At each entrance to the premises of the school; and
15 5. At conspicuous places reasonably likely to be viewed by all
16 persons entering the premises of the school.
17 B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
18 Control shall adopt rules regarding the placement, installation,
19 design, size, wording, and maintenance procedures for the warning
20 signs required under this section. The rules shall require that
21 each warning sign:
22 1. Include a description of the provisions of Section 748 of
23 Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes including the criminal penalties
24 for violating the statute;
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1 2. Be written in English and Spanish; and
2 3. Be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches (8
3 1/2 x 11) in size.
4 C. The Bureau shall provide each school without charge the
5 number of warning signs required to comply with the provisions of
6 this section.
7 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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