Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official PDF posted by the Oklahoma Legislature, fetched 2026-07-23. Page and line markers are part of the official record; nothing is edited or removed. The official bill page.
1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
3 HOUSE BILL 4105 By: Ford
4
5
6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to professions and occupations;
amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1750.2, which relates
8 to the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private
Investigator Act definitions; expanding the
9 definition of security guard; and providing an
effective date.
10
11
12
13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1750.2, is
15 amended to read as follows:
16 Section 1750.2. As used in the Oklahoma Security Guard and
17 Private Investigator Act:
18 1. "Client" means any person or legal entity having a contract
19 with a person or entity licensed pursuant to the Oklahoma Security
20 Guard and Private Investigator Act, which contract authorizes
21 services to be performed in return for financial or other
22 considerations;
23 2. "Council" means the Council on Law Enforcement Education and
24 Training;
Req. No. 15364 Page 1
1 3. "License" means authorization issued by the Council pursuant
2 to the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act
3 permitting the holder to perform the functions of a security guard,
4 armed security guard, private investigator, investigative agency, or
5 security agency;
6 4. "Private investigator" means a person who is self-employed,
7 or contracts with, or is employed by an investigative agency for the
8 purpose of conducting a private investigation and reporting the
9 results to the employer or client of the employer relating to:
10 a. potential or pending litigation, civil or criminal,
11 b. divorce or other domestic investigations,
12 c. missing persons or missing property, or
13 d. other lawful investigations, but shall not include:
14 (1) a person authorized or employed by the United
15 States government, any state government, or any
16 agency, department, or political subdivision
17 thereof while engaged in the performance of
18 official duties,
19 (2) a person or employee of a firm, corporation or
20 other legal entity engaged exclusively in a
21 profession licensed by any board, commission,
22 department or court of this state, or
23 (3) a bona fide, salaried, full-time employee of a
24 firm, corporation or other legal entity not in
Req. No. 15364 Page 2
1 the primary business of soliciting and providing
2 private investigations, who conducts
3 investigations that are exclusive to and
4 incidental to the primary business of said firm,
5 corporation or entity, and when the costs of such
6 investigations are not charged directly back to
7 the particular client or customer who directly
8 benefits from the investigation;
9 5. "Armed private investigator" means a private investigator
10 authorized to carry a firearm;
11 6. "Security agency" means a person, firm, corporation, or
12 other private legal entity in the business of security guard
13 services or armed security guards for hire;
14 7. "Security guard" means an individual contracting with or
15 employed by a security agency, private business or person to prevent
16 trespass, theft, misappropriation, wrongful concealment of
17 merchandise, goods, money or other tangible items, or engaged as a
18 bodyguard or as a private watchman to protect persons or property,
19 but shall not include:
20 a. for individuals operating unarmed, any person employed
21 as a private watchman or security guard by one
22 employer only in connection with the affairs of such
23 employer where there exists an employer-employee
24 relationship,
Req. No. 15364 Page 3
1 b. for any event, including but not limited to, concerts,
2 festivals, and sporting events, for individuals
3 operating unarmed, any person contracted as an usher
4 queue agent, ticket agent, gate agent, credential
5 verification agent, or similar role, whose
6 responsibilities may include checking tickets and
7 bags, directing patrons, encouraging compliance with
8 venue or event policies including those on prohibited
9 items, observing magnetometers, and notifying
10 certified security guards or law enforcement personnel
11 of potential violations. Contracted employees posted
12 at venue entry points shall be under the supervision
13 of a CLEET-certified security guard or law enforcement
14 officer. There shall be one CLEET-certified security
15 guard or law enforcement officer for every fifteen
16 uncertified contractors at a given entry point.
17 c. a full-time or active reserve certified peace officer
18 of the United States, this state, or any political
19 subdivision of either:
20 (1) while such peace officer is engaged in the
21 performance of his or her official duties within
22 the course and scope of his or her employment
23 with the United States, this state, or any
24 political subdivision of either,
Req. No. 15364 Page 4
1 (2) while such peace officer is engaged in the
2 performance of his or her duties as a railroad
3 police officer,
4 (3) who receives compensation for private employment
5 on an individual or an individual independent
6 contractual basis as a patrolman, guard, or
7 watchman if such person is employed in an
8 employer-employee relationship or is employed on
9 an individual contractual basis, or
10 (4) who receives compensation from an employer-
11 employee relationship or an individual
12 independent contractor basis with any licensed
13 security agency as defined in this section or any
14 private business or person to perform security or
15 investigative services,
16 c. any person whose terms of employment as a security
17 guard are governed by a collective bargaining
18 agreement on May 9, 1989, and
19 d. any person who is employed as a full-time security
20 guard by a financial institution on May 9, 1989;
21 8. "Armed security guard" means a security guard authorized to
22 carry a firearm;
23 9. "Investigative agency" means a self-employed private
24 investigator, a firm, a corporation, or other private legal entity
Req. No. 15364 Page 5
1 in the business of soliciting the business of private investigation
2 and/or providing private investigations and investigators;
3 10. "Special event" means a public activity in the form of an
4 athletic contest, charity event, exposition or similar event that
5 occurs only on an annual or noncontinuing basis; and
6 11. "Special event license" means a temporary license issued
7 pursuant to the Oklahoma Security Guard and Private Investigator Act
8 which restricts the license holder to employment as a security guard
9 only for the duration of a particular event.
10 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
11
12 60-2-15364 TKR 01/07/26
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Req. No. 15364 Page 6Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.