govt.fyi
Back to HB 4193
Oklahoma Legislature· HB 4193Authored by Senator Frix (principal Senate author)

An act relating to state government, the official text

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 4193            By: Chapman

4

5

6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to state government; creating the

    Procurement Protection Act of 2026; defining terms;

8   prohibiting foreign adversary and federally banned

    corporations from contracting with state agencies or

9   political subdivisions; requiring companies certify

    they are not ineligible; establishing penalties for

10  false certification; providing exceptions; providing

    for noncodification; providing for codification; and

11  declaring an emergency.

12

13

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

15  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law not to be

16 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:

17  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Procurement

18 Protection Act of 2026".

19  SECTION 2.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 85.59 of Title 74, unless there

21 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

22  As used in this act:

23  1. "Company" means any sole proprietorship, organization,

24 association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited

    Req. No. 15514                                                Page 1
1 partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability

2 company, or other entity or business association, including all

3 wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, parent

4 companies, or affiliates of such entities or business associations,

5 that exist for the purpose of making profit;

6   2. "Control" means:

7   a. control as defined in the Investment Company Act of

8   1940, 15 U.S.C., Section 80a-2(a), or

9   b. in the case of a Chinese company, involvement in an

10  entity's governance structure, monitoring, or internal

11  human resources decisions of an entity consistent with

12  the objectives set out in the Opinion on Strengthening

13  the United Front Work of the Private Economy in the

14  New Era issued by the General Office of the Central

15  Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2020) or a

16  successor or similar document;

17  3. "Domicile" means the country in which a company is

18 registered, where the company's affairs are primarily completed, and

19 where the majority of ownership share is held;

20  4. "Federally banned corporation" means any company or

21 designated equipment federally banned currently or banned after the

22 effective date of this act. Such bans shall include those resulting

23 from, but not limited to, the following federal agencies and acts:

24

    Req. No. 15514                                                 Page 2
1   a. the Federal Communications Commission, including, but

2   not limited to, any equipment or service deemed to

3   pose a threat to national security identified on the

4   Covered List developed pursuant to 47 C.F.R., Section

5   1.50002 and published by the Public Safety and

6   Homeland Security Bureau of the Federal Communications

7   Commission pursuant to the federal Secure and Trust

8   Communications Networks Act of 2019, 47 U.S.C.,

9   Section 1601 et seq.,

10  b. the United States Department of Commerce,

11  c. the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency,

12  d. the Federal Acquisition Security Council, and

13  e. Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense

14  Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, P.L. 115-232;

15  5. "Foreign adversary" means adversarial nations including the

16 People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic

17 Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the

18 Republic of Cuba, the Venezuelan regime of Nicol�s Maduro, and the

19 Syrian Arab Republic, including any agent of or any other entity

20 under significant control of such foreign country of concern, or any

21 other entity deemed a foreign adversary by the Governor;

22  6. a. "Foreign adversary company" means any company, other

23  than a United States person or United States

24

    Req. No. 15514                                                  Page 3
1   subsidiary as defined in 15 C.F.R., Section 772.1,

2   that:

3   (1) is domiciled, incorporated, issued, or listed in

4                   a foreign adversary country,

5   (2) is headquartered in a foreign adversary country,

6   (3) has its principal place of business in a foreign

7                   adversary country,

8   (4) is controlled by the government of the People's

9                   Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party,

10                  the Chinese military, or any instrumentality

11                  thereof, including the state-owned Assets

12                  Supervision and Administration Commission of the

13                  State Council or the National Social Security

14                  Fund, or

15  (5) is majority-owned by an entity controlled by the

16                  government of the People's Republic of China, the

17                  Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese military, or

18                  any instrumentality thereof, including the state-

19                  owned Assets Supervision and Administration

20                  Commission of the State Council or the National

21                  Social Security Fund, or

22  b. If an entity:

23  (1) does not meet any of the above criteria, and

24

    Req. No. 15514                                               Page 4
1               (2) does not recognize more than fifty percent (50%)

2                   of the total annual global revenue of the entity

3                   and its subsidiaries from a foreign adversary

4                   country, then that entity shall not be considered

5                   a "foreign adversary company" regardless of

6                   whether one or more subsidiaries or affiliates of

7                   the entity meets the definition of a "foreign

8                   adversary company" under this section; and

9   7. "Government of China" shall mean the People's Republic of

10 China led by the Chinese Communist Party.

11  SECTION 3.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

12 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 85.59a of Title 74, unless there

13 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

14  A. Except as provided under subsection D of this section, the

15 following companies shall be ineligible to bid on or submit a

16 proposal for a contract with a state agency or political subdivision

17 of this state for goods or services:

18  1. A state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary;

19  2. A foreign adversary company; or

20  3. A federally banned corporation.

21  B. A state agency or any political subdivision of this state

22 shall require a company that submits a bid or proposal with respect

23 to a contract for goods or services to certify that the company is

24 not a company listed under subsection A of this section.

    Req. No. 15514                                                Page 5
1       C. If the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

2 Services or a political subdivision determines that a company has

3 submitted a false certification under subsection B of this section:

4       1. The company shall be liable for a civil penalty in an amount

5 that is equal to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or

6 twice the amount of the contract for which a bid or proposal was

7 submitted, whichever is greater;

8       2. The state agency or the Office of Management and Enterprise

9 Services shall terminate the contract with the company; and

10      3. The company shall be ineligible to, and shall not, bid on a

11 state contract for sixty (60) months.

12      D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of this

13 section, a state agency may enter into a contract for goods

14 manufactured by a company listed under subsection A of this section

15 if:

16      1. There is no other reasonable option for procuring the goods;

17 and

18      2. The contract is pre-approved by the Director of the Office

19 of Management and Enterprise Services, or, in the case of a

20 political subdivision, the contract is pre-approved by the

21 procurement authority of the political subdivision, after a

22 determination that not procuring the good would pose a greater

23 threat to this state than the threat associated with the

24 procurement.

    Req. No. 15514                                                 Page 6
1   E. This act does not apply to a company, including a third-

2 party vendor, that is in compliance with the Secure and Trusted

3 Communications Networks Act of 2019, P.L. 116-124.

4   SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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

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

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

8

9   60-2-15514      MJ  12/23/25

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

    Req. No. 15514                                                 Page 7
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.