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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 1441 By: Hines
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to critical infrastructure; amending
7 3 O.S. 2021, Section 322, which relates to prohibited
8 unmanned aircraft; imposing criminal liability for
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 3 O.S. 2021, Section 322, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 322. A. As used in this section:
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15 1. "Critical infrastructure facility" means:
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16 a. one of the following, if completely enclosed by a
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17 fence or other physical barrier that is obviously
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18 designed to exclude intruders, or if clearly marked
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19 with a sign or signs that are posted on the property,
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20 are reasonably likely to come to the attention of
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21 intruders, and indicate that entry is forbidden or
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22 flight of unmanned aircraft without site authorization
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23 is forbidden:
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24 (1) a petroleum or alumina refinery,
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1 (2) an electrical power generating facility,
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2 substation, switching station or electrical
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3 control center,
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4 (3) a chemical, polymer or rubber manufacturing
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5 facility,
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6 (4) a water intake structure, water treatment
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7 facility, wastewater treatment plant or pump
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8 station,
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9 (5) a natural gas compressor station,
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10 (6) a liquid natural gas terminal or storage
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11 facility,
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12 (7) a telecommunications central switching office,
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13 (8) wireless telecommunications infrastructure,
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14 including cell towers,
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15 (9) a port, railroad switching yard, trucking
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16 terminal or other freight transportation
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17 facility,
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18 (10) a gas processing plant, including a plant used in
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19 the processing, treatment or fractionation of
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20 natural gas or natural gas liquids,
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21 (11) a transmission facility used by a federally
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22 licensed radio or television station,
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23 (12) a steelmaking facility that uses an electric arc
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24 furnace to make steel,
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1 (13) a facility identified and regulated by the United
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2 States Department of Homeland Security Chemical
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3 Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS)
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4 program,
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5 (14) a dam that is regulated by the state or federal
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6 government, or
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7 (15) a natural gas distribution utility facility,
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8 including, but not limited to, pipeline
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9 interconnections, a city gate or town border
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10 station, metering station, aboveground piping, a
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11 regulator station and a natural gas storage
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12 facility, or
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13 b. any aboveground portion of an oil, gas, hazardous
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14 liquid or chemical pipeline that is enclosed by a
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15 fence or other physical barrier that is obviously
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16 designed to exclude intruders;
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17 2. "Dam" means any barrier, including any appurtenant
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18 structures, that is constructed for the purpose of permanently or
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19 temporarily impounding water; and
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20 3. "Unmanned aircraft" means an aircraft without occupants that
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21 is flown by a pilot via a ground control system or autonomously
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23 necessary to operate the aircraft and includes unmanned aircraft
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1 B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a person
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2 shall not intentionally or knowingly:
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3 1. Operate an unmanned aircraft over a critical infrastructure
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4 facility if the unmanned aircraft is less than four hundred (400)
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5 feet above ground level;
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6 2. Allow an unmanned aircraft to make contact with a critical
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7 infrastructure facility, including any person or object on the
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8 premises of or within the facility; or
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9 3. Allow an unmanned aircraft to come within a distance of a
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10 critical infrastructure facility that is close enough to interfere
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11 with the operations of or cause a disturbance to the facility.
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12 C. This section shall not apply to conduct committed by:
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13 1. The federal government, the state or a political subdivision
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15 2. A person under contract with or otherwise acting under the
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16 direction or on behalf of the federal government, the state or a
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17 political subdivision of the state;
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18 3. A law enforcement agency;
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19 4. A person under contract with or otherwise acting under the
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20 direction or on behalf of a law enforcement agency;
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21 5. An owner or operator of the critical infrastructure
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22 facility;
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1 6. A person under contract with or otherwise acting under the
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2 direction or on behalf of an owner or operator of the critical
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3 infrastructure facility;
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4 7. A person who has the prior written consent of the owner or
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5 operator of the critical infrastructure facility;
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6 8. The owner or occupant of the property on which the critical
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7 infrastructure facility is located or a person who has the prior
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8 written consent of the owner or occupant of that property; or
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9 9. An operator of an unmanned aircraft that is being used for a
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10 commercial purpose, if the operator is authorized by the Federal
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11 Aviation Administration to conduct operations over that airspace.
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12 D. Any person in violation of this section shall be subject to
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13 the provisions of Section 1792 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
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14 and may be civilly liable for damages to the critical infrastructure
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15 facility to include, but not be limited to, damage to property, the
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16 environment or human health.
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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