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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 1467 By: Daniels
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to criminal justice data; defining
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9 request acceptance prior to certain date; providing
10 for codification; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1520 of Title 22, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. For the purposes of this section:
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18 1. "Bona fide researcher" means any individual or organization
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19 that:
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20 a. agrees that any personally identifiable information
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21 provided shall be used only for research and
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22 statistical purposes and shall not be transferred,
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23 revealed, or used for other purposes and that reports
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1 or publications derived from such information shall
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2 not personally identify specific individuals,
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3 b. certifies that approval was secured from the
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4 institutional review board of the individual or
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5 organization for the research or statistical project
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6 that is the basis of the data access request, and
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7 c. certifies that security controls approved by the
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8 institutional review board of the individual or
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9 organization are in place to prevent unauthorized
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10 access to requested data containing confidential or
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11 personally identifiable information;
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12 2. "Criminal justice agency" means any court with criminal
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13 jurisdiction and any municipal, county, or state agency that
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14 performs any activity that directly relates to the detection or
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15 investigation of crime; the apprehension, pretrial release,
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16 posttrial release, prosecution, correctional supervision,
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17 rehabilitation, evaluation, or treatment of accused persons or
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18 criminal offenders; criminal identification activities; or the
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19 collection, storage, or dissemination of arrest and criminal records
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20 information;
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21 3. "Criminal justice data" means any data collected, created,
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22 received, maintained, or disseminated by any criminal justice agency
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23 regardless of the data's physical form, storage medium, or
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1 4. "Institutional review board" means any board, committee, or
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2 other group that reviews, approves initiation of, and conducts
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3 periodic reviews of research and which has received accreditation
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4 for such purpose or is part of an accredited institution of higher
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5 learning; and
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6 5. "Record" means all documents including, but not limited to,
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7 any book, paper, photograph, microfilm, data files created by or
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8 used with computer software, computer tape, disk, record, sound
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9 recording, film recording, video record, or other material
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10 regardless of physical form or characteristic, created by, received
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11 by, under the authority of, or coming into the custody, control, or
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12 possession of public officials, public bodies, or their
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13 representatives in connection with the transaction of public
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14 business, the expenditure of public funds, or the administrating of
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15 public property. It shall not include computer software or
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16 nongovernment personal effects.
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17 B. 1. Upon request, a criminal justice agency shall share with
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18 a bona fide researcher all criminal justice data and records,
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19 including relevant personally identifying information and
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20 demographic information held by the agency:
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21 a. relating to:
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22 (1) law enforcement stops, searches, or seizures,
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23 (2) warrants, arrests, or citations,
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1 (3) participation in a pre-arrest or post-arrest
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2 diversion, specialty court, or other alternative
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3 resolution program,
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4 (4) criminal charges, dispositions, or sentences,
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5 (5) pretrial or posttrial release from custody or any
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6 terms or conditions of release,
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7 (6) grants, orders, changes in the terms of, or
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8 terminations of pretrial supervised release,
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9 probation, parole, or participation in
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10 correctional or rehabilitative programs, and
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11 (7) formal discipline, reclassification, or
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12 relocation for any person who is subject to
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13 criminal sentencing or is in the custody of the
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14 Department of Corrections, and
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15 b. that is subject to mandatory or discretionary
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16 disclosure to any member of the public pursuant to the
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17 provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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18 2. A release of criminal justice data, records, or information
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19 to a bona fide researcher pursuant to the provisions of this
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20 subsection shall not be construed as a release of data, records, or
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21 information to the public for the purposes of the Oklahoma Open
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22 Records Act and shall not waive the right to assert in the future
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23 that such data, records, or information is excepted from disclosure
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24 pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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1 C. On or after the effective date of this act, the Attorney
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2 General shall issue guidance to assist criminal justice agencies in
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3 complying with the provisions of this section. The guidance shall
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5 criminal justice data, records, and information with the
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6 researchers.
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7 D. A criminal justice agency may assess reasonable fees, not to
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9 criminal justice data, records, or information requested pursuant to
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11 E. Requests for criminal justice data, records, and information
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12 pursuant to this section shall not be accepted prior to July 1,
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14 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2027.
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