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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 1511 By: McIntosh
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Sex Offenders Registration
7 Act; amending 57 O.S. 2021, Section 589, which
8 relates to registered offenders prohibited from
8 certain employment; requiring certain signage;
9 requiring certain verification; creating misdemeanor
9 offenses; providing penalties; updating statutory
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 589, is
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15 amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 589. A. It is unlawful for any person registered
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17 pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary
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18 Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act to work with or
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19 provide services to children or to work on school premises, or for
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20 any person or business which that contracts for work to be performed
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21 on school premises to knowingly and willfully allow any employee to
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22 work with children or to work on school premises who is registered
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23 pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary
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24 Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. Upon conviction for
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1 any violation of the provisions of this subsection, the violator
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2 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed
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3 One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). In addition, the violator may be
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4 liable for civil damages.
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5 B. 1. A person or business who offers or provides services to
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6 children shall ensure compliance with subsection A of this section
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7 by conducting a name search of employees at least annually against
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8 the registries maintained pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders
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9 Registration Act and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders
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10 Registration Act while such person is working with or serving
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11 children. All persons Any person working with or providing services
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12 to children shall be required to sign a statement declaring that he
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13 or she is not currently required to register under the provisions of
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14 the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy
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15 Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. Compliance with the
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16 signed statement shall be mandatory for all persons any person
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17 working with or providing services to children, and there shall be
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18 no liability or obligation placed upon any person or business to
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19 ascertain the truthfulness of the affidavit. Any person or business
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20 having a contract with a school shall ensure compliance as provided
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21 by Section 6-101.48 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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22 2. Failure of any person or business who works with or provides
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23 services to children to conduct the annual name search of each
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24 person employed shall be a misdemeanor. Upon conviction for failure
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1 to conduct a name search, the violator shall be guilty of a
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2 misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars
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3 ($1,000.00). Refusal of any person who is employed to work with or
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4 provide services to children to sign a statement declaring they have
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5 he or she has no requirement to register as provided in this section
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6 shall be a misdemeanor, upon conviction, punishable by a fine not to
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7 exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and the person shall be
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8 immediately terminated from employment. Any person discovering an
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9 employment or registration violation as required by any provision of
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10 law for any person currently employed to work with or provide
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11 services to children has a duty to and shall immediately report such
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12 findings to the district attorney.
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13 C. It is unlawful for any law enforcement agency to employ any
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14 person as a peace officer or criminal investigator who has received
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15 a verdict of guilty or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any offense
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16 required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act
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17 or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act,
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18 including those receiving a verdict of guilt, pleading guilty or
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19 nolo contendere as part of a deferred judgment or other provision of
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20 law authorizing a delayed or suspended judgment or sentence. Every
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21 person receiving a verdict of guilty or pleading guilty or nolo
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22 contendere to any offense required to register pursuant to the Sex
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23 Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders
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24 Registration Act shall be prohibited from being certified by the
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1 Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) as a peace
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2 officer, private investigator, or security guard, and if at the time
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3 of the verdict or plea such person has been previously CLEET
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4 certified such certification shall be revoked. Any violator shall
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5 be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction of noncompliance with the
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6 provisions of this subsection.
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7 D. A person or business that employs a person registered
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8 pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act and that offers or
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9 provides services where children are reasonably expected to be
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10 present shall clearly post signage that is easily readable by the
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11 average person stating that the person or business employs a person
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12 registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act. A person
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13 or business who offers or provides services where children are
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14 reasonably expected to be present shall ensure compliance with this
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15 subsection by conducting a name search of employees at least
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16 annually against the registry maintained pursuant to the Sex
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17 Offenders Registration Act while such person is employed. Any
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18 person or business who violates the provisions of this subsection
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19 shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a
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20 fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
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21 E. A person, regardless of whether he or she has a licensed
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22 business, who is registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders
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23 Registration Act and offers or provides services where children are
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1 easily readable by the average person stating that the person is
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2 registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act. Any
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3 person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall, upon
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4 conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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