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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 1535 By: Haste
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to officers; amending 51 O.S. 2021,
7 Section 50, which relates to the Personal Privacy
8 Protection Act; adding certain exceptions to
8 authorize disclosure of personal affiliation
9 information; updating statutory language; updating
9 statutory references; and providing an effective
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 50, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 50. A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
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16 "Personal Privacy Protection Act".
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17 B. As used in the Personal Privacy Protection Act:
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18 1. "Personal affiliation information" means any list, record,
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19 register, registry, roll, roster or other compilation of data of any
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20 kind that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member,
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21 supporter, or volunteer of, or donor of financial or nonfinancial
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22 support to, any entity organized pursuant to Section 501(c) of the
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1 2. "Public agency" means any state or local governmental unit,
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2 however designated, including, but not limited to, the State of
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3 Oklahoma; any department, agency, office, commission, board,
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4 division or other entity of the State of Oklahoma this state,
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5 including those created or established pursuant to constitutional
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6 provisions; any political subdivision of the State of Oklahoma, this
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7 state including, but not limited to, a county, city, township,
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8 village, school district, community college district or any other
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9 local governmental unit, agency, authority, council, board or
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10 commission; or any state or local court, tribunal or other judicial
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11 or quasi-judicial body.
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12 C. A public agency shall not do any of the following:
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13 1. Require any individual to provide the public agency with
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14 personal affiliation information or otherwise compel the release of
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15 personal affiliation information;
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16 2. Require any entity organized pursuant to Section 501(c) of
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17 the United States Internal Revenue Code to provide the state agency
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18 or political subdivision with personal affiliation information or
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19 otherwise compel the release of personal affiliation information;
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20 3. Release, publicize or otherwise publicly disclose any
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21 personal affiliation information in the possession of the public
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22 agency; or
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23 4. Request or require a current or prospective contractor or
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24 grantee with the public agency to provide the public agency with a
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1 list of entities organized pursuant to Section 501(c) of the United
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2 States Internal Revenue Code to which it has provided financial or
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3 nonfinancial support.
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4 D. Personal affiliation information is shall be exempt from the
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5 disclosure requirements of the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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6 E. The Personal Privacy Protection Act shall not preclude any
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8 1. Any report or disclosure required by the Oklahoma Ethics
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9 Commission prior to the effective date of this act November 1, 2020;
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10 2. Any lawful warrant for personal affiliation information
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11 issued by a court of competent jurisdiction;
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12 3. Any A lawful request by the Attorney General for personal
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13 affiliation information pursuant to a review, examination, or
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14 investigation authorized by state law;
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15 4. Disclosure by the Attorney General of personal affiliation
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16 information in court pleadings and motions, as relevant evidence, or
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17 in public communications related to a civil or criminal action;
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18 5. A lawful request by the Attorney General for personal
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19 affiliation information in discovery in a civil or criminal action;
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20 6. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any lawful
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21 request for discovery of personal affiliation information in
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22 litigation if both of the following conditions are met:
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1 a. the requester demonstrates a compelling need for the
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2 personal affiliation information requested by clear
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3 and convincing evidence, and
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4 b. the requester obtains a protective order barring
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5 disclosure of personal affiliation information to any
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6 person not directly involved in the litigation; or
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7 4. Admission 7. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
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8 admission of personal affiliation information as relevant evidence
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9 before a court of competent jurisdiction. However, no court shall
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10 publicly reveal disclose personal affiliation information absent a
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11 specific finding of good cause; or
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12 8. A lawful request for, or disclosure of, personal affiliation
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13 information that is publicly or voluntarily disclosed by the person
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14 or entity to which it relates.
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15 F. Any person alleging a violation of the Personal Privacy
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16 Protection Act may bring a civil action for appropriate injunctive
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17 relief, damages, or both injunctive relief and damages. Damages
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18 awarded pursuant to this section may include one of the following,
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19 as appropriate:
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20 1. A sum of money not less than Two Thousand Five Hundred
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21 Dollars ($2,500.00) to compensate for injury or loss caused by each
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22 violation of this act the Personal Privacy Protection Act; or
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1 2. For an intentional violation of this act the Personal
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2 Privacy Protection Act, a sum of money not to exceed three times the
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4 G. A court, in rendering judgment in an action brought pursuant
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5 to this section, may award all or a portion of the costs of
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6 litigation, including reasonable attorney fees and witness fees, to
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7 the complainant in the action if the court determines that the award
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9 H. A person who knowingly violates this act the Personal
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10 Property Protection Act shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
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11 misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars
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12 ($1,000.00), by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
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13 ninety (90) days or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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