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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 1536 By: Bergstrom
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state government; defining terms;
7 authorizing the Attorney General to investigate
8 certain entities for certain solicitations; requiring
8 the Attorney General to establish certain guidelines;
9 requiring district attorney collaboration under
9 certain circumstances; requiring the Attorney General
10 to notify the Governor upon certain designation;
10 prohibiting designated terrorist support entities
11 from receiving state funds; requiring the Attorney
11 General to submit certain report; requiring the
12 Department of Public Safety to provide certain
12 educational module; requiring peace officers to
13 complete certain educational module; making
13 appropriations; providing for codification; providing
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17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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18 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 221 of Title 74, unless there is
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20 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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21 A. As used in this section:
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22 1. "Entity" means any person, association, corporation, or
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23 other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated,
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24 operating within this state;
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1 2. "Foreign terrorist organization" means an organization
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2 currently designated by the United States Secretary of State
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3 pursuant to 8 U.S.C., Section 1189;
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4 3. "Material support or resources" has the same meaning as in
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5 18 U.S.C., Section 2339A(b) and includes, but is not limited to,
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6 currency, financial services, training, expert advice or assistance,
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7 or any tangible or intangible property or service provided in
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8 coordination with or under the direction or control of a foreign
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9 terrorist organization; and
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10 4. "Muslim Brotherhood" means the organization founded in Egypt
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11 in 1928, its global network, and any successor or splinter entities
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12 that adhere to its ideology and strategic goals. A domestic
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13 reference point is the Department of Justice's list of two hundred
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14 forty-six unindicted co-conspirators in the Holy Land Foundation
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15 criminal case.
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16 B. 1. When the Attorney General has reasonable cause to
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17 believe an entity is engaged in fraudulent charitable solicitation
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18 that benefits a foreign terrorist organization, is providing
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19 material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization,
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20 is misrepresenting the nature of its relationship with or support
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21 for the unlawful activities of the foreign terrorist organization,
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22 or is encouraging violence, the Attorney General may exercise all
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23 existing civil investigative powers, including civil investigative
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24 demands under state consumer-protection and false-claims statutes.
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1 2. Such investigations can include examination of financial
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2 records, communications, foreign funding sources, ties to foreign
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3 terrorist organizations and other international extremist networks,
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4 and any other evidence relevant to determining potential consumer
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5 fraud committed by misrepresentation of the organization's true
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6 purposes and activities.
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7 3. The Attorney General shall have all existing statutory
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8 powers of investigation, including civil investigative demands and
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9 subpoena power, and is further authorized to employ advanced
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10 investigative tools, forensic accounting, data analytics, and open-
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11 source intelligence tools necessary to identify concealed
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12 connections and funding streams, provided there is reasonable
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13 suspicion of illicit activity.
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14 4. The Attorney General shall have the power to investigate
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15 entity directors who directed, approved, or otherwise were complicit
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16 in fraudulent activities, as well as assess fines and other
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17 penalties on directors who fail to comply with subpoena requests.
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18 5. The Attorney General shall establish clear internal
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19 guidelines governing the scope and duration of such investigations
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20 which shall be conducted in full compliance with state and federal
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21 law and in coordination with the Governor's office as necessary.
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22 6. District attorneys shall, whenever appropriate based on
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23 reasonable findings, collaborate with the Attorney General in
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1 initiating formal criminal investigations and pursue their own
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2 criminal proceedings when relevant under state law.
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3 7. The Attorney General shall ensure that the state's
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4 mechanisms for reporting consumer fraud include appropriate
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5 protections for whistleblowers.
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6 C. 1. After investigation, if the Attorney General believes an
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7 entity has knowingly provided material support to a foreign
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8 terrorist organization, encouraged violence, or engaged in a pattern
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9 of misrepresentation, deceit, or fraudulent solicitation to the
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10 detriment of public consumers and the benefit of a foreign terrorist
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11 organization, the Attorney General shall formally notify the
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12 Governor that the entity is a Designated Terrorist Support Entity,
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13 publish the notice on the Attorney General's website, and transmit
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14 the notice to all state agencies.
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15 2. The Attorney General may also file a civil action, pursuant
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16 to the state's consumer fraud protection statutes, seeking an
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17 injunction to shut down the fraudulent solicitation or deceptive
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18 charity, and seeking restitution and civil penalties when
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19 appropriate.
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20 3. The Designated Terrorist Support Entity shall be denied all
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21 state funds provided by any state agency beginning with the state
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22 fiscal year that starts after the date on which a final judicial
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23 determination has been issued in the action brought by the Attorney
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24 General pursuant to paragraph 2 of this subsection. No public
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1 university, community college, school district, or other recipient
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2 of state funds shall, after the date of the final judicial
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3 determination, knowingly provide any grant, contract, loan, tax
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4 credit, tax exemption, or other state financial benefit to a
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5 Designated Terrorist Support Entity.
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6 4. The Attorney General shall alert all state agencies and
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7 offices about the designation made pursuant to paragraph 1 of this
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8 subsection, to help protect public consumers and prevent official
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9 collaboration with an organization believed to be committing
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10 consumer fraud or supporting illicit activities.
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11 5. This section does not prohibit transactions necessary to
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12 comply with federal law or court order, nor does it prohibit purely
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13 expressive activities protected by the First Amendment to the United
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14 States Constitution.
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15 D. On or before December 31 of each year, the Attorney General
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16 shall electronically submit to the Governor and Legislature a public
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17 report summarizing investigations conducted, designations issued,
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18 judicial actions filed, and amounts of fraudulently solicited funds
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19 recovered or prevented. The report shall redact information that
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20 would compromise ongoing investigations.
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21 E. 1. The Department of Public Safety, in consultation with
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22 the Attorney General and the Governor, shall provide an educational
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23 module on foreign terrorist organizations, including Muslim
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24 Brotherhood networks, and how they exploit America's open society,
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1 particularly tax-exempt charitable privileges, to fundraise and
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2 encourage violence. The module shall train law enforcement to
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3 recognize and investigate such behavior, and draw upon relevant
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4 federal statutes and case law.
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5 2. Every certified peace officer and reserve peace officer in
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6 the state, under the authority of the Attorney General and the
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7 Governor, shall complete this training module at least once every
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8 three (3) years as part of the Council on Law Enforcement Education
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9 and Training's continuing education requirements. Those who receive
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10 training shall include officers serving schools and universities as
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11 well as corrections officers and sheriffs.
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12 SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Office of the
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13 Attorney General from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the
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14 General Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year
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15 ending June 30, 2027, the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00)
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16 or so much thereof as may be necessary to perform the duties imposed
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17 upon the Office of the Attorney General by law.
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18 SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated to the Office of the
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19 Governor from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General
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20 Revenue Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June
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21 30, 2027, the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
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22 ($250,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary to perform the
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23 duties imposed upon the Office of the Governor by law.
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24 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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1 SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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2 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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3 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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4 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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