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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 1611 By: Frix
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to state procurement; creating the
7 Procurement Protection Act of 2026; providing short
8 title; defining terms; prohibiting certain entities
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9 requiring certain disclosure statements; providing
9 penalties; providing exceptions to certain
10 prohibitions; providing for noncodification;
10 providing for codification; and providing an
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
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16 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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17 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Procurement
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18 Protection Act of 2026".
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19 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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20 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 85.59 of Title 74, unless there
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21 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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22 As used in this act:
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23 1. "Company" means any sole proprietorship, organization,
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24 association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
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1 partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability
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2 company, or other entity or business association, including all
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3 wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries, parent
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4 companies, or affiliates of such entities or business associations
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5 that exist for the purpose of making profit;
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6 2. "Control" means:
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7 a. control as defined in the Investment Company Act of
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8 1940, 15 U.S.C., Section 80a-2(a), or
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9 b in the case of a company domiciled in the People's
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10 Republic of China, involvement in a company's
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11 governance structure, monitoring, or internal human
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12 resources decisions of a company consistent with the
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13 objectives set out in the Opinion on Strengthening the
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14 United Front Work of the Private Economy in the New
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15 Era issued by the General Office of the Central
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16 Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (2020) or a
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17 successor or similar document;
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18 3. "Domicile" means the country in which a company is
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19 registered, the company's affairs are primarily completed, and where
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20 the majority of ownership share is held;
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21 4. "Federally banned corporation" means any company or
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22 designated equipment federally banned currently or banned after the
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23 effective date of this act. Such bans shall include those resulting
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24 from, but not limited to, the following federal agencies and acts:
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1 a. the Federal Communications Commission, including, but
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2 not limited to, any equipment or service deemed to
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3 pose a threat to national security identified on the
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4 Covered List developed pursuant to 47 C.F.R., Section
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5 1.50002 and published by the Public Safety and
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6 Homeland Security Bureau of the Federal Communications
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7 Commission pursuant to the federal Secure and Trusted
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8 Communications Networks Act of 2019, 47 U.S.C.,
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9 Section 1601 et seq.,
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10 b. the United States Department of Commerce,
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11 c. the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency,
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12 d. the Federal Acquisition Security Council, and
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13 e. Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense
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14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, P. L. 115-232;
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15 5. "Foreign adversary" means a government other than the
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16 federal government of the United States or the government of any
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17 state, political subdivision of the state, tribe, territory, or
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18 possession of the United States and designated by the United States
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19 Secretary of State as hostile or a Country of Particular Concern
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20 (CPC); and
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21 6. "Foreign adversary company" means any company, other than a
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22 United States person or United States subsidiary as such terms are
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23 defined in 15 C.F.R., Section 772.1, that:
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1 a. is domiciled, incorporated, issued, or listed in a
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2 foreign adversary country,
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3 b. is headquartered in a foreign adversary country,
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4 c. has its principal place of business in a foreign
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5 adversary country,
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6 d. is controlled by the government of a foreign adversary
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7 or any instrumentality thereof, or
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8 e. is majority-owned by an entity controlled by the
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9 government of a foreign adversary or any
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10 instrumentality thereof.
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11 If a parent company does not meet any of the criteria set forth
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12 in this paragraph and does not recognize more than fifty percent
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13 (50%) of the total annual global revenue of the parent company and
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14 subsidiaries from a foreign adversary, such parent company shall not
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15 be considered a foreign adversary company.
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16 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 85.59a of Title 74, unless there
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19 A. Except as provided under subsection D of this section, the
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20 following companies shall be ineligible to bid on or submit a
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21 proposal for a contract with a state agency or political subdivision
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22 of this state for goods or services:
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23 1. A state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary;
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24 2. A company domiciled within a foreign adversary;
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1 3. A foreign adversary company; or
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2 4. A federally banned corporation.
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3 B. A state agency or any political subdivision of this state
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4 shall require a company that submits a bid or proposal with respect
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5 to a contract for goods or services to certify that the company is
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6 not a company listed under subsection A of this section.
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7 C. If the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
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8 Services or political subdivision determines that a company has
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9 submitted a false certification under subsection B of this section:
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10 1. The company shall be liable for a civil penalty in an amount
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11 that is equal to Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or
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12 twice the amount of the contract for which a bid or proposal was
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13 submitted, whichever is greater;
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14 2. The state agency or the Office of Management and Enterprise
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15 Services shall terminate the contract with the company; and
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16 3. The company shall be ineligible to, and shall not, bid on a
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17 state contract for sixty (60) months.
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18 D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of this
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19 section, a state agency may enter into a contract for goods
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20 manufactured by a company listed under subsection A of this section
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22 1. There is no other reasonable option for procuring the good;
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1 2. The contract is pre-approved by the Director of the Office
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2 of Management and Enterprise Services, or, in the case of a
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3 political subdivision, the contract is pre-approved by the
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4 procurement authority of the political subdivision, after a
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5 determination that not procuring the good would pose a greater
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6 threat to this state than the threat associated with the
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7 procurement.
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8 SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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