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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 1655 By: Stanley
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Adoption Code;
7 amending 10 O.S. 2021, Section 7505-1.1, which
8 relates to confidential character of hearings and
8 records; modifying applicability of certain
9 provisions; defining terms; updating statutory
9 language; and declaring an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 7505-1.1, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 7505-1.1. A. Unless otherwise ordered by the district
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16 court exercising jurisdiction over the adoption proceeding, all
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17 hearings held in proceedings pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption Code
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18 shall be confidential and shall be held in closed court without
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19 admittance of any person other than interested parties and their
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20 counsel.
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21 B. All papers, records, and books of proceedings in adoption
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22 cases and any papers, records, and books relating to such
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23 proceedings:
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1 1. Shall be kept as a permanent record of the court and
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2 maintained in a separate file by the court clerk; and
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3 2. Shall be confidential and shall not be open to inspection or
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4 copy except as authorized in Sections 7504-1.2, 7505-3.2, 7505-6.6,
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5 7508-1.2 and 7508-1.3 of this title or upon order of a court of
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6 record for good cause shown.
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7 C. Upon application and notice to the person or agency in whose
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8 possession the records being sought are held, and for good cause
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9 being shown, any court of record may, by written order reciting its
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10 findings, permit the necessary information to be released, or may
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11 restrict the purposes for which it shall be used. The findings
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12 shall include the reasons the information being sought cannot be
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13 obtained through the methods authorized by Sections 7504-1.2, 7505-
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14 3.2, 7505-6.6, 7508-1.2 and 7508-1.3 of this title.
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15 D. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit persons:
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16 1. Persons employed by the court, the Department of Human
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17 Services, a child-placing agency, an attorney participating or
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18 assisting in a direct placement adoption, or any physician,
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19 minister, or other person or entity assisting or participating in an
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20 adoption from providing partial or complete identifying information
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21 between a biological parent and prospective adoptive or adoptive
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22 parent if a biological parent and a prospective adoptive or adoptive
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23 parent mutually agree to share specific identifying information and
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24 each gives written, signed notice of their agreement to the court,
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1 the Department of Human Services, the child-placing agency, or any
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2 attorney participating or assisting in the direct placement adoption
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3 pursuant to the Oklahoma Adoption Code; or
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4 2. Persons employed by the Department of Human Services from
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5 sharing the contact information of an adoptive parent of an adopted
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6 child enrolled in the Children's Specialty Plan, and other relevant
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7 information necessary for the continuity of care of the child, with
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8 the contracted entity that administers the Children's Specialty
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9 Plan. As used in this paragraph, the terms "Children's Specialty
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10 Plan" and "contracted entity" have the same meanings as provided in
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11 Section 4002.2 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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12 E. Any person in charge of adoption records or having access to
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13 adoption records or information who discloses any information,
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14 including, but not limited to, all records and reports relevant to
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15 the case and any records and reports of examination of the minor's
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16 parent or other custodian pertaining to an adoption proceeding,
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17 contrary to the provisions of this section, upon conviction thereof,
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18 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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19 SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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20 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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21 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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22 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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24 60-2-2631 DC 1/13/2026 8:42:14 PM
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