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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 1751 By: Bergstrom
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to human trafficking; creating the
7 Human Trafficking Identification and Reporting Act;
8 providing short title; defining terms; requiring the
8 Office of the Attorney General to enter into certain
9 contract and make certain certification; authorizing
9 certain use; requiring certain notice and support;
10 providing for noncodification; providing for
10 codification; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
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15 codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
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16 That act shall be known and may be cited as the "Human
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17 Trafficking Identification and Reporting Act".
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18 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 20M 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. For the purposes of this section:
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22 1. "Administering organization" means a nonprofit organization
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23 that is experienced in human trafficking prevention and victim
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1 support and has developed or administers a digital identification
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2 and reporting platform;
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3 2. "Digital identification and reporting platform" means a
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4 secure, trauma-informed, HIPAA-compliant technology platform that:
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5 a. provides multichannel access for the public and
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6 professionals, including mobile applications, web
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7 portals, short messaging services, and voice or live
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8 chats,
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9 b. guides users through structured questions to identify
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10 indicators of human trafficking and enables users to
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11 upload supporting evidence,
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12 c. allows reporters to remain anonymous and exercises
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13 consent-based controls over personally identifiable
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14 information,
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15 d. utilizes an artificial intelligence assisted risk
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16 model or similar decision support system to triage
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17 reports based on severity and credibility and pushes
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18 notifications to authorized investigative agencies,
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19 e. routes high priority reports in real time to the
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20 appropriate law enforcement agency, child protection
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21 agency, or vetted service provider based on
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1 f. provides secure dashboards for authorized agencies to
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2 view, manage, and respond to reports with role-based
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3 access controls and audit logging,
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4 g. is interoperable with the National Human Trafficking
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5 Hotline, state child welfare systems, law enforcement
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6 case management systems, and other relevant platforms
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7 through standardized application programming
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8 interfaces, and
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9 h. complies with all applicable federal and state privacy
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10 laws, including the federal Health Insurance
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11 Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and
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12 the Criminal Justice Information Services security
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13 policy;
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14 3. "Field coordinator" means an individual employed by or under
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15 contract with an administering organization and who serves under the
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16 statewide coordinator to assist with regional training, outreach,
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17 and implementation. Such individual shall not be a state employee
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18 and shall not be hired, compensated, or granted benefits through
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19 state employment systems;
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20 4. "Human trafficking" means modern-day slavery that includes,
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21 but is not limited to, extreme exploitation and the denial of
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22 freedom or liberty of an individual for purposes of deriving benefit
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23 from that individual's commercial sex act or labor. It includes
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24 human trafficking for labor and human trafficking for commercial sex
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1 as such terms are defined in Section 748 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
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2 Statutes;
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3 5. "Mandated reporter" means any individual who is required by
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4 law to report suspected abuse, exploitation, or human trafficking of
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5 a minor or vulnerable person, including, but not limited to, a
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6 teacher, health care professional, law enforcement personnel, and
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7 social worker; and
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8 6. "Statewide coordinator" means an individual employed by or
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9 under contract with an administering organization and who is
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10 approved by the Attorney General to oversee implementation of the
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11 digital identification and reporting platform, coordinate training
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12 and outreach, and serve as a liaison among state agencies and the
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13 administering organization. Such person shall not be a state
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14 employee and shall not be hired, compensated, or granted benefits
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16 B. 1. The Office of the Attorney General shall enter into a
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17 contract with an administering organization to adopt or designate a
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18 digital identification and reporting platform.
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19 2. The Office of the Attorney General, in consultation with the
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20 administering organization and relevant state agencies, shall
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21 certify one or more digital identification and reporting platforms.
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22 C. Mandated reporters may utilize the digital identification
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23 and reporting platform certified by the Office of the Attorney
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1 trafficking. Such platform shall facilitate referral to the
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2 National Human Trafficking Hotline for crisis support as necessary.
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3 The provisions of this subsection shall not preclude a mandated
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4 reporter from utilizing the National Human Trafficking Hotline or
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5 other mandated reporting channels.
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6 D. The digital identification and reporting platform certified
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7 by the Office of the Attorney General shall send notifications of
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8 high priority reports to designated law enforcement and child
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9 protection officials and shall provide a secure dashboard for
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10 authorized personnel to view, triage, and respond to reports. The
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11 platform shall support real-time communication between investigators
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12 and survivors or reporters with consent.
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13 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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