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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 1934 By: Weaver
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to crimes and punishments; requiring
7 report of certain injury; requiring certain physical
8 records; requiring preservation of certain item;
8 prohibiting relief of certain reporting; providing
9 certain immunity; prohibiting public disclosure;
9 clarifying certain reporting obligations; stating
10 certain liability; creating misdemeanor offenses;
10 providing penalties; clarifying applicability;
11 construing provision; requiring report of certain
11 damage; creating misdemeanor offense; providing
12 penalty; providing for codification; and providing an
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 594 of Title 21, unless there is
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19 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20 A. Any pharmacist, physician, nurse, medical provider, midwife,
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21 dentist, veterinarian, paramedical employee, or provider of first
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22 aid or emergency medical services, or any employee of a hospital,
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23 clinic, nursing home, sanitarium, or person associated with any
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24 other medical institution or office where patients regularly receive
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1 care, who tends or treats, or any person who is requested to
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2 examine, tend, or treat, at any location, any human being suffering
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3 from a wound, injury, or illness and who has reason to believe that
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4 such wound, injury, or illness:
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5 1. Was caused by or appears to arise from a bullet wound, a
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6 gunshot wound, a powder burn, or any other injury arising from the
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7 discharge of a firearm;
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8 2. Was caused by or appears to arise from a knife, an ice pick,
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9 or any other sharp or pointed instrument or deadly weapon believed
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10 to have been intentionally inflicted upon a person;
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11 3. Was caused by or appears to arise from poisoning;
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12 4. Was caused by or appears to arise from an incendiary or
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13 explosive device or is a burn injury or wound if the victim has
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14 sustained second- or third-degree burns to five percent (5%) or more
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15 of the body, the victim has sustained burns to the upper respiratory
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16 tract or sustained laryngeal edema from inhaling superheated air, or
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17 the victim has sustained a burn injury or wound that may result in
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18 the victim's death; or
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19 5. Is a wound, injury, or illness that would seriously maim,
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20 would produce death, or has rendered the injured person unconscious,
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21 and was caused by the use of violence or was sustained in a
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22 suspicious or unusual manner or in the commission of a crime,
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23 shall report the wound, injury, or illness to the law enforcement
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24 agency with jurisdiction at the location in which such treatment is
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1 administered or the request for such treatment is received. Such
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2 reports shall contain the name, address, race, sex, current
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3 whereabouts, and age of the patient, and shall also contain the
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4 nature and extent of the injury, wound, illness, or burn, any other
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5 information that might be helpful in establishing the cause of the
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6 injury, wound, illness, or burn and the identity of the person who
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7 caused the injury, wound, illness, or burn if known, and any facts
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8 that might assist in detecting crime including, but not limited to,
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9 providing any video maintained by the reporting facility where the
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10 patient is depicted even if such video includes depictions of other
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11 patients. Such reports shall be made immediately by telephone with
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12 video and any other physical record to be provided within seventy-
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13 two (72) hours of a request by the law enforcement agency
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14 investigating the report. A facility providing video pursuant to
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15 this section may blur the images of any individuals who are not the
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16 patient about whom a report is made and who are not individuals
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17 associated with or assisting the patient about whom a report is
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18 made.
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19 B. 1. A person who has rendered treatment or assistance for a
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20 crime the reporting of which is addressed in Section 58 of Title 22
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21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall report injuries, wounds, or
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22 illnesses that fall under subparagraph 1, 2, 3, or 4 of subsection A
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23 of this section even if the crimes listed in Section 58 of Title 22
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24 of the Oklahoma Statutes are not reported.
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1 2. A person who has rendered treatment or assistance for a
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2 crime the reporting of which is addressed in Section 40.3A of Title
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3 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall report injuries, wounds, or
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4 illnesses that fall under subsection A of this section even if the
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5 crimes listed in Section 40.3A of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes
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6 are not reported.
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7 C. A person who renders treatment for any reportable injury,
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8 wound, illness, or burn shall ensure that any bullet, foreign
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9 object, clothing showing damage potentially related to the
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10 reportable injury, wound, illness, or burn, or any other item which
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11 may be potential evidence related to the report that is removed from
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12 any such patient, shall be identified as coming from such patient
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13 and kept in a manner that preserves the integrity of the item, until
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14 an employee of such entity surrenders the item to the law
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15 enforcement agency to whom the report is made.
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16 D. No privilege or contract shall relieve any person from the
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17 requirement of reporting pursuant to this section or prevent any
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18 person from testifying regarding information acquired from a patient
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19 treated for a reportable injury, wound, illness, or burn if such
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20 testimony is otherwise admissible. Any provision of law or rule of
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21 evidence relating to confidentiality of such treatment is abrogated
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22 for and does not apply to communications and testimony pursuant to
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1 E. Any person who makes a report required by this section shall
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2 be immune from civil liability for the making of such reports and
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3 shall have immunity with respect to any good-faith participation in
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4 any judicial proceeding or any other proceeding resulting from the
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5 report of the injury, wound, illness, or burn.
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6 F. Any report of an injury, wound, illness, or burn required to
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7 be reported pursuant to this section shall not become a public
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8 record. Law enforcement shall keep confidential and redact any
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9 information identifying the reporter in a report required pursuant
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10 to this section unless otherwise ordered by a court. Other
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11 employees of a facility with knowledge of a report required by this
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12 section shall not disclose information identifying the reporter
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13 unless otherwise ordered by the court or as part of an investigation
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14 by local law enforcement.
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15 G. The reporting obligations pursuant to this section are
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16 individual except that when two or more persons who are required to
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17 report are present and jointly have knowledge of a known or
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18 suspected injury, wound, illness, or burn that is required to be
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19 reported pursuant to this section, and when there is an agreement
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20 among these persons to report as a team, the team may select by
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21 mutual agreement a member of the team to make a report by telephone
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22 and a single written report as required by subsection A of this
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23 section. The written report shall be signed by the selected member
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1 designated to report has failed to do so shall thereafter make the
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2 report.
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3 H. No employer, supervisor, administrator, governing body, or
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4 other entity shall interfere with the reporting obligations of any
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5 employee or other person or in any manner discriminate or retaliate
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6 against an employee or other person who in good faith files a report
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7 pursuant to this section. Any employer, supervisor, administrator,
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8 governing body, or other entity who discharges, discriminates, or
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9 retaliates against an employee or other person for making a report
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10 or providing information or testimony for proceedings related to a
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11 reportable injury, wound, illness, or burn pursuant to this section
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12 shall be liable for damages, costs, and attorney fees.
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13 I. Any person who knowingly and willfully fails to file a
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14 report or who interferes with prompt reporting required pursuant to
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15 this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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16 Any person who knowingly and willfully makes a report pursuant to
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17 this section when the person knows the report lacks factual
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18 foundation shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor. A
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19 violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine not more
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20 than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment in a county
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21 jail for not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and
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22 imprisonment.
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23 J. The provisions of this section shall not apply to such
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24 injuries, wounds, illnesses, or burns received by any member of the
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1 Armed Forces of the United States or of this state while engaged in
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2 the actual performance of duty.
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3 K. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
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4 affect any requirement that a person must report child abuse or
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5 neglect pursuant to Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes except that
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6 when making a report of child abuse or child neglect pursuant to
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7 Title 10A, the reporting facility is required to provide any video
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8 maintained by the reporting facility where the patient is depicted
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9 even if such video includes depictions of other patients. Such
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10 video and any other physical record shall be provided within
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11 seventy-two (72) hours of a request by the law enforcement agency
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12 investigating the report.
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13 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 595 of Title 21, unless there is
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15 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16 A. Any owner of a garage, parking lot, or other place where
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17 motor vehicles of any kind are stored or left for repair or for any
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18 other purpose, or any employee of such owner, who knows or becomes
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19 aware of the fact that any motor vehicle so stored or left has upon
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20 it, or in it, bullet marks, gunshot marks, blood stains, or marks or
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21 evidence of any purported crime, shall immediately report the facts
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23 B. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection A of
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1 punishable by a fine not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
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4 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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