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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 1972 By: Grellner
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to Internet protections for minors;
7 creating the Oklahoma Children's Internet Protection
8 Act; providing short title; defining terms;
8 prohibiting interactive computer service providers
9 from entering into certain contractual agreements
9 with minors; providing exceptions to certain
10 prohibitions; establishing certain methods for
10 interactive computer service providers to obtain the
11 consent of a minor's parent or legal guardian;
11 establishing certain penalties; allowing the Attorney
12 General to recover certain reasonable and necessary
12 fees; providing for codification; and providing an
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 301 of Title 75A, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
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20 Children's Internet Protection Act".
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21 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 302 of Title 75A, unless there
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23 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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24 As used in this act:
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1 1. "Adult" means any person who is eighteen (18) years of age
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2 or older;
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3 2. "Broadband provider" has the same meaning as defined in 47
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4 U.S.C., Section 1752(a)(2);
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5 3. "Cloud service provider" has the same meaning as defined in
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6 44 U.S.C., Section 3607(b)(5);
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7 4. "Harmful to minors" has the same meaning as defined in
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8 Section 1040.75 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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9 5. "Image" means a picture of a person;
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10 6. "Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as
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11 defined in 47 U.S.C., Section 230(f)(2);
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12 7. "Likeness" mean means a physical, digital, or other
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13 depiction or representation of a person;
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14 8. "Minor" has the same meaning as defined in Section 1040.75
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15 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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16 9. "Name" means the first or last name, or the preferred name
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17 of a person when used in a context that reasonably identifies the
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18 person with particularity;
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19 10. "Persona" refers to a person's:
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20 a. name,
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21 b. likeness,
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22 c. personal identifying information, or
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23 d. precise geolocation data; and
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1 11. "Personal identifying information" means any information,
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2 including sensitive information, that is linked or reasonably
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3 linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. The term
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4 includes pseudonymous information when the information is used by a
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5 controller or processor in conjunction with additional information
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6 that reasonably links the information to an identified or
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7 identifiable individual. The term does not include de-identified
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8 information.
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9 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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10 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 303 of Title 75A, unless there
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11 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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12 A. Interactive computer service providers shall not, without
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13 the prior express consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian,
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14 enter into any contractual agreement with a user who is a minor.
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15 This prohibition includes, without limitation, any agreement with,
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16 acknowledgment of, or consent to the interactive computer service's
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17 terms of service, terms of use, terms and conditions, or similar
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18 agreement, however described. Any agreement entered into with a
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19 minor, without the prior express consent of the minor's parent or
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20 legal guardian, is, from its inception and thereafter, null, void,
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21 and of no effect. Any agreement entered into with a minor with the
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22 consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian may not conflict
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23 with the terms of this act. Any term or condition of such an
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24 agreement entered into with a minor with the prior express consent
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1 of the minor's parent or legal guardian shall, to the extent it
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2 conflicts with any provision or purpose of this act, be considered
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3 void as against the public policy of this state and stricken from
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4 the agreement.
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5 B. Except as provided in subsections D and E of this section,
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6 an interactive computer service provider that knowingly and
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7 intentionally commits any of the following acts shall be liable for
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8 the civil penalties and other remedies provided in Section 4 of this
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9 act:
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10 1. Purports to enter into a contract or agreement prohibited by
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11 subsection A of this section without the prior express consent of
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12 the minor user's parent or legal guardian;
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13 2. Allows a minor to access material harmful to minors using
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14 the interactive computer service;
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15 3. Makes any part of the persona of a minor accessible to other
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16 persons using the interactive computer service; or
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17 4. Allows an adult to use the interactive computer service to
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18 communicate with a minor.
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19 C. Any interactive computer service or third party that adheres
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20 to the age verification requirements pursuant to subsection D of
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21 this section shall not retain any identifying information of the
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22 user after access has been granted to the interactive computer
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1 D. Subsections A and B of this section shall not apply to any
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2 interactive computer service that performs reasonable age-
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3 verification methods to verify the age of a user who obtains, in a
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4 separate signed writing for each instance of conduct prohibited by
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5 subsection A of this section, the consent of the minor's parent or
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6 legal guardian to the conduct in question.
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7 E. 1. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any
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8 bona fide news or public interest broadcast or report, and shall not
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9 be construed to affect the rights of any news-gathering
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10 organization.
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11 2. No broadband provider, affiliate or subsidiary of a
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12 broadband provider, search engine, or cloud service provider shall
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13 be held to have violated the provisions of this section if enforcing
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14 this section against the provider would be inconsistent with 47
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16 F. An interactive computer service provider may only obtain the
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17 express consent of a minor's parent or legal guardian in compliance
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18 with this section by one or more of the following methods:
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19 1. Providing a form for the minor's parent or legal guardian to
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20 sign and return to the interactive computer service provider by
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21 common carrier, facsimile, or electronic scan;
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22 2. Providing a toll-free telephone number for the minor's
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23 parent or legal guardian to call to provide documented consent;
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1 3. Coordinating a call with the minor's parent or legal
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2 guardian over videoconferencing technology;
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3 4. Collecting information related to the government-issued
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4 identification of the minor's parent or legal guardian and deleting
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5 that information after confirming the identity of the minor's parent
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6 or legal guardian;
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7 5. Allowing the minor's parent or legal guardian to provide
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8 consent by responding to an email and taking additional steps to
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9 verify the identity of the minor's parent or legal guardian; or
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10 6. Any other commercially reasonable method of obtaining
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11 consent in light of available technology.
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12 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 304 of Title 75A, unless there
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14 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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15 A. An interactive computer service provider that, having been
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16 given no less than thirty (30) days' notice by the Attorney General
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17 that it is in violation of Section 3 of this act, continues to
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18 knowingly violate Section 3 of this act, may be subject to action
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19 brought by the Attorney General in the district court of Oklahoma
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20 County or the district court in any county in which the minor user
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21 accessed the interactive computer service in the course of conduct
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22 that constitutes the violation of this act. The Attorney General
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23 may seek to enjoin the violation, recover a civil penalty, or obtain
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24 other relief the court considers appropriate.
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1 B. A civil penalty imposed for a violation of Section 3 of this
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2 act may be in an amount up to:
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3 1. Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day that the
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4 interactive computer service provider operates an interactive
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5 computer service in violation of the age verification or parental
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6 consent requirements of Section 3 of this act;
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7 2. Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per instance when the
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8 interactive computer service provider retains identifying
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9 information in violation of subsection C of Section 3 of this act;
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11 3. If, because of the interactive computer service provider's
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12 violation of the age verification or parental consent requirements
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13 of Section 3 of this act:
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14 a. one or more minors access material harmful to minors,
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15 b. another person uses the interactive computer service
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16 to access any part of the persona of a user who is a
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17 minor, or
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18 c. an adult uses the interactive computer service to
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19 communicate with a user who is a minor,
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20 an additional amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
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22 C. The amount of a civil penalty under this section shall be
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1 1. The seriousness of the violation, including the nature,
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2 circumstances, extent, and gravity of the violation;
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3 2. The history of previous violations;
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4 3. The amount necessary to deter a future violation;
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5 4. The economic effect of a civil penalty on the entity on whom
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7 5. The entity's knowledge that the act constituted a violation
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8 of Section 3 of this act; and
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9 6. Any other matter that justice may require.
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10 D. The Attorney General may recover reasonable attorney fees,
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13 SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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