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An act relating to artificial intelligence, the official text

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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 2085  By: Hamilton
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6                   AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to artificial intelligence; defining

7   terms; prohibiting a state governmental entity from

8   extending or renewing contracts with certain

8   entities; authorizing the promulgation of rules;

9   establishing certain rights of Oklahomans;

9   authorizing Oklahomans to exercise certain rights;

10  prohibiting companion chatbot platforms from

10  providing services to minors; providing certain

11  exception; directing companion chatbot platforms to

11  provide the minor's parent or legal guardian certain

12  options; requiring companion chatbot platforms to

12  terminate certain accounts and provide certain

13  options; mandating companion chatbot platforms make

13  certain disclosures and institute certain measures to

14  prevent their companion chatbot from sharing certain

14  materials; providing that certain violations are

15  deceptive or unfair trade practices; establishing

15  certain civil penalties; specifying certain

16  requirements for contract formation; requiring bot

16  operators to periodically provide certain notice to

17  users; providing that certain violations are

17  deceptive or unfair trade practices; establishing

18  certain civil penalties; prohibiting artificial

18  intelligence companies from selling or disclosing

19  certain information of users; providing certain

19  exceptions; providing that certain violations are

20  deceptive or unfair trade practices; establishing

20  certain civil penalties; authorizing the Attorney

21  General to issue and enforce civil investigative

21  demands under certain circumstances; prohibiting

22  certain commercial uses of an individual's name,

22  image, or likeness created by generative artificial

23  intelligence without certain consent; providing

23  certain exceptions; providing for the approval of

24  certain contracts; providing for codification;

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1   providing for noncodification; and providing an

1   effective date.

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4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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5   SECTION 1.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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6 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 401 of Title 75A, unless there
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7 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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8   As used in this act:

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9   1. "Account holder" means an individual who opens an account or

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10 creates a profile on or is identified by a companion chatbot
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11 platform by a unique identifier while he or she is using or
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12 accessing the platform, if the platform knows or has reason to
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13 believe the individual is a resident of this state;
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14  2. "Artificial intelligence" means a computer system, program,

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15 or set of algorithms capable of performing tasks or producing
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16 outputs that imitate intelligent human behavior;
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17  3. "Artificial intelligence technology company" means a

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18 business or organization that produces, develops, creates, designs,
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19 or manufactures artificial intelligence technology or products,
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20 collects data for use in artificial intelligence products, or
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21 implements artificial intelligence technology;
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22  4. "Bot" means an automated online software application in

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23 which all or substantially all of the actions or posts of the
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24 account are not the result of a natural person;
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1   5. "Companion chatbot" means an artificial intelligence system

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2 with a natural language interface that provides adaptive, human-like
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3 responses to user inputs and attempts to fulfill a user's social
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4 needs, including by exhibiting anthropomorphic features and being
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5 able to sustain a relationship across multiple interactions. The
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6 term does not include:
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7   a. a chatbot used only for customer service, a business's

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8                  operational purposes, productivity, and analysis

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9                  related to source information, internal research, or

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10                 technical assistance,

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11  b. a chatbot that is a feature of a video game and is

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12                 limited to replies related to the video game and does

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13                 not discuss topics related to mental health, self-

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14                 harm, or material harmful to minors or maintain a

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15                 dialogue on other topics unrelated to the video game,

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16                 or

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17  c. a stand-alone consumer electronic device that

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18                 functions as a speaker and voice command interface,

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19                 acts as a voice-activated virtual assistant, and does

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20                 not sustain a relationship across multiple

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21                 interactions or generate outputs likely to elicit

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22                 emotional responses in the user;

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1   6. "De-identified data" means data that cannot reasonably be

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2 linked to an identified or identifiable individual or a device
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3 linked to that individual;
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4   7. "Foreign adversary" shall mean any country designated by the

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5 United States Secretary of State as hostile or a Country of
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6 Particular Concern (CPC);
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7   8. "Generative artificial intelligence" means a machine-based

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8 system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives,
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9 emulate the structure and characteristics of input data in order to
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10 generate derived synthetic content, including images, videos, audio,
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11 text, and other digital content;
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12  9. "Material harmful to minors" means any communication,

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13 picture, image, graphic image file, article, recording, writing, or
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14 other matter of any kind that is obscene or that:
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15  a. the average person, applying contemporary community

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16                 standards, would find, taking the material as a whole

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17                 and with respect to minors, is designed to appeal to,

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18                 or is designed to pander to, the prurient interest,

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19  b. depicts, describes, or represents, in a manner

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20                 patently offensive with respect to minors, an actual

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21                 or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, an actual

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22                 or simulated normal or perverted sexual act or sexual

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23                 contact, or a lewd exhibition of the genitals or post-

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24                 pubescent female breast, and

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1           c. taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic,

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2                  political, or scientific value for minors;

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3   10. "Minor" has the same meaning as defined in Section 1040.75

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4 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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5   11. "Operator" means a person who owns, operates, or otherwise

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6 makes available a bot to individuals in this state;
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7   12. "Pop-up" means a visible notification on the computer,

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8 tablet, or smartphone screen of a user which may be resolved if the
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9 user interacts with or responds to the notification;
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10  13. "Resident" means an individual who has resided in this

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11 state for more than six (6) months during the preceding twelve-month
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12 period;
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13  14. "Servicemember" has the same meaning as defined in Section

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14 150.1 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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15  15. "State governmental entity" has the same meaning as defined

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16 in Section 695.3 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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17  16. "Surviving children" means an individual's surviving

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18 immediate offspring and any children legally adopted by the
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19 individual;
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20  17. "Surviving spouse" means an individual's surviving spouse

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21 under the law of the individual's domicile at the time of the
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22 individual's death, regardless of whether the spouse later
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23 remarried;
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1   18. "User" means an individual who resides or is domiciled in

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2 this state and who accesses an Internet website, online or cloud-
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3 computing service, online application, or mobile application; and
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4   19. "Video game" means a game played on an electronic device

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5 that uses a computer, microprocessor, or similar electronic
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6 circuitry and its own monitor, or is designed to be used with a
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7 television set or a computer monitor, to interact with the user of
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8 the device.
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9   SECTION 2.     NEW LAW        A new section of law to be codified

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10 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 402 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. On and after the effective date of this act, a state

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13 governmental entity shall not accept a bid on, a proposal for, or a
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14 reply to, or enter into, extend, or renew a contract with, an entity
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15 to provide artificial intelligence technology, software, or
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16 products, including as a portion or an option to the products or
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17 services provided under the contract, unless the entity provides the
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18 state governmental entity with an affidavit signed by an officer or
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19 a representative of the entity under penalty of perjury attesting
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20 that the entity does not meet any of the criteria listed in
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21 subsection B of this section.
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22  B. A state governmental entity shall not knowingly enter into a

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23 contract with an entity for artificial intelligence technology,
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1 software, or products, including as a portion or an option to the
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2 products or services provided under the contract, if:
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3   1. The entity is owned by a foreign adversary;

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4   2. A government of a foreign adversary has a controlling

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5 interest in the entity; or
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6   3. The entity is organized under the laws of or has its

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7 principal place of business in a country designated as a foreign
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8 adversary.
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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 403 of Title 75A, unless there
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11 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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12  The Attorney General shall enforce the provisions of this act.

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13 The Attorney General may promulgate rules necessary to implement,
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14 interpret, and enforce the provisions of this act.
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15  SECTION 4.     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  The Legislature finds that:

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18  A. Oklahomans are entitled to certain rights with respect to

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19 the use of artificial intelligence, including, but not limited to:
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20  1. The right to use artificial intelligence to improve their

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21 own lives and the lives of family members, fellow residents, and the
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22 world at large in accordance with the law;
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23  2. The right to supervise, access, limit, and control their

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24 minor children's use of artificial intelligence;
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1       3. The right to know whether they are communicating with a

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2 human being or an artificial intelligence system, program, or
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3 chatbot;
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4       4. The right to know if artificial intelligence technology

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5 companies are collecting personal information or biometric data, and
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6 the right to expect artificial intelligence technology companies to
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7 protect and de-identify that information or data in accordance with
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8 the law;
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9       5. The right to pursue civil remedies authorized by law against

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10 persons who use artificial intelligence to appropriate the name,
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11 image, or likeness of others for commercial purposes without their
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12 consent;
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13      6. The right to be protected by law from criminal acts, such as

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14 fraud, exploitation, identity theft, stalking, and cyberbullying,
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15 regardless of whether artificial intelligence is used in the
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16 commission of those acts;
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17      7. The right to be protected by law from criminal acts relating

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18 to the alteration of existing images to create sexual or lewd or
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19 lascivious images or child pornography, regardless of whether
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20 artificial intelligence is used in the commission of those acts;
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21      8. The right to know whether political advertisements,

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22 electioneering communications, or similar advertisements were
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23 created in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence;
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24 and
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1   9. The right to pursue civil remedies authorized by law against

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2 others who use artificial intelligence to slander, libel, or defame
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3 them.
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4   B. Oklahomans may exercise the rights described in this section

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5 in accordance with existing law. This section may not be construed
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6 as creating new or independent rights or entitlements.
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7   SECTION 5.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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8 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 404 of Title 75A, unless there
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9 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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10  A. A companion chatbot platform shall prohibit a minor from

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11 entering into a contract with the platform to become an account
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12 holder or from maintaining an existing account, unless the minor's
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13 parent or legal guardian provides consent for the minor to become an
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14 account holder or maintain an existing account. If the minor's
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15 parent or legal guardian provides consent for the minor to become an
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16 account holder or maintain an existing account, the companion
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17 chatbot platform shall allow the consenting parent or legal guardian
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18 of the minor account holder to:
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19  1. Receive copies of all interactions between the minor account

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20 holder and the companion chatbot;
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21  2. Limit the amount of time that the minor account holder may

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22 interact with the companion chatbot each day;
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1   3. Disable any of the interactions between the minor account

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2 holder and third-party account holders on the companion chatbot
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3 platform; and
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4   4. Receive timely notifications if the minor account holder

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5 expresses to the companion chatbot a desire or an intent to engage
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6 in self-harm or to harm others.
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7   B. A companion chatbot platform shall:

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8   1. Terminate any account belonging to an account holder who is

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9 a minor if the companion chatbot platform treats or categorizes the
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10 account as belonging to a minor for purposes of targeting content or
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11 advertising and if the minor's parent or legal guardian has not
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12 provided consent for the minor to become an account holder or to
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13 maintain an existing account;
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14  2. Allow an account holder who is a minor to request to

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15 terminate the account. Termination shall be effective within five
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16 (5) business days after the request;
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17  3. Allow the consenting parent or legal guardian of an account

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18 holder who is a minor to request that the minor's account be
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19 terminated. Termination shall be effective within ten (10) business
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20 days after the request; and
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21  4. Permanently delete all personal information held by the

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22 companion chatbot platform relating to the terminated account,
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23 unless state or federal law requires the platform to maintain the
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24 information.
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1   C. In connection with all accounts held by account holders who

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2 are minors, the companion chatbot platform shall:
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3   1. Disclose to the account holder that he or she is interacting

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4 with artificial intelligence;
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5   2. Provide by default a clear and conspicuous notification to

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6 the account holder, at the beginning of companion chatbot
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7 interactions and at least once every hour during continuing
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8 interactions, reminding the minor to take a break and that the
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9 companion chatbot is artificially generated and not human; and
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10  3. Institute reasonable measures to prevent its companion

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11 chatbot from producing or sharing materials harmful to minors or
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12 encouraging the account holder to engage in any of the conduct
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13 described or depicted in materials harmful to minors.
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14  D. A knowing or reckless violation of this section shall be

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15 deemed a deceptive or unfair trade practice. If the Attorney
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16 General has reason to believe that a companion chatbot platform is
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17 in violation of this section, the Attorney General may bring an
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18 action against the platform for a deceptive or unfair trade
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19 practice. In addition to any other remedy under this act, the
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20 Attorney General may collect a civil penalty of up to Fifty Thousand
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21 Dollars ($50,000.00) per violation and court costs and reasonable
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22 attorney fees. If the companion chatbot platform's failure to
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23 comply with this section is part of a consistent pattern of knowing
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1 or reckless conduct, punitive damages may be assessed against the
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2 companion chatbot platform.
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3   E. 1. A companion chatbot platform that knowingly or

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4 recklessly violates this section is liable to a minor account holder
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5 for up to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in damages plus court
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6 costs and reasonable attorney fees as ordered by the court.
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7   2. A civil action for a claim under this subsection shall be

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8 brought within one (1) year after the date the complainant knew, or
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9 reasonably should have known, of the alleged violation.
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10  3. An action brought under this subsection may be brought only

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11 on behalf of a minor account holder.
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12  F. For purposes of bringing an action under this section, a

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13 companion chatbot platform that allows a minor user in this state to
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14 create an account on the platform is considered to be both engaged
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15 in substantial and not isolated activities within this state and
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16 operating, conducting, engaging in, or carrying on a business and
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17 doing business in this state, and is therefore subject to the
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18 jurisdiction of the courts of this state.
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19  G. If a companion chatbot platform allows a minor account

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20 holder to use the companion chatbot platform, the parties shall be
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21 deemed to have entered into a contract.
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22  H. This section shall not be construed to preclude any other

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23 available remedy at law or equity.
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1   SECTION 6.     NEW LAW    A new section of law to be codified

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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 405 of Title 75A, unless there
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3 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4   A. At the beginning of an interaction between a user and a bot,

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5 and at least once every hour during the interaction, an operator
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6 shall display a pop-up message notifying the user that he or she is
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7 not engaging in dialogue with a human counterpart.
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8   B. A violation of this section is deemed a deceptive or unfair

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9 trade practice actionable solely by the Attorney General on behalf
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10 of a user of a bot. If the Attorney General has reason to believe
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11 that an operator is in violation of this section, the Attorney
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12 General may bring an action against the operator for a deceptive or
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13 unfair trade practice. In addition to any other remedy under this
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14 act, the Attorney General may collect a civil penalty of up to Fifty
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15 Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per violation and court costs and
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16 reasonable attorney fees.
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17  C. This section shall not be construed to preclude any other

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18 available remedy at law or equity.
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19  D. For purposes of bringing an action pursuant to this section,

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20 a person who meets the definition of an operator who owns, operates,
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21 or otherwise makes available a bot to individuals in this state is
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22 considered to be both engaged in substantial and not isolated
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23 activities within this state and operating, conducting, engaging in,
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1 or carrying on a business, and doing business in this state, and is
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2 therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.
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3   SECTION 7.     NEW LAW         A new section of law to be codified

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4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 406 of Title 75A, unless there
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5 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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6   A. An artificial intelligence technology company may not sell

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7 or disclose personal information of users unless the information is
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8 de-identified data.
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9   B. An artificial intelligence technology company in possession

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10 of de-identified data shall:
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11  1. Take reasonable measures to ensure that the data cannot be

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12 associated with an individual;
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13  2. Maintain and use the data in de-identified form. An

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14 artificial intelligence technology company may not attempt to
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15 reidentify the data, except that the artificial intelligence
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16 technology company may attempt to reidentify the data solely for the
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17 purpose of determining whether its de-identification process
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18 satisfies the requirements of this section;
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19  3. Contractually obligate a recipient of the de-identified data

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20 to comply with this section; and
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21  4. Implement business processes to prevent the inadvertent

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22 release of de-identified data.
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23  C. A violation of this section shall be deemed a deceptive or

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24 unfair trade practice. If the Attorney General has reason to
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1 believe that an artificial intelligence technology company is in
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2 violation of this section, the Attorney General may bring an action
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3 against the artificial intelligence technology company for a
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4 deceptive or unfair trade practice. In addition to any other remedy
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5 under this act, the Attorney General may collect a civil penalty of
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6 up to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per violation and court
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7 costs and reasonable attorney fees.
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8   D. For purposes of bringing an action pursuant to this section,

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9 a person who meets the definition of an artificial intelligence
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10 technology company that produces, develops, creates, designs, or
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11 manufactures artificial intelligence products, or implements
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12 artificial intelligence technology in this state, is considered to
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13 be both engaged in substantial and not isolated activities within
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14 this state and operating, conducting, engaging in, or carrying on a
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15 business, and doing business in this state, and is therefore subject
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16 to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.
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17  SECTION 8.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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18 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 407 of Title 75A, unless there
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19 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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20  A. If, by his or her own inquiry or as a result of complaints,

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21 the Attorney General has reason to believe that a person has engaged
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22 in, or is engaging in, a practice or an act that violates this act,
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23 the Attorney General may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena
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24 witnesses or matter, and collect evidence. At any time before the
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1 return date specified in the subpoena, the party served may file in
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2 the district court in the county in which it resides or in which it
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3 transacts business a petition for an order modifying or setting
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4 aside the subpoena. The petitioner may raise any objection or
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5 privilege that would be available upon service of a subpoena in a
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6 civil action. The subpoena shall inform the party served of the
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7 party's rights under this section.
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8   B. If the matter that the Attorney General seeks to obtain by

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9 subpoena is located outside this state, the person subpoenaed may
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10 make the matter available at the place where it is located. The
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11 Attorney General may designate representatives, including officials
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12 of the state in which the matter is located, to inspect the matter
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13 on its behalf and may respond to similar requests from officials of
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14 other states.
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15  C. Upon the failure of a person, without lawful excuse, to obey

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16 a subpoena and upon reasonable notice to all persons affected, the
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17 Attorney General may apply to the district court for an order
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18 compelling compliance.
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19  D. The Attorney General may request that a person who refuses

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20 to comply with a subpoena on the grounds that the testimony or
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21 matter may be self-incriminating be ordered by the court to provide
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22 the testimony or matter. Except in a prosecution for perjury, a
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23 person who complies with a court order to provide testimony or
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24 matter after asserting a valid privilege against self-incrimination
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1 may not have the testimony or matter provided, or evidence derived
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2 from the testimony or matter, received against the person in any
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3 criminal investigation or proceeding.
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4   E. A person upon whom a subpoena is served pursuant to this

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5 section shall comply with its terms unless otherwise provided by
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6 order of the court. A person who fails to appear, with the intent
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7 to avoid, evade, or prevent compliance in whole or in part with an
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8 investigation under this section, or who removes from any place,
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9 conceals, withholds, mutilates, alters, or destroys, or by any other
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10 means falsifies any documentary material in the possession, custody,
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11 or control of a person subject to a subpoena, or who knowingly
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12 conceals relevant information with the intent to avoid, evade, or
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13 prevent compliance, is liable for a civil penalty not more than Five
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14 Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) per week in violation and court costs
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15 and reasonable attorney fees.
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16  SECTION 9.        NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified

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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 408 of Title 75A, unless there
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18 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19  A. A person shall not publish, print, display, or otherwise

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20 publicly use for trade or for any commercial or advertising purpose
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21 the name, portrait, photograph, image, or other likeness of an
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22 individual created through generative artificial intelligence
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23 without the express written or oral consent to such use given by any
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24 of the following:
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1   1. The individual;

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2   2. Any other person authorized in writing by the individual to

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3 license the commercial use of the individual's name, image, or
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4 likeness; or
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5   3. If the individual is deceased:

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6   a. a person authorized in writing to license the

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7                  commercial use of the individual's name, image, or

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8                  likeness, or

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9   b. if no person is authorized, any one individual from a

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10                 class composed of the deceased individual's surviving

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11                 spouse and surviving children. A parent or legal

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12                 guardian may give consent on behalf of a minor

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13                 surviving child.

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14  B. If the consent required in subsection A of this section is

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15 not obtained, the individual whose name, portrait, photograph,
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16 image, or other likeness is used, or a person authorized by the
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17 individual in writing to license the commercial use of the
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18 individual's name, image, or likeness, or, if the individual whose
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19 likeness is used is deceased, a person having the right to give such
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20 consent, as provided in subsection A of this section, may bring an
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21 action to enjoin the unauthorized publication, printing, display, or
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22 other public use and recover damages for any loss or injury
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23 resulting from the unauthorized publication, including an amount
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1 that would have been a reasonable royalty, and punitive or exemplary
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2 damages.
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3   C. If a person uses the name, portrait, photograph, image, or

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4 other likeness of a servicemember without obtaining the consent
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5 required in subsection A of this section and the use is not subject
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6 to an exception listed in this section, a court may impose a civil
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7 penalty of up to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation in
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8 addition to the civil remedies contained in subsection B of this
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9 section. Each commercial transaction constitutes a violation under
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10 this section.
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11  D. This section shall not apply to any of the following:

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12  1. The publication, printing, display, or use of the name,

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13 image, or likeness of an individual in a newspaper, magazine, book,
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14 news broadcast or telecast, or other news medium or publication that
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15 is used as part of a bona fide news report or presentation having a
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16 current and legitimate public interest and if the name, image, or
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17 likeness is not used for advertising purposes;
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18  2. The use of an individual's name, portrait, photograph,

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1   3. A photograph of an individual solely as a member of the

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6 image, or likeness of an individual occurring more than forty (40)
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8   F. The remedies in this section are in addition to and not in

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9 limitation of the remedies and rights of any person under the common
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10 law against the invasion of his or her privacy.
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11  SECTION 10.    NEW LAW           A new section of law to be codified

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12 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 409 of Title 75A, unless there
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14  No relief may be obtained under Section 9 of this act against

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1   SECTION 11.    NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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4   A contract made by a minor or made by a parent or legal guardian

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5 of a minor, or a contract proposed to be so made, may be approved by
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6 the probate division of a circuit court or any other division of the
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7 circuit court that has guardianship jurisdiction, where the minor is
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8 a resident of this state or the services of the minor are to be
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11 service, or in any other way receive compensation for the use of the
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