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An act relating to federal officials, the official text

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1                    STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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2                  1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

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3 SENATE BILL 646           By: Paxton
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to federal officials; creating the

7   Oklahoma Federal Officials Security Act of 2025;

8   providing short title; defining terms; establishing

8   notice system for certain federal officials;

9   prohibiting state agencies from publicly posting

9   certain information; stating exceptions; authorizing

10  Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise

10  Services to make certain notice; describing procedure

11  for certain notice; allowing for certain delegation;

11  providing for certain alternative to individual

12  notice; directing the Director of the Office of

12  Management and Enterprise Services to submit certain

13  report; prohibiting certain acts with respect to

13  certain information with certain exceptions;

14  prohibiting certain activities with certain

14  exceptions; providing certain time requirement for

15  removal of certain information; prohibiting certain

15  transfer of information with certain exceptions;

16  creating a right of action for certain individuals;

16  providing penalty for violations; clarifying scope of

17  act; providing for codification; and providing an

17  effective date.

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

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22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 401 of Title 51, unless there is
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23 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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1   This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma

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2 Federal Officials Security Act of 2025".
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3   SECTION 2.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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4 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 402 of Title 51, unless there is
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5 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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6   As used in this act:

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7   1. "Commercial entity" means any corporation, partnership,

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8 limited partnership, proprietorship, sole proprietorship, firm,
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9 enterprise, franchise, or association engaged in the buying or
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10 selling of goods or services for profit;
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11  2. "Covered information" means:

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12  a. a home address, including the primary residence or

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13                 secondary residence of a federal official,

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14  b. a home or personal mobile telephone number, or the

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15                 direct telephone number of a government-issued cell

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16                 phone or private extension in the chambers of a

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17                 federal official,

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18  c. a personal email address of a federal official,

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19  d. the Social Security number, driver license number, or

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20                 home address displayed on voter registration

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21                 information of a federal official,

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22  e. the bank account or credit or debit card information

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23                 of a federal official,

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1   f. the home or other address displayed on property tax

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2                  records or held by a federal, state, or local

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3                  government agency of a federal official, including any

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4                  secondary residence and any investment property at

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5                  which a federal official resides for part of a year,

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6   g. a license plate number or home address displayed on

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7                  vehicle registration information of a federal

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8                  official,

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9   h. the identification of children under eighteen (18)

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10                 years of age of a federal official or any child under

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11                 twenty-six (26) years of age whose permanent residence

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12                 is the home of the federal official,

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13  i. the full date of birth,

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14  j. a photograph of any vehicle that legibly displays the

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15                 license plate or a photograph of a residence that

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16                 legibly displays the address of the residence of a

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17                 federal official,

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18  k. the name and address of a school or day care facility

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19                 attended by the immediate family of a federal

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20                 official,

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21  l. the name and address of an employer of the immediate

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22                 family of a federal official, or

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1   m. the name and address of a place of worship the federal

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2                  official or immediate family of a federal official

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3                  attends;

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4   3. "Federal official" means any current federally elected

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5 official of the state;
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6   4. "Immediate family" means a spouse, child, or parent of a

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7 federal official or any other familial relative of a federal
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8 official whose permanent residence is the same as the federal
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9 official's;
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10  5. "Social media" means any online electronic medium or a live

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11 chat system that:
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12  a. primarily serves as a medium for users to interact

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13                 with content generated by other third-party users of

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14                 the medium,

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15  b. enables users to create accounts or profiles specific

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16                 to the medium or to import profiles from another

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17                 medium, and

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18  c. enables one or more users to generate content that can

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19                 be viewed by other third-party users of the medium;

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20  6. "State agency" means:

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21  a. an executive agency, as defined by Oklahoma Statutes,

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22  b. any county, local, or municipal governing body, or

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23                 regulatory body, and

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1   c. any state agency in the judicial branch or legislative

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2                  branch; and

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3   7. "Transfer" means to sell, license, trade, or exchange for

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4 consideration the covered information of a federal official or his
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5 or her immediate family.
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6   SECTION 3.     NEW LAW      A new section of law to be codified

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7 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 403 of Title 51, unless there is
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8 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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9   A. Each federal official may:

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10  1. File written notice of the status of the individual as a

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11 federal official, for himself or herself and for the federal
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12 official's immediate family, with each state agency that includes
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13 information necessary to ensure compliance with this section; and
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14  2. Request that each state agency, as defined in Section 2 of

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15 this act, mark as private the federal official's covered information
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16 and that of his or her immediate family.
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17  B. State agencies shall not publicly post or publicly display

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18 content that includes covered information of a federal official or
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19 his or her immediate family. State agencies, upon receipt of a
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20 written request under paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section,
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21 shall remove the covered information of the federal official or his
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22 or her immediate family from publicly available content not later
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23 than seventy-two (72) hours after such receipt.
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1   C. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a state agency from

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2 providing access to records containing the covered information of a
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3 federal official to a third party if the third party:
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4   1. Possesses a signed release from the federal official or a

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5 lawful court order;
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6   2. Is subject to the requirements of Title V of the federal

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7 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C., Section 6802 et seq.; or
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8   3. Executes a confidentiality agreement with the state agency.

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9   SECTION 4.     NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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10 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 404 of Title 51, unless there is
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11 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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12  A. Upon written request of a federal official, the Director of

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13 the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to
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14 make any notice or request required or authorized by this act on
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15 behalf of the federal official. The notice or request shall include
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16 information necessary to ensure compliance with this act. The
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17 Director may delegate this authority to an appropriate state agency.
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18 Any notice or request made under this act shall be deemed to have
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19 been made by the federal official and comply with the notice and
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20 request requirements of this act.
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21  B. In lieu of individual notices or requests, the Director of

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22 the Office of Management and Enterprise Services may provide state
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23 agencies, county and municipal governments, commercial entities,
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24 persons, businesses, or associations with a list of federal
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1 officials and their immediate family that includes information
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2 necessary to ensure compliance with this act, as determined by the
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3 Director for the purpose of maintaining compliance with this act.
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4 Such list shall be deemed to comply with individual notice and
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5 request requirements of this act.
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6       SECTION 5.  NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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7 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 405 of Title 51, unless there is
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9       Not later than one (1) year after the effective date of this

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10 act, and biennially thereafter, the Director of the Office of
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11 Management and Enterprise Services shall submit to the Legislature
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12 an annual report that includes:
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13      1. A detailed amount spent by the state and local governments

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14 on protecting federal officials' covered information;
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15      2. Where the federal officials' covered information was found;

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16 and
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17      3. The collection of any new types of personal data found to be

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18 used to identify federal officials who have received threats,
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19 including prior home addresses, employers, and institutional
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20 affiliations such as nonprofit boards.
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21      SECTION 6.  NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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22 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 406 of Title 51, unless there is
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1   A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, no

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2 person, business, or association shall publicly post or publicly
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3 display on the Internet covered information of a federal official or
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4 his or her immediate family if the federal official has made a
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5 written request to that person, business, or association to not
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6 disclose the covered information of the federal official or his or
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7 her immediate family.
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8   B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to:

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9   1. Covered information that the federal official or his or her

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10 immediate family voluntarily publishes on the Internet after the
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11 effective date of this act; or
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12  2. Covered information lawfully received from a state

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13 government source or from an employee or agent of the state
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14 government.
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15  C. After receiving a written request under this section, the

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16 person, business, or association shall remove within seventy-two
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17 (72) hours the covered information from the Internet and ensure that
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18 the information is not made available on any publicly available
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19 website controlled by that person, business, or association, and
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20 ensure that the covered information of the federal official or his
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21 or her immediate family is not made available on any publicly
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22 available website controlled by that person, business, or
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23 association.
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1   1. Covered information that the federal official or immediate

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2 family voluntarily publishes on the Internet after the effective
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3 date of this act; or
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4   2. A transfer made at the request of the federal official or

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5 that is necessary to effectuate a request to the person, business,
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6 or association from the federal official.
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7   SECTION 7.     NEW LAW           A new section of law to be codified

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8 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 407 of Title 51, unless there is
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9 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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10  A. A federal official or his or her immediate family whose

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11 covered information is made public as a result of a violation of
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12 this act may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory
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13 relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. If the court grants
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14 injunctive or declaratory relief, the person, business, or
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15 association responsible for the violation shall be required to pay
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16 the costs and reasonable attorney fees of the federal official or
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17 his or her immediate family, as applicable.
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18  B. If a person, business, or association knowingly violates an

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19 order granting injunctive or declaratory relief under subsection A
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20 of this section, the court issuing such order may:
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21  1. If the person, business, or association is a government

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22 agency:
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23          a. impose a fine not greater than Four Thousand Dollars

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1   b. award to the federal official or his or her immediate

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2                  family, as applicable, court costs and reasonable

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3                  attorney fees; and

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4   2. If the person, business, or association is not a government

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5 agency, award to the federal official or his or her immediate
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6 family, as applicable:
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7   a. an amount equal to the actual damages sustained by the

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8                  federal official or his or her immediate family, and

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9   b. court costs and reasonable attorney fees.

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10  SECTION 8.        NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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11 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 408 of Title 51, unless there is
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13  A. Nothing in this act shall be construed:

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14  1. To prohibit, restrain, or limit the lawful investigation or

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15 reporting by the press of any unlawful activity or misconduct
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16 alleged to have been committed by a federal official or his or her
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17 immediate family;
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18  2. To limit the publication or transfer of covered information

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19 that the federal official or his or her immediate family member
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20 voluntarily publishes on the Internet after the effective date of
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21 this act; or
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22  3. To prohibit information-sharing by a commercial entity to a

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1   B. This act shall be broadly construed to favor the protection

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