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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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1 B. This act shall be broadly construed to favor the protection
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2 of the covered information of federal officials and their immediate
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4 SECTION 9. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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