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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 909 By: Daniels
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to telecommunications; creating the
7 Secure Telecommunications Act of 2025; providing
8 short title; stating legislative intent; defining
8 terms; prohibiting certain critical
9 telecommunications infrastructure equipment;
9 requiring removal and replacement of certain
10 prohibited equipment; stating that removal,
10 discontinuation, or replacement of prohibited
11 equipment shall not require additional permits
11 provided certain conditions are met; requiring the
12 filing of certain form; requiring payment of certain
12 registration fee by certain date and then annually;
13 requiring registration prior to providing service;
13 authorizing Corporation Commission to prescribe
14 certain registration form; requiring provider furnish
14 certain person's contact information; requiring
15 payment of registration fee at time of submission of
15 certain form; authorizing Commission to set certain
16 fee; limiting amount of fee; requiring certain
16 information be kept current; requiring certain
17 notification if information changes; requiring
17 certain annual certification; providing for
18 administrative fines for certain violations;
18 providing that failure to comply shall result in
19 forfeiture of certain funds; providing for
19 codification; providing an effective date; and
20 declaring an emergency.
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23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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1 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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2 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 146.1 of Title 17, unless there
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3 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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4 This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Secure
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5 Telecommunications Act of 2025".
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6 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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7 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 146.2 of Title 17, unless there
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8 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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9 As used in this act:
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10 1. "Critical telecommunications infrastructure" shall mean all
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11 physical broadband infrastructure and equipment which supports the
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12 transmission of information of a user's choosing, regardless of the
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13 transmission medium or technology employed that connects to a
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14 network which permits the end user to engage in communications
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15 including, but not limited to, service provided directly to:
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16 a. the public, or
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17 b. such classes of users as to be effectively available
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18 directly to the public;
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19 2. "Federally banned corporation" shall mean any company or
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20 designated equipment currently banned or at any point hereto banned
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21 at the federal level. This shall include, but not be limited to,
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22 bans resulting from the following federal agencies and acts:
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23 a. the Federal Communications Commission including, but
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24 not limited to, any equipment or service deemed to
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1 pose a threat to national security identified on the
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2 Covered List developed pursuant to 47 C.F.R., Section
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3 1.50002, as such act existed July 1, 2024, and
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4 published by the Public Safety and Homeland Security
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5 Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission
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6 pursuant to the federal Secure and Trusted
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7 Communications Networks Act of 2019, 47 U.S.C.,
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8 Section 1601 et seq., as such act existed on July 1,
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9 2024,
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10 b. the U.S. Department of Commerce,
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11 c. the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency,
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12 d. the Federal Acquisition Security Council, and
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13 e. Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense
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14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 [Pub. L. 115-
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15 232];
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16 3. "Foreign adversary" shall mean any country designated by the
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17 United States Secretary of State as hostile or a Country of
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18 Particular Concern (CPC); and
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19 4. "Telecommunications provider" shall mean any corporation,
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20 public or private, which operates any system which supports the
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21 transmission of information of a user's choosing regardless of the
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22 transmission medium or technology employed that connects to a
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23 network which permits the end user to engage in communications
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24 including, but not limited to, service provided directly to:
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1 a. the public, or
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2 b. such classes of users as to be effectively available
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3 directly to the public.
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4 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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5 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 146.3 of Title 17, unless there
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7 A. All critical telecommunications infrastructure located
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8 within or serving this state shall not utilize any equipment
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9 manufactured by a federally banned corporation, nor any equipment
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10 banned at the federal level.
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11 B. All critical telecommunications infrastructure located
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12 within or serving this state shall not utilize any equipment
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13 manufactured in or by, including any equipment whose critical or
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14 necessary components are manufactured in or by a foreign adversary,
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15 a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company
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16 domiciled within a foreign adversary.
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17 C. All critical telecommunications infrastructure in operation
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18 within or serving this state, to include any critical
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19 telecommunications infrastructure which is not permanently disabled,
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20 shall have all equipment prohibited by subsection A or B of this
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21 section removed and replaced with equipment which is not prohibited
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22 by subsection A or B of this section. Any telecommunications
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23 provider that removes, discontinues, or replaces any prohibited
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24 telecommunications equipment or service shall not be required to
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1 obtain any additional permits from any state agency or political
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2 subdivision for the removal, discontinuance, or replacement of such
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3 communications equipment or service as long as the state agency or
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4 political subdivision is properly notified of the necessary
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5 replacements and the replacement communications equipment is similar
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6 to the existing communications equipment.
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7 SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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8 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 146.4 of Title 17, unless there
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10 A. Any telecommunications provider providing service in this
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11 state shall file a registration form with and pay a registration fee
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12 to the Corporation Commission by September 1, 2025, and then on
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13 January 1 of each year henceforth. Any communications provider
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14 shall register with the Commission prior to providing service. The
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15 Commission shall prescribe the registration form to be filed
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16 pursuant to this section.
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17 B. A telecommunications provider shall provide the Commission
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18 with the name, address, telephone number, and email address of a
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19 person with managerial responsibility for the provider's operations
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20 within this state.
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21 C. A telecommunications provider shall:
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22 1. Submit a registration fee at the time the registration form
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23 is submitted. The Commission shall set the fee in an amount
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1 sufficient to cover the costs of administering the registration
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2 process, but such fee shall not exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00);
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3 2. Keep the information required by this section current and
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4 notify the Commission of any changes to such information within
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5 sixty (60) days after the change; and
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6 3. Certify to the Commission by January 1 each year that all
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7 critical telecommunications equipment and infrastructure within its
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8 operation does not use or provide any communications equipment or
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9 service prohibited pursuant to Section 3 of this act.
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10 D. The Commission shall administratively fine any
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11 telecommunications provider which violates this section with a fine
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12 no less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day and no
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13 greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per day of
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14 noncompliance.
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15 E. The Commission shall administratively fine any
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16 telecommunications provider which knowingly submits a false
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17 registration form described in this section with a fine no less than
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18 Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day and no greater than One
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19 Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per day of noncompliance.
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20 F. Any telecommunications provider that fails to comply with
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21 this section is prohibited from receiving any state or local funds
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22 for the development or support of new or existing critical
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23 telecommunications infrastructure, including the Oklahoma Universal
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24 Service Fund, and is prohibited from receiving any federal funds
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1 subject to distribution by state or local governments for the
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2 development or support of new or existing critical
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3 telecommunications infrastructure.
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4 SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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5 SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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6 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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7 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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8 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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