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Oklahoma Senate Bill SB970

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30+ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 970 By: Floyd of the Senate
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40+An Act relating to the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
41+amending 51 O.S. 2011, Sections 24A .3, as amended by
42+Section 2, Chapter 266, O.S.L. 20 14, 24A.7, as
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44+24A.10, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 197,
45+O.S.L. 2018 (51 O.S. Supp. 2020, Sections 24A.3 ,
46+24A.7 and 24A.10), which relate to definitions,
47+personnel records and voluntarily supplied
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64+AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 3, line 20, delete the inserted language
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70+"an agency or entity of the st ate or a political subdivision to
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99+phone number, personal electronic mail address or othe r contact
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101+existence of a license of a person, or a business or commercial
102+address, or other business or com mercial information disclosable
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7151 BILL NO. 970 By: Floyd of the Senate
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16160 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Open Records Act;
17-amending 51 O.S. 2021, Sections 24A.3, 24A.7, and
18-24A.10, which relate to definitions, personnel
19-records and voluntarily supplied information;
20-modifying definition; allowing confidentiality of
21-personnel records at the sole discretion of public
22-body; requiring confidentiality for certain
23-voluntarily provided information; and updating
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161+amending 51 O.S. 2011, Sections 24A .3, as amended by
162+Section 2, Chapter 266, O.S.L. 2014 , 24A.7, as
163+amended by Section 1, Chapter 130, O.S.L. 2014 and
164+24A.10, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 197,
165+O.S.L. 2018 (51 O.S. Supp. 2020, Sections 24A.3 ,
166+24A.7 and 24A.10), which relate to definitions,
167+personnel records and voluntarily supplied
168+information; modifying definition; allowing
169+confidentiality of personnel records at the sole
170+discretion of public body; requiring confidentiality
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172+updating statutory reference; and providing an
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28-SUBJECT: Oklahoma Open Records Act
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30178 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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32-SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2021, Section 24A.3, is
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179+SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 2011, Section 24A.3, as
180+amended by Section 2, Chapter 266, O.S.L. 2014 ( 51 O.S. Supp. 2020,
181+Section 24A.3), is amended to read as follows:
35182 Section 24A.3. As used in the Oklahoma Open Records Act:
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37183 1. "Record" means all documents, including, but not limited to,
38184 any book, paper, photograph, microfilm, data fi les created by or
39185 used with computer software, computer tape, disk, record, sound
40186 recording, film recordi ng, video record or other material regardless
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42214 the authority of, or coming into the c ustody, control or possession
43215 of public officials, public bodies, or their representatives in
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45217 of public funds or the administering of public property. "Record"
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55222 regulations, vehicle movement records of the Oklahoma
56223 Transportation Authority obtained in connection with
57224 the Authority's electronic toll collection syst em,
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59225 d. personal financial information, credit reports or
60226 other financial data obtained by or submitted to a
61227 public body for the purpose of evaluating credit
62228 worthiness, obtaining a license, permit , or for the
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67232 collection and safeguarding activities o f the Oklahoma
68233 Transportation Authority,
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72236 Recreation Department or the Board of Trustees of the
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74264 Park to obtain any service at the facility or by a
75265 purchaser of a product sold by or through the Oklahoma
76266 Tourism and Recreation Department or the Q uartz
77267 Mountain Arts and Conference Center and Nature Park,
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79268 g. a Department of Defense Form 214 (DD Form 2 14) filed
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81270 before July 1, 2002, or
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83271 h. except as provided for in Section 2 -110 of Title 47 of
84272 the Oklahoma Statutes,
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86273 (1) any record in connection with a Motor Vehicle
87274 Report issued by the Department of Pub lic Safety,
88275 as prescribed in Section 6 -117 of Title 47 of the
89276 Oklahoma Statutes, or
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94278 defined by the Driver's Privacy Protection Act,
95279 18 United States Code, Sections 2721 through
96280 2725, which are stored and m aintained by the
97281 Department of Public Safet y, or
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100-an agency or entity of the state or a political
101-subdivision to obtain licensure under the laws of this
102-state or a political subdivision that contains an
103-applicant's personal address, personal phone number,
104-personal electronic mail address or other contact
105-information. Provided, however, lists of persons
106-licensed, the existence of a license of a person, or a
107-business or commercial address, or other business or
108-commercial information disclosable under state law
109-submitted with an application for licensure shall be
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112314 2. "Public body" shall include, but not b e limited to, any
113315 office, department, board, bureau, commissi on, agency, trusteeship,
114316 authority, council, committee, trust or any entity cr eated by a
115317 trust, county, city, village, town, township, district, school
116318 district, fair board, court, executive offi ce, advisory group, task
117319 force, study group, or any subdivision thereof, supported in whol e
118320 or in part by public funds or entrusted with th e expenditure of
119321 public funds or administering or operating public property, and all
120322 committees, or subcommittees the reof. Except for the records
121323 required by Section 24A.4 of th is title, "public body" does not mean
122324 judges, justices, the Council on Judicia l Complaints, the
123325 Legislature, or legislators;
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132331 enforcing state or local criminal laws an d initiating criminal
133332 prosecutions, including, but not limited to, police departments ,
134333 county sheriffs, the Depart ment of Public Safety, the Oklahoma State
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137334 Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control, the Alcoholic
138335 Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, and the Oklahoma State Bureau
139336 of Investigation.
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144366 Section 24A.7. A. A At the sole discretion of the public body,
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152372 invasion of personal privacy such as employee eval uations, payroll
153373 deductions, employment applications submitted by persons not h ired
154374 by the public body, and transcripts from insti tutions of higher
155375 education maintained in the personnel files of certified public
156376 school employees; provided, however, that no thing in this subsection
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158378 the curriculum on the transcripts of certified public school
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161380 B. All personnel records not specifically falling wit hin the
162-exceptions provided in subse ction A or D of this section shall be
381+exceptions provided in subse ction A of this section shall be
163382 available for public inspection and copying in cluding, but not
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184-of current and former public employees shall not be open to public
185-inspection or disclosure; provided, however, that nothing in t his
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187-records created using a private email address or private mobile
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420+telephone numbers and social security num bers of any person employed
421+or formerly employed by the publi c body.
190422 E. Except as otherwi se required by Section 6 -101.16 of Title 70
191423 of the Oklahoma Statutes, public bodies shall keep confidential all
192424 records created pursuant to th e Oklahoma Teacher and L eader
193425 Effectiveness Evaluation System (TLE) which identify a current or
194426 former public employee and contain any evaluation, obs ervation or
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428+SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 51 O.S. 201 1, Section 24A.10, as
429+last amended by Section 1, Chapter 197, O.S.L. 2018 (51 O.S. Su pp.
430+2020, Section 24A.10), is amended to read as follows:
200431 Section 24A.10. A. Any information, records or other material
201432 heretofore voluntarily supplied to any state agen cy, board or
202433 commission shall be subject to full disclosure pursuant to Section
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208463 1. Bid specifications for competitive bidding prior to
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217469 estate by a public body prior to award of a contract; or
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226474 C. Except as set forth hereafter, the Oklahoma Department of
227475 Commerce, the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
228476 Education, the technology cente r school districts, the Oklahoma Film
229477 and Music Office, in stitutions within the Oklah oma State System of
230478 Higher Education, and the Department of Corrections may keep
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233480 1. Business plans, feasibility studies, financing proposals,
234481 marketing plans, financial statements or trade secrets submitted by
235482 a person or entity seeking econ omic advice, business de velopment or
236483 customized training from such Departments or sch ool districts;
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239485 Department or school districts for the purpose of business
240486 development or customized training, and related confidential ity
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241513 agreements detailing the information or records designate d as
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248518 Career and Technology Education, the technology center school
249519 districts, the Oklahoma Film and Music Office, institutions within
250520 the Oklahoma State System o f Higher Education, and the Department of
251521 Corrections may not keep confidential that submitted information
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256525 including records of the address, rate paid for s ervices, charges,
257526 consumption rates, adjustments to the bill, reasons for adjustment,
258527 the name of the person tha t authorized the adjustment, and payment
259528 for each customer, public bodies that provide utility services to
260529 the public may shall keep confidential and shall redact from any
261530 record, personal email addresses, credit information, credit card
262531 numbers, telephone numbers, social security numbers, bank account
263532 information for individ ual customers, and any portion of any record
264533 that contains the name or an y other identifier of the occupants of
265534 any residential structure. Public bodies that provide utility
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270563 a connected electric l oad in excess of two thousa nd five hundred
271564 (2,500) kilowatts if public access to such contracts would give an
272565 unfair advantage to competitors of the customer; provided that,
273566 where a public body perf orms billing or collection services for a
274567 utility regulated by the Corporation Commis sion pursuant to a
275568 contractual agreement, any customer or individual payment data
276569 obtained or created by the public body in performance of the
277570 agreement shall not be a rec ord for purposes of this act the
278571 Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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281-Passed the Senate the 12th day of May, 2022.
572+SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
573+Passed the Senate the 1st day of March, 2021.
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288-Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of April, 2022.
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295-OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
296-Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
297-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
298-By: _______________________________ __
299-Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
300-day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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303- Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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306-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
307-Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
308-day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
309-By: _______________________________ __