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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 9, 2023
SENATE BILL NO. 722 By: Stewart
An Act relating to crime and punishment; providing
for certain prohibition on release of public scene
specific information; defining terms; stating
exception; requiring certain notification; providing
penalty; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 839.4 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
A. No first responder or scene support personnel shall release
to the public scene specific information or transmit to a social
media site any photographic image or video taken at a collision or
crime scene without prior authorization from the in vestigating
agency.
B. As used in this section:
1. “First responder” shall mean a full-time, reserve, or
volunteer, state, county, or municipal peac e officer, firefighter,
paramedic, emergency medical technician, rescue service personnel,
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emergency manager, medical examiner or employee of a medical
examiner, or wrecker service provider;
2. “Investigating agency” shall mean the city, county, or state
agency responsible for investigating and repor ting the collision to
the Department of Public Safety or the crim e report to the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investigation ; and
3. “Scene support personnel ” shall include, but not be limited
to, towing or remediation services, funeral homes, crime scene
cleaners, or city, county, and state road maintenance employees.
C. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not
prevent the Oklahoma State Bu reau of Investigation or the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol from t ransmitting information when a law enforcement
agency requests investigati ve assistance.
D. Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act,
any agency or entity employing first responders or scene support
personnel shall notify the employees of the provisions of this act.
E. Any person convicte d of a violation of this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One
Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail
not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
February 9, 2023 - DO PASS