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31		-	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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35	28		ENGROSSED SENATE
36	29		BILL NO. 722 By: Stewart and Bullard of the
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47	38		An Act relating to crime and punishment; providing
48	39		for certain prohibition on release of public scene
49	40		specific information; defining terms; sta ting
50	41		exception; requiring certain notification; providing
51	42		penalty; providing for codification; and providing an
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59	48		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
60	49		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of la w to be codified
61	50		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 839.4 of Title 21, unless there
62	51		is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
63	52		A. No first responder or scene support personnel shall release
64	53		to the public scene specific information or transmit to a social
65	54		media site any photographic image or vi deo taken at a collision or
66	55		crime scene without prior authorization from the in vestigating
67	56		agency.
	57	+	B. As used in this section:
	58	+	1. “First responder” shall mean a full-time, reserve, or
	59	+	volunteer, state, county, or municipal peace officer, firefighter,
	60	+	paramedic, emergency medical technician, rescue service personnel,
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95		-	B. As used in this section:
96		-	1. “First responder” shall mean a full-time, reserve, or
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99	87		emergency manager, medical examiner or employee of a medical
100	88		examiner, or wrecker service provider;
101	89		2. “Investigating agency” shall mean the city, county, or state
102	90		agency responsible for investigating and repor ting the collision to
103	91		the Department of Public Safety or the crim e report to the Oklahoma
104	92		State Bureau of Investigation ; and
105	93		3. “Scene support personnel ” shall include, but not be li mited
106	94		to, towing or remediation services, funeral homes, c rime scene
107	95		cleaners, or city, county, and state road maintenance employees.
108	96		C. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not
109	97		prevent the Oklahoma State Bu reau of Investigation or the Oklahoma
110	98		Highway Patrol from transmitting information when a law enforcement
111	99		agency requests investigati ve assistance.
112	100		D. Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this act,
113	101		any agency or entity employing first responders or scene support
114	102		personnel shall notify the employees of the provisions of this act.
115	103		E. Any person convicte d of a violation of this section shall be
116	104		guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One
117	105		Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail
118	106		not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment .
	107	+	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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146		-	~~SECTION 2.~~ ~~This act shall become effective November 1~~, 2023.
	134	+	Passed the Senate the 14th day of March, 2023.
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148		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: C OMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS,
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	138	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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	141	+	Passed the House of Represent atives the ____ day of __________,
	142	+	2023.
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	146	+	Presiding Officer of the House
	147	+	of Representatives
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