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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1908 By: Fugate
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state government; requiring
certain reports to be published on website of the
Oklahoma Secretary of State; prescribing procedures
with respect to omitted or redact ed information;
prescribing procedures for providing exceptions;
transmission of reports; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 664.101 of Title 74, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Except as otherwise provided b y this section, any report
required or authorized by law to be filed with the Governor, the
Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives or the President
Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, separately or in any
combination, shall be published, in full, on the website maintained
by or on behalf of the Secretary of State.
B. Any information contained in reports as described by
subsection A of this section required to be kept confidential shall
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be excluded or redacted from the version of the report published on
the website. The entity transmitting a report which has information
excluded or redacted shall include in the transmittal document or
email an identification of the omitted material, such as an
appendix, an exhibit or other information and shall also indicate
whether the report has been redac ted. The Secretary of State may
prescribe a form or required format for identification of omitted or
redacted information. The Secretary of State shall clearly identify
such reports on its website as having been submitted with
information omitted or redacted .
C. The Governor, the Sp eaker of the Oklahoma House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State
Senate shall transmit any report received by any of their respective
offices, or a copy of such report, not later than thirty (30) days
after its receipt.
D. For reports required to be filed with any combination of the
Governor, the Speaker and the President Pro Tempore, the respective
officers shall coordinate the transmission of a report so that only
one copy of the report is transmitted to the Secretar y of State.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-6764 MAH 01/12/23