Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1988 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/18/2024

                             
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024) 
 
SENATE BILL 1988 	By: Standridge 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to voter registration; amending 26 
O.S. 2021, Section 4 -115.2, as amended by Section 2, 
Chapter 147, O.S.L. 2023 (26 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 
4-115.2), which relates to confidentiality of 
residence and mailing address; adding class es of 
persons allowed to make certain application; and 
providing an effective date . 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     26 O.S. 2021, Section 4-115.2, as 
amended by Section 2, Chapter 147, O.S.L. 2023 (26 O.S. Supp. 2023, 
Section 4-115.2), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 4-115.2. A. 1. The Secretary of the State Election 
Board is authorized to promulgate rules to ke ep confidential the 
residence and mailing address, upon application to do so, of 
individual registered voters who are members of ce rtain classes as 
described in paragraph 2 of this sub section. 
2.  Classes shall be limited to the judiciary, d istrict 
attorneys, assistant distr ict attorneys, public defenders, attorneys 
employed by the Oklahoma Indigent De fense System, Uniformed Services   
 
 
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members, law enforcem ent personnel and the immedi ate family of law 
enforcement personnel, correct ional officers, the secretary, 
assistant secretary, employees, and members of a county elec tion 
board or the State Election Board , persons who are protected by 
victim’s protection orders, the spouses and depe ndents of the 
members of such classes, and persons who are certified by t he 
Secretary of State as participants in the Address Confidentiali ty 
Program established b y Section 60.14 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes. 
3. Such address information shall be p rovided to a candidate or 
candidate representative or other lawful author ity in anticipation 
or as part of a contest of candidacy or contes t of an election as 
provided for in this title or as part of a petition chal lenge as 
provided by law.  However, no in formation concerning the address of 
a certified Address Confidentiality P rogram participant shall be 
released by election officials to any person for any purpose exce pt 
under court order. 
B.  As used in this section, “immediate family of law 
enforcement personnel” means a spouse, child by birth or adoption, 
stepchild or parent living at the same residence as the law 
enforcement personnel. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2024. 
 
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