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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1368 By: Grego
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to human trafficking; directing
private businesses and public schools to post certain
signage at specific locations; directing the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control
to promulgate certain rules regarding signage;
listing requirements of signage; directing the Bureau
to provide signage without cost; providing for
codification; and providing an effec tive 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 748.1 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbe ring, reads as follows:
Beginning November 1, 2025, warning signs of the penalties for
the trafficking of persons under Section 748 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes shall be posted at the following businesses:
1. Cosmetology establishments, as defined in Section 199.1 of
Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. Establishments or schools that provide massage therapy or
instruction in massage therapy, as defined in Section 4200.2 of
Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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3. Establishments that provide body pi ercing or tattooing
services, as defined in Section 842.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes; and
4. Hospitals, as defined in Section 1 -701 of Title 63 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
The signage shall be posted in a conspicuous place that is
either near the public entrance of the business establishment or
near the location where simil ar notices are customarily posted at
the business establishment.
B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Control shall adopt rules regarding the placement, installation,
design, size, wording, and maintenance procedures for the warning
signs required under this section. The rules shall require that
each warning sign:
1. Include a description of the provisions of Section 748 of
Title 21 of the Oklahoma Stat utes including the criminal penalties
for violating the statute;
2. Be written in English and Spanish; and
3. Be at least eight and one -half inches by eleven inches (8
1/2 x 11) in size.
C. The Bureau shall provide a warning sign without charge to
each business establishment listed in subsection A of this section.
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SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 100.11 of Title 70, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Beginning November 1, 2025, public schools of this state shall
post warning signs of the penalties for the trafficking of persons
under Section 748 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes at the
following locations:
1. Parallel to and along the e xterior boundaries of the
premises of the school;
2. At each roadway or other way of access to the premises of
the school;
3. For premises not fenced, at least every five hundred (500)
feet along the exterior boundaries of the premises of the school;
4. At each entrance to the premises of the school; and
5. At conspicuous places reasonably likely to be viewed by all
persons entering the premises of the school.
B. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Control shall adopt rules regar ding the placement, installation,
design, size, wording, and maintenance procedures for the warning
signs required under this section. The rules shall require that
each warning sign:
1. Include a description of the provisions of Section 748 of
Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes including the criminal penalties
for violating the sta tute;
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2. Be written in English and Spanish; and
3. Be at least eight and one -half inches by eleven inches (8
1/2 x 11) in size.
C. The Bureau shall provide each school without charge the
number of warning signs required to comply with the provisions of
this section.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-10020 GRS 01/12/25