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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1862 By: Roberts
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to law enforcement officers; creating
the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Event Deconfliction Act;
defining terms; directing law enforcement personnel
to submit certain information to the event
deconfliction system; providing list of information
and type of events to be submitted; directing law
enforcement to resolve event conflicts; making law
enforcement personnel subject to cer tain penalties
for failure to resolve conflicts; making information
and files subject to current data retention policies
of law enforcement agencies; providing
confidentiality of information submitted to event
deconfliction system; prohibiting the misuse o f
information; providing penalties; directing the
Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs Control to promulgate certain rules or
regulations; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOP LE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13001 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Sections 1 through 4 of this act shall be known and may be cited
as the "Oklahoma Law Enforcement Event Deconfliction Act ".
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SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13002 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in this act:
1. "Conflict" means when data submitted to an event
deconfliction system by one law enforcement party matches data
submitted by one or more other law enforcement parties;
2. "Event" means a law enforcement action, including, but not
limited to, raids, undercover operations, surveillance, or the
execution of arrest or search warrants;
3. "Event deconfliction" means the process of determining when
law enforcement personnel are conducting an event in close proximity
to one another at the same time;
4. "Event deconfliction system" means a system designed to
perform event deconfliction and notify appropriate law enforcement
personnel that a conflict may exist; and
5. "Law enforcement perso nnel" means:
a. a part-time or full-time employee of a federal, state,
tribal, or local law enforcement agency, police
department, or sheriff 's office who is responsible for
the prevention and detection of crime and the
enforcement of federal, state, triba l, or local laws,
or
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b. a civilian part-time or full-time employee of a
federal, state, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency, police department, or sheriff 's office who has
been approved by his or her employer to access an
event deconfliction system.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13003 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Law enforcement personnel shall, as soon as is pra cticable
prior to the initiation of an event and no later than one (1) hour
before, submit the information identified in subsection B of this
section to an event deconfliction system.
B. Information submitted to the event deconfliction system
shall include all information required by such system which may
include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. Case number;
2. Type of event;
3. Date and time of the planned event;
4. Location of the event, including the exact street address
and any staging areas;
5. Lead agency name;
6. Name and agency of the contact person for the ev ent,
including cellular telephone number and a secondary point of contact
for the event;
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7. Search radius, if not preset by the event deconfliction
system; and
8. Any other information deemed applicable to the event or
investigation.
C. Law enforcement personnel sh all submit the required
information to the event deconfliction system about the following
types of events:
1. The service of a search or arrest warrant;
2. The planned arrest of a person immediately following an
operation or action by law enforcement personnel;
3. Taking delivery of contraband from an individual who is not
intended to be arrested;
4. Conducting an operation whereby law enforcement personnel
approaches an individual at his or her residence and requests
permission to search for any contraband;
5. Predetermined surveillance operations, whether stationary or
mobile;
6. Covert activity by law enforcement personnel , or by
confidential sources acting und er the direction of law enforcement
personnel, that could cause a response fro m citizens or local police
who may reasonably believe a crime is in progress; or
7. Any other high-risk or specialized law enforcement
activities identified in state or local re gulation or protocol that
would benefit from event deconfliction.
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D. When law enforcement personnel receives an event conflict
notification, such personnel shall take all steps necessary to
resolve the conflict prior to the date and time of the event
including, but not limited to, contacting the other party identified
in the event notification.
E. Law enforcement personnel who receive an event conflict
notification and fail to make a good faith effort to resolve such
conflict may be subject to civil, admi nistrative, or criminal
penalties.
F. The underlying information and files used by law enforcement
personnel to submit information to an event deconfliction system are
subject to the same data retention policy as all other similar
information held by law enforcement personnel . In addition, nothing
in this act shall be deemed to ch ange or supersede any purge,
validation, or records retention policy established by an event
deconfliction system for information submitted to and held by such
system.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13004 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Information submitted to an event deconfliction system is
confidential and is not subject to the federal Freedom of
Information Act or the Oklahoma Open Records Act , nor is it subject
to civil, criminal, or administrative subpoena.
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B. Law enforcement personnel authorized to submit information
to or access information held by an event deconfliction system shall
not:
1. Submit information regarding any individual or address for
any purpose not related to a legitimate criminal investigation; or
2. Access information regarding any individual or address for
any purpose not related to a legitimate criminal investigation.
C. No person who is not authorized to submit information to or
access information held by an event deconfliction system shall make
such a submission or query such system for any purpose.
D. Individuals who violate subsection B or C of this section
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of l aw to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 13005 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Control may promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary
to effectuate the provisions of this act.
SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-11704 GRS 01/07/25