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28	28	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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30	30	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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32	32	HOUSE BILL 1913 By: Alonso-Sandoval
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38	38	AS INTRODUCED
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40	40	An Act relating to criminal procedure; defining
41	41	terms; prohibiting government entities from seeking
42	42	and courts from issuing reve rse-location or reverse-
43	43	keyword court orders; making records or information
44	44	from reverse-location or reverse-keyword requests
45	45	inadmissible in proceedings; providing an exception;
46	46	requiring notification of violations; allowing
47	47	aggrieved persons to institute civil actions;
48	48	establishing requirements for assessing punitive
49	49	damages; authorizing the award of court costs and
50	50	reasonable attorney fees; providing for codification;
51	51	and providing an effective date .
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56	56	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
57	57	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
58	58	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1242 of Title 22, unless there
59	59	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
60	60	A. For the purposes of this section:
61	61	1. "Government entity" means any department, agency, or
62	62	political subdivision of this state or any individual acting for or
63	63	on behalf of the state or a political subdivision;
64	64	2. "Reverse-keyword court order" means any court order,
65	65	including a search warrant, or subpoena compelling the disclosure of
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92	92	records or information identifying any person who electronically
93	93	searched for a particular word, phrase, or website, or who visited a
94	94	particular website through a link generated by such a search,
95	95	regardless of whether or not the order is limited to a specific
96	96	geographic area or time frame;
97	97	3. "Reverse-keyword request" means any request, in the absence
98	98	of a court order, by any government entity for the voluntary
99	99	provision of records or information identifying any pe rson who
100	100	electronically searched for a particular word, phrase, or website,
101	101	or who visited a particular website through a link generated by such
102	102	a search, regardless of whether the request is limited to a specific
103	103	geographic area or time frame. Such reque sts shall include offers
104	104	to purchase such records or information;
105	105	4. "Reverse-location court order " means any court order,
106	106	including a search warrant, or subpoena compelling the disclosure of
107	107	records or information pertaining to the location of unspecifie d
108	108	electronic devices or the unnamed users or owners of such devices,
109	109	for which the scope extends to an unknown number of electronic
110	110	devices present in a given geographic area at a given time, whether
111	111	such location is measured via Global Positioning System (GPS)
112	112	coordinates, cell tower connectivity, Wi -Fi positioning, or any
113	113	other form of location detection; and
114	114	5. "Reverse-location request" means any request, in the absence
115	115	of a court order, by any government entity for the voluntary
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142	142	provision of records o r information pertaining to the location of
143	143	unspecified electronic devices or the unnamed users or owners of
144	144	such devices, for which the scope extends to an unknown number of
145	145	electronic devices present in a given geographic area at a given
146	146	time, whether such location is measured via Global Positioning
147	147	System (GPS) coordinates, cell tower connectivity, Wi -Fi
148	148	positioning, or any other form of location detection. Such requests
149	149	shall include offers to purchase such records or information.
150	150	B. 1. No government entity shall seek a reverse -location court
151	151	order or a reverse-keyword court order from any court.
152	152	2. No government entity shall seek, secure, obtain, borrow,
153	153	purchase, or review any information or data obtained through a
154	154	reverse-location court order or a reverse-keyword court order.
155	155	3. No court subject to the laws of this state s hall issue a
156	156	reverse-location court order or a reverse -keyword court order.
157	157	4. No person or entity in this state as a result of any law,
158	158	regulation, or agreement adopted by this state or any political
159	159	subdivision shall be obligated to comply with a reverse -location
160	160	court order or a reverse -keyword court order issued by this state, a
161	161	political subdivision of this state, any other state, or a political
162	162	subdivision of any other stat e.
163	163	5. No court or political subdivision of this state shall
164	164	support, assist, or enforce a reverse -location court order or a
165	165	reverse-keyword court order issued by this state or a political
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192	192	subdivision of this state, any other state, or a political
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194	194	C. 1. No government entity shall make a reverse -location
195	195	request or a reverse -keyword request.
196	196	2. No government entity shall seek, secure, obtain, borrow,
197	197	purchase, or review any information or data obtained through a
198	198	reverse-location request or a reverse -keyword request.
199	199	3. No government entity shall see k the assistance of any
200	200	political subdivision of the federal government or any other state
201	201	in obtaining information or data from a reverse -location court
202	202	order, reverse-keyword court order, reverse-location request, or
203	203	reverse-keyword request if the government entity would be barred
204	204	from directly seeking such information under the provisions of this
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206	206	D. 1. Except as proof of a violation of this section, no
207	207	record or information obtained, accessed, or otherwise secured in
208	208	violation of this section, nor evidence derived from such record or
209	209	information, shall be admissible in any criminal, civil, or
210	210	administrative proceeding, or any other type of proceeding.
211	211	2. For the purposes of this section, a record, information, or
212	212	evidence is derived from a reverse -location court order, reverse -
213	213	keyword court order, reverse -location request, or reverse -keyword
214	214	request when the government entity would not have originally
215	215	possessed the information or evidence but for the violative court
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242	242	order or request, and regard less of any claim that the record,
243	243	information, or evidence is attenuated from the unlawful order or
244	244	request, would inevitably have been discovered, or was subsequently
245	245	reobtained through other means.
246	246	E. 1. Any person whose name or other identifying information
247	247	was obtained by a government entity in violation of this section:
248	248	a. shall be notified of the violation, in writing, by the
249	249	government entity who committed the violation and of
250	250	the legal recourse available to that person pursuant
251	251	to subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of this subsection
252	252	and paragraph 3 of this subsection, and
253	253	b. may institute a civil action against such government
254	254	entity for any of the following:
255	255	(1) One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per violation or
256	256	actual damages, whichever is greater,
257	257	(2) punitive damages,
258	258	(3) injunctive or declaratory relief, or
259	259	(4) any other relief the court deems proper.
260	260	2. In assessing the amount of punitive damages, the court shall
261	261	consider:
262	262	a. the number of people whose information was disclosed,
263	263	b. whether the violation directly or indirectly targeted
264	264	persons engaged in the exercise of activities
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291	291	protected by the Constitution of the United States or
292	292	the Constitution of Oklahoma, and
293	293	c. the persistence of violations by the particular
294	294	government entity.
295	295	3. In any action brought under this section, the court may
296	296	award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to a prevailing
297	297	plaintiff.
298	298	SECTION 2. This act shall become effect ive November 1, 2025.
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