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29		-	BILL NO. 2892 By: Townley of the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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	35	+	HOUSE BILL 2892 By: Townley of the House
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	45	+	AS INTRODUCED
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40	47		An Act relating to state government; amending 10 O.S.
41	48		2021, Section 601.4, which relates to the Oklahoma
42	49		Commission on Children and Youth; authorizing the
43	50		Executive Director to request investigation; amending
44	51		74 O.S. 2021, Section 150.5, which relates to
45	52		investigations; authorizing Executive Director to
46	53		initiate investigations; and providing an effective
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54	61		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	62		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O. S. 2021, Section 601.4, is
56	63		amended to read as follows:
57	64		Section 601.4. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth is
58	65		further authorized to:
59	66		1. Facilitate joint planning and service coordination among
60	67		public and private agencies that provide services to children and
61		-	youth and maintain as confidential information provided to the
62		-	Commission regarding persons using such services;
63		-	2. Prepare and publish reports;
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	95	+	youth and maintain as confidential information provided to the
	96	+	Commission regarding persons using such services;
	97	+	2. Prepare and publish reports;
90	98		3. Review the programs, policies, and services for children and
91	99		youth provided by public and pr ivate agencies for compliance with
92	100		established state policies and progress towa rds goals identified in
93	101		planning documents relating to children and youth services and to
94	102		make reports regarding such compliance and progress;
95	103		4. Accept appropriations, gifts, loans, and grants from the
96	104		state and federal government and from other sources, public or
97	105		private;
98	106		5. Enter into agreements or contracts for the development of
99	107		test models or demonstration programs and projects and for programs
100	108		of practical research for e ffective services to children and youth;
101	109		provided that the administration of co ntract for such model programs
102	110		and projects shall, within five (5) years of their inception, be
103	111		transferred to an appropriate agency or the program or project shall
104	112		be discontinued;
105	113		6. Secure necessary statistical, technical, administrative,
106	114		operational, and staff services by interagency agreement or
107	115		contract;
108	116		7. Examine all records, plans, budgets, and budget documents
109	117		pertaining to the children and youth service system;
110		-	8. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper for
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	145	+	8. Exercise all incidental powers as necessary and proper for
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139	148		9. Promulgate rules as necessary to carry out the duties and
140	149		responsibilities assigned to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and
141	150		Youth;
142	151		10. Recommend that a facility providing services to children
143	152		and youth be closed or that its contract with the state be
144	153		terminated; and
145	154		11. Request that cases involving children within its
146	155		jurisdiction be transferred to the jurisdiction of , through the
147	156		Executive Director of the Commission, or designee, that an
148	157		investigation be conducted by the Oklahoma State Bureau of
149	158		Investigation or other law enforcement agency in cases where it is
150	159		reasonably believed that criminally injurious conduct, including,
151	160		but not limited to, physical or sexual abuse of a child has
152	161		occurred.
153	162		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 150.5, is
154	163		amended to read as follows:
155	164		Section 150.5. A. 1. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
156	165		investigations not covered under Section 150.2 of this title shall
157	166		be initiated at the r equest of the following persons:
158	167		a. the Governor,
159	168		b. the Attorney General,
160		-	c. the Council on Judicial Complaints upon a vo te by a
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	196	+	c. the Council on Judicial Complaints upon a vote by a
	197	+	majority of the Council,
188	198		d. the chair of any Legislative Investigating Committee
189	199		which has been granted subpoena powers by res olution,
190	200		upon authorization by a vote of the majority of the
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192	202		e. the Director of the Department of Human Services, or
193	203		designee, as authorized by Section 1 -2-105 of Title
194	204		10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, or
195	205		f. a district court judge as authorized by Section 1-2-
196	206		103 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes , or
197	207		g. the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Commission on
198	208		Children and Youth, or designee, as authorized by
199	209		Section 601.4 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes .
200	210		2. Requests for investigations shall be submitted in writing
201	211		and shall contain specific allegations of wrongdoing under the laws
202	212		of the State of Oklahoma.
203	213		B. The Governor may initiate special background investigatio ns
204	214		with the written consent of the person who is the subject of the
205	215		investigation.
206	216		C. The chair of any Senate committee which is fulfilling the
207	217		statutory responsibility for approving nominations made by the
208	218		Governor may, upon a vote by a majority of the committee and with
209	219		the written consent of the person who is to be the subject of the
210		-	investigation, initiate a special background investigation of any
211		-	nominee for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission as established by
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	247	+	investigation, initiate a special background investigation of any
	248	+	nominee for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission as established by
238	249		Section 201 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes or any nominee for
239	250		the Board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery Comm ission as
240	251		established by Section 704 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
241	252		The Bureau shall submit a report to the committee within thirty (30)
242	253		days of the receipt of the request. Any consideration by the
243	254		committee of a report from the Bureau shall be fo r the exclusive use
244	255		of the committee and shall be considered only in executive session.
245	256		D. 1. All records relating to any investigation being
246	257		conducted by the Bureau, includin g any records of laboratory
247	258		services provided to law enforcement agencies pursu ant to paragraph
248	259		1 of subsection A of Section 150.2 of this title, shall be
249	260		confidential and shall not be open to the public or to the
250	261		Commission except as provided in Section 150.4 of this title;
251	262		provided, however, officers and agents of the Bureau may di sclose,
252	263		at the discretion of the Director, such investigative information
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254	265		a. officers and agents of federal, state, county, or
255	266		municipal law enforcement agencies and to dist rict
256	267		attorneys, in the furtherance of criminal
257	268		investigations within their resp ective jurisdictions,
258	269		b. employees of the Department of Human Services in the
259	270		furtherance of child abuse investigations, and
260		-	c. appropriate accreditation bodies for the purposes of
261		-	the Bureau's obtaining or maintaining accreditation.
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	298	+	c. appropriate accreditation bodies for the purposes of
	299	+	the Bureau's obtaining or maintaining accreditation.
288	300		2. Any unauthorized d isclosure of any information contained in
289	301		the confidential files of the Bureau shall be a misdemeanor. The
290	302		person or entity authorized to initiate investigations in this
291	303		section, and the Attorney General in the case of investigations
292	304		initiated by the Insu rance Commissioner, shall receive a report of
293	305		the results of the requested investigation. The person or entity
294	306		requesting the investigation may give that information only to the
295	307		appropriate prosecutorial officer or agency having statutory
296	308		authority in the matter if that action appears proper from the
297	309		information contained in the report, and shall not reveal or give
298	310		such information to any other person or agency. Violation hereo f
299	311		shall be deemed willful neglect of duty and shall be grounds for
300	312		removal from office.
301	313		E. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal
302	314		otherwise confidential information to outside agencies or
303	315		individuals who are providing interpreter services, questioned
304	316		document analysis, laboratory services, or other specialized
305	317		services that are necessary in the assistance of Bureau
306	318		investigations. Individuals or agencies receiving the confidential
307	319		and investigative information or records or results of labor atory
308	320		services provided to the Bureau by those agencies or individuals,
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	348	+	shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions and requirements
	349	+	established in subsection D of this section.
337	350		F. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal for
338	351		training or educational purposes otherwise confidential information
339	352		from records relatin g to any investigation previously conducted by
340	353		the Bureau, including any records of laboratory services provided to
341	354		law enforcement agencies pursuant to paragraph 1 of subsection A of
342	355		Section 150.2 of this title, so long as ten (10) or more years have
343	356		passed since the production of the information or record.
344	357		G. It shall not be a violation of this section to reveal
345	358		otherwise confidential information from records relating to any
346	359		investigation being conducted by the Bureau, including any records
347	360		of laboratory services provided to law enforcement agencies pursuant
348	361		to paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 150.2 of this title or to
349	362		the public, provided, release of the confidential inf ormation has
350	363		been authorized by the Director of the Bureau for the purposes of
351	364		developing or obtaining further information reasonably necessary to
352	365		the successful conclusion of a criminal investigation being
353	366		conducted by the Bureau or authorized by the Director of the Bureau
354	367		for the purpose of advising crime victims or family represen tatives
355	368		of homicide victims regarding the status of a pending investigation.
356	369		H. The State Treasurer shall initiate a complete background
357	370		investigation of the positions with the written consent of the
358	371		persons who are the subject of the investigation pursua nt to
359		-	subsection I of Section 71.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
360		-	The Bureau shall advise the State Treasurer and the Cash Management
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	399	+	subsection I of Section 71.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
	400	+	The Bureau shall advise the State Treasurer and the Cash Management
387	401		and Investment Oversight Commission in writing of the results of the
388	402		investigation.
389	403		SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
390		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 11th day of March, 2025.
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	405	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
	406	+	OVERSIGHT, dated 02/27/2025 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.