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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 626 By: Howard of the Senate
and
Pfeiffer of the House
An Act relating to the Security Breach Notification
Act; amending 24 O.S. 2021, Sections 162, 163, 164,
165, and 166, which relate to definitions, duty to
disclose breach, notice, enforcement, and
application; modifying definitions; requiring notice
of security breach of certain information; requiring
notice to Attorney General under certain
circumstances; specifying contents of required
notice; providing exemptions from certain notice
requirements; requiring confidentiality of certain
information submitted to Attorney General;
authorizing Attorney General to promu lgate rules;
clarifying compliance with certain notice
requirements; modifying authorized civil penalties
for certain violations; providing exemptions from
certain liability; limiting liability for violations
under certain circumstances; modifying applicab ility
of act; updating statutory language; updating
statutory references; and providing an effective
date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 24 O.S. 2021, Section 162, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 162. As used in the Security Breach Notification Act:
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1. “Breach of the security of a system ” means the unauthorized
access and acquisition of unencrypted and unredacted computerized
data that compromises the security or confidenti ality of personal
information maintained by an individual or entity as part of a
database of personal inf ormation regarding multiple individuals and
that causes, or the individual or entity reasonably believes has
caused or will cause, identity theft or ot her fraud to any resident
of this state. Good faith acquisition of personal information by an
employee or agent of an individual or entity for the purposes of the
individual or the entity is not a breach of the security of the
system, provided that the pe rsonal information is not used for a
purpose other than a lawful purpose of the individual or entity or
subject to further unauthorized disclosure;
2. “Entity” includes corporations, business trusts, estates,
partnerships, limited partnerships, limited li ability partnerships,
limited liability companies, associations, organizations, joint
ventures, governments, governmental subdivisions, agencies, or
instrumentalities, or any other legal entity, whether for profit or
not-for-profit;
3. “Encrypted” means transformation of data through the use of
an algorithmic process into a form in which there is a low
probability of assigning meaning without use of a confidential
process or key, or securing the information by another method that
renders the data elements unreadable or unusable;
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4. “Financial institution ” means any institution the business
of which is engaging in financial activities as defined by 15
U.S.C., Section 6809;
5. “Individual” means a natural person;
6. “Personal information ” means the an individual’s first name
or first initial and last name in combination with and linked to any
one or more of the following data elements that relate to a resident
of this state, when the individual if any of the data elements are
neither not encrypted, nor redacted, or otherwise altered by any
method or technology in such a manner that the name or data elements
are unreadable or are encrypted, redacted, or otherwise altered by
any method or technology but the keys to unencrypt, unredact, or
otherwise read the da ta elements have been obtained through the
breach of security:
a. social security number,
b. driver license number or state other unique
identification card number issued in lieu of a driver
license, or created or collected by a government
entity,
c. financial account number, or credit card or debit card
number, in combination with any required expiration
date, security code, access code, or password that
would permit access to the an individual’s financial
accounts of a resident account,
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d. unique electronic identifier or routing code in
combination with any required security code, access
code, or password th at would permit access to an
individual’s financial account, or
e. unique biometric data such as a fingerprint, retina or
iris image, or other unique p hysical or digital
representation of biometric data to authenticate a
specific individual.
The term does not include information that is lawfully obtained from
publicly available information sources, or from federal, state or
local government records lawfu lly made available to the general
public;
7. “Notice” means:
a. written notice to the postal address in the records
of the individual or entity,
b. telephone notice,
c. electronic notice, or
d. substitute notice, if the individual or the entity
required to provide notice demonstrates that the cost
of providing notice will exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00), or that the affected class of residents
to be notified exceeds one hundred thousand (100,000)
persons, or that the individual or the entity doe s not
have sufficient contact information or consent to
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provide notice as described in subparagraph a, b , or c
of this paragraph. Substitute notice consists of any
two of the following:
(1) e-mail email notice if the individual or the
entity has e-mail email addresses for the members
of the affected class of residents,
(2) conspicuous posting of the notice on the Internet
web site website of the individual or the entity
if the individual or the entity maintains a
public Internet web site website, or
(3) notice to major statewide media; and
8. “Reasonable safeguards ” means policies and practices that
ensure personal information is secure, taking into consideration an
entity’s size and the type and amount of personal information. The
term includes, but is n ot limited to, conducting risk assessments,
implementing technical and physical layered defenses, employee
training on handling personal information, and establishing an
incident response plan; and
9. “Redact” means alteration or truncation of data such t hat no
more than the following are accessible as part of the personal
information:
a. five digits of a social security number, or
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b. the last four digits of a driver license number, state
unique identification card number created or collected
by a government entity, or account number.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 24 O.S. 2021, Section 163, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 163. A. An individual or entity that owns or licenses
computerized data that includes personal information sha ll disclose
provide notice of any breach of the security of the system following
discovery determination or notification of the breach of the
security of the system to any resident of this state whose
unencrypted and unredacted personal information was or is reasonably
believed to have been accessed and acquired by an unauthorized
person and that causes, or the individual or entity reasonably
believes has caused or will cause, identity theft or other fraud to
any resident of this state. Except as provided in subsection D of
this section or in order to take any measures necessary to determine
the scope of the breach and to restore the reasonable integrity of
the system, the disclosure shall be made without unreasonable delay.
B. An individual or entity must disclose shall provide notice
of the breach of the security of the system if encrypted or redacted
information is accessed and acquired in an unencrypted or unredacted
form or if the security breach involves a person with access to the
encryption key and the individual or entity reasonably believes that
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such breach has caused or will cause identity theft or other fraud
to any resident of this state.
C. An individual or entity that maintains computerized data
that includes personal information that the ind ividual or entity
does not own or license shall notify provide notice to the owner or
licensee of the information of any breach of the security of the
system as soon as practicable following discovery determination, if
the personal information was or if th e entity reasonably believes it
was accessed and acquired by an unauthorized person.
D. Notice required by this section may be delayed if a law
enforcement agency determines and advises the individual or entity
that the notice will impede a criminal or ci vil investigation or
homeland or national security. Notice required by this section must
be made without unreasonable delay after the law enforcement agency
determines that notification will no longer impede the investigation
or jeopardize national or hom eland security.
E. 1. An individual or entity required to provide notice in
accordance with subsection A, B, or C of this section shall also
provide notice to the Attorney General of such breach without
unreasonable delay but in no event more than sixty (60) days after
providing notice to impacted residents of this state as required by
this section. The notice shall include the date of the breach, the
date of its determination, the nature of the breach, the type of
personal information exposed, the numbe r of residents of this state
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affected, the estimated monetary impact of the breach to the extent
such impact can be determined, and any reasonable safeguards the
entity employs.
2. A breach of a security system where fewer than five hundred
(500) residents of this state are affected within a single breach
shall be exempt from the notice requirements of paragraph 1 of this
subsection.
3. A breach of a security system maintained by a credit bureau
where fewer than one thousand (1,000) residents of this stat e are
affected within a single breach shall be exempt from the notice
requirements of paragraph 1 of this subsection.
F. Any personal information submitted to the Attorney General
shall be kept confidential pursuant to Section 24A.12 of Title 51 of
the Oklahoma Statutes.
G. The Attorney General may promulgate rules as necessary to
effectuate the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 24 O.S. 2021, Section 164, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 164. A. An individual or entity that maintains its own
notification procedures as part of an information privacy or
security policy for the treatment of personal information and that
are consistent with the timing requirements of this act the Security
Breach Notification Ac t shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
notification requirements of this act subsection A, B, or C of
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Section 163 of this title if it the individual or entity notifies
residents of this state in accordance with its procedures in the
event of a breach of security of the system.
B. The following entities shall be deemed to be in compliance
with the notification requirements of subsection A, B, or C of
Section 163 of this title if such entities provide notice to the
Attorney General as required by sub section E of Section 163 of this
title:
1. A financial institution that complies with the notification
requirements prescribed by the Federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and
the federal Interagency Guidance on Response Programs for
Unauthorized Access to Custo mer Information and Customer Notice is
deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this act. ;
2. An entity that complies with the notification requirements
prescribed by the Oklahoma Hospital Cybersecurity Protection Act of
2023 or the Health Insura nce Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (HIPAA); and
3. An entity that complies with the notification requirements
or procedures pursuant to the rules, regulation regulations,
procedures, or guidelines established by the primary or functional
federal regulator of the entity shall be deemed to be in compliance
with the provisions of this act .
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 24 O.S. 2021, Section 165, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 165. A. A violation of this act the Security Breach
Notification Act that results in injury or loss to residents of this
state may be enforced by the Attorney General or a district attorney
in the same manner as an unlawful practice under the Oklahoma
Consumer Protection Act.
B. Except as provided in subsection C D of this section, the
Attorney General or a district attorney shall have exclusive
authority to bring an action and may obtain either actual damages
for a violation of this act or the Security Breach Notification Act
and a civil penalty not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($150,000.00) per breach of the security of the system or series of
breaches of a similar nature that are discovered determined in a
single investigation . Civil penalties shall be based upon the
magnitude of the breach, the extent to which the behavior of the
individual or entity contributed to the breach, and a ny failure to
provide the notice required by Section 163 of this title .
C. 1. An individual or entity that uses reasonable safeguards
and provides notice as required by Section 163 or 164 of this title
shall not be subject to civil penalties and may use such compliance
as an affirmative defense in a civil action filed under the Security
Breach Notification Act.
2. An individual or entity that fails to use reasonable
safeguards but provides notice as required by Section 163 or 164 of
this title shall not be subject to the civil penalty set forth in
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subsection B of this section but shall be subject to actual damages
and a civil penalty of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) .
C. D. A violation of this act the Security Breach Notification
Act by a state-chartered or state-licensed financial institution
shall be enforceable exclusively by the primary state regulator of
the financial institution.
SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 24 O.S. 2021, Section 166, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 166. This act The Security Breach Notification Act
shall apply to the discovery determination or notification of a
breach of the security of the system that occurs on or after
November 1, 2008 January 1, 2026.
SECTION 6. This act shall become effective January 1, 2026.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET , dated
04/17/2025 – DO PASS.