Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB646 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/14/2025

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
SENATE BILL 646 	By: Paxton 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to federal officials; creating the 
Oklahoma Federal Officials Security Act of 2025; 
providing short title; defining terms ; establishing 
notice system for certain federal officials; 
prohibiting state agencies from publicly posting 
certain information; stating exceptions; authorizing 
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise 
Services to make certain notice; describin g procedure 
for certain notice; allowing for certain delegation; 
providing for certain alternative to individual 
notice; directing the Director of the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services to submit certain 
report; prohibiting certain acts with resp ect to 
certain information with certain exceptions; 
prohibiting certain activities with certain 
exceptions; providing certain time requirement for 
removal of certain information; prohibiting certain 
transfer of information with certain exceptions; 
creating a right of action for certain individuals; 
providing penalty for violations; clarifying scope of 
act; providing for codification; and providing an 
effective 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 401 of Title 51, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:   
 
 
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This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma 
Federal Officials Security Act of 2025”. 
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 402 of Title 51, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
As used in this act: 
1.  “Commercial entity” means any corporation, partnership, 
limited partnership, proprietorship, sole proprietorship, firm, 
enterprise, franchise, or association engaged in the buying or 
selling of goods or services for profit; 
2.  “Covered information” means: 
a. a home address, including the primary residence or 
secondary residence of a federal official, 
b. a home or personal mobile telephone number, or the 
direct telephone number of a government -issued cell 
phone or private extension in the chambers of a 
federal official, 
c. a personal email address of a federal official, 
d. the Social Security number, driver license number, or 
home address displayed on voter registration 
information of a federal official, 
e. the bank account or credit or debit card information 
of a federal official,   
 
 
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f. the home or other address displayed on property tax 
records or held by a federal, state, or local 
government agency of a federal official, including any 
secondary residence and any investment property at 
which a federal official resides for part of a year, 
g. a license plate number or home address displayed on 
vehicle registration information of a federal 
official, 
h. the identification of children under eighteen (18) 
years of age of a federal official or any child under 
twenty-six (26) years of age whose permanent residence 
is the home of the federal official, 
i. the full date of birth, 
j. a photograph of any vehicle that legibly displays the 
license plate or a photograph of a residence that 
legibly displays the address of the residence of a 
federal official, 
k. the name and address of a school or day care facility 
attended by the immediate family of a federal 
official, 
l. the name and address of an employer of the immediate 
family of a federal official, or   
 
 
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m. the name and address of a plac e of worship the federal 
official or immediate family of a federal official 
attends; 
3.  “Federal official” means any current federally elected 
official of the state; 
4.  “Immediate family” means a spouse, child, or parent of a 
federal official or any other familial relative of a federal 
official whose permanent residence is the same as the federal 
official’s; 
5.  “Social media” means any online electronic medium or a live 
chat system that: 
a. primarily serves as a medium for users to interact 
with content generated by other third -party users of 
the medium, 
b. enables users to create accounts or profiles specific 
to the medium or to import profiles from another 
medium, and 
c. enables one or more users to generate content that can 
be viewed by other third -party users of the medium; 
6.  “State agency” means: 
a. an executive agency, as defined by Oklahoma Statute s, 
b. any county, local, or municipal governing body, or 
regulatory body, and   
 
 
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c. any state agency in the judicial branch or legislative 
branch; and 
7.  “Transfer” means to sell, license, trade, or exchange for 
consideration the co vered information of a federal official or his 
or her immediate family. 
SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 403 of Title 51, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  Each federal official may: 
1.  File written notice of the status of the individual as a 
federal official, for himself or herself and for the federal 
official’s immediate family, with each state agency that includes 
information necessary to ensure compliance with this section; and 
2.  Request that each state agency, as defined in Section 2 of 
this act, mark as private the federal official’s covered information 
and that of his or her immediate family. 
B.  State agencies shall not publicly post or publicly display 
content that includes covered information of a federal official or 
his or her immediate family.  State agencies, upon receipt of a 
written request unde r paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section, 
shall remove the covered inform ation of the federal official or his 
or her immediate family from publicly available content not later 
than seventy-two (72) hours after such receipt.   
 
 
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C.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit a state agency from 
providing access to records containing the covered information of a 
federal official to a third party if the third party : 
1.  Possesses a signed release from the federal official or a 
lawful court order; 
2.  Is subject to the requirements of Title V of the federal 
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. , Section 6802 et seq.; or 
3.  Executes a confidentiality agreement with the state agency. 
SECTION 4.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 404 of Title 51, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  Upon written request of a federal official, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to 
make any notice or request required or authorized by this act on 
behalf of the federal official.  The notice or request shall include 
information necessary to ensure compliance with this act.  The 
Director may delegate this authority to an appropriate state agency.  
Any notice or request made under this act shall be deemed to have 
been made by the federal official and comply with the notice and 
request requirements of this act. 
B.  In lieu of individual notices or requests, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Enterprise Services may provide state 
agencies, county and municipal governme nts, commercial entit ies, 
persons, businesses, or associations with a list of federal   
 
 
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officials and their immediate family that includes information 
necessary to ensure complianc e with this act, as determined by the 
Director for the purpose of maintaining compliance with this act.  
Such list shall be deemed to comply with individual notice and 
request requirements of this act. 
SECTION 5.     NEW LAW     A new secti on of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 405 of Title 51, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
Not later than one (1) year after the effective date of this 
act, and biennially thereafter, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services shall submit to the Legislature 
an annual report that includes: 
1.  A detailed amount spent by the state and local governments 
on protecting federal officials’ covered information; 
2.  Where the federal officials’ covered information was found; 
and 
3.  The collection of any new types of personal data found to be 
used to identify federal officials who have received threats, 
including prior home addresses, employers, and institutional 
affiliations such as nonp rofit boards. 
SECTION 6.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 406 of Title 51, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:   
 
 
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A.  Except as provided in subsection B o f this section, no 
person, business, or association shall publicly post or pub licly 
display on the Internet covered information of a federal official or 
his or her immediate family if the federal official has made a 
written request to that person, business , or association to not 
disclose the covered information of the federal official or his or 
her immediate family. 
B.  Subsection A of this section shall not apply to: 
1.  Covered information that the federal official or his or her 
immediate family voluntari ly publishes on the Internet after the 
effective date of this act; or 
2.  Covered information lawfully received from a state 
government source or from an employee or agent of the state 
government. 
C.  After receiving a written request under this section, t he 
person, business, or association shall remove within seventy -two 
(72) hours the covered information from the Internet and ensure that 
the information is not made available on any publicly available 
website controlled by that person, business, or associa tion, and 
ensure that the covered information of the federal official or his 
or her immediate family is not made available on any publicly 
available website controlled by that person, business, or 
association. 
D.  This section shall not apply to:   
 
 
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1.  Covered information that the federal official or immediate 
family voluntarily publishes on the Internet after the effective 
date of this act; or 
2.  A transfer made at the request of the federal official or 
that is necessary to effectuate a request to the perso n, business, 
or association from the federal official. 
SECTION 7.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 407 of Title 51, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  A federal official or his or her immediate family whose 
covered information is made public as a result of a violation of 
this act may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory 
relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.  If the court grants 
injunctive or declaratory relief, the person, business, or 
association responsible for the violation shall be required to pay 
the costs and reasonable attorney fees of the federal official or 
his or her immediate family, as applicable. 
B.  If a person, business, or association knowingly violates an 
order granting injunctive or declaratory relief under subsection A 
of this section, the court issuing such order may: 
1.  If the person, business, or association is a government 
agency: 
a. impose a fine not grea ter than Four Thousand Dollars 
($4,000.00), and   
 
 
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b. award to the federal official or his or her immediate 
family, as applicable, court costs and reasonable 
attorney fees; and 
2.  If the person, business, or association is not a government 
agency, award to the federal official or his or her immediate 
family, as applicable: 
a. an amount equal to the actual damages sustained by the 
federal official or his or her immediate family, and 
b. court costs and reasonable attorney fees. 
SECTION 8.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Sect ion 408 of Title 51, unless there is 
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  Nothing in this act shall be construed: 
1.  To prohibit, restrain, or limit the lawful investigation or 
reporting by the press of any unlawful activity or misconduct 
alleged to have been committed by a federal official or his or her 
immediate family; 
2.  To limit the publication or transfer of covered information 
that the federal official or his or her immediate family member 
voluntarily publishes on the Internet after the effective date of 
this act; or 
3.  To prohibit information -sharing by a commercial entity to a 
federal, state, tribal, or local government, or any unit thereof.   
 
 
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B.  This act shall be broadly construed to favor the protection 
of the covered information of federal officials and their immediate 
families. 
SECTION 9.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 
 
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