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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 909 By: Daniels
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to telecommunications; creating the
Secure Telecommunications Act of 2025; providing
short title; stating legislative in tent; defining
terms; prohibiting certain critical
telecommunications infrastructure equipment;
requiring removal and replacement of certain
prohibited equipment; stating that removal,
discontinuation, or replacement of prohibited
equipment shall not requi re additional permits
provided certain conditions are met; requiring the
filing of certain form; requiring payment of certain
registration fee by certain date and then annually;
requiring registration prior to providing service;
authorizing Corporation Com mission to prescribe
certain registration form; requiring provider furnish
certain person’s contact information; requiring
payment of registration fee at time of submission of
certain form; authorizing Commission to set certain
fee; limiting amount of fee; requiring certain
information be kept current; requiring certain
notification if information changes; requiring
certain annual certification; providing for
administrative fines for certain violations;
providing that failure to comply shall result in
forfeiture of certain funds; providing for
codification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 146.1 of Title 17, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Secure
Telecommunications Act of 2025 ”.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 146.2 of Title 17, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in this act:
1. “Critical telecommunications infrastructure ” shall mean all
physical broadband infrastructure and equipment which supports the
transmission of infor mation of a user’s choosing, regardless of the
transmission medium or technology employed that connects to a
network which permits the end user to engage in communications
including, but not limited to, service provided directly to:
a. the public, or
b. such classes of users as to be effectively available
directly to the public;
2. “Federally banned corporation ” shall mean any company or
designated equipment currently banned or a t any point hereto banned
at the federal level. This shall include , but not be limited to,
bans resulting from the following federal agencies and acts:
a. the Federal Communications Commission including, but
not limited to, any equipment or service deeme d to
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pose a threat to national security identified on the
Covered List developed pursuant to 47 C.F.R., Section
1.50002, as such act existed July 1, 2024, and
published by the Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bureau of the Federal Communications Commiss ion
pursuant to the federal Secure and Trusted
Communications Networks Act of 2019, 47 U.S.C.,
Section 1601 et seq., as such act existed on July 1,
2024,
b. the U.S. Department of Commerce,
c. the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency,
d. the Federal Acquisition Security Council, and
e. Section 889 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 [Pub. L. 115 -
232];
3. “Foreign adversary” shall mean any country designated by the
United States Secretary of State as hos tile or a Country of
Particular Concern (CPC); and
4. “Telecommunications pro vider” shall mean any corporation,
public or private, which operates any system which supports the
transmission of information of a user ’s choosing regardless of the
transmission medium or technology employed that connects to a
network which permits the end user to engage in communications
including, but not limited to, service provided directly to:
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a. the public, or
b. such classes of users as to be effectively available
directly to the public.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of la w to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 146.3 of Title 17, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. All critical telecommunications infrastructure located
within or serving this state shall not utilize any equipment
manufactured by a federally banned corporation, nor any equipment
banned at the federal level.
B. All critical telecommunications infrastructure located
within or serving this state shall not utilize any equipment
manufactured in or by, including an y equipment whose critical or
necessary components are manufactured in or by a foreign adversary,
a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, or a company
domiciled within a foreign adversary.
C. All critical telecommunications infrastructure in operation
within or serving this state, to include any critical
telecommunications infrastructure which is not permanently disabled,
shall have all equipment prohibited by subsection A or B of this
section removed and replaced with equipment which is not prohi bited
by subsection A or B of this section. Any telecommunications
provider that removes, discontinues, or replaces any prohibited
telecommunications equipment or service shall not be required to
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obtain any additional permits from any state agency or political
subdivision for the removal, discontinuance, or replacement of such
communications equipment or service as long as the state agency or
political subdivision is properly not ified of the necessary
replacements and the replacement communications equipme nt is similar
to the existing communications equipment.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 146.4 o f Title 17, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Any telecommunications provider providing service in this
state shall file a registration form with and pay a registration fee
to the Corporation Commission by September 1, 2025, and then on
January 1 of each year henceforth. Any communications pr ovider
shall register with the Commission prior to providing service. The
Commission shall prescribe the registration form to be filed
pursuant to this section.
B. A telecommunications provider shall provide the Commission
with the name, address, telephone number, and email address of a
person with managerial responsibility for the provider ’s operations
within this state.
C. A telecommunications provider shall:
1. Submit a registration fee at the time the registration form
is submitted. The Commission shall set the fee in an amount
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sufficient to cover the costs of administering the registration
process, but such fee shall not exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00);
2. Keep the informa tion required by this section current and
notify the Commission of any changes to such information within
sixty (60) days after the change; and
3. Certify to the Commission by January 1 each year that all
critical telecommunications equipment and infrastr ucture within its
operation does not use or provide any communications equipme nt or
service prohibited pursuant to Section 3 of this act.
D. The Commission shall administratively fine any
telecommunications provider which violates this section with a fine
no less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day and no
greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per day of
noncompliance.
E. The Commission shall administratively fine any
telecommunications provider which knowingly submits a false
registration form described in this section with a fine no less than
Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per day and no greater than One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) per day of noncompliance.
F. Any telecommunications provider that fails to comply with
this section is prohibited from receiving any state or local funds
for the development or support of new or existing critical
telecommunications infrastructure, including the Oklahoma Universal
Service Fund, and is prohibited from receiving any feder al funds
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subject to distribution by state or local governments for the
development or support of new or existing critical
telecommunications infrastructure.
SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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