Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB924 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 04/21/2025

                             
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION 
 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
ENGROSSED SENATE 
BILL NO. 924 	By: Coleman of the Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Tedford of the House 
 
 
 
 
An Act relating to the Employment Security Act of 
1980; amending 40 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -201, as last 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 114, O.S.L. 2024 (40 
O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1 -201), which relates to 
definitions; defining term; amending 40 O.S. 2021, 
Section 1-224, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 
114, O.S.L. 2024 (40 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1 -224), 
which relates to filing; authorizing the Oklahoma 
Employment Security Commission to modify appeal 
filing requirements under certain circumstances; 
amending 40 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -610, which relates 
to judicial review; allowing certain case to be 
dismissed upon failure to provide certain 
information; amending 40 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -508, as 
amended by Section 22, Chapter 360, O.S.L. 2022 (40 
O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 4 -508), which relates to 
information to be kep t confidential; removing 
reference to specific entities; updating statutory 
language; and providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     40 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -201, as 
last amended by Section 1, Chapter 114, O.S.L. 2024 (40 O.S. Supp. 
2024, Section 1-201), is amended to read as follows:   
 
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Section 1-201. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.  As used in the Employment 
Security Act of 1980: 
1.  “Additional initial claim ” means a claim application which 
reactivates a claim during an existing benefit year and certifies to 
a period of employmen t which occurred subsequent to the date of the 
filing of the last initial, additional, or reopened claim; 
2.  “Alternative base period ” means the most recent four (4) 
completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of 
an individual’s benefit year.  In the event that an individual ’s 
claim uses an alternative base period to meet the wage requirement 
under Section 2-207 of this title, this a lternative base period 
shall be substituted for base period for all other purposes under 
the Employment Security Act of 1980; 
3.  “Assigned tax rate” means the tax rate assigned to an 
employer pursuant to Section 3 -110.1 of this title when the employer 
does not have sufficient experience history to meet the At -Risk Rule 
set out in paragraph 3 of Section 3 -110.1 of this title; 
4.  “Base period” means the first four (4) of the last five (5) 
completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the first day of 
an individual’s benefit year; 
5.  “Benefit year” with respect to any individual means the one -
year period beginning with the first day of the first week with 
respect to which the individual first files a valid claim for 
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day of the first week with respect to which the individual next 
files a valid claim for benefits after the termination of his or her 
last preceding benefit year.  Any claim for benefits shall be deemed 
a valid claim for the p urpose of this section if the individual has 
been paid the wages for insured work required under the Empl oyment 
Security Act of 1980; 
6.  “Benefit wages” means the taxable wages earned by a claimant 
during the claimant’s base period which are not in excess of the 
current maximum weekly benefit amount, as determined under Section 
2-104 of this title, multiplied by the maximum number of weeks for 
which benefits could be paid to any individual pursuant to Section 
2-106 of this title, multiplied by three (3); p rovided, however, no 
wages shall be included as benefit wages unless and until the 
claimant has been paid benefits for five (5) weeks in one (1) 
benefit year; 
7.  “Benefits” means the money payments payable to an individual 
as provided in the Employment Se curity Act of 1980 with respect to 
his or her unemployment, including extended benefits.  The federal 
share of such extended benefits shall not be construed as benefits 
for the purposes of computing contribution rates under the 
Employment Security Act of 1 980; 
8.  “Calendar quarter” means the period of three (3) consecutive 
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December 31, or the equivalent thereof as the Oklahoma Employment 
Security Commission may by regulation prescribe; 
9.  “Claimant” means an individual who has filed for 
unemployment benefits with the Commission; 
9. 10.  “Client” shall have the same meaning as provided in 
paragraph 1 of Section 600.2 of this title; 
10. 11. “Coemployer” shall have the same meaning as provided in 
paragraph 2 of Section 600.2 of this title; 
11. 12. “Coemployment relationship ” shall have the same mean ing 
as provided in paragraph 3 of Section 600.2 of this title; 
12. 13. “Commission” means the Oklahoma Employment Security 
Commission; 
13. 14. “Commissioner” means a member of the Commission; 
14. 15. “Continued claim series ” means an uninterrupted series 
of weekly claims filed by a claimant during the benefit year; 
15. 16. “Contributions” means the money payments, including 
taxes and reimbursements, required by the Employment Security Act of 
1980 to be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Fund by an 
employer; 
16. 17. “Covered employee” shall have the same meaning as 
provided in paragraph 5 of Section 600.2 of this title; 
17. 18. “Digital portal filing” means electronic communication 
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18. 19. “Earned tax rate” means the tax rate calculated for an 
employer with sufficient experience history to meet the At -Risk Rule 
set out in paragraph 3 of Section 3 -110.1 of this title, with the 
tax rate calculated pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 -101 et 
seq. of this title; 
19. 20. “Electronic e-filing” means filing by email or fax to 
email; 
20. 21. “Eligibility period” of an individual for extended 
benefits means the peri od consisting of the weeks in his or her 
benefit year, as defined by the Employment Security Act of 1980, 
which begin in an extended benefit period and, if his or her benefit 
year ends within such extended benefit period, any weeks thereafter 
which begin in such extended benefit period; 
21. 22. “Employer” shall have the same meaning as provided in 
Section 1-208 of this title; 
22. 23. “Employing unit” means any individual or type of 
organization, including any partnership, association, trust, estate, 
joint stock company, insurance company, limited liability company or 
corporation, whether domestic or foreign, or the receiver, trustee 
in bankruptcy, trustee or successor thereof, or the legal 
representative of a deceased person, which has or subsequent to 
January 1, 1936, had in its employ one or more individuals 
performing services for it within this state;   
 
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23. 24. “Employment” shall have the same meaning as provided in 
Section 1-210 of this title; 
24. 25. “Employment office” means a free public employment 
office or branch thereof operated by this or any other state as a 
part of a state-controlled system of public employment offices or by 
a federal agency charged with the administration of an unemployment 
compensation program or free public employment office s; 
25. 26. “Employment Security Administration Fund ” means the 
fund established in Section 4 -602 of this title from which 
administration expenses under the Employment Security Act of 1980 
shall be paid; 
26. 27. “Exhaustee” shall have the same meaning as provided in 
Section 2-712 of this title; 
27. 28. “Experience period” means the most recent twelve (12) 
consecutive completed calendar quarters occurring before July 1 of 
the year immediately preceding the year for which the employer ’s 
contribution rate is being calculated; 
28. 29. “Extended base period ” means the four (4) quarters 
prior to the claimant ’s base period.  These four (4) quarters may be 
substituted for base period quarters on a quarter -by-quarter basis 
to establish a valid claim regardless of whether the wages have been 
used to establish a prior claim, except any wages earned that would 
render the Commission out of compliance with applicable federal law 
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29. 30. “Extended benefit period ” shall have the same meaning 
as provided in Section 2 -703 of this title; 
30. 31. “File”, “files”, or “filed” shall have the same meaning 
as provided in Section 1 -224 of this title; 
31. 32. “Mail”, “mails”, “mailed”, or “mailing” means 
communication sent by a postal se rvice with sufficient postage; 
32. 33. “Foreign limited liability company ” shall be defined by 
the provisions of the Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act; 
33. 34. “Fund” means the Unemployment Compensation Fund 
established in Section 3 -601 of this title; 
34. 35. “Hospital” means any hospital required to be licensed 
under the Oklahoma Public Health Code, Section 1-101 et seq. of 
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and includes state mental 
hospitals and any other mental hospital or institution; 
35. 36. “Initial claim” means a new claim application submitted 
by a claimant to establish a benefit year for unemployment insurance 
benefits; 
36. 37.  “Institution of higher education ” shall have the same 
meaning as provided in Section 1 -214 of this title; 
37. 38.  “Insured work” means employment for employers as 
defined by the Employment Security Act of 1980; 
38. 39.  “Lessor employing unit ” means any independently 
established business entity which engages in the business of 
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organization, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, 
referred to herein as a client lessee; 
39. 40.  “Limited liability company ” shall be defined by the 
provisions of the Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act; 
40. 41.  “Probationary period” means a period of time set forth 
in an established probationary plan, which applies t o all employees 
or a specific group of employees, and does not exceed ninety (90) 
calendar days from the first day a new employee begins work; 
41. 42.  “Professional Employer Organization ” or “PEO” means an 
organization that is subject to the Oklahoma Professional Employer 
Organization Recognition and Registration Act and which meets the 
definition set out in paragraph 9 of Section 600.2 of this title; 
42. 43.  “Rate of insured employment ” shall have the same 
meaning as provided in Section 2 -708 of this title; 
43. 44.  “Regular benefits” means benefits payable to an 
individual under the Employment Security Act of 1980, or under any 
other state law includi ng dependents’ allowances and benefits 
payable to federal civilian employees; 
44. 45.  “Reopened claim” means a claim application which 
reactivates a claim during an existing benefit year when a claimant 
stopped filing for benefits before his or her claim was exhausted, 
but in which there occurred no intervening employment from the date 
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45. 46.  “State” includes, in addition to the states of the 
United States of America, the District of Colum bia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; 
46. 47.  “State law” means the unemployment insurance law of any 
state, approved by the Secretary of Labor of the United States under 
Section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; 
47. 48.  “Supplemental unemployment benefit plan ” means a plan 
that provides for an employer to make payments to i ts employees 
during a permanent or temporary layoff that will supplement 
unemployment benefits received by the employees.  The purpose of a 
supplemental unemployment benefit plan is to allow an employer to 
sustain the purchasing power of its employees or former employees 
during a layoff; 
48. 49.  “Taxable wages” means the wages paid to an individual 
with respect to employment during a calendar year for s ervices 
covered by the Employment Security Act of 1980 or other state 
unemployment compensation acts whic h shall equal the applicable 
percentage of the state ’s average annual wage for the second 
preceding calendar year as determined by the Commission, roun ded to 
the nearest multiple of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); 
49. 50.  “Wages” shall have the same meaning as provided in 
Section 1-218 of this title; 
50. 51.  “Wages paid” means wages actually paid to the worker; 
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employer’s assets through insolvency, receivership, composition, 
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or termination of business, 
wages earned but not actually paid shall be considered as paid; and 
51. 52.  “Week” means such period of seven (7) consecutive days, 
as the Commission may by regulation prescribe. 
SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY     40 O.S. 2021, Section 1 -224, as 
last amended by Section 2, Chapter 114, O.S.L. 2024 (40 O.S. Supp. 
2024, Section 1-224), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 1-224. FILE. 
A.  For purposes of this section, “OESC 2020-21 business process 
transformation” means a change from paper process to integrated 
digital technology.  Upon completion of the OESC 2020 -21 business 
process transformation, electronic e -filing will be the Oklahoma 
Employment Security Commission’s preferred filing method for 
tendering and receiving documents.  All claimants and employers 
tendering documents to the Commission will be expected to tender the 
documents electronically.  If the claimant or employer has elected 
to utilize other means of transmittal, it will be t he responsibility 
of the claimant or employer to notify the Commission of this 
preference. 
B.  When the provisions of the Employment Security Act of 19 80 
or the rules promulgated under the authority of the act Employment 
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Oklahoma Employment Security Commission or its affiliate entities, 
the term “file”, “files”, or “filed” shall mean: 
1.  Mailing by means calculated to ensure receipt by the 
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission on or before th e date due.  
Timely mailing shall be determined by the United States Postal 
Service postmark.  If there is no such legible postmark, the date of 
receipt by the Commission shall constitute the date of filing; 
2.  Electronic e-filing to the Oklahoma Employment Security 
Commission, as directed by the instructions on the determination 
letter, order or other document issued by the Commission, by 
midnight on or before the date due.  Timely transmission shall be 
determined by the Commission ’s transmission log file ; or 
3.  Digital portal filing by midnight on or before the date due.  
Timely transmission shall be determined by the Commission ’s 
transmission log fil e; or 
4.  In significant economic situations, instances where evidence 
suggests potential fraudulent activity or for those who have not 
completed the claim filing process, the Commission shall have the 
discretion to modify the appeal filing requirements to respond to 
the situation. 
C.  If the Employment Security Act of 1980 or the rules 
promulgated under the Employment Security Act of 1980 require that a 
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the term “file”, “files” or “filed” shall be defined by the 
statutes, rules or practice governing that court or agency. 
SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY     40 O.S. 2021, Section 2 -610, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 2-610. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
A.  Within the thirty (30) days a fter the day a notice of 
decision of the Board of Review is mailed to the parties, the 
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, or any party to the 
proceedings before the Board of Review, may obtain judicial review 
by filing in the district court of the co unty in which the claimant 
resides, or if the claimant is not a resident of the State of 
Oklahoma then in the District Court of Oklahoma County, a petition 
for review of the decision of the Board of Review.  The petition for 
review shall set out the names of all codefendants in the style of 
the case, which shall include: 
1.  The Board of Review; 
2.  The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission; and 
3.  All other parties to the proceeding before the Board of 
Review. 
Failure to properly name the codefendants a s stated in this 
section shall be deemed a jurisdictional defect and the case shall 
be dismissed. The petition for review need not be verified but 
shall state specifically the grounds upon which the review is 
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Board of Review at its official address and the petitioner shall 
also deliver to the Board of Review as many copies of the petition 
as there are defendants.  The Board of Review shall issue to each 
party to the proceeding a copy of th e petition and the issuance 
shall be deemed to be service upon all the parties.  In any 
proceeding under this section the findings of the Board of Review as 
to the facts, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive and the 
jurisdiction of the court shall be confined to questions of law.  No 
additional evidence shall be received by the court, but the court 
may remand the case and order additional evidence to be taken by the 
Appeal Tribunal of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. 
B.  Within sixty (60) days of the date of service of the 
petition on the Board of Review, the Board of Review shall file with 
the court a certified copy of the record of the case, including all 
documents and papers properly admitted into evidence and a 
transcript of all test imony taken in the matter, together with the 
Board of Review’s findings, conclusions and decision. 
C.  The proceedings shall be heard in a summary manner and shall 
be given precedence over all other civil cases.  An appeal may be 
taken from the decision of the district court to the Supreme Court 
of this state in the same manner as is provided in other civil 
cases.  It shall not be necessary as a condition precedent to 
judicial review of any decision of the Board of Review to enter 
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required as a condition of initiating a proceeding for judicial 
review or entering an appeal from the decision of the court.  Upon 
the final termination of the judicial proceeding, the Board of 
Review shall enter an order in accordance with the mandate of the 
district or appellate court. 
SECTION 4.     AMENDATORY     40 O.S. 2021, Section 4 -508, as 
amended by Section 22, Chapter 360, O.S.L. 2022 (40 O.S. Supp. 2024, 
Section 4-508), is amended to read as f ollows: 
Section 4-508. INFORMATION TO BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL - 
DISCLOSURE. 
A.  Except as otherwise provide d by law, information obtained 
from any employing unit or individual pursuant to the administration 
of the Employment Security Act of 1980, any workfor ce system program 
administered or monitored by the Oklahoma Employment Security 
Commission, and determinations as to the benefit rights of any 
individual shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed or 
be open to public inspection in any manner re vealing the 
individual’s or employing unit’s identity.  Any claimant, employer, 
or agent of either as aut horized in writing, shall be supplied with 
information from the records of the Oklahoma Employment Security 
Commission, to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of 
the claim or complaint in any proceeding under the Employment 
Security Act of 1980, with respect thereto.   
 
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B.  Upon receipt of written request by any employer who 
maintains a Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, the 
Commission or its designated representative may release to that 
employer information regarding weekly benefit amo unts paid its 
workers during a specified temporary layoff period, provided the 
Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan requires benefit 
payment information before Supplemental Unemployment Benefits can be 
paid to the workers.  Any information disclosed under this provision 
shall be utilized solely for the purpose outlined herein and shall 
be held strictly confidential by the employer. 
C.  The provisions of this section shall not prevent the 
Commission from disclosing the following information and no 
liability whatsoever, civil or criminal, shall attach to any member 
of the Commission or any employee thereof for any error or omission 
in the disclosure of this information: 
1.  The delivery to taxpayer or claimant a copy of any report or 
other paper filed by the taxpayer or claimant pursuant to the 
Employment Security Act of 1980; 
2.  The disclosure of information to any person for a purpose as 
authorized by the taxpayer or claimant pursuant to a waiver of 
confidentiality.  The waiver shall be in writing an d shall be 
notarized; 
3.  The Oklahoma Department of Commerce may have access to data 
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rules promulgated by the Commission.  The information obtained shall 
be held confidential by the Department and any of its agents and 
shall not be disclosed or be open to public inspection.  The 
Oklahoma Department of Commerce, however, may release agg regated 
data, either by industry or county, provided that the aggregation 
meets disclosure requirements o f the Commission; 
4.  The publication of statistics so classified as to prevent 
the identification of a particular report and the items thereof; 
5.  The disclosing of information or evidence to the Attorney 
General or any district attorney when the information or evidence is 
to be used by the officials or other parties to the proceedings to 
prosecute or defend allegations of violations of the Employment 
Security Act of 1980.  The information disclosed to the Attorney 
General or any district attorney shall b e kept confidential by them 
and not be disclosed except when presented to a court in a 
prosecution of a violation of Section 1 -101 et seq. of this titl e, 
and a violation by the Attorney General or district attorney by 
otherwise releasing the information shall be a felony; 
6.  The furnishing, at the discretion of the Commission, of any 
information disclosed by the records or files to any official person 
or body of this state, any other state or of the United States who 
is concerned with the administration of assessment of any similar 
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7.  The furnishing of information to other state agencies for 
the limited purpose of aiding in the collection of debts owed by 
individuals to the requesting agencies or the Oklahoma Employment 
Security Commission; 
8.  The release of information to employees of the Department of 
Transportation required for use in federally mandated regional 
transportation planning, which is performed as a part of its 
official duties; 
9.  The release of information to employees of the State 
Treasurer’s office required to verify or evaluate the effectiveness 
of the Oklahoma Small Business Lin ked Deposit Program on job 
creation; 
10.  The release of information to employees of the Attorney 
General, the Department of Labor, the Workers ’ Compensation 
Commission and the Insurance Department for use in investigation of 
workers’ compensation fraud; 
11.  The release of information to employees of any state, 
county, municipal or tribal law enforcement agency for use in 
criminal investigations and the location of missing persons or 
fugitives from justice; 
12.  The release of information to employees of t he Center of 
International Trade, Oklahoma State University, required for the 
development of International Trade for employers doing business in 
this state;   
 
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13.  The release of information to employees of the Oklahoma 
State Regents for Higher Education req uired for use in the default 
prevention efforts and/or collection of defaulted student loans 
guaranteed by the Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program.  Any 
information disclosed under this provision shall be utilized solely 
for the purpose outlined herei n and shall be held strictly 
confidential by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; 
14.  The release of information to employees of the Oklahoma 
Department of Career and Technology Education, the Oklahoma State 
Regents for Higher Education, the C enter for Economic and Management 
Research of the University of Oklahoma, the Center for Economic and 
Business Development at Southwestern Oklahoma State University or a 
center of economic and business research or development at a 
comprehensive or regional higher education institution within The 
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education required to identify 
economic trends or educational outcomes.  The information obtained 
shall be kept confidential by the Oklahoma Department of Career and 
Technology Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher 
Education and the higher education institution and shall not b e 
disclosed or be open to public inspection.  The Oklahoma Department 
of Career and Technology Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for 
Higher Education and the higher education institution may release 
aggregated data, provided that the aggregation meets disclosure 
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15.  The release of information to employees of the Office of 
Management and Enterprise Services required to identify economic 
trends.  The information obtained shall be kept confidential by the 
Office of Management and Enterprise Services and shall not be 
disclosed or be open to public inspection.  The Office of Management 
and Enterprise Services may release ag gregate data, provided that 
the aggregation meets disclosure requirements of the Oklahoma 
Employment Security Commission; 
16.  The release of information to employees of the Department 
of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services required to evaluate 
the effectiveness of mental health and substance abuse treatment and 
state or local programs utilized to dive rt persons from inpatient 
treatment.  The information obtained shall be kept confidential by 
the Department and shall not be disclosed or be open to pu blic 
inspection.  The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse 
Services, however, may release aggregated data, either by treatment 
facility, program or larger aggregate units, provided that the 
aggregation meets disclosure requirements of the Oklaho ma Employment 
Security Commission; 
17.  The release of information to employees of the Attorney 
General, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the 
Insurance Department for use in the investigation of insurance fraud 
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18.  The release of information to employees of public housing 
agencies for purposes of determining eligibility pursuant to 42 
U.S.C., Section 503(i); 
19.  The release of wage and benefit claim information, at the 
discretion of the Commission, to an agency of this state or its 
political subdivisions that operate a program or activity designated 
as a required partner in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act One-Stop delivery system pursuant to 29 U.S.C.A., Section 
3151(b)(1), based on a showing of need made t o the Commission and 
after an agreement concerning the release of information is entered 
into with the entity receiving the information.  For the limited 
purpose of completing performance accountability reports required by 
the Workforce Innovation and Oppo rtunity Act, only those designated 
required partners that meet the 20 CFR Section 603.2(d) definition 
of public official may contract with a private agent or contractor 
pursuant to 20 CFR Section 603.5(f) for the purpose of the private 
agent or contractor receiving confidential unemployment compensation 
information to the extent necessary to complete the performance 
accountability reports; 
20.  The release of information to the State Wage Interchange 
System, at the discretion of the Commission; 
21.  The release of information to the Bureau of the Census of 
the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Bureau of Labor S tatistics of 
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Oklahoma Department of Labor for the purpose of economic and 
statistical research; 
22.  The release of employer tax information and benefit claim 
information to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority for use in 
determining eligibility for a program that will provide subsidies 
for health insurance premiums for qualified employers, emplo yees, 
self-employed persons and unemployed persons; 
23.  The release of employer tax information and bene fit claim 
information to the State Department of Rehabilitation Services for 
use in assessing results and outcomes of clients served; 
24.  The release of information to any state or federal law 
enforcement authority when necessary in the investigation of any 
crime in which the Commission is a victim.  Information that is 
confidential under this section shall be held confidential by the 
law enforcement authority unless and until it is required for use in 
court in the prosecution of a defendant in a criminal prosecution; 
25.  The release of information to vendors that contract with 
the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission to provide for the 
issuance of debit cards, to conduct electronic fund transfers, to 
perform computer programming operations, or to perform computer 
maintenance or replacement operations; provided the vendor agrees to 
protect and safeguard the information it receives and to destroy the 
information when no longer needed for the purposes set out in the 
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26.  The release of informatio n to employees of the Office of 
Juvenile Affairs for use in assessing results and outcomes of 
clients served as well as the effectiveness of state and local 
juvenile and justice programs including prevention and treatment 
programs.  The information obtained shall be kept confidential by 
the Office of Juvenile Affairs and shall not be disclosed or be open 
to public inspection.  The Office of Juvenile Affa irs may release 
aggregated data for programs or larger aggregate units, provided 
that the aggregation mee ts disclosure requirements of the Oklahoma 
Employment Security Commission; 
27.  The release of information to vendors that contract with 
the State of Oklahoma for the purpose of providing a public 
electronic labor exchange system that will support the Oklahoma 
Employment Security Commission ’s operation of an employment service 
system to connect employers with job seekers and military veterans.  
This labor exchange system would enhance the stability and security 
of Oklahoma’s economy as well as support the p rovision of veterans ’ 
priority of service.  The vendors may perform computer programming 
operations, perform computer maintenance or replacement operat ions, 
or host the electronic solution; provided, each vendor agrees to 
protect and safeguard all information received, that no information 
shall be disclosed to any third party, that the use of the 
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that the vendor shall properly dispose of all information when no 
longer needed for the purposes set out in the contract; or 
28.  The release of employer tax information and benefit claim 
information to employees of a county public defender ’s office in 
this state and the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System for the purpose 
of determining financial eligibility for the services provided by 
such entities. 
D.  Subpoenas to compel disclosure of information made 
confidential by this statute shall not be valid , except for 
administrative subpoenas issued by federal, state, or local 
governmental agencies that have been granted subpoena power by 
statute or ordinance.  Confidential information maintained by the 
Commission can be obtained by order of a court of reco rd that 
authorizes the release of the records in writing.  All 
administrative subpoenas or court orders for production of documents 
must provide a minimum of twenty (20) days from the date it is 
served for the Commission to produce the documents.  If the d ate on 
which production of the documents is required is less than twenty 
(20) days from the date of servi ce, the subpoena or order shall be 
considered void on its face as an undue burden or hardship on the 
Commission.  All administrative subpoenas, court o rders or notarized 
waivers of confidentiality authorized by paragraph 2 of subsection C 
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ninety (90) days of the date the document is issued or signed, and 
the document can only be used on e time to obtain records. 
E.  Should any of the disclosures provided for in this section 
require more than casual or incidental staff time, the Commission 
shall charge the cost of the staff time to the party requesting the 
information. 
F.  It is further pr ovided that the provisions of this section 
shall be strictly interpreted and shall not be construed as 
permitting the disclosure of any other information contained in the 
records and files of the Commission. 
SECTION 5.  This act shall becom e effective November 1, 2025. 
 
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON COMMER CE AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT, dated  - 04/17/2025 – DO PASS.