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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
HOUSE BILL 3316 By: Eaves
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to higher education; creating the
Higher Education Activities Response (HEAR) Act;
defining terms; requiring institutions of higher
education to provide trained security personnel for
certain on-campus events; requiring institutions to
follow security threat assessments provided by
tactical threat assessment team; requiring
institutions to make request for a security threat
assessment; listing information required for request;
requiring a tactical treat assessment team complete a
security threat assessment; requiring the institution
pay for the security threat assessment; listing the
information to be included in the security threat
assessment; directing institutions provide assessment
to certain law enforcement agencies; exempting
security threat assessments from the Open Records
Act; requiring certain briefing by tactical threat
assessment team before event; imposing fine for
failure to comply with assessment; directing the
Office of the Attorney General to impose fine;
creating a Higher Education Activities Response
Revolving Fund; providing purpose of fund for
investigation of violations and for survivors
directly impacted by a traumatic event occurring at
an institution event; providing for noncodification;
providing for codification; 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 360.22 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Higher
Education Activities Response (HEAR) Act".
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 360.23 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
As used in this Act:
1. "On-campus" means the real property, buildings, and other
improvements within this state owned, leased, or rented by an
institution of higher education;
2. "Institutional of higher education" means any publicly
funded university, college, or junior college within The State
System of Higher Education; and
3. "Tactical threat assessment team" means any state or local
law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over the area in which
the institution-sponsored on-campus event is to occur.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 360.24 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Institutions of higher education shall provide, or contract
to provide, trained security personnel for every institution-
sponsored on-campus event. The institution of higher education
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shall provide the amount of trained security personnel and approach
to security as provided for in the security threat assessment
completed by a tactical threat assessment team.
B. The institution of higher education shall complete a request
for a security threat assessment at least thirty (30) calendar days
prior to the event. The request shall include:
1. The date or dates of the event and the hours during which
the event will be conducted;
2. A detailed map of the area the event is to be held including
any modifications to the area that will be made for the event;
3. An estimated number of persons expected to attend the event
and whether those persons are students, staff, or general public;
4. A brief summary of the event and the general schedule for
the event;
5. A statement from local fire authorities having jurisdiction
over the event verifying that the local fire authority is aware of
the event and is prepared to respond if needed; and
6. A statement from the on-campus police department, local
police department, or sheriff's office having jurisdiction over the
event verifying that they are aware of the event and are prepared to
respond if needed.
C. Based on the security threat assessment request, a tactical
threat assessment team shall complete a security threat assessment
within two weeks of the event. The institution shall pay for all
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expenses associated with the completion of the assessment. The
security threat assessment shall contain detailed plans for
recommended security enforcement including:
1. Prevention of the unlawful use of alcohol, narcotics, or
dangerous drugs at the event;
2. Methods for limiting the size of the event to the number of
participants for which the area and facilities are designed;
3. External and internal crowd control options;
4. Evacuation options and routes; and
5. An estimation of the number of trained security personnel
necessary to secure the event.
D. Upon completion of the security threat assessment, the
institution of higher education shall provide the assessment to all
on-campus police officers, local law enforcement agencies, and the
Office of the Attorney General. Security threat assessments shall
not be subject to the Open Records Act.
E. A tactical threat assessment report and briefing shall be
provided by the tactical threat assessment team based on the
security threat assessment, at the expense of the institution of
higher education, to the trained security personnel for the event at
least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the event and on the day of
the event.
F. Any institution of higher education who fails to have a
security threat assessment completed or fails to comply with the
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security threat assessment shall be fined by the Office of the
Attorney General in the amount of what it would have cost the
institution of higher education to contract with a state tactical
team to provide trained security personnel for the event. The
Office of the Attorney General shall have the authority to
investigate institutions for violations of this act. Any fines
imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the Higher
Education Activities Response Revolving Fund created in Section 4 of
this act.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 360.25 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund
for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the "Higher
Education Activities Response Revolving Fund". The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all monies received by the Office of the Attorney General
from fines imposed for failure to comply with the requirements of
the Higher Education Activities Response (HEAR) Act. All monies
accruing to the credit of said fund are hereby appropriated and may
be budgeted and expended by the Office of the Attorney General for
the purpose of investigating violations of the HEAR Act and for the
survivors directly impacted by a violent, traumatic event that
occurred at an institution of higher education within The State
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System of Higher Education. Expenditures from said fund shall be
made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
SECTION 5. 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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