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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 4143 By: Manger of the House
and
Hines of the Senate
An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Sections 10-108 and 40-102, which relate to
traffic collisions and reports; modifying damage
amount requiring a written report of collision;
exempting certain accidents from reporting
requirements; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Motor vehicles
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 10-108, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10-108. A. Except for collisions occurring on private
property, the operator of a motor vehicle which is in any manner
involved in a collision upon any road, street, highway or elsewhere
within this state resulting in bodily injury to or death of any
person or in which it is apparent that damage to one vehicle or
other property is in excess of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) Three
Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) shall forward a written report of the
collision to the Department of Public Safety if settlement of the
collision has not been made within six (6) months after the date of
the accident and provided that if a settlement has been made a
report of the settlement must be made by the parties. No report is
required when all parties involved agree to exchange information and
there is no injury, no death, and no damage to property other than
vehicles.
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B. A municipality or county shall have the authority to adopt
ordinances or resolutions regarding the response of law enforcement
to motor vehicle accidents occurring on private property within its
jurisdiction; provided, law enforcement agencies shall respond to
and report collisions that occur on private property which involve a
personal injury, a driver that may be under the influence of alcohol
or any other intoxicating substance, or a vehicle that is the
property of the state or a political subdivision of the state.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-202 of this
title, if any party involved in a collision files a report under
this section, the Department shall be responsible for providing the
most up-to-date and accurate location information within the
Department for either party involved at no cost, and notify all
other parties involved in the collision, as specified in the report,
that a report has been filed and all other parties shall then
furnish the Department, within twenty (20) days, the information as
the Department may request to determine whether the parties were in
compliance with the requirements of Sections 7-601 through 7-607 of
this title at the time of the collision. Upon a finding that an
owner or driver was not in compliance with Sections 7-601 through 7-
607 of this title, the Department shall then commence proceedings
under the provisions of Sections 7-201 and 7-308 through 7-335 of
this title.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 40-102, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 40-102. A. 1. Every law enforcement officer who, in
the regular course of duty, investigates or receives a report of a
traffic collision occurring on public roadways and resulting in
injury to or death of a person or total property damage to an
apparent extent of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) Three Thousand
Dollars ($3,000.00) or more shall prepare a written report of the
collision on the standard collision report form supplied by the
Department of Public Safety. The reports shall be forwarded within
thirty (30) days of the collision or, if the collision results in
the death of any person, then within twenty (20) days of the death
of the person, whichever time period is lesser, by the law
enforcement agency preparing the report to the Department of Public
Safety. No report is required when all parties involved agree to
exchange information and there is no injury, no death, and no damage
to property other than vehicles.
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2. Reports of collisions shall be kept confidential for a
period of sixty (60) days after the date of the collision; provided,
the reports shall be made available as soon as practicable upon
request to any:
a. party involved in the collision,
b. legal representatives of a party involved in the
collision,
c. state, county or city law enforcement agency,
d. the Department of Transportation or any county or city
transportation or road and highway maintenance agency,
e. licensed insurance agents of a party involved in the
collision,
f. insurer of a party involved in the collision,
g. insurer to which a party has applied for coverage,
h. person under contract with an insurer, as described in
subparagraph e, f or g of this paragraph, to provide
claims or underwriting information,
i. prosecutorial authority,
j. newspaper as defined in Section 106 of Title 25 of the
Oklahoma Statutes,
k. radio or television broadcaster,
l. licensed private investigators employed by a party
involved in the collision, or
m. provider of health services to a party involved in the
collision.
3. Any person who knowingly violates this section and obtains
or provides information made confidential by this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be fined no more than Two Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00). Second and subsequent offenses shall
carry a penalty of imprisonment in the county jail for not more than
thirty (30) days.
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B. 1. No public employee or officer shall allow a person to
examine or reproduce a collision report or any related investigation
report if examination or reproduction of the report is sought for
the purpose of making a commercial solicitation. Any person
requesting a collision report may be required to state, in writing,
under penalty of perjury, that the report will not be examined,
reproduced or otherwise used for commercial solicitation purposes.
It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor for any person to
obtain or use information from a collision report or a copy thereof
for the purpose of making a commercial solicitation.
2. As used in this subsection:
a. "commercial solicitation" means any attempt to use, or
offer for use, personal information contained in a
collision report to solicit any person named in the
report, or a relative of the person, or to solicit a
professional, business, or commercial relationship
that is not pursuant to a request under paragraph 2 of
subsection A of this section. "Commercial
solicitation" does not include publication in a
newspaper, as defined in Section 106 of Title 25 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, or broadcast of information by
news media for news purposes, or obtaining information
for the purpose of verification or settlement of
claims by insurance companies, and
b. "collision report" means any report regarding a motor
vehicle collision which has been submitted by an
individual or investigating officer on a form
prescribed or used by the Department of Public Safety
or local police department.
3. Publication in a newspaper, as defined in Section 106 of
Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or broadcast by news media for
news purposes shall not constitute a resale or use of data for trade
or commercial solicitation purposes. Because publication by a
newspaper, broadcast by news media for news purposes, or obtaining
information for verification or settlement of claims by insurance
companies is not a resale or use of data for commercial solicitation
purposes, an affidavit shall not be required as a condition for
allowing a member of a newspaper or broadcast news media, or
allowing an agent, or business serving as an agent, to insurance
companies, to examine or obtain a copy of a collision report. Any
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agent or business obtaining information for verification or
settlement of claims involving persons named in a report shall
secure an affidavit annually from each client stating the
information provided to the client shall not be used for commercial
solicitation purposes under penalty of law.
4. The Department and local police departments shall include
the following or a similar notice upon any copy of a collision
report furnished to others: "Warning - State Law. Use of contents
for commercial solicitation is unlawful."
C. As used in this section:
1. "Newspaper" means a legal newspaper as defined in Section
106 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided that the primary
purpose of the newspaper is not the publication of personally
identifying information concerning parties involved in the traffic
collision;
2. "Provider of health services" means any person that provides
health care services to the injured person under a license,
certification or registration issued pursuant to Title 59 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, or any hospital or related institution that
offers or provides health care services under a license issued
pursuant to Section 1-702 et seq. of Title 63 of the Oklahoma
Statutes; and
3. "Personal information", as defined in Section 162 of Title
24 of the Oklahoma Statutes, means the 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 data elements are neither encrypted nor redacted:
a. social security number,
b. driver license number or state identification card
number issued in lieu of a driver license, or
c. financial account number or credit or debit card
number in combination with any required security code,
access code or password that would permit access to
the financial accounts of a resident.
Personal information does not include information that is
lawfully obtained from publicly available information or from
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federal, state or local government records lawfully made available
to the general public.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 3rd day of March, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 5th day of May, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________