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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1229 By: Sacchieri
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to driver licenses; amending Section
3, Chapter 282, O.S.L. 2022, as amended by Section 3,
Chapter 47, 1st Extraordinary Session, O.S.L. 2023
(47 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 3-103), which relates to
the Executive Director of Service Oklahoma; providing
for removal in certain circumstance; updating
statutory language; updating statutory reference;
defining term; requiring certain personal information
be stored in certain database; providing for certain
waiver; providing certain permissible use of certain
information in certain period; requiring Service
Oklahoma to delete certain information after certain
period; allowing for certain use of certain driver
license or identification card; creating process for
Service Oklahoma to issue certain license or
identification card without a photo; requiring
certain attestation from Service Oklahoma; providing
for certain review by the Chief Information Officer
and the State Auditor and Inspector; requiring
removal of the Executive Director of Service Oklahoma
in certain circumstance; providing for promulgation
of rules; providing for codification; and declaring
an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 3, Chapter 282, O.S.L.
2022, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 47, 1st Extraordinary
Session, O.S.L. 2023 (47 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 3-103), is amended
to read as follows:
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Section 3-103. A. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma
shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of
the Senate. The Executive Director shall serve at the pleasure of
the Governor and may be removed or replaced without cause.
Compensation for the Executive Director shall be determined pursuant
to Section 3601.2 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The
Executive Director may be removed from office by a two-thirds (2/3)
vote of the members elected to and constituting each chamber of the
Oklahoma Legislature or as provided for in Section 2 of this act.
B. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma shall be the
chief executive officer of Service Oklahoma and shall act for
Service Oklahoma in all matters except as may be otherwise provided
by law. The powers and duties of the Executive Director shall
include, but not be limited to:
1. Organize Service Oklahoma in a manner to efficiently achieve
the objectives of Service Oklahoma;
2. Supervise all activities of Service Oklahoma;
3. Administer programs and policies of Service Oklahoma;
4. Employ, discharge, appoint, contract, and fix duties and
compensation of employees at the discretion of the Executive
Director;
5. Appoint assistants, deputies, officers, investigators,
attorneys, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out
functions of Service Oklahoma;
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6. Prescribe rules and regulations for the operation of Service
Oklahoma;
7. Provide input and recommendations to the Service Oklahoma
Operator Board on all matters including branding and physical
standardization requirements, customer service metrics, analysis,
and improvement processes for licensed operators, and processes for
termination of licensed operators for failure to comply with the
customer service metrics;
8. Establish internal policies and procedures;
9. Prescribe and provide suitable forms deemed necessary to
carry out the functions of Service Oklahoma and any other laws the
enforcement and administration of which are vested in Service
Oklahoma;
10. Establish such divisions, sections, committees, advisory
committees, offices, and positions in Service Oklahoma as the
Executive Director deems necessary to carry out the functions of
Service Oklahoma;
11. Accept and disburse grants, allotments, gifts, devises,
bequests, funds, appropriations, and other property made or offered
to Service Oklahoma; and
12. Create the budget for Service Oklahoma to be submitted to
the Legislature each year.
C. The salary and other expenses for the Executive Director
shall be budgeted as a separate line item through Service Oklahoma.
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The operating expenses of Service Oklahoma shall be set by the
Executive Director and shall be budgeted as a separate line item
through Service Oklahoma.
D. 1. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma shall direct
all purchases, hiring, procurement, and budget for Service Oklahoma
and establish, implement, and enforce policies and procedures
related thereto, consistent with the Oklahoma Central Purchasing
Act. Service Oklahoma and the Executive Director shall be subject
to the requirements of the Public Competitive Bidding Act of 1974,
the Oklahoma Lighting Energy Conservation Act, and the Public
Facilities Act.
2. The Executive Director of Service Oklahoma, or any employee
or agent of the Executive Director of Service Oklahoma acting within
the scope of delegated authority, shall have the same power and
authority related to purchases, hiring, procurement, and budget for
Service Oklahoma as outlined in paragraph 1 of this subsection for
Service Oklahoma as the State Purchasing Director has for all
acquisitions used or consumed by state agencies as established in
the Oklahoma Central Purchasing Act. Such authority shall,
consistent with the authority granted to the State Purchasing
Director, include the power to designate financial or proprietary
information submitted by a bidder confidential and reject all
requests to disclose the information so designated, if the Executive
Director of Service Oklahoma requires the bidder to submit the
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financial or proprietary information with a bid, proposal, or
quotation.
E. Service Oklahoma shall determine the compensation to be
retained by licensed operators.
1. Before the last day in September in every even-numbered
year, Service Oklahoma shall review the compensation paid to
licensed operators and, if necessary, change the compensation.
Service Oklahoma shall engage an independent third party to evaluate
the compensation paid to licensed operators who shall provide any
recommendations no later than November 1 in the even-numbered year.
Any recommended change in licensed operator compensation shall be
finalized by Service Oklahoma no later than the third Tuesday of
November in the even-numbered year. Notice of such recommendation
shall be provided to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore and the
Chair of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, and the Speaker
and the Chair of the Appropriations and Budget Committee of the
House of Representatives.
2. Any change in licensed operator compensation, unless
rejected or amended as provided by this subsection, shall become
effective on July 1 of the following calendar year. Any amendment
passed by a majority vote of each house of the Legislature shall
become effective as provided by the amendment unless vetoed by the
Governor.
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SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 6-110.6 of Title 47, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section, “personally identifiable
information” means an individual’s:
1. Full legal name;
2. Date of birth;
3. Gender;
4. Driver license or identification card number;
5. Biometric data, including but not limited to digital facial
photographs, facial biometrics, finger images, and minutia data;
6. Address of principal residence; and
7. Signature.
This definition shall not be construed as including an
individual’s Social Security number.
B. Personally identifiable information required to be provided
during the application process for a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver
License or Identification Card shall be stored in a separate and
siloed database from the database used to store personally
identifiable information provided to receive a REAL ID Compliant
Driver License or Identification Card.
C. 1. Any applicant for a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver License
or Identification Card, except as provided for in paragraph 3 of
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this subsection, may request a biometric data waiver from Service
Oklahoma.
2. Upon the acceptance of such waiver, Service Oklahoma shall:
a. provide a paper receipt to the waiver applicant,
confirming acceptance of such waiver,
b. delete all personally identifiable information and any
duplication of such information related to the waiver
applicant within ninety (90) days of collection,
c. not utilize any personally identifiable information
related to the waiver applicant for any purpose other
than the performance of background checks to determine
if the applicant has a currently issued license or
identification card under a different name or
identity,
d. not provide any personally identifiable information
related to the waiver applicant to any third-party
entity for any purpose, and
e. not provide any personally identifiable information
related to the waiver applicant to any court,
governmental entity, or law enforcement agency without
a valid warrant.
3. An applicant for a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver License or
Identification Card with a felony conviction shall be disqualified
from requesting such waiver.
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D. No applicant for a renewal of a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver
License or Identification Card shall be required to provide
additional personally identifiable information at the time of
renewal if such applicant can produce the valid REAL ID Noncompliant
Driver License or Identification Card the applicant is seeking to
renew.
E. Service Oklahoma shall issue a REAL ID Noncompliant Driver
License or Identification Card that lacks a photo to an otherwise
qualified applicant who requests an exemption from such photo on the
basis of religious belief. The application process for such
applicant shall instead require the fingerprinting of each of the
applicant’s index fingers; the results of such fingerprinting and
any duplications of such shall be deleted within ninety (90) days of
collection.
F. 1. Every six (6) months after the effective date of this
act, Service Oklahoma shall attest via an electronic report to the
Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives that it is in compliance with the
provisions of this section.
2. The Chief Information Officer of the Information Services
Division of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the
State Auditor and Inspector shall annually perform a joint review of
Service Oklahoma’s compliance with the provisions of this section
and electronically report the results of such review to the
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Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker
of the House of Representatives.
3. If Service Oklahoma is found to be out of compliance with
the provisions of this section in the joint review provided for in
subparagraph 2 of this subsection, the Executive Director of Service
Oklahoma shall be removed from office effective on the date the
review was reported to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
G. Service Oklahoma shall promulgate rules as necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.
SECTION 3. 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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