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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1335 By: Hicks
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Campus Security Act;
amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 360.18, which relates
to authorization to establish campus police
departments; requiring certain campus police officers
to complete certain training; requiring certain
employed campus police officers to complete certain
training within certain time period; updating
statutory language; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 360.18, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 360.18. A. Governing boards of institutions of higher
education or private schools, boards of education of public school
districts, and airport public trusts are authorized to establish
campus police departments pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma
Campus Security Act. In the case of airport public trusts operating
more than one airport, the board of trustees of such airport public
trust is authorized to establish campus police departments at any
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airport it operates, but is not required to establish campus police
departments at all airports operated by such airport public trust.
These B. The governing boards may employ and commission campus
police officers and may designate uniforms, badges, and insignia to
be worn by such officers and displayed on vehicles or other
equipment of the department. Campus police departments shall use
the following words or phrases, alone or in any combination, in
conjunction with the uniform, badges, insignia, or on vehicles
utilized by these departments: university police, university public
safety department, campus police department, campus police officer,
campus public safety department, campus public safety officer,
airport officer, airport police officer, airport security officer,
airport public safety officer, or any standardized title such as
director, chief, major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant, or corporal.
Upon appointment, each such officer shall be given a written
commission, with a photo identification, evidencing the officer’s
appointment and authority. The form of this commission shall be
prescribed by the governing boards specified in Section 360.15 et
seq. of this title. Persons employed by a governing board which has
established a campus police department but who are not campus police
officers shall not be permitted to wear uniforms, badges, or
insignia specified in this subsection or receive commissions or
photo identification of the type provided campus police officers.
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C. Campus police officers employed by governing boards of
institutions of higher education and public school district boards
of education shall complete a minimum of six (6) hours of evidence-
based sexual assault and sexual violence training as provided for in
subsection B of Section 3311.5 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
A campus police officer employed as of the effective date of this
act who has not completed the sexual assault and sexual violence
training required by this subsection shall complete such training
within one (1) year.
B. D. The commission of a campus police officer may be
suspended or revoked by the governing board for any reason. Such
commission also may be suspended or revoked by the district attorney
in whose district the officer is employed for cause related to the
campus police officer’s ability to exercise the powers of such
commission in the interest of public security or suspended or
revoked by the district attorney upon conviction of the campus
police officer for larceny, theft, embezzlement, false pretense,
fraud, any nonconsensual sex offense, any offense involving a minor
as a victim, any offense involving the possession, use, distribution
or sale of a controlled dangerous substance, or any offense
involving a firearm. The commission of a campus police officer
convicted of a felony or of a crime involving moral turpitude shall
be revoked by the district attorney upon conviction. The commission
of a campus police officer no longer employed by the governing
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board, except an officer who is retiring, shall be relinquished to
the board, or its representative, at the time of cessation of the
employment. When a commission is revoked or relinquished, the
campus police department shall take possession of all campus police
officer insignia, badges, identification cards, and weapons issued
to the officer. A person who fails to relinquish the insignia,
badges, identification cards or weapons, upon conviction, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by the
imposition of a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed
one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. E. Governing boards shall notify the Council on Law
Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) when an officer is
commissioned or a commission is relinquished or revoked. The
governing boards shall provide CLEET with all information regarding
commissioned officers requested by CLEET.
D. F. A campus police officer employed pursuant to the Oklahoma
Campus Security Act shall not be able to participate in either the
Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System or the Oklahoma Law
Enforcement Retirement System, unless otherwise entitled to by law.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency is hereby
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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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