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SB1434 • 2026

Construction zones; requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation to place certain devices and signage. Effective date.

Construction zones; requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation to place certain devices and signage. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Jech
Last action
2026-02-11
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

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Construction zones; requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation to place certain devices and signage. Effective date.

Construction zones; requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation to place certain devices and signage.

What This Bill Does

  • Construction zones; requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation to place certain devices and signage.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1434 (Senate): Introduced (1/30/2026)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-11 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2026-02-09 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed

  3. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Miller (principal House author)

  4. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation

  5. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Jech

Official Summary Text

Construction zones; requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation to place certain devices and signage. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1434 (Senate): Introduced (1/30/2026)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 9, 2026

SENATE BILL NO. 1434 By: Jech of the Senate

and

Miller of the House

An Act relating to construction zones; defining term;
requiring the Department of Public Safety and
Department of Transportation to place certain devices
and signage in construction zones; stating allowable
use; providing permissible image retention;
prohibiting certain uses; requiring certain
calibration; requiring certain audit; providing
penalty; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-806.3 of Title 47, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For the purposes of this section, “automated enforcement
device” means a system operated by a law enforcement agency in this
state that:
1. Is capable of detecting a speeding violation; and

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2. Photographs or records an image of the vehicle used in
committing a speeding violation, the operator of the vehicle, or the
license plate of the vehicle.
B. 1. The Department of Public Safety and the Department of
Transportation may place automated enforcement devices at the start
of a construction zone. A sign shall be placed one hundred (100)
feet before the automated enforcement device to warn drivers that
their speed will be monitored and an image may be captured while
entering the construction zone.
2. The automated enforcement device shall only capture an image
and alert a peace officer if a driver is exceeding the speed limit
in a work zone in excess of ten (10) miles per hour of a speed limit
violation.
3. Any image captured but not used as evidence must be deleted
from the automated enforcement device within fifteen (15) minutes.
4. Any image captured that is used as evidence of a speed limit
violation shall be deleted within twenty-four (24) hours of
resolution of the citation.
5. The Department of Public Safety shall not retain, except as
required in this subsection, sell, or transfer any image captured by
an automated enforcement device.
6. The automated enforcement device shall only be used to
capture an image and shall not be used for purposes of
identification or analysis.

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7. The automated enforcement device shall be calibrated every
time its position is changed. The results of the calibration shall
be made available to the public.
8. An independent audit of the calibration records and image
retention shall be conducted at least twice a year for each
automated enforcement device. If an audit reveals that images were
retained in violation of this subsection, the vendor of the device
shall be fined One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per image.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS AND TRANSPORTATION
February 9, 2026 - DO PASS