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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1467 By: Daniels
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to criminal justice data; defining
terms; requiring sharing of certain information upon
request; construing provisions; requiring Attorney
General to provide certain guidance; authorizing
collection of certain fees; prohibiting certain
request acceptance prior to certain date; 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 1520 of Title 22, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For the purposes of this section:
1. “Bona fide researcher” means any individual or organization
that:
a. agrees that any personally identifiable information
provided shall be used only for research and
statistical purposes and shall not be transferred,
revealed, or used for other purposes and that reports
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or publications derived from such information shall
not personally identify specific individuals,
b. certifies that approval was secured from the
institutional review board of the individual or
organization for the research or statistical project
that is the basis of the data access request, and
c. certifies that security controls approved by the
institutional review board of the individual or
organization are in place to prevent unauthorized
access to requested data containing confidential or
personally identifiable information;
2. “Criminal justice agency” means any court with criminal
jurisdiction and any municipal, county, or state agency that
performs any activity that directly relates to the detection or
investigation of crime; the apprehension, pretrial release,
posttrial release, prosecution, correctional supervision,
rehabilitation, evaluation, or treatment of accused persons or
criminal offenders; criminal identification activities; or the
collection, storage, or dissemination of arrest and criminal records
information;
3. “Criminal justice data” means any data collected, created,
received, maintained, or disseminated by any criminal justice agency
regardless of the data’s physical form, storage medium, or
conditions of use;
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4. “Institutional review board” means any board, committee, or
other group that reviews, approves initiation of, and conducts
periodic reviews of research and which has received accreditation
for such purpose or is part of an accredited institution of higher
learning; and
5. “Record” means all documents including, but not limited to,
any book, paper, photograph, microfilm, data files created by or
used with computer software, computer tape, disk, record, sound
recording, film recording, video record, or other material
regardless of physical form or characteristic, created by, received
by, under the authority of, or coming into the custody, control, or
possession of public officials, public bodies, or their
representatives in connection with the transaction of public
business, the expenditure of public funds, or the administrating of
public property. It shall not include computer software or
nongovernment personal effects.
B. 1. Upon request, a criminal justice agency shall share with
a bona fide researcher all criminal justice data and records,
including relevant personally identifying information and
demographic information held by the agency:
a. relating to:
(1) law enforcement stops, searches, or seizures,
(2) warrants, arrests, or citations,
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(3) participation in a pre-arrest or post-arrest
diversion, specialty court, or other alternative
resolution program,
(4) criminal charges, dispositions, or sentences,
(5) pretrial or posttrial release from custody or any
terms or conditions of release,
(6) grants, orders, changes in the terms of, or
terminations of pretrial supervised release,
probation, parole, or participation in
correctional or rehabilitative programs, and
(7) formal discipline, reclassification, or
relocation for any person who is subject to
criminal sentencing or is in the custody of the
Department of Corrections, and
b. that is subject to mandatory or discretionary
disclosure to any member of the public pursuant to the
provisions of the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
2. A release of criminal justice data, records, or information
to a bona fide researcher pursuant to the provisions of this
subsection shall not be construed as a release of data, records, or
information to the public for the purposes of the Oklahoma Open
Records Act and shall not waive the right to assert in the future
that such data, records, or information is excepted from disclosure
pursuant to the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
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C. On or after the effective date of this act, the Attorney
General shall issue guidance to assist criminal justice agencies in
complying with the provisions of this section. The guidance shall
include a process for identifying bona fide researchers and sharing
criminal justice data, records, and information with the
researchers.
D. A criminal justice agency may assess reasonable fees, not to
exceed actual costs, for the search, retrieval, and copying of
criminal justice data, records, or information requested pursuant to
this section.
E. Requests for criminal justice data, records, and information
pursuant to this section shall not be accepted prior to July 1,
2027.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 1, 2027.
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