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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1511 By: McIntosh
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Sex Offenders Registration
Act; amending 57 O.S. 2021, Section 589, which
relates to registered offenders prohibited from
certain employment; requiring certain signage;
requiring certain verification; creating misdemeanor
offenses; providing penalties; updating statutory
references; updating statutory language; and
providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 57 O.S. 2021, Section 589, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 589. A. It is unlawful for any person registered
pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary
Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act to work with or
provide services to children or to work on school premises, or for
any person or business which that contracts for work to be performed
on school premises to knowingly and willfully allow any employee to
work with children or to work on school premises who is registered
pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary
Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. Upon conviction for
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any violation of the provisions of this subsection, the violator
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed
One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). In addition, the violator may be
liable for civil damages.
B. 1. A person or business who offers or provides services to
children shall ensure compliance with subsection A of this section
by conducting a name search of employees at least annually against
the registries maintained pursuant to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders
Registration Act and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders
Registration Act while such person is working with or serving
children. All persons Any person working with or providing services
to children shall be required to sign a statement declaring that he
or she is not currently required to register under the provisions of
the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy
Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act. Compliance with the
signed statement shall be mandatory for all persons any person
working with or providing services to children, and there shall be
no liability or obligation placed upon any person or business to
ascertain the truthfulness of the affidavit. Any person or business
having a contract with a school shall ensure compliance as provided
by Section 6-101.48 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
2. Failure of any person or business who works with or provides
services to children to conduct the annual name search of each
person employed shall be a misdemeanor. Upon conviction for failure
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to conduct a name search, the violator shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00). Refusal of any person who is employed to work with or
provide services to children to sign a statement declaring they have
he or she has no requirement to register as provided in this section
shall be a misdemeanor, upon conviction, punishable by a fine not to
exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and the person shall be
immediately terminated from employment. Any person discovering an
employment or registration violation as required by any provision of
law for any person currently employed to work with or provide
services to children has a duty to and shall immediately report such
findings to the district attorney.
C. It is unlawful for any law enforcement agency to employ any
person as a peace officer or criminal investigator who has received
a verdict of guilty or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any offense
required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act
or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act,
including those receiving a verdict of guilt, pleading guilty or
nolo contendere as part of a deferred judgment or other provision of
law authorizing a delayed or suspended judgment or sentence. Every
person receiving a verdict of guilty or pleading guilty or nolo
contendere to any offense required to register pursuant to the Sex
Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders
Registration Act shall be prohibited from being certified by the
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Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) as a peace
officer, private investigator, or security guard, and if at the time
of the verdict or plea such person has been previously CLEET
certified such certification shall be revoked. Any violator shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction of noncompliance with the
provisions of this subsection.
D. A person or business that employs a person registered
pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act and that offers or
provides services where children are reasonably expected to be
present shall clearly post signage that is easily readable by the
average person stating that the person or business employs a person
registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act. A person
or business who offers or provides services where children are
reasonably expected to be present shall ensure compliance with this
subsection by conducting a name search of employees at least
annually against the registry maintained pursuant to the Sex
Offenders Registration Act while such person is employed. Any
person or business who violates the provisions of this subsection
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
E. A person, regardless of whether he or she has a licensed
business, who is registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders
Registration Act and offers or provides services where children are
reasonably expected to be present shall clearly post signage that is
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easily readable by the average person stating that the person is
registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act. Any
person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall, upon
conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to
exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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