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SB865 • 2026

Public safety; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration Enforcement Act. Effective date. Emergency.

Public safety; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration Enforcement Act. Effective date. Emergency.

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Sponsor
Murdock
Last action
2025-02-19
Official status
Referred to Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

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Public safety; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration Enforcement Act. Effective date. Emergency.

Public safety; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration Enforcement Act.

What This Bill Does

  • Public safety; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration Enforcement Act.
  • Effective date.
  • Emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 865 (Senate): Introduced (1/17/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 865 (Senate): SB865 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-19 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

  2. 2025-02-19 Senate

    Referred to Appropriations

  3. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Hamilton

  4. 2025-02-10 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)

  5. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee

  6. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  7. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Murdock

Official Summary Text

Public safety; creating the Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration Enforcement Act. Effective date. Emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 865 (Senate): Introduced (1/17/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 865 (Senate): SB865 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

SENATE BILL 865 By: Murdock

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public safety; creating the
Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration Enforcement
Act; providing short title; defining terms; requiring
development of a Secure Interagency Collaboration
Platform; stating certain requirements; requiring the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services to
oversee the Secure Interagency Collaboration
Platform; authorizing promulgation of rules;
requiring law enforcement agencies to provide certain
report and certain data; requiring the Department of
Corrections to conduct certain screening and make
certain notification; requiring certain
prioritization; requiring certain training;
authorizing certain administrative penalty;
authorizing the Department of Corrections and the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services to seek
certain funding; providing for codification;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.

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 569 of Title 57, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

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A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma
Public Safety and Immigration Enforcement Act”.
B. As used in the Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration
Enforcement Act:
1. “Secure Interagency Collaboration Platform” refers to a
technology system established under this act for data sharing and
coordination among relevant agencies; and
2. “Unauthorized immigrant” means a person who does not have
legal authorization to reside in the United States.
C. 1. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
develop and implement a Secure Interagency Collaboration Platform to
facilitate real-time communication and data sharing among:
a. law enforcement agencies of this state,
b. the Department of Corrections, and
c. federal immigration authorities, including the United
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
2. The Secure Interagency Collaboration Platform shall:
a. integrate existing databases from participating
agencies to enable comprehensive tracking of
individuals,
b. include advanced security measures to protect
sensitive data and ensure compliance with privacy laws
of this state,

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c. provide automated alerts to participating agencies
when an unauthorized immigrant is identified within
the criminal justice system, and
d. offer case management tools to track the status of
unauthorized immigrants from arrest to deportation
proceedings.
3. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of the
Secure Interagency Collaboration Platform and promulgate rules to
enact the provisions of this subsection.
D. 1. Law enforcement agencies within this state shall:
a. report any arrest of an individual suspected of being
an unauthorized immigrant to the Department of
Corrections and federal immigration authorities
through the Secure Interagency Collaboration Platform,
and
b. provide relevant data, including biometric
information, to facilitate identification and status
verification of any individual suspected of being an
unauthorized immigrant.
2. The Department of Corrections shall:
a. screen any individual that enters a state correctional
facility to identify an unauthorized immigrant through

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the use of the Secure Interagency Collaboration
Platform, and
b. notify federal immigration authorities of any
confirmed unauthorized immigrant who meets the
criteria outlined in this act.
3. Federal immigration authorities shall prioritize cooperation
with agencies of this state to expedite deportation proceedings for
any unauthorized immigrant identified pursuant to the provisions of
this act.
E. 1. Any participating agency shall receive training on the
use of the Secure Interagency Collaboration Platform and the
requirements of the Oklahoma Public Safety and Immigration
Enforcement Act.
2. Any agency that fails to comply with the reporting and
collaboration requirements provided in this act may be subject to an
administrative penalty as determined by the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services.
F. The Department of Corrections and the Office of Management
and Enterprise Services are authorized to seek federal grants and
other funding sources to implement the provisions of this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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.

60-1-675 CN 1/19/2025 5:44:52 AM