HB1738 Summary

• Establishes the Oklahoma Privacy Protection Act declaring state policy to refuse support to any federal agency collecting electronic data or metadata without a specific warrant describing the person, place, or thing to be searched or seized.

• Prohibits state agencies, boards, commissions, employees, and service providers from providing material support, assistance, or services to federal agencies engaged in warrant-less electronic data collection.

• Prohibits state agencies from using state funds or assets to aid federal data collection activities and from using information in criminal investigations obtained through warrant-less federal surveillance.

• Defines "metadata" as information describing the history, tracking, or management of electronic documents, including data collection and modification details, excluding spreadsheet formulas, database fields, linked files, and hyperlinks.

• Establishes penalties including denial of state grant funds for one year following a judicial determination of intentional violations, automatic resignation of state office for violating employees, misdemeanor fines up to $1,000, and permanent ineligibility for service providers.