HB 2258 Summary

• Enacts the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act to establish standards for authenticating, preserving, and providing public access to Oklahoma legal materials published in electronic format.

• Applies to constitutional documents, session laws, statutes, administrative codes, registers, agency rules with legal effect, precedential agency decisions, and Attorney General opinions published electronically on or after January 1, 2026.

• Requires official publishers to designate electronic records as official, authenticate them to ensure they remain unaltered, and provide backup and disaster recovery protections.

• Establishes a presumption that authenticated electronic legal material is accurate, with parties challenging authenticity bearing the burden of proof by preponderance of evidence.

• Requires official publishers to ensure reasonable permanent public access to preserved electronic legal materials while considering standards used by other jurisdictions and national standard-setting bodies; becomes effective January 1, 2026.