Oklahoma § 15-791 - Definitions

§ 15-791. Definitions

As used in this act:

1. “Child sexual abuse material” means the same as used in

Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. “Child sexual exploitation” means the same as used in

Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. “Commercial entity” means a corporation, limited liability

company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or

other legally recognized entity;

4. “Digitized identification card” means a data file available

on any mobile device, which has connectivity to the Internet,

through a state-approved application that allows the mobile device

to download the data file from a state agency or any authorized

agent of a state agency that contains all of the data elements

visible on the face and back of a license or identification card and

displays the current state of the licensed or identification card;

5. “Distribute” means to issue, sell, give, provide, deliver,

transfer, transmit, circulate, or disseminate by any means;

6. “Harmful to minors” means the same as defined in Section

1040.75 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

7. “Internet” means the international computer network of both

federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks;

8. “Minor” means any person eighteen (18) years of age or

younger;

9. “News-gathering organization” means any of the following:

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a.

an employee of a newspaper, news publication, or news

source, printed or on an online or mobile platform, of

current news and public interest, while operating as

an employee as provided in this subsection, who can

provide documentation of such employment with the

newspaper, news publication, or news source, or

b.

an employee of a radio broadcast station, television

broadcast station, cable television operator, or wire

service while operating as an employee as provided in

this subsection, who can provide documentation of such

employment;

10. “Obscene” means the same as used in Section 1024.1 of Title

21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

11. “Publish” means to communicate or make information

available to another person or entity on a publicly available

Internet website;

12. “Reasonable age verification methods” means verifying that

the person seeking access to the available material is eighteen (18)

years of age or older by using the following methods:

a.

use of a digitized identification card as defined in

this section,

b.

verification through an independent, third-party age

verification service that compares the personal

information entered by the individual who is seeking

access to the material that is available from a

commercially available database, or aggregate of

databases, that is regularly used by government

agencies and businesses for purpose of age and

identity verification, or

c.

any commercially reasonable method that relies on

public or private transactional data to verify the age

of the person attempting to access the material;

13. “Substantial portion” means when more than a third of the

total material available on the website meets the definition of

material harmful to minors as defined in this section; and

14. “Transactional data” means a sequence of information that

documents as exchange, agreement, or transfer between an individual,

commercial entity, or a third party used for the purpose of

satisfying a request or event. Transactional data may include, but

not be limited to, records from mortgage, education, and employment

entities.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 181, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024. Amended by Laws

2025, c. 29, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.