Oklahoma § 21-1176 - Use of electronic communication device to threaten,

§ 21-1176. Use of electronic communication device to threaten,

intimidate, or harass a peace officer, public official, medical

provider, or crime victim.

A. Whoever, with the intent to threaten, intimidate or harass,

or facilitate another to threaten, intimidate or harass, uses an

electronic communication device to knowingly publish, post or

otherwise make publicly available personally identifiable

information of a peace officer, public official, election official,

medical care provider, or crime victim, and as a result places that

peace officer, public official, election official, medical care

provider, or crime victim in reasonable fear of death or serious

bodily injury shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor

punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to

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exceed six (6) months, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand

Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon

conviction for a second or subsequent violation, the person shall be

punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed

one (1) year, or by a fine not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars

($2,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. To the extent the provisions of Section A apply to medical

care providers, the protections provided herein shall not apply when

the incident is unrelated to the provider’s professional duties.

C. As used in this section:

1. “Crime victim” shall have the same meaning as defined in

Section 142A-1 of this title;

2. “Election Official” means a member or employee of the State

Election Board or a county election board, the Secretary of the

State Election Board or a county election board, or a person serving

as a precinct official or absentee voting board member appointed as

required by law;

3. “Electronic communication” shall have the same meaning as

defined in Section 1172 of this title. Electronic communication

does not include broadcast transmissions or similar communications

that are not targeted at any specific individual;

4. “Electronic communication device” means any cellular

telephone, facsimile, pager, computer, or any device capable of

electronic communication;

5. “Medical care provider” means a doctor, resident, intern,

nurse, nurse practitioner, nurses’ aide, ambulance attendant or

operator, paramedic, emergency medical technician, laboratory

technician, radiologic technologist, physical therapist, physician

assistant, chaplain of a health care facility, volunteer of a health

care facility, pharmacist, nursing student, medical student, member

of a hospital security force, and any other employee or contractor

working in or for a health care facility;

6. “Peace officer” shall have the same meaning as that term is

defined in Section 99 of this title;

7. “Personally identifiable information” means information

which can identify an individual including but not limited to name,

birth date, place of birth, mother’s maiden name, biometric records,

Social Security number, official state- or government-issued driver

license or identification number, government passport number,

employer or taxpayer identification number or any other information

that is linked or linkable to an individual, such as medical,

educational, financial or employment information;

8. “Public official” means any person elected or appointed to a

state office in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of

state government or other political subdivision of the state; and

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9. “Publish” means to circulate, deliver, distribute,

disseminate, transmit, or otherwise make available to another

person.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 105, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021. Amended by Laws

2022, c. 318, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2022; Laws 2023, c. 170, § 1, eff.

Nov. 1, 2023; Laws 2024, c. 452, § 10, emerg. eff. June 14, 2024.