SB 1608 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act; modifying scope of requirements for certain registries. Effective date.

SB 1608 modifies Oklahoma's laws to expand public access to the Oklahoma Sex Offender Registry and the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registry. It allows any person, business, or organization to search both registries for free online or pay fees for official searches to screen for employment, volunteering, or child safety roles. Search results will include full names, crimes committed, habitual offender status, and current locations like schools, workplaces, or residences. The bill takes effect November 1, 2026.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Feb 24, 2026

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Introduced → Floor (Senate) · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended during Senate floor consideration to remove references to 'place of worship' from searchable registry information and to remove the ability for registries to be searched by place of worship. These changes limit the scope of information available in background checks and reduce the number of searchable criteria for employers and organizations.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing 'place of worship' as a searchable criterion in the sex offender and violent crime offender registries, limiting how organizations can use the registry data for screening purposes.

REQUIREMENT

Removed 'place of worship' from the list of searchable registry information that can be provided in name searches.

Modified the searchable criteria for registries to only include school and employer locations, removing place of worship as a searchable field.

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Committee

Feb 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Public Safety committee; CR filed

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Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors