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Oklahoma
SB 1959, age verification for material harmful to minors
Okla. Stat. tit. 15, sections 791 to 791.4 (2024 Senate Bill 1959)
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In force since 1 November 2024.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 2 September 2026.
What this law does
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Makes a commercial entity that knowingly publishes or distributes material harmful to minors, where more than a third of the site's content meets that definition, civilly liable to a minor's parent or guardian unless it performs reasonable age verification to confirm a visitor is 18 or older, defined as a digitized identification card, an independent third party verification service checking commercial databases, or a commercially reasonable method relying on transactional data.
It also requires the entity to let internet and cellular subscribers request that access to the site be blocked, and bars retaining a user's identifying information after access is granted.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionYes
Penalties
Injunctions sought by the Attorney General, plus civil damages, nominal damages, court costs, and attorney fees recoverable by an affected minor's parent or guardian
Statutory damages
No liquidated per-person amount is stated. A commercial entity that publishes or distributes obscene material or child sexual exploitation material, or that fails to verify age, honor a blocking request, or stop retaining identifying information, may be held liable to an affected individual, or to a minor by and through the minor's parent or legal guardian, for nominal damages, actual damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney fees, plus punitive damages where the generally applicable standard for punitive damages is met (15 Okla. Stat. secs. 791.1(A)-(B), 791(C)-(E), 791.2(I)). Individual claims meeting the generally applicable standards for joinder or class action may be combined in a single action (15 Okla. Stat. secs. 791.1(C), 791(F)).
- As of
- 2 September 2026
- Class action available
- Yes
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Oklahoma Attorney General
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
Commercial websites where more than one third of the content is material harmful to minors
Obligation class
Age verification, Retention
Verification methods
Digital ID, Third party service, Transactional data
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
Read the law
official enrolled bill text on the Oklahoma Legislature website
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