Oklahoma

Subnational jurisdiction · as of 2026-07-15

Oklahoma has required age verification for websites publishing material harmful to minors since November 2024 under SB 1959, and enacted a comprehensive privacy law in March 2026, the Oklahoma Consumer Data Privacy Act (SB 546), which once it takes effect on January 1, 2027 will treat personal data collected from a known child under 13 as sensitive data that cannot be processed without consent and COPPA compliant handling. A social media minor access bill (HB 1275) passed the House 64 to 30 in March 2025 but stalled in the Senate, where its enacting clause was stricken in committee in April 2025; it saw no further action and died when the 60th Legislature adjourned sine die in May 2026. A companion Senate bill (SB 931) requiring social media age verification and parental supervisory tools also died without a Senate floor vote. Oklahoma has no app store or device level age verification law.

Instruments on record

SB 1959, age verification for material harmful to minors

In force

Okla. Stat. tit. 15, sections 791 to 791.4 (2024 Senate Bill 1959)

Effective 2024-11-01 · Applies to private

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.

Age threshold	18
Verification methods	digital id, third party service, transactional data
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
Enforcement body	Oklahoma Attorney General
Private suits	yes

Source: Okla. Stat. tit. 15, sections 791 to 791.4 (2024 Senate Bill 1959)

SB 546, Oklahoma Consumer Data Privacy Act

Enacted, not yet in force

Okla. Stat. tit. 75A, section 300 et seq. (2026 Senate Bill 546, Oklahoma Consumer Data Privacy Act)

Effective 2027-01-01 · Applies to private

Comprehensive consumer privacy law whose minor specific protection is that personal data collected from a known child, defined as an individual younger than 13, is sensitive data that a controller may not process without consent and, for a known child, must handle in accordance with COPPA. It contains no separate targeted advertising or sale restriction for minors 13 and older. Passed the House 84 to 4 on February 19, 2026 and the Senate 38 to 7 on March 16, 2026, and signed by Governor Stitt on March 20, 2026.

Age threshold	13
Penalties	Up to $7,500 per violation, with a mandatory 30 day right to cure
Enforcement body	Oklahoma Attorney General
Private suits	no

Source: Okla. Stat. tit. 75A, section 300 et seq. (2026 Senate Bill 546, Oklahoma Consumer Data Privacy Act)