Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1331

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/2/26
• Refer: 2/3/26

Caption

Alicia's Law; creating the Internet Crimes Against Children Revolving Fund. Effective date. Emergency.

Summary

SB 1331, known as Alicia’s Law, creates a new revolving fund in the State Treasury for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) called the Internet Crimes Against Children Revolving Fund. The bill is aimed at supporting the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and improving collaboration among the task force and local, state, and federal law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies. The fund would be a continuing, non-lapsing fund that can receive legislative appropriations, grants, and other monies designated for this purpose. Those monies are appropriated to OSBI and may be budgeted and spent to support the task force’s work. The bill also contains an emergency clause and an effective date of July 1, 2026, indicating an intent for the measure to take effect quickly upon passage.

Impact

The bill would add a new statutory section in Title 74 establishing the Internet Crimes Against Children Revolving Fund and authorizing OSBI to expend those funds for task force operations and interagency coordination. It does not create new criminal offenses or change substantive child exploitation laws, but it does provide a dedicated funding mechanism for investigations and enforcement related to internet crimes against children. The measure would affect OSBI, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and partner law enforcement and prosecutorial entities that collaborate on these cases.

Sentiment

Based on the bill text and available context, the measure appears to have a generally supportive public-safety framing, with an emphasis on protecting children and strengthening investigative capacity. There are no recorded committee transcripts or votes in the provided materials, so there is no direct evidence of opposition or debate in the record supplied. The inclusion of an emergency clause suggests the sponsor views the funding as urgent.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the provided committee or voting history. Potential areas of discussion, if the bill were debated, would likely center on the creation of a dedicated revolving fund, the scope of appropriations and grant funding, and whether OSBI should receive a continuing appropriation for this purpose. Any concerns would most likely come from budgetary or oversight perspectives rather than disagreement with the bill’s child-protection objective.