All Roll Calls
Yes: 230 • No: 0
OklahomaSB 2182Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionSenate
Civil remedies; creating the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act. Effective date.
Sponsored By: Brent Howard (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Image-sharing victims gain compensation and privacy
Beginning November 1, 2026, winning plaintiffs can recover the greater of proven financial and emotional losses or statutory damages up to $10,000 per liable defendant. That statutory amount covers all disclosures or threats known, or reasonably discoverable, when filing, plus those discovered during the case. Courts consider the parties' ages, the number and reach of disclosures or threats, and factors that worsen or lessen the harm. Courts can also award the defendant's related profits, punitive damages allowed by Oklahoma law, reasonable lawyer fees, and costs. They can order sharing stopped or images taken down. Courts may hide identifying details in filed papers and issue orders protecting the plaintiff's identity and privacy. When identifying details are hidden, the plaintiff must file and serve a confidential form containing those details.
Image-sharing victims face four-year lawsuit deadlines
Beginning November 1, 2026, image-sharing claims generally must be filed within four years after discovery or when discovery reasonably should occur. Claims about threats must be filed within four years after the threat is made. Missing the deadline can bar your claim. If you were a minor when the sharing or threat happened, the four-year clock starts when you become an adult. Oklahoma laws that pause lawsuit deadlines also apply.
Image-sharing victims gain limited lawsuit rights
Beginning November 1, 2026, Oklahoma gives victims a new right to sue over private intimate images shared without consent. You must be identifiable and suffer physical, financial, or emotional harm from intentional sharing or a credible threat. The person sharing or threatening must know the image contains covered nudity or sexual conduct. Covered images include photos, videos, and similar media showing specified intimate body parts or sexual acts. Consent must be conscious, voluntary, and given by someone legally able to consent. Agreeing to create an image or share it earlier does not mean agreeing to later sharing. Privacy protection covers images made or obtained with a reasonable expectation of privacy, including images obtained through theft, fraud, or unauthorized access. An image made in public can qualify when the exposure or sexual conduct was not consensual. Exceptions protect specified good-faith disclosures to police, in legal cases, for medical education or treatment, and to report or investigate unlawful or unwelcome conduct. Public-interest disclosures and sharing reasonably intended to help the depicted person are also exempt; being a public figure alone does not establish public interest. Parents, guardians, and custodians generally have protection for sharing a child's image, unless the plaintiff proves unlawful sharing or sexual, humiliating, degrading, or money-making purposes. Storage and hosting providers are protected solely for providing services without actual knowledge of nonconsensual intimate-image sharing. After gaining that knowledge, they must promptly remove the image or block access to keep that protection. The law preserves other Oklahoma remedies, follows federal online-service liability protections, and does not change government immunity.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Brent Howard
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Anthony Moore
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/14/2026
FOURTH READING
Yes: 44 • No: 0
House vote • 5/6/2026
THIRD READING
Yes: 90 • No: 0
House vote • 4/14/2026
DO PASS
Yes: 12 • No: 0
House vote • 4/14/2026
DO PASS
Yes: 12 • No: 0
House vote • 4/2/2026
DO PASS
Yes: 10 • No: 0
House vote • 4/2/2026
DO PASS
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/9/2026
THIRD READING
Yes: 44 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/9/2026
THIRD READING
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/17/2026
Top_of_Page
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/17/2026
Committee vote: Judiciary
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor 05/22/2026
5/29/2026SenateSent to Governor
5/14/2026SenateSigned, returned to Senate
5/14/2026HouseEnrolled, to House
5/14/2026SenateReferred for enrollment
5/14/2026SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
5/14/2026SenateHAs adopted
5/14/2026SenateHAs read
5/14/2026SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
5/7/2026HouseReferred for engrossment
5/6/2026HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0
5/6/2026HouseGeneral Order
5/6/2026HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
4/15/2026HousePolicy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary
4/6/2026HouseReferred to Civil Judiciary
3/30/2026HouseSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
3/30/2026HouseFirst Reading
3/10/2026HouseEngrossed to House
3/10/2026SenateReferred for engrossment
3/9/2026SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
3/9/2026SenateGeneral Order, Considered
3/9/2026SenateCoauthored by Representative Moore (principal House author)
2/23/2026SenatePlaced on General Order
2/19/2026SenateReported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
2/17/2026SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
2/3/2026Senate
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/14/2026
Amended And Engrossed
5/7/2026
Floor (House)
4/15/2026
House Committee Report
4/15/2026
House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill
4/15/2026
House Policy Committee Report
4/6/2026
Engrossed
3/10/2026
Floor (Senate)
2/18/2026
Senate Committee Report
2/17/2026
Introduced
1/15/2026
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