Bill > HB4287

This bill mandates that the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) create and maintain an electronic record for all individuals entering custody, including their last known address (defined as their most recent residential address before incarceration, not the facility itself), race, ethnicity, and age. The ODOC will also collect this information for individuals already in custody. In years when the Federal Decennial Census is conducted, the ODOC must send anonymized data, including last known addresses and demographic information, to the Oklahoma State Data Center (OSDC), which is part of the Department of Commerce. The OSDC will also request similar data from federal correctional facilities in Oklahoma and will then prepare population data for redistricting purposes by reallocating incarcerated individuals to their last known Oklahoma addresses. This adjusted data will be used by the Oklahoma Legislative Apportionment Commission and all political subdivisions when establishing electoral districts, ensuring that individuals are counted in the population of their home communities rather than the correctional facilities. Individuals whose last known address is outside Oklahoma will be excluded from local population totals, and the adjusted data must be published within 30 days of receipt, though it cannot be used for allocating state or federal funding.

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http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=hb4287&Session=2600