SB 1769

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 BILL NO. 1769  By: Thompson of the Senate
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6An Act relating to contracts; defining terms;
          allowing certain owners to make certain requirement;
7allowing for certain cancellation of certain
          agreement; requiring certain platforms to provide
8certain option; providing for codification; and
          providing an effective date.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
12     SECTION 1.      NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified
13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 520 of Title 12, unless there is
14 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
15     A.   As used in this act:
16     1.   “Guest” means a person other than the renter whose stay at a
17 property is included in an agreement through a short-term rental
18 platform for a short-term rental between the owner and the renter;
19     2.   “Owner” means any person whose ownership interest appears on
20 the most recently filed deed or instrument recorded with the county
21 clerk in the county where the property is located, or any property
22 manager or other person designated by the owner to manage or oversee
23 a short-term rental property;
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1      3.   “Renter” means any person who has entered into an agreement
2  through a short-term rental platform for a short-term rental;
3      4.   “Short-term rental” means any lease, license, or agreement
4  allowing occupancy of a residential property, or a portion of a
5  residential property, for less than thirty (30) consecutive days in
6  exchange for compensation; and
7      5.   “Short-term rental platform” means any online marketplace,
8  website, application, digital service, or other similar platform
9  that advertises, lists, brokers, or facilitates bookings of short-
10 term rentals.
11     B.   1.   Any owner who utilizes his or her property as a short-
12 term rental property in this state may, after the agreement for a
13 short-term rental has been completed between the renter and such
14 owner, require the submission of a photograph or other digital
15 representation of the identification of such renter and any
16 associated guests, provided that the owner informs the renter of
17 such requirement prior to the agreement being completed.
18     2.   An owner who finds a discrepancy between the information
19 submitted by a renter in the agreement for a short-term rental and
20 the identification provided by such renter shall have the right to
21 cancel such agreement without penalty.
22     C.   Any short-term rental platform operating in this state shall
23 allow the option for owners to request identification, as provided
24 for in paragraph 1 of subsection B of this section, and to cancel
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1  agreements without penalty, as provided for in paragraph 2 of
2  subsection B of this section.
3     SECTION 2.   This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
4     Passed the Senate the 11th day of March, 2026.
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8     Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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