Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-901d: Text messaging - Penalties

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor

vehicle on any street or highway within this state while using a

hand-held electronic communication device to manually compose, send

or read an electronic text message while the motor vehicle is in

motion.

B. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection A of

this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not

more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).

C. The Department of Public Safety shall not record or assess

points for violations of this section on any license holder's

traffic record maintained by Service Oklahoma.

D. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not

apply if the person is using the cellular telephone or electronic

communication device for the sole purpose of communicating with any

of the following regarding an imminent emergency situation:

1. An emergency response operator;

2. A hospital, physician's office or health clinic;

3. A provider of ambulance services;

4. A provider of firefighting services; or

5. A law enforcement agency.

E. Municipalities may enact and municipal police officers may

enforce ordinances prohibiting and penalizing conduct under the

provisions of this section. The provisions of such ordinances shall

be the same as provided for in this section; the enforcement

provisions of those ordinances shall not be more stringent than

those of this section; and the fine and court costs for municipal

ordinance violations shall be the same or a lesser amount as

provided for in this section.

F. For the purpose of this section:

1. "Cellular telephone" means an analog or digital wireless

telephone authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to

operate in the frequency bandwidth reserved for cellular telephones;

2. "Compose", "send" or "read" with respect to a text message

means the manual entry, sending or retrieval of a text message to

communicate with any person or device;

3. "Electronic communication device" means an electronic device

that permits the user to manually transmit a communication of

written text by means other than through an oral transfer or wire

communication. This term does not include:

a. a device that is physically or electronically

integrated into a motor vehicle,

b. a voice-operated global positioning or navigation

system that is affixed to a motor vehicle,

c. a hands-free device that allows the user to write,

send or read a text message without the use of either

hand except to activate, deactivate or initiate a

feature or function, or

d. an ignition interlock device that has been installed

on a motor vehicle; and

4. "Text message" includes a text-based message, instant

message, electronic message, photo, video or electronic mail.