Selected statutes from 2024 Legislative Session
2024 O.S.L. 38, SB 1211. Amends 21 O.S.2021, § 644(J), modifying penalty for domestic assault and battery by strangulation or attempted strangulation to 1 to 10 years imprisonment, or $20,000.00 fine, or both.
2024 O.S.L. 39, SB 1660. Amends 22 O.S. 2021, §§ 1221 et seq., defining search warrant to include a warrant directing the location and arrest of one for whom an arrest warrant has been issued, and defining arrest warrants as warrants for any felony or misdemeanor of domestic assault and battery, and bench warrants, but not warrants issued solely for failure to pay financial obligations, except restitution.
2024 O.S.L. 43, SB 1711. Amending 20 O.S.2021, §§ 130, 451-452, authorizing videoconferencing “in all stages of civil or criminal proceedings” as governed by the Rules for District Courts, including appearances in custody from a different county; defendant charged with felony must appear in person or by videoconference; for misdemeanors defendant may appear for arraignment by counsel.
2024 O.S.L. 59, HB 3936. Amending multiple statutes to substitute the phrase “child pornography” with the phrase “child sexual abuse material.”
2024 O.S.L. 61, HB 3960. Deleting specific prohibition against suspended sentences and probation for second or subsequent DUI offenses.
2024 O.S.L. 63, HB 3996. Amending embezzlement statute, 21 O.S.2021, § 1451, to shorten date of failure to return rental property from ten days to five days after expiry, or 48 hours after expiry for heavy equipment.
2024 O.S.L. 73, SB 0771. Amending competency statutes, 22 O.S.2021, § 1175 et seq., limiting who may give opinion on intellectual disability as a cause of incompetency to stand trial to forensic psychiatrist or psychologist rather than licensed mental health professional; giving standing to Public Guardian in cases of intellectual disability; defining reasonable time to regain competency as the length of the maximum sentence for the most serious charge or two years, whichever is less.
2024 O.S.L. 73, SB 1280. Amending 63 O.S.2021, § 2-401 to add ten or more grams of a substance containing fentanyl to prohibition against unlawful manufacture of controlled drug.
2024 O.S.L. 103, HB 3642. Amending 21 O.S.2021, §§ 1021.2, 1024.1 and 1040.12a, adding the crimes of viewing, accessing, sharing streaming, downloading, selling, distributing, child sexual abuse material, i.e., child pornography, making up to $25,000.00 fine mandatory along with prison term.
2024 O.S.L. 151, HB 3450. Amending multiple statutes to substitute the phrase “child sex trafficking” for the phrase “child prostitution, defining the crime as prostitution or lewdness as with a person under eighteen in exchange for money or other thing of value.
2024 O.S.L. 154, HB 3612. A new § 982b of Title 22, providing on district attorney’s motion the court may abey the execution of a prison sentence for certain reasons, including a pending federal sentence, to be returned on completion of federal sentence, considering public safety; DA’s motion creates a rebuttable presumption that it is in the public interest; does not apply to death sentences imposed by state court.
2024 O.S.L. 158, SB 859. Amends 21 O.S.2021, § 1705 by increasing fine for larceny of a firearm taken from the person of another, or exceeding $1,000.00 in value but less than $2,500.00 to ≤ 5 years or ≤ a $2,500.00 fine, or both.
2024 O.S.L. 172, SB 1742. Amending Community Sentencing Act, 22 O.S.2021, § 988.20 to authority stay of driver’s license revocation for any reason other than reckless driving or DUI if court finds no other means of transportation for the offender participating in the community sentencing program is available. The time period of the revocation continues to run during the stay.
2024 O.S.L. 214, HB 3639. Amending 21 O.S.2021, § 1040.13b by redefining elements of crime of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, which is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year or by a fine ≤ $1,000.00, or both; and is a felony if defendant attempts to gain any property or thing of value as a result of the dissemination or threatened dissemination of images, and changes felony punishment from up to 4 to up to 5 years. Disseminating three or more images in a 6 month period is punishable by imprisonment for ≤ 10 years.
2024 O.S.L. 248, HB 4069. Amending 21 O.S. 2021, § 1550.27, expanding crime of making false credit or debit card, providing possession of such a card creates a presumption of violation, and providing penalties of 2-5 years and ≤ $5,000.00 fine (≤ 5 cards), 5-10 years and years and ≤ $10,000.00 fine (6-19 cards); and 10-20 years and ≤ $100,000.00 fine (>20 cards).
2024 O.S.L. 259, SB 1770. Amending 22 O.S.2021, §§ 18 and 19, and 22 O.S. 2021, § 1373.5, defining a fully sealed expungement as unavailable to either the public or law enforcement. A partially sealed expungement is not available to the public but available to agencies for law enforcement purposes; and a “single-source record” as a criminal history from this state containing only an Oklahoma arrest record, and must not contain any other state or federal or an entry into the National Sex Offender Registry or National Crime Information Center (NCIC) wanted/warrant entry. Provides that on November 1, 2025, persons with clean slate eligible arrest records are eligible for automatic sealing. If a court sets aside a conviction and dismisses a case with prejudice, the order of exoneration must be submitted to OSBI in accord with § 150.12 of Title 74.
2024 O.S.L. 265, HB 3000. Amending 21 O.S.2021, § 1028, providing penalties of ≤ 5 years imprisonment for prostitution crimes and fines of ≤ $5,000.00, ≤ $10,000.00, and ≤ $15,000.00, for first and subsequent offenses; punishing violations with victims under 18 by ≤ 15 years imprisonment and $10,000.00, $20,000.00, $30,000.00 for first and subsequent offenses.
2024 O.S.L. 331, SB 1835. Adding the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act as § 1090.1-1090.4 of Title 22. After defining domestic violence, physical and psychological abuse, and PTSD, law directs courts at sentencing to consider evidence of these factors if abuse by the person’s sexual partner, family or household member, or trafficker for financial gain is shown by clear and convincing evidence and was a factor in the offense. Excludes registrable sex offenses, child or caretaker abuse; and death penalty. Allows a post-conviction sentencing hearing and authorizes a reduced sentence if the court finds abuse, from life without parole to ≤ 30 years; from life imprisonment to ≤ 25 years; from ≥ 30 years to ≤ 20 years; from ≥ 20 years to ≤ 15 years; from ≥ 15 years to ≤ 7.5 years. Provides the procedure for prisoners to petition the court for resentencing and documentation requirements; requires production of specific documentary evidence or testimony showing abuse; allows appeal from the grant or denial of a resentencing request. The final section adds a new law codified as § 1381 of Title 22, which, notwithstanding any other provision of law, allows the DA to file a post-conviction motion in the district court upon clear and convincing evidence establishing that the defendant was convicted of a crime they did not commit.
2024 O.S.L. 336, SB 325. Amending 22 O.S. 2021, § 812.1 by shortening from 1 year to 9 months the time for persons in custody to have their case reviewed for determination of speedy trial. Lengthening time from 18 months after arrest to 18 months after initial appearance for persons held on bond; providing for notice to DA prior to review; providing specific grounds for review or reasons for delay. If no proper exception justifies the delay, the court must dismiss the case, but the case can be refiled if preliminary hearing has been held, statute of limitations has not expired, and newly discovered evidence is presented. Shortens from 4 to 3 months for additional review hearing.
2024 O.S.L. 338, SB 1658. Amending 22 O.S.2021, § 152, adding sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult, child trafficking, and nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images to extend the statute of limitations to the victim’s 45th birthday for child under 18, or 20 years after discovery of the crime for victims ≥ 18. Any crime not time barred on the effective date is retroactively subject to extended limitations period. Prosecutions may be commenced at any time if DNA has subsequently identified the perpetrator or the person has admitted the crime.
2024 O.S.L. 340, SB 1735. Amending 21 O.S.2021, § 1438, to define new misdemeanor of entering an area of a business reserved for personnel where money or property is kept and marked with a sign prohibiting entry punishable by 1 year or ≤ $500.00 fine or both, and providing second or subsequent offense is felony punishable by ≤ 2 years or ≤ $1,000.00 fine or both.
2024 O.S.L. 331, SB 1835. Enacting Sentence Modernization Act effective Nov. 1, 2026, which establishes a classification system for felonies based on severity and other factors, in Class Y for first degree murder and Class A (1-3), Class B (1-6), Class C (1-2) and Class D (1-2) for all other felonies. Subsequent sections group virtually all felonies into one of the classes and provide punishment either by the existing penalty provisions or new, lower sentencing ranges for more minor offenses.