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HB1309 • 2026

Capital punishment; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; emergency.

Capital punishment; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; emergency.

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Sponsor
Humphrey
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Second Reading referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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Capital punishment; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; emergency.

Capital punishment; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; emergency.

What This Bill Does

  • Capital punishment; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; emergency.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  2. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  3. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Humphrey

Official Summary Text

Capital punishment; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; emergency.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1309 By: Humphrey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to capital punishment; staying the
execution of judgments in all death penalty cases;
prohibiting the Court of Criminal Appeals from
ordering the execution of judgments in death penalty
cases; prohibiting the setting of execution dates;
vacating all current execution dates; suspending all
statutes related to death penalty sentences;
returning death penalty statutes to full force and
effect upon repeal of act by the Legislature;
providing construing provision; and declaring an
emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1016.1 of Title 22, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The execution of the judgment in all cases where a sentence
of death has been imposed is hereby stayed until further act of the
Legislature.
B. The Court of Criminal Appeals shall not order execution of
the judgment in cases where a sentence of death has been imposed.

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C. No further execution dates shall be set by the Court of
Criminal Appeals or by the Governor of Oklahoma.
D. All execution dates currently in place at the time of the
effective date of this act shall be vacated.
E. All statutes governing the execution of the penalty of death
in this state are hereby suspended. Upon repeal of this act by the
Legislature, any such statute that has not otherwise been repealed
shall return to full force and effect.
F. The provisions of this act shall not be construed to vacate
the individual judgments in cases where a sentence of death has been
imposed.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

60-1-10081 GRS 12/30/24