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HB1591 • 2026

Crimes and punishments; adding specific crimes to list of offenses; effective date.

Crimes and punishments; adding specific crimes to list of offenses; effective date.

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Sponsor
George
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
Coauthored by Representative Wolfley
Effective date
Not listed

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Crimes and punishments; adding specific crimes to list of offenses; effective date.

Crimes and punishments; adding specific crimes to list of offenses; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes and punishments; adding specific crimes to list of offenses; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1591 (House): Introduced (1/31/2025)

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Plain English: HB1591 FA1 CaldwellTr-CC 3/5/2025 2:15:25 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Trey Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1591 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By striking the Title.

  • HB1591 FA1 CaldwellTr-CC 3/5/2025 2:15:25 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Trey Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1591 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By striking the Title.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Wolfley

  2. 2025-04-24 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  3. 2025-04-22 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed

  4. 2025-04-22 Senate

    Enacting clause stricken

  5. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary

  6. 2025-03-06 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  7. 2025-03-06 Senate

    First Reading

  8. 2025-03-06 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Cantrell

  9. 2025-03-05 House

    General Order

  10. 2025-03-05 House

    Amended

  11. 2025-03-05 House

    Title stricken

  12. 2025-03-05 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0

  13. 2025-03-05 House

    Referred for engrossment

  14. 2025-02-25 House

    CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  15. 2025-02-25 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Turner

  16. 2025-02-11 House

    Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary

  17. 2025-02-11 House

    Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)

  18. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  19. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Criminal Judiciary

  20. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  21. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative George

Official Summary Text

Crimes and punishments; adding specific crimes to list of offenses; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1591 (House): Introduced (1/31/2025)

Current Bill Text

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ENGR. H. B. NO. 1591 Page 1
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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1591 By: George and Turner of the
House

and

Weaver of the Senate

[ crimes and punishments - required service of prison
sentence - list of offenses - effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 13.1, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 151, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024,
Section 13.1), is amended to read as follows:
Section 13.1. Persons convicted of:
1. First degree murder as defined in Section 701.7 of this
title;
2. Second degree murder as defined by Section 701.8 of this
title;
3. Manslaughter in the first degree as defined by Section 711
of this title;
4. Poisoning with intent to kill as defined by Section 651 of
this title;

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5. Shooting with intent to kill, use of a vehicle to facilitate
use of a firearm, crossbow or other weapon, assault, battery, or
assault and battery with a deadly weapon or by other means likely to
produce death or great bodily harm, as provided for in Section 652
of this title;
6. Assault with intent to kill as provided for in Section 653
of this title;
7. Conjoint robbery as defined by Section 800 of this title;
8. Robbery with a dangerous weapon as defined in Section 801 of
this title;
9. First degree robbery as defined in Section 797 of this
title;
10. First degree rape as provided for in Section 1111, 1114 or
1115 of this title;
11. First degree arson as defined in Section 1401 of this
title;
12. First degree burglary as provided for in Section 1436 of
this title;
13. Bombing as defined in Section 1767.1 of this title;
14. Any crime against a child provided for in Section 843.5 of
this title;
15. Forcible sodomy as defined in Section 888 of this title;

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16. Child pornography or aggravated child pornography as
defined in Section 1021.2, 1021.3, 1024.1, 1024.2 or 1040.12a of
this title;
17. Child sex trafficking as defined in Section 1030 of this
title;
18. Lewd molestation of a child as defined in Section 1123 of
this title;
19. Abuse of a vulnerable adult as defined in Section 10-103 of
Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes;
20. Aggravated trafficking as provided for in subsection C of
Section 2-415 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
21. Aggravated assault and battery upon any person defending
another person from assault and battery; or
22. Human trafficking as provided for in Section 748 of this
title;
23. Domestic abuse by strangulation as provided for in Section
644 of this title;
24. Domestic assault and battery with a deadly weapon as
provided for in Section 644 of this title; and
25. Aggravated assault and battery upon a law officer as
provided for in Section 650 of this title,
shall be required to serve not less than eighty-five percent (85%)
of any sentence of imprisonment imposed by the judicial system prior
to becoming eligible for consideration for parole. Persons

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convicted of these offenses shall not be eligible for earned credits
or any other type of credits which have the effect of reducing the
length of the sentence to less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the
sentence imposed.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
Passed the House of Representatives the 5th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate