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HB1861 • 2026

Crimes and punishments; providing statutory reference for prostitution-related offense; effective date.

Crimes and punishments; providing statutory reference for prostitution-related offense; effective date.

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Sponsor
Roberts
Last action
2025-04-17
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

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Crimes and punishments; providing statutory reference for prostitution-related offense; effective date.

Crimes and punishments; providing statutory reference for prostitution-related offense; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes and punishments; providing statutory reference for prostitution-related offense; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1861 (House): Introduced (2/7/2025)

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Amendments

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Plain English: HB1861 FA1 KaneJo-CC 3/4/2025 9:48:41 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: John Kane Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1861 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By striking the Title.

  • HB1861 FA1 KaneJo-CC 3/4/2025 9:48:41 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: John Kane Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1861 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By striking the Title.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-17 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2025-04-15 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Public Safety committee; CR filed

  3. 2025-04-15 Senate

    Enacting clause stricken

  4. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Public Safety

  5. 2025-03-05 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  6. 2025-03-05 Senate

    First Reading

  7. 2025-03-04 House

    General Order

  8. 2025-03-04 House

    Amended

  9. 2025-03-04 House

    Title stricken

  10. 2025-03-04 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 10

  11. 2025-03-04 House

    Referred for engrossment

  12. 2025-02-25 House

    CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  13. 2025-02-25 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Ford

  14. 2025-02-11 House

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

  15. 2025-02-11 House

    Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)

  16. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  17. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Criminal Judiciary

  18. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  19. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Roberts

Official Summary Text

Crimes and punishments; providing statutory reference for prostitution-related offense; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1861 (House): Introduced (2/7/2025)

Current Bill Text

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ENGR. H. B. NO. 1861 Page 1
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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1861 By: Roberts and Ford of the
House

and

Weaver of the Senate

[ crimes and punishments - Oklahoma Law on Obscenity
and Child Pornography - prostitution-related
offense - effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1031, as
last amended by Section 2, Chapter 267, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp.
2024, Section 1031), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1031. A. Except as provided in subsection B, C, D, or
E of this section, any person violating any of the provisions of
paragraph 1, 2, 3, or 5 of subsection A of Section 1029 or Section
1030 of this title shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail
for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year or by
fines as follows: a fine not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred

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Dollars ($2,500.00) upon the first conviction for violation of any
of such provisions, a fine not more than Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) upon the second conviction for violation of any of such
provisions, and a fine not more than Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($7,500.00) upon the third or subsequent convictions for
violation of any of such provisions, or by both such imprisonment
and fine. In addition, the court may require a term of community
service not less than forty (40) nor more than eighty (80) hours.
The court in which any such conviction is had shall notify the
county superintendent of public health of such conviction.
B. Any person who engages in an act of prostitution with
knowledge that he or she is infected with the human immunodeficiency
virus shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not
more than five (5) years.
C. Any person who engages in an act of child prostitution as
defined in Section 1030 of this title shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years and by
fines as follows: a fine not more than Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) upon the first conviction, a fine not more than Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) upon the second conviction, and a fine
not more than Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) upon the third
or subsequent convictions.

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D. Any person violating any of the provisions of Section 1029
or 1030 of this title within one thousand (1,000) feet of a school
or church shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and shall be
punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
Corrections for not more than five (5) years or by fines as follows:
a fine not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00)
upon the first conviction for violation of any of such provisions, a
fine not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) upon the second
conviction for violation of any of such provisions, and a fine not
more than Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) upon the
third or subsequent convictions for violation of any of such
provisions, or by both such imprisonment and fine. In addition, the
court may require a term of community service not less than forty
(40) nor more than eighty (80) hours. The court in which any such
conviction is had shall notify the county superintendent of public
health of such conviction.
E. Any person violating paragraph 4 of subsection A of Section
1029 of this title shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony and
shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 1,
2, and 4 of subsection B of Section 1040.57 of this title.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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Passed the House of Representatives the 4th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate