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HB1991 • 2026

Criminal procedure; authorizing defendants to post bond in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances; effective date.

Criminal procedure; authorizing defendants to post bond in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances; effective date.

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Sponsor
Turner
Last action
2025-05-08
Official status
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Criminal procedure; authorizing defendants to post bond in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances; effective date.

Criminal procedure; authorizing defendants to post bond in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Criminal procedure; authorizing defendants to post bond in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1991 (House): Introduced (2/10/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-08 House

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025

  2. 2025-05-01 House

    Enrolled, signed, to Senate

  3. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Enrolled measure signed, returned to House

  4. 2025-05-01 House

    Sent to Governor

  5. 2025-04-30 Senate

    General Order, Considered

  6. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0

  7. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Engrossed measure signed, returned to House

  8. 2025-04-30 House

    Referred for enrollment

  9. 2025-04-10 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  10. 2025-04-08 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed

  11. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary

  12. 2025-03-12 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  13. 2025-03-12 Senate

    First Reading

  14. 2025-03-11 House

    General Order

  15. 2025-03-11 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0

  16. 2025-03-11 House

    Referred for engrossment

  17. 2025-03-04 House

    CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  18. 2025-03-04 House

    Authored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)

  19. 2025-02-11 House

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

  20. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  21. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Criminal Judiciary

  22. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  23. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Turner

Official Summary Text

Criminal procedure; authorizing defendants to post bond in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1991 (House): Introduced (2/10/2025)

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED HOUSE

BILL NO. 1991

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 461, is
amended to read as follows:

Section 461. A. If the defendant is brought before a
magistrate of another county for the purpose of giving bail, the
magistrate must proceed in respect thereto, in the same manner as if
the defendant had been brought before the magistrate upon a warrant
of arrest, and the same proceedings may be had thereon.
B. If a defendant is confined in a county jail, municipal jail,
or a jail operated by a regional jail authority, and the defendant
has a request to hold in custody from another jurisdiction within
the state, the defendant may post a bond in the other jurisdiction
to release the hold. Upon proof that a bond has been posted, the
request to hold in custody from the other jurisdiction shall be
released.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

ENR. H. B. NO. 1991 Page 2

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

By: _________________________________

Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________

Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

By: _________________________________