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HB2150 • 2026

Crimes and punishments; unauthorized camps; making certain acts unlawful; codification; effective date.

Crimes and punishments; unauthorized camps; making certain acts unlawful; codification; effective date.

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Sponsor
Hall
Last action
2025-02-17
Official status
Referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Crimes and punishments; unauthorized camps; making certain acts unlawful; codification; effective date.

Crimes and punishments; unauthorized camps; making certain acts unlawful; codification; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes and punishments; unauthorized camps; making certain acts unlawful; codification; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2150 (House): Introduced (1/30/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2150 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (2/3/2025)

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Req.

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  • 12399 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 2150 By: Hall POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; defining terms; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.
Filed

Plain English: HB2150 POLAMD1 Rob Hall-GRS 2/3/2025 1:26:33 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Rob Hall Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB2150 Of the printed Bill Page 1 Section 1 Lines 22-23 Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting after the word "exceed" on Line 22, the phrase "one (1) year" and inserting in lieu thereof, the following language: "thirty (30) days".

  • HB2150 POLAMD1 Rob Hall-GRS 2/3/2025 1:26:33 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Rob Hall Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB2150 Of the printed Bill Page 1 Section 1 Lines 22-23 Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting after the word "exceed" on Line 22, the phrase "one (1) year" and inserting in lieu thereof, the following language: "thirty (30) days".

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-17 House

    Withdrawn from Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  2. 2025-02-17 House

    Referred to Rules

  3. 2025-02-05 House

    Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary

  4. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  5. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Criminal Judiciary

  6. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  7. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Hall

Official Summary Text

Crimes and punishments; unauthorized camps; making certain acts unlawful; codification; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2150 (House): Introduced (1/30/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2150 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (2/3/2025)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 2150 By: Hall

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making
certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; defining
terms; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

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 1761.2 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A person shall not establish an unauthorized camp upon a
street, sidewalk, or other public or private property within five
hundred (500) feet of public school or private school property.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this section and
refuses to vacate the unauthorized camp upon command by a law
enforcement officer shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars
($50.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one
(1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. As used in this section:

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1. "Private school property" means a school that offers a
course of instruction for students in one or more grades from
prekindergarten through grade twelve and is not operated by a
governmental entity;
2. "Public school property" means any publicly owned property
held for purposes of elementary, secondary or vocational-technical
education, and shall not include property owned by public school
districts or where such property is leased or rented to an
individual or corporation and used for purposes other than
educational; and
3. "Unauthorized camp" means any tent, shelter, or bedding
constructed or arranged for the purpose of or in such a way to
permit overnight use on a property not designated as a campsite.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-10517 GRS 01/08/25