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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1414 By: Hines
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
21 O.S. 2021, Section 1685, as amended by Section
165, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 1685), which relates to animal cruelty;
updating statutory language; requiring the Department
of Corrections to create certain database;
authorizing promulgation of rules; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1685, as
amended by Section 165, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp.
2025, Section 1685), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1685. A. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously
torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or
mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or
tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprive
any such animal of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary
care to prevent suffering; or who shall cause, procure or permit any
such animal to be so tortured, destroyed or killed, or cruelly
beaten or injured, maimed or mutilated, or deprived of necessary
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food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering; or
who shall willfully set on foot, instigate, engage in, or in any way
further any act of cruelty to any animal, or any act tending to
produce such cruelty, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class
B5 felony offense and shall be punished punishable by imprisonment
in the State Penitentiary not exceeding custody of the Department of
Corrections for not more than five (5) years, or by imprisonment in
the county jail for not exceeding more than one (1) year, or by a
fine not exceeding more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Any
animal so maltreated or abused shall be considered an abused or
neglected animal.
B. The Department of Corrections shall create a searchable
database on its website of the names of individuals who have been
convicted of, or who have entered a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to, a violation of this section. The Department shall
promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this subsection.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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