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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1609 By: Haste
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Oklahoma Evidence Code;
providing for admissibility of certain statements in
certain proceedings; 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 2803.4 of Title 12, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A statement that purports to narrate, describe, report, or
explain an incident or incidents of poisoning with intent to kill,
shooting with intent to kill, or assault with intent to kill as
provided for in Sections 651, 652, and 653 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes:
1. Made by the victim to a law enforcement officer within one
(1) week of the incident;
2. On an application for a protective order by the victim
within one (1) week of the incident; or
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3. Given as testimony of the victim made at a hearing on
application for a protective order,
shall be admissible in pretrial or posttrial criminal and juvenile
delinquent prosecutions including preliminary hearings, prosecutive
merit hearings, or hearings on the revocation of probation or
acceleration of a deferred judgment.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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