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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1701 By: Jett
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
21 O.S. 2021, Section 99a, which relates to authority
of peace officers; removing certain commission
requirement; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 99a, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 99a. A. Subject to subsections C and D of this section
in addition to any other powers vested by law, a peace officer of
the State of Oklahoma as used in this section may enforce the
criminal laws of this state throughout the territorial bounds of
this state, under the following circumstances:
1. In response to an emergency involving an immediate threat to
human life or property;
2. Upon the prior consent of the head of a state law
enforcement agency, the sheriff or the chief of police in whose
investigatory or territorial jurisdiction the exercise of the powers
occurs;
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3. In response to a request for assistance pursuant to a mutual
law enforcement assistance agreement with the agency of
investigatory or territorial jurisdiction;
4. In response to the request for assistance by a peace officer
with investigatory or territorial jurisdiction; or
5. While the peace officer is transporting a prisoner.
B. While serving as peace officers of the State of Oklahoma and
rendering assistance under the circumstances enumerated above, peace
officers shall have the same powers and duties as though employed by
and shall be deemed to be acting within the scope of authority of
the law enforcement agency in whose or under whose investigatory or
territorial jurisdiction they are serving. Salaries, insurance and
other benefits shall not be the responsibility of a law enforcement
agency that is not the employing agency for the peace officer.
C. A municipal peace officer may exercise authority provided by
this section only if the peace officer acts pursuant to policies and
procedures adopted by the municipal governing body.
D. A Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement officer or a
tribal law enforcement officer of a federally recognized Indian
tribe who has been commissioned by the Federal Bureau of Indian
Affairs and has been certified by the Council on Law Enforcement
Education and Training shall have state police powers to enforce
state laws on fee land purchased by a federally recognized American
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Indian tribe or in Indian country, as defined in Section 1151 of
Title 18 of the United States Code.
E. Nothing in this act shall limit or prohibit jurisdiction
given to tribal officers pursuant to a cross-deputization agreement
between a state or local governmental agency or another state or
federal law.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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