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SB631 • 2026

Crimes and punishments; expanding scope of acts that require service of minimum percentage of sentence. Effective date.

Crimes and punishments; expanding scope of acts that require service of minimum percentage of sentence. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Paxton
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Filed with Secretary of State
Effective date
Not listed

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Crimes and punishments; expanding scope of acts that require service of minimum percentage of sentence. Effective date.

Crimes and punishments; expanding scope of acts that require service of minimum percentage of sentence.

What This Bill Does

  • Crimes and punishments; expanding scope of acts that require service of minimum percentage of sentence.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 631 (House): Engrossed (5/1/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 631 (Senate): Introduced (1/14/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 631 (Senate): SB631 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-29 Senate

    Veto overridden: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7

  2. 2025-05-29 Senate

    Measure sent to House

  3. 2025-05-29 House

    Veto override message received

  4. 2025-05-29 House

    Veto overridden: Ayes: 68 Nays: 17

  5. 2025-05-29 House

    To Senate

  6. 2025-05-29 Senate

    Filed with Secretary of State

  7. 2025-05-12 Senate

    Vetoed 05/08/2025

  8. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Enrolled, to House

  9. 2025-05-05 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  10. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Sent to Governor

  11. 2025-05-01 House

    General Order

  12. 2025-05-01 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Bashore

  13. 2025-05-01 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 17

  14. 2025-05-01 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  15. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Referred for enrollment

  16. 2025-04-17 House

    CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  17. 2025-04-17 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Manger

  18. 2025-04-08 House

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

  19. 2025-04-01 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  20. 2025-04-01 House

    Referred to Criminal Judiciary

  21. 2025-03-13 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  22. 2025-03-13 House

    First Reading

  23. 2025-03-12 Senate

    General Order, Considered

  24. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7

  25. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  26. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Hamilton

  27. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Woods

  28. 2025-03-11 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative George (principal House author)

  29. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  30. 2025-02-11 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

  31. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Public Safety

  32. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  33. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Paxton

Official Summary Text

Crimes and punishments; expanding scope of acts that require service of minimum percentage of sentence. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 631 (House): Engrossed (5/1/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 631 (Senate): Introduced (1/14/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 631 (Senate): SB631 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 631 By: Paxton, Hamilton, and Woods
of the Senate

and

George, Manger, and Bashore
of the House

An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
21 O.S. 2021, Section 13.1, as amended by Section 1,
Chapter 151, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section
13.1), which relates to required service of minimum
percentage of sentence; modifying statutory
references to certain criminal offenses; modifying
name of certain unlawful act; adding certain criminal
offense; expanding scope of acts that require service
of minimum percentage of sentence; updating statutory
language; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT: Crimes and punishments

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 13.1, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 151, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024,
Section 13.1), is amended to read as follows:

Section 13.1. Persons convicted of:

1. First degree murder as defined provided for in Section 701.7
of this title;

2. Second degree murder as defined by provided for in Section
701.8 of this title;

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3. Manslaughter in the first degree as defined by provided for
in Section 711 of this title;

4. Poisoning with intent to kill as defined by provided for in
Section 651 of this title;

5. Shooting with intent to kill, use of a vehicle to facilitate
use of a firearm, crossbow or other weapon, assault, battery, or
assault and battery with a deadly weapon or by other means likely to
produce death or great bodily harm, as provided for in Section 652
of this title;

6. Assault with intent to kill as provided for in Section 653
of this title;

7. Conjoint robbery as defined by provided for in Section 800
of this title;

8. Robbery with a dangerous weapon as defined provided for in
Section 801 of this title;

9. First degree robbery as defined provided for in Section 797
of this title;

10. First degree rape as provided for in Section 1111, or 1114
or 1115 of this title;

11. First degree arson as defined provided for in Section 1401
of this title;

12. First degree burglary as provided for in Section 1436 1431
of this title;

13. Bombing as defined provided for in Section 1767.1 of this
title;

14. Any crime against a child as provided for in Section 843.5
of this title;

15. Forcible sodomy as defined provided for in Section 888 of
this title;

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16. Child pornography sexual abuse material or aggravated child
pornography sexual abuse material as defined provided for in Section
1021.2, 1021.3, 1024.1, 1024.2, or 1040.12a of this title;

17. Child sex trafficking as defined in Section 1030 of this
title;

18. Lewd molestation of a child as defined provided for in
Section 1123 of this title;

19. Abuse of a vulnerable adult as defined in Section 10-103 of
Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes;

20. Aggravated trafficking as provided for in subsection C of
Section 2-415 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

21. Aggravated assault and battery as provided for in Section
646 of this title upon any person defending another person from
assault and battery; or

22. Human trafficking as provided for defined in Section 748 of
this title, or

23. Discharging a firearm at or into a dwelling or building
used for public or business purposes, as provided for in Section
1289.17A of this title,

or any attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation thereof, shall be
required to serve not less than eighty-five percent (85%) of any
sentence of imprisonment imposed by the judicial system prior to
becoming eligible for consideration for parole. Persons convicted
of these offenses shall not be eligible for earned credits or any
other type of credits which have the effect of reducing the length
of the sentence to less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the
sentence imposed.

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

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Passed the Senate the 12th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 1st day of May, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

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: _________________________________