SB918 Summary

• Amends the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act by prohibiting two or more registered sex offenders from residing together in any individual dwelling, with violations punishable as a misdemeanor for first offense and felony for subsequent offenses.

• Defines "individual dwelling" to include private residential properties, rooms in boarding houses, apartments, and separate units in multi-unit structures, while exempting properly zoned facilities providing treatment services and multi-person housing in custody of correctional facilities.

• Establishes that "multi-unit structure" means buildings with multiple independent residential units containing separate living, sleeping, cooking, eating, and sanitation facilities, excluding manufactured homes and trailers that lack these amenities.

• Prohibits the Department of Corrections from contracting to house sex offenders in individual dwellings where another registered sex offender resides, and bars private entities from establishing or operating boarding houses for sex offenders without treatment services in properly zoned areas.

• Creates criminal penalties for any person or entity knowingly allowing sex offenders to reside together in violation of the act, punishable by up to one year in county jail and $2,000 fine for first offense, or up to five years in state prison and $5,000 fine for subsequent offenses.