HB 2616 Summary

• Amends Oklahoma's arson statutes (21 O.S. 2011, Sections 1402 and 1403) to update language and provide gender-neutral terminology throughout.

• Modifies Section 1402 to separate arson charges: creates Section 1402.A for standard arson cases and new Section 1402.B specifically for arson committed while manufacturing controlled dangerous substances.

• Modifies Section 1403 to add similar manufacturing-related arson provision (Section 1403.C) and clarifies arson in the third degree as a felony offense (Section 1403.D).

• Changes terminology from "State Penitentiary" to "custody of the Department of Corrections" and replaces gendered language like "himself" with "that person" throughout statutes.

• Effective date: November 1, 2014.