SB 1647 Summary

• Amends 21 O.S. 2011, Section 1173 to modify Oklahoma's stalking law by adding a new subsection E establishing rebuttable presumptions that certain conduct caused a victim to feel terrorized or threatened.

• Creates a rebuttable presumption when a defendant continues repeated unconsented contact with a victim after being explicitly asked to discontinue such contact and refrain from further communication.

• Adds a second rebuttable presumption for political campaign conduct: when agents of a candidate engage in repeated unconsented contact with an opposing candidate or their immediate family members outside of public events.

• Maintains existing stalking penalties while providing prosecutors with additional tools to establish the mental state element required for conviction under the statute.

• Effective date: November 1, 2014.