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OK HB2815

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/1/2016

Primary Sponsor

Ken Walker

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Courts must order reimbursement of all filing fees and court costs for expungement petitioners who were acquitted due to witness perjury, false accusations, official misconduct, or false confessions

  • Courts must also reimburse expungement costs when factual innocence was established through DNA evidence after conviction, including cases where the person was released from prison when innocence was proven

  • Waives the $150 Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation fee for processing expungement orders in cases involving proven innocence through the same qualifying circumstances

  • Effective date: November 1, 2016

Legislative Description

Expungements; adding circumstance that allows for the reimbursement of filing fees and costs; effective date.

Last Action

Referred to Appropriations and Budget Judiciary Subcommittee

2/2/2016

Committee Referrals

Appropriations and Budget2/2/2016

Full Bill Text

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