ENGR. S.B. NO. 445 Summary

• Increases the age of consent for sexual intercourse from 16 years to 18 years in Oklahoma's rape statute (21 O.S. Section 1111).

• Modifies Section 1112 to change the age threshold for consensual sexual activity from 14 years to 16 years, while maintaining a requirement that a person be no more than 4 years older than the other person.

• Applies the age of consent changes to multiple scenarios involving authority figures, including employees of state/federal agencies, schools, foster care systems, and institutions of higher education.

• Excludes student employees of higher education institutions who are not more than 3 years older than the concurrently enrolled student victim from being classified as institutional employees.

• Declares the measure an emergency, making it effective immediately upon passage and approval.