OK HB1100

Amends the Oklahoma Children's Code to change the evidentiary standard for deprived child adjudications from "preponderance of the evidence" to "clear and convincing evidence"

Requires courts to conduct a review hearing 15 days after a child is taken into protective or emergency custody, where facts must be proven with clear and convincing evidence (not opinion or hearsay) to justify continued protection

Mandates immediate release of a child within 48 hours if the court determines insufficient clear and convincing evidence exists to demonstrate the child is in need of protection or in imminent danger, with expungement of all records for the accused

Creates felony criminal liability for Department of Human Services employees who fail to release a child when court-ordered or fail to conduct required six-month review hearings

Effective date of November 1, 2025