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OK HB1215

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kevin West

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Oklahoma Human Trafficking Law" and expands the definition of "coercion" to include acts of violence and extortion as methods used to compel trafficking victims

  • Adds "pimping" as a defined term and explicitly includes it within the definition of human trafficking for commercial sex

  • Modifies penalties by setting imprisonment at 5-20 years (previously 5 years to life) for adult victims, and 15-99 years (previously 15 years to life) for minor victims, with fines up to $100,000 and $250,000 respectively

  • Requires persons convicted of human trafficking for commercial sex to register as sex offenders and directs the Department of Corrections to report all human trafficking convictions to the FBI's Human Trafficking-Uniform Crime Reporting Program

  • Effective date of November 1, 2025; passed the House of Representatives on March 12, 2025

Legislative Description

Human trafficking; creating the Human Trafficking Law; modifying scope of certain defined terms; requiring registration with the Sex Offenders Act; directing Information be submitted to the FBI; effective date.

Last Action

Placed on General Order

4/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/1/2025
Criminal Judiciary2/4/2025
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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