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OK HB1994

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Tim Turner

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Raises the age of consent in Oklahoma from 16 to 18 years old, making sexual intercourse with anyone under 18 statutory rape

  • Increases the protected age range for students under school employee authority from under 20 to under 22 years old

  • Modifies the close-in-age exemption by raising the minimum victim age from 14 to 15 and replacing the "perpetrator over 18" requirement with a 4-year age gap standard

  • Declares an emergency, making the law effective immediately upon passage and approval rather than following the standard effective date

Legislative Description

Crimes and punishments; increasing certain age limitation for rape; emergency.

Last Action

Referred to Criminal Judiciary

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

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

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