OK HB3996

Oklahoma Indigent Defense System must contract with and provide reasonable payment for experts as necessary to ensure effective representation of indigent defendants in capital post-conviction cases

Amends 22 O.S. Section 1089 governing post-conviction relief procedures for defendants under sentence of death

Replaces reference to "effective date of this act" with specific date of "November 1, 1987" for application of post-conviction filing provisions

Effective date: November 1, 2026