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OK SB593

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dusty Deevers

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Changes terminology from "child pornography" to "child sexual abuse material" throughout Oklahoma statutes

  • Creates new category of "unlawful pornography" covering explicit sexual depictions of adults, prohibiting production or distribution of material lacking serious literary, artistic, educational, political, or scientific value

  • Increases penalties for possession of child sexual abuse material to 10-30 years imprisonment and fines up to $250,000 for first offense, 15-50 years and up to $300,000 for subsequent offenses

  • Establishes private civil cause of action allowing any person (except government employees) to sue producers or distributors of unlawful pornography for minimum $10,000 per image plus attorney fees and injunctive relief

  • Creates trafficking offense for organized pornography operations with penalties of 15-40 years imprisonment and fines up to $500,000, with victims eligible for $50,000 minimum statutory damages per occurrence

Legislative Description

Obscenity and child sexual abuse material; creating felony offenses and providing penalties. Effective date.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Judiciary

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2025

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