OK SB594

Replaces "enabling" terminology with "failure to protect from" for child abuse, child neglect, child sexual abuse, and child sexual exploitation offenses throughout Oklahoma criminal code

Reduces maximum penalties for "failure to protect" offenses from life imprisonment to 10 years when abuse/neglect results in great bodily injury, and to 4 years in other cases

Creates affirmative defenses for failure to protect charges when the accused had reasonable fear that intervening would cause great bodily injury or death, experienced domestic violence impairing their ability to act, or voluntarily took immediate steps to end the abuse

Makes penalty reductions retroactive, allowing persons convicted before January 1, 2026 to apply for postconviction relief under the new sentencing provisions

Expands and clarifies definitions including "child neglect," "independent activities" for children, "serious mental or emotional injury," and updates terminology from "child pornography" to "child sexual abuse material"