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OK SB601

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dave Rader

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Stays all death penalty executions in Oklahoma until June 1, 2027, vacates all currently scheduled execution dates, and prohibits the Court of Criminal Appeals or Governor from setting new execution dates during the moratorium

  • Creates the Death Penalty Reform Task Force with 5 members appointed by legislative leaders and the Governor, with appointments due within 60 days of the act's passage

  • Task force must evaluate implementation of recommendations from the 2017 Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission report and submit findings to the Legislature and Governor by November 30, 2026

  • Does not prohibit prosecutors from seeking death penalty sentences in new or current cases, and does not vacate existing death sentences

  • Declared an emergency measure, taking effect immediately upon passage and approval

Legislative Description

Death penalty; creating the Death Penalty Moratorium Act; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; creating Death Penalty Reform Task Force. Emergency.

Last Action

Coauthored by Senator Mann

3/2/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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