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OK SB606

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jack Stewart

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Raises the county population threshold for establishing a public defender office from 300,000 to 400,000 according to the latest Federal Decennial Census

  • Updates the population requirement for public defender salary provisions, limiting district attorney-equivalent salaries to counties with populations of 400,000 or more

  • Adjusts the population threshold for county indigent defenders handling appeals from 300,000 to 400,000

  • Modernizes statutory language by replacing outdated references to the 1990 census with references to the latest Federal Decennial Census

  • Effective date: November 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Office of public defender; increasing certain population requirements. Effective date.

Last Action

Second Reading referred to Judiciary

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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