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OK SB606
Bill
Status
2/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jack Stewart
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AI Summary
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Raises the county population threshold for establishing a public defender office from 300,000 to 400,000 according to the latest Federal Decennial Census
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Updates the population requirement for public defender salary provisions, limiting district attorney-equivalent salaries to counties with populations of 400,000 or more
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Adjusts the population threshold for county indigent defenders handling appeals from 300,000 to 400,000
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Modernizes statutory language by replacing outdated references to the 1990 census with references to the latest Federal Decennial Census
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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