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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
3 HOUSE BILL 1313 By: Humphrey
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6 AS INTRODUCED
7 An Act relating to cockfighting; amending 21 O.S.
2021, Sections 1692.1, 1692.2, 1692.3, 1692.4 and
8 1692.8, which relate to cockfighting definitions,
offenses and penalties; modifying scope of certain
9 definition; deleting definition; reducing penalties
for certain cockfighting offenses; updating statutory
10 citations; providing additional penalties; and
providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.1, is
15 amended to read as follows:
16 Section 1692.1. As used in this act:
17 A. "Cockfight" or "cockfighting" is a fight between birds,
18 whether or not fitted with artificial spurs, knives, or gaffs, and
19 whether or not bets or wagers are made on the outcome of the fight,
20 and includes any training fight in which birds are intended or
21 encouraged to attack or fight with one another.
22 B. "Equipment used for training or handling a fighting bird"
23 includes knives or gaffs, cages, pens, feeding apparatuses, training
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1 pens and other related devices and equipment, and is hereby declared
2 contraband and subject to seizure.
3 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.2, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 Section 1692.2. Every person who willfully instigates or
6 encourages any cockfight, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a
7 felony misdemeanor. The penalty for a violation of this section
8 shall be as provided in Section 8 1692.8 of this act title.
9 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.3, is
10 amended to read as follows:
11 Section 1692.3. Every person who keeps any pit or other place,
12 or knowingly provides any equipment or facilities to be used in
13 permitting any cockfight, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a
14 felony misdemeanor. The penalty for a violation of this section
15 shall be as provided in Section 8 1692.8 of this act title.
16 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.4, is
17 amended to read as follows:
18 Section 1692.4. Every person who does any act or performs any
19 service in the furtherance of or to facilitate any cockfight, upon
20 conviction, shall be guilty of a felony misdemeanor. Such
21 activities and services specifically prohibited by this section
22 include, but and are not limited to: promoting or the refereeing of
23 birds at a cockfight, advertising a cockfight, or serving as a
24 stakes holder of any money wagered on any cockfight. The penalty
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1 for a violation of this section shall be as provided in Section 8
2 1692.8 of this act title.
3 SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.8, is
4 amended to read as follows:
5 Section 1692.8. A. Every person who, upon conviction, is
6 guilty of a felony under any of the provisions of Sections 2, 3, 4,
7 or 5 Section 1692.5 of this act title shall be punished by
8 imprisonment in the state penitentiary custody of the Department of
9 Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10)
10 years, or shall be fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars
11 ($2,000.00) nor more than and not exceeding Twenty-five Thousand
12 Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
13 B. Every person who upon conviction is guilty of any of the
14 provisions of Section 6 Sections 1692.2, 1692.3 or 1692.4 of this
15 act title shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for
16 not more than one (1) year, or shall be fined a fine not more than
17 exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by both such fine and
18 imprisonment. For a second conviction, the person shall be punished
19 by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). For a
20 third or subsequent conviction, the person shall be punished by a
21 fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).
22 SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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24 60-1-10224 GRS 11/20/24
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