An act relating to evidence, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

3 HOUSE BILL 1735                   By: Moore

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to evidence; providing for

    admissibility of certain evidence; requiring

8   disclosure of evidence within specified time period;

    providing exception; defining term; providing for

9   codification; and providing an effective date.

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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

14  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 60.10 of Title 22, unless there

16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

17  A. In a criminal case in which the defendant is accused of an

18 offense involving domestic violence or abuse, evidence of the

19 commission of another act of domestic violence or abuse by the

20 defendant is admissible and may be considered for its bearing on any

21 matter to which it is relevant.

22  B. In a criminal case in which the state intends to offer

23 evidence under this section, the attorney for the state shall

24 disclose the evidence to the defendant, including statements of

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1 witnesses or a summary of the substance of any testimony that is

2 expected to be offered, at least fifteen (15) days before the

3 commencement of trial or at such later time as the court may allow

4 for good cause.

5   C. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

6 limit the admission or consideration of evidence under any other

7 rule or provision of law.

8   D. For purposes of this section, "domestic violence or abuse"

9 means any incident of controlling, coercive, or threatening

10 behavior, violence, or other act of abuse against a current partner

11 or a family or household member as specified in subsection C of

12 Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The violence or

13 abuse may be psychological, physical, sexual, economic, or

14 emotional.

15  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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17  60-1-10393      CMA      12/28/24

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