An act relating to canine police dogs, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

3 HOUSE BILL 1749            By: Moore

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to canine police dogs; requiring

    certain law enforcement agencies to equip vehicles

8   used in canine law enforcement programs with a heat

    alarm system that activates under certain

9   circumstances; providing what the system must do when

    activated; providing for codification; and providing

10  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 34-109 of Title 11, unless there

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

17  A. As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" shall mean

18 the police department of any municipality.

19  B. 1. A law enforcement agency shall equip each vehicle used

20 in a canine law enforcement program with a heat alarm system that is

21 activated when the vehicle stops running or the temperature in the

22 vehicle's interior exceeds eighty-five (85) degrees Fahrenheit.

23  2. The system, when activated, must:

24  a. activate an audible alarm;

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1   b. automatically lower the vehicle's rear windows; and

2   c. notify the canine law enforcement officer of the

3               dangerous situation.

4   SECTION 2.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

5 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 566 of Title 19, unless there is

6 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

7   A. As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" shall mean

8 the police department of any county sheriff's department.

9   B. 1. A law enforcement agency shall equip each vehicle used

10 in a canine law enforcement program with a heat alarm system that is

11 activated when the vehicle stops running or the temperature in the

12 vehicle's interior exceeds eighty-five degrees (85) Fahrenheit.

13  2. The system, when activated, must:

14  a. activate an audible alarm;

15  b. automatically lower the vehicle's rear windows; and

16  c. notify the canine law enforcement officer of the

17              dangerous situation.

18  SECTION 3.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9301 of Title 74, unless there

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

21  A. As used in this section, "law enforcement agency" shall mean

22 any police department with statewide jurisdiction as well as any

23 university or college campus police.

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1   B. 1. A law enforcement agency shall equip each vehicle used

2 in a canine law enforcement program with a heat alarm system that is

3 activated when the vehicle stops running or the temperature in the

4 vehicle's interior exceeds eighty-five (85) degrees Fahrenheit.

5   2. The system, when activated, must:

6   a. activate an audible alarm;

7   b. automatically lower the vehicle's rear windows; and

8   c. notify the canine law enforcement officer of the

9   dangerous situation.

10  SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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