An act relating to crime victim's rights, the official text

1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2   2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

3 HOUSE BILL 3096            By: Jenkins

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6                            AS INTRODUCED

7   An Act relating to crime victim's rights; allowing

    crime victims to request review of proposed plea

8   agreements; directing district attorneys to provide

    certain notice to victims; prohibiting acceptance of

9   proposed plea agreements under certain circumstances;

    providing for submission, review, and determination

10  by district court judges; requiring independent

    review and acceptance or rejection of proposed plea

11  agreements; constituting reviews by district court

    judges as final approval or rejection; providing

12  construing provisions; deeming certain conduct as

    ineffective toward the validity of accepted plea

13  agreements; providing for codification; and providing

    an effective date.

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

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

19 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 142A-15 of Title 21, unless

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

21  A. In any felony criminal proceeding in which a proposed plea

22 agreement is presented to a special judge or associate district

23 judge, the victim or representative of the victim, may request

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1 review of the proposed plea agreement prior to acceptance by the

2 court.

3   B. Upon the formation of a proposed plea agreement, the

4 district attorney shall, upon request, provide to the victim or

5 representative of the victim reasonable notice of the proposed

6 agreement and the date, time, and place at which the court shall

7 consider acceptance of the plea.

8   C. If the proposed plea agreement is presented to a special

9 judge or associate district judge and the victim or representative

10 of the victim requests a review of the proposed plea agreement

11 pursuant to subsection A of this section, the special judge or

12 associate district judge shall not accept or finalize the plea

13 agreement. The proposed plea agreement shall be submitted to the

14 district court judge of the judicial district for review and

15 determination.

16  D. The district court judge shall independently review the

17 proposed plea agreement and may accept or reject the agreement in

18 the exercise of judicial discretion. The review conducted pursuant

19 to this subsection shall constitute final judicial approval or

20 rejection of the plea agreement.

21  E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer party

22 status upon a victim, to impair the prosecutorial discretion of the

23 district attorney, or to create a right to appeal the merits of a

24 plea agreement. This section governs only the judicial authority

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1 required for acceptance of a proposed plea agreement upon request by

2 a victim. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or

3 impair any right of a victim to assert or enforce rights otherwise

4 provided by law.

5   F. Failure to request review of the proposed plea agreement

6 pursuant to this section shall not affect the validity of a plea

7 agreement otherwise accepted by the court.

8   SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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