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An act relating to cockfighting, the official text

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1                    STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

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3 SENATE BILL 1111              By: Woods
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6                               AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to cockfighting; amending 21 O.S.

7   2021, Sections 1692.1, 1692.2, 1692.3, 1692.4, and

8   1692.8, which relate to cockfighting definitions,

8   offenses, and penalties; modifying definition;

9   deleting definition; reducing penalties for certain

9   offenses; adding punishment for additional offenses;

10  updating statutory references; repealing 21 O.S.

10  2021, Sections 1692.5, 1692.6, and 1692.7, which

11  relate to criminal offenses and asset forfeitures

11  related to cockfighting violations; and providing an

12  effective date.

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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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16  SECTION 1.      AMENDATORY  21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.1, is

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18  Section 1692.1. As used in this act:

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19  A. "Cockfight" or "cockfighting" is a fight between birds,

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20 whether or not fitted with artificial spurs, knives, or gaffs, and
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21 whether or not bets or wagers are made on the outcome of the fight,
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22 and includes any training fight in which birds are intended or
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23 encouraged to attack or fight with one another.
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1   B. "Equipment used for training or handling a fighting bird"

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2 includes knives or gaffs, cages, pens, feeding apparatuses, training
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3 pens and other related devices and equipment, and is hereby declared
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4 contraband and subject to seizure.
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5   SECTION 2.     AMENDATORY      21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.2, is

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7   Section 1692.2. Every person who willfully instigates or

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8 encourages any is actively participating in a cockfight, upon
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9 conviction, shall be guilty of a felony misdemeanor. The penalty
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10 for a violation of this section shall be as provided in Section 8 of
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11 this act 1692.8 of this title.
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12  SECTION 3.     AMENDATORY      21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.3, is

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14  Section 1692.3. Every person who keeps or provides any pit,

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15 building, or other place, or knowingly provides any equipment or
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16 facilities to be used in permitting any cockfight, upon conviction,
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17 shall be guilty of a felony misdemeanor. The penalty for a
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18 violation of this section shall be as provided in Section 8 of this
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19 act 1692.8 of this title.
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20  SECTION 4.     AMENDATORY      21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.4, is

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22  Section 1692.4. Every person who does any act or performs any

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23 service in the furtherance of or to facilitate any cockfight,
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24 referees a cockfight upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony
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1 misdemeanor. Such activities and services specifically prohibited
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2 by this section include, but are not limited to: promoting or
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3 refereeing of birds at a cockfight, advertising a cockfight, or
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4 serving as a stakes holder of any money wagered on any cockfight.
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5 The penalty for a violation of this section shall be as provided in
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6 Section 8 of this act 1692.8 of this title.
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7   SECTION 5.     AMENDATORY  21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.8, is

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9   Section 1692.8. A. Every person who is guilty of a felony

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10 under any of the provisions of Sections 2, 3, 4, or 5 of this act
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11 shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not
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12 less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or shall be
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13 fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than
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14 Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and
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15 imprisonment.
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16  B. Every person who upon conviction is guilty of any of the

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17 provisions of Section 6 of this act Sections 1692.2, 1692.3, and
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18 1692.4 of this title shall be punished by imprisonment in the county
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19 jail for not more than one (1) year, or shall be guilty of a
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20 misdemeanor and fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
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21 or by both such fine and imprisonment. Upon a second conviction,
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22 the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
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23 imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
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24 fine not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or
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1 by both such imprisonment and fine. Upon a third and subsequent
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2 conviction, the person shall be guilty of a felony punishable by
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3 imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not
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4 more than two (2) years or by a fine not less than Five Thousand
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5 Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
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6   SECTION 6.     REPEALER  21 O.S. 2021, Sections 1692.5,

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7 1692.6, and 1692.7, are hereby repealed.
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8   SECTION 7. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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