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An act relating to the Domestic Violence Fatality 7 Review Board, the official text

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1                            STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

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3 SENATE BILL 1295           By: Nice
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6                            AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to the Domestic Violence Fatality

7   Review Board; creating the Domestic Violence Fatality

8   Review Board Revolving Fund; stating purpose of fund;

8   making an appropriation; providing for codification;

9   providing an effective date; and declaring an

9   emergency.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13  SECTION 1.      NEW LAW  A new section of law to be codified

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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1604 of Title 22, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16  A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

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17 fund for the Office of the Attorney General to be designated the
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18 "Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board Revolving Fund". The fund
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19 shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,
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20 and shall consist of all monies received from legislative
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21 appropriations. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
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22 hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Office
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23 of the Attorney General for the purposes provided in subsection B of
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24 this section. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon
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1 warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as
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2 prescribed by law with the Director of the Office of Management and
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3 Enterprise Services for approval and payment.
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4   B. The purpose of the fund is to develop a state and local

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5 database on domestic violence deaths pursuant to paragraph 3 of
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6 subsection A of Section 1601 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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7 Such database shall be developed and implemented within twenty-four
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8 (24) months of the effective date of this act.
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9   SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Domestic

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10 Violence Fatality Review Board Revolving Fund from any monies not
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11 otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue Fund of the State
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12 Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, the sum of Two
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13 Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) or so much thereof as
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14 may be necessary to perform the duties imposed upon the Office of
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15 the Attorney General by law.
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16  SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.

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17  SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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18 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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19 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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20 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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