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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 1372 By: Jech
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to probation; defining terms;
7 permitting certain offenders to receive completion
8 and education credits under certain circumstances;
8 permitting supervising agencies to maintain a record
9 of credits; requiring supervising agencies to give
9 notice of earned credits; requiring the court to
10 enter an order in certain circumstances; requiring
10 the Department of Corrections to develop certain
11 policies and procedures; permitting offenders to make
11 a motion for credits; providing for codification; and
12 providing an 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. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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17 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 991a-4.3 of Title 22, unless
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18 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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19 A. As used in this section:
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20 1. "Educational advancement activity" means a high school
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21 diploma or high school equivalency diploma, a bachelor's or
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22 associate's degree, or a certificate of completion of vocational
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1 2. "Supervising agency" means an agency providing probation
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2 supervision, whether conducted by the Department of Corrections, a
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3 district attorney, or a private supervision provider.
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4 B. Any offender who receives a sentence that is suspended in
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5 whole or in part with probation pursuant to the provisions of
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6 Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes may be eligible to
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7 earn credits that reduce the person's full probation term. No
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8 person convicted of an offense under Section 13.1 or subsection C,
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9 D, E, F, G, or J of Section 644 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
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10 shall be eligible for earned credits pursuant to this section.
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11 1. When an offender successfully completes the first year of
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12 supervised probation or the entire period of supervised probation,
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13 whichever is shorter, the supervising agency shall award the
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14 offender earned credits equal to one quarter (1/4) of the person's
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15 probation length. Each supervising agency may establish rules to
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16 determine successful completion under this subsection. An offender
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17 may only earn completion credit once during the term of his or her
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18 probation.
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19 2. When an offender successfully completes an educational
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20 advancement activity while on supervised probation, the supervising
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21 agency shall award a compliant offender with earned credits equal to
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22 one quarter (1/4) of the person's probation length. An offender can
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23 only earn education credit once during the term of his or her
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1 C. The supervising agency shall maintain a record of credits
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2 earned by an offender under this section. No less than once
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3 annually from the date the offender is placed on supervised
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4 probation, the supervising agency shall notify the offender of the
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5 projected probation termination date.
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6 D. The supervising agency shall notify the court of the
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7 offender's reduction in his or her probation term under this
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8 subsection when:
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9 1. The offender satisfies restitution and all nonmonetary
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10 conditions of his or her probation; and
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11 2. The accumulation of time served on probation and any earned
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12 reduction is equal to the imposed probation term or when the
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13 supervising agency has completed supervised probation, whichever is
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15 E. Upon receipt of the information in subsection D of this
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16 section, the court shall enter an order modifying the length of the
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17 probation term. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the
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18 supervising agency from requesting an earlier probation termination
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19 date.
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20 F. The Department of Corrections and other supervising agencies
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21 shall develop written policies and procedures necessary for the
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22 implementation of earned credits as authorized by this section. The
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23 policies and procedures developed by the Department of Corrections
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24 shall include, but not be limited to, written guidelines regarding
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1 the process to earn credits and the application of the credits
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2 toward the reduction of the term of probation.
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3 G. If an offender is no longer supervised by a supervising
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4 agency but has completed an educational advancement activity and
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5 would qualify for earned credits under paragraph 2 of subsection B
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6 of this section, the offender may file a motion with the sentencing
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7 court seeking a one-quarter reduction of his or her probation term.
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8 If the court finds that the offender has completed an educational
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9 advancement activity and the offender has not yet received education
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10 credit under the term of his or her probation, the court shall grant
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11 the motion.
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12 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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