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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 1414 By: Hines
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
7 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1685, as amended by Section
8 165, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp. 2025,
8 Section 1685), which relates to animal cruelty;
9 updating statutory language; requiring the Department
9 of Corrections to create certain database;
10 authorizing promulgation of rules; and providing an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1685, as
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15 amended by Section 165, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp.
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16 2025, Section 1685), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 1685. A. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously
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18 torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or
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19 mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or
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20 tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprive
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21 any such animal of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary
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22 care to prevent suffering; or who shall cause, procure or permit any
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23 such animal to be so tortured, destroyed or killed, or cruelly
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24 beaten or injured, maimed or mutilated, or deprived of necessary
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1 food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering; or
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2 who shall willfully set on foot, instigate, engage in, or in any way
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3 further any act of cruelty to any animal, or any act tending to
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4 produce such cruelty, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class
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5 B5 felony offense and shall be punished punishable by imprisonment
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6 in the State Penitentiary not exceeding custody of the Department of
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7 Corrections for not more than five (5) years, or by imprisonment in
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8 the county jail for not exceeding more than one (1) year, or by a
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9 fine not exceeding more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00). Any
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10 animal so maltreated or abused shall be considered an abused or
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11 neglected animal.
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12 B. The Department of Corrections shall create a searchable
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13 database on its website of the names of individuals who have been
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14 convicted of, or who have entered a plea of guilty or nolo
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15 contendere to, a violation of this section. The Department shall
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16 promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this subsection.
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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