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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 1701 By: Jett
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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 99a, which relates to authority
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 99a, is
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13 amended to read as follows:
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14 Section 99a. A. Subject to subsections C and D of this section
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15 in addition to any other powers vested by law, a peace officer of
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16 the State of Oklahoma as used in this section may enforce the
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17 criminal laws of this state throughout the territorial bounds of
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18 this state, under the following circumstances:
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19 1. In response to an emergency involving an immediate threat to
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20 human life or property;
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21 2. Upon the prior consent of the head of a state law
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22 enforcement agency, the sheriff or the chief of police in whose
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23 investigatory or territorial jurisdiction the exercise of the powers
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1 3. In response to a request for assistance pursuant to a mutual
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2 law enforcement assistance agreement with the agency of
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3 investigatory or territorial jurisdiction;
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4 4. In response to the request for assistance by a peace officer
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5 with investigatory or territorial jurisdiction; or
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6 5. While the peace officer is transporting a prisoner.
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7 B. While serving as peace officers of the State of Oklahoma and
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8 rendering assistance under the circumstances enumerated above, peace
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9 officers shall have the same powers and duties as though employed by
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10 and shall be deemed to be acting within the scope of authority of
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11 the law enforcement agency in whose or under whose investigatory or
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12 territorial jurisdiction they are serving. Salaries, insurance and
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13 other benefits shall not be the responsibility of a law enforcement
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14 agency that is not the employing agency for the peace officer.
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15 C. A municipal peace officer may exercise authority provided by
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16 this section only if the peace officer acts pursuant to policies and
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17 procedures adopted by the municipal governing body.
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18 D. A Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcement officer or a
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19 tribal law enforcement officer of a federally recognized Indian
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20 tribe who has been commissioned by the Federal Bureau of Indian
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21 Affairs and has been certified by the Council on Law Enforcement
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22 Education and Training shall have state police powers to enforce
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23 state laws on fee land purchased by a federally recognized American
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1 Indian tribe or in Indian country, as defined in Section 1151 of
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3 E. Nothing in this act shall limit or prohibit jurisdiction
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4 given to tribal officers pursuant to a cross-deputization agreement
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5 between a state or local governmental agency or another state or
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7 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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