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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 2095 By: Kern
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to game and fish; prohibiting
7 residents and nonresidents from the taking of game
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8 creating misdemeanor offense; requiring certain
9 license revocation upon conviction; requiring court
9 to transmit certain information; defining term;
10 providing exceptions; providing penalties; providing
10 for codification; and providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5-202.2 of Title 29, unless
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16 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Wildlife
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18 Conservation Code, no resident or nonresident shall assist,
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19 accompany, transport, guide, outfit, or aid persons in the taking of
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20 game for compensation or other consideration in this state without
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21 carrying written landowner permission to do so.
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22 B. For the purposes of this section, written permission may be
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23 written or electronic information containing the name and phone
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24 number of the landowner or agricultural lessee, as well as the
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1 person's name that has been granted permission to carry out the
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2 activities specified in subsection A of this section.
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3 C. Any person convicted of violating any provisions of this
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4 section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor
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5 punishable by a fine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
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6 nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), by
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7 imprisonment in the county jail for thirty (30) days, or by both
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8 such fine and imprisonment.
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9 D. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of
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10 any provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of
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11 a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not less than One Thousand Five
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12 Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two Thousand Five Hundred
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13 Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not
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14 less than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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15 E. Any hunting or fishing license issued to a person by the
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16 Department of Wildlife Conservation shall be automatically revoked
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17 on final conviction of the person of an offense under subsection A
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18 of this section. The revocation shall be for a period set by the
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19 court of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.
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20 If the court does not set a period, the revocation shall be for one
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21 (1) year from the date the conviction becomes final. During this
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22 period of revocation, the Department shall not issue the person a
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23 hunting or fishing license. If the court does not set a period, the
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1 Department shall not issue the person a license before the first
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2 anniversary of the date the conviction becomes final.
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3 F. Any hunting or fishing license of a person convicted of a
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4 second or subsequent violation of the provisions of this section
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5 shall be automatically revoked. The revocation shall be for a
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6 period set by the court of not less than three (3) years nor more
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7 than ten (10) years. If the court does not set a period, the
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8 revocation shall be for three (3) years from the date the conviction
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9 becomes final. During this period of revocation, the Department
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10 shall not issue the person a hunting or fishing license. If the
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11 court does not set a revocation period, the Department shall not
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12 issue the person a license within three (3) years of the conviction
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13 of the person pursuant to this section.
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14 G. A person who has a license or permit revoked pursuant to
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15 this section shall surrender the revoked license or permit to the
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16 court, or the court may order the defendant to surrender the license
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17 or permit directly to an officer from the Department of Wildlife
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18 Conservation present at the hearing. If the license or permit is
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19 surrendered to the court, the court shall send the Department of
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20 Wildlife Conservation the revoked license. The court shall also
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21 send the Department a copy of the judgment of conviction. In lieu
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22 of sending a paper copy of the documents and information required by
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23 this subsection, the court clerk may transmit the conviction
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1 information by using an electronic method authorized by the
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2 Department of Wildlife Conservation.
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3 H. For purposes of this section, "conviction" shall include a
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4 plea of guilty or nolo contendere to an offense or the imposition of
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5 deferred adjudication for an offense.
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6 I. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the
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8 1. Landowners on properties they own;
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9 2. Agricultural lessees on properties they lease for
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10 agricultural purposes;
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11 3. Individuals who are employees, contracted or acting on
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12 behalf of the landowner or agricultural lessee, with written
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13 designation as such; and
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14 4. Individuals on lands licensed as the following:
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15 a. a Department of Wildlife Conservation commercial
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16 hunting area, and
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17 b. an Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and
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18 Forestry feral hog hunting facility.
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19 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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