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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 562 By: Alvord
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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, Sections 1902 and 1903, which relate to
8 the Bus Passenger Safety Act; modifying scope of
8 certain definitions; adding definitions; expanding
9 scope of unlawful acts; updating statutory language
9 and references; and declaring an emergency.
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1902, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 1902. As used in the Bus Passenger Safety Act:
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16 1. "Bus" means a vehicle designed to carry passengers that is
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17 part of a network of passenger vehicles for use by the public,
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18 running on a regular schedule of routes, times, and fares;
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19 2. "Bus transportation company" or "company" means any person
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20 or governmental entity providing for-hire transport to passengers or
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21 cargo by bus rolling stock transit vehicles upon the roads, streets,
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22 highways, public or dedicated rights-of-way, and turnpikes of this
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1 3. "Deadly or dangerous weapon" includes all weapons listed in
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2 Section 1287 of this title, and any other weapon capable of
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3 inflicting serious bodily injury, except for a weapon carried for
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4 lawful self-defense in compliance under the Oklahoma Self Defense
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5 Self-Defense Act;
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6 4. "Passenger" means any person served by the bus
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7 transportation company; and
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8 5. "Rolling stock transit vehicles" include buses, vans, cars,
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9 railcars, locomotives, trolley cars, ferry boats, and vehicles used
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10 for support services;
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11 6. "Terminal" means a bus station, stop, platform, or depot or
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12 any facility operated or leased by or operated on behalf of a bus
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13 transportation company. This term shall include a reasonable area
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14 immediately adjacent to any designated stop along the route traveled
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15 by any bus rolling stock transit vehicle operated by a bus
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16 transportation company and parking lots or parking areas adjacent to
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17 a terminal; and
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18 7. "Transit worker" means any employee, contractor, or
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19 volunteer working on behalf of a transit agency.
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20 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1903, is
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21 amended to read as follows:
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22 Section 1903. A. No person shall by force or violence, or
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23 threat of force or violence, seize or exercise control of any bus
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24 rolling stock transit vehicle. Any person violating this subsection
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1 shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon conviction, be punished
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2 by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for
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3 not more than twenty (20) years, or by a fine of not more than
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4 Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), or by both such fine and
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5 imprisonment.
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6 B. In addition, no No person shall intimidate, threaten,
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7 assault, or batter any driver, attendant, guard, transit worker, or
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8 passenger of any bus with intent to violate subsection A of this
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9 section rolling stock transit vehicle or cause disruption to the
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10 provided service or cause harm to any person. Any person violating
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11 this subsection shall be guilty of a felony and shall, upon
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12 conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the
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13 Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years, or by a
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14 fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both
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15 such fine and imprisonment.
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16 C. In addition, any Any person violating subsection A or B of
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17 this section using a dangerous or deadly weapon shall be guilty of a
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18 felony, and shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in
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19 the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than
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20 twenty (20) years, or by a fine of not more than Twenty Thousand
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21 Dollars ($20,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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22 D. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge any firearm
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23 into or within any bus rolling stock transit vehicle, terminal, or
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1 have been in defensive force resulting from reasonable fear of
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2 imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself
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3 or another. Such person shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
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4 felony punishable by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars
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5 ($5,000.00) or, by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
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6 Corrections for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine
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8 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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9 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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10 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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11 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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