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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 607 By: Howard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Evidence Code;
7 providing for admissibility of certain statements in
8 certain proceedings; providing for codification; and
8 providing an effective date.
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11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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12 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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13 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2803.3 of Title 12, unless there
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14 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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15 A statement that purports to narrate, describe, report, or
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16 explain an incident or incidents of domestic abuse as defined in
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17 Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
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18 1. Made by the victim of domestic abuse to a law enforcement
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19 officer within one (1) week of the incident;
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20 2. On an application for a protective order by the victim of
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21 domestic abuse within one (1) week of the incident; or
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22 3. Given as testimony of the victim of domestic abuse made at a
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1 shall be admissible in pre-trial or post-trial criminal and juvenile
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2 delinquent domestic abuse prosecutions including preliminary
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3 hearings, prosecutive merit hearings, or hearings on the revocation
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4 of probation or acceleration of a deferred judgment.
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5 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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