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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 780 By: Jett
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to flag-related offenses; defining
7 terms; creating felony offense; providing for
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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 376 of Title 21, unless there is
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14 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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15 A. As used in this section, the terms "flag", "standard",
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16 "colors", or "ensign" of the United States shall have the same
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17 meaning as used in subsection C of Section 372 of Title 21 of the
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19 B. Any person who takes down or removes the flag, standard,
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20 colors, or ensign of the United States of America on public property
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21 or private property owned by another person or entity without
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22 permission and puts up the flag, standard, colors, or ensign of any
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23 other entity shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony
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24 punishable by a fine not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars
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2 Corrections for not more than three (3) years, or by both such fine
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4 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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