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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 786 By: Weaver
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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 1220, which relates to
8 transporting intoxicating beverage; increasing
8 certain fine; prohibiting certain consumption of
9 medical marijuana; updating statutory reference; and
9 providing an effective date.
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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 1220, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 1220. A. Except as provided in subsection C D of this
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16 section, it shall be unlawful for any operator to knowingly
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17 transport or for any passenger to possess in any moving vehicle upon
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18 a public highway, street or alley any intoxicating beverage or low-
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19 point beer, as defined by Sections 163.1 and 163.2 of Title 37 of
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20 the Oklahoma Statutes, except in the original container which shall
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21 not have been opened and from which the original cap or seal shall
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22 not have been removed, unless the opened container be in the rear
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23 trunk or rear compartment, which shall include the spare tire
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24 compartment in a station wagon or panel truck, or any outside
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1 compartment which is not accessible to the driver or any other
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2 person in the vehicle while it is in motion. Any person violating
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3 the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a
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4 misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished as provided in
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5 subsection A of Section 566 of Title 37 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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6 B. Any person convicted of violating any provision of
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7 subsection A of this section shall, in addition to any fine imposed,
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8 pay a special assessment trauma-care fee of One Hundred Dollars
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9 ($100.00) Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to be deposited into
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10 the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in Section 1-2522
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11 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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12 C. A person shall not consume medical marijuana, or consume
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13 secondhand medical marijuana smoke due to another person's
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14 consumption of medical marijuana, while operating a motor vehicle on
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15 a public highway. A person operating a motor vehicle on a public
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16 highway shall not possess any open container that contains medical
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17 marijuana in the passenger area of the motor vehicle.
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18 D. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not
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19 apply to the passenger area of buses and limousines; however, it
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20 shall be unlawful for the driver of the bus or limousine to consume
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21 or have in the driver's immediate possession any intoxicating
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22 beverage or low-point beer.
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1 D. E. No city, town, or county may adopt any order, ordinance,
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2 rule or regulation concerning the consumption or serving of
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3 intoxicating beverages or low-point beer in buses or limousines.
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4 E. F. As used in this section:
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5 1. "Bus" means a vehicle as defined in Section 1-105 of Title
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7 for hire. It shall not mean a school bus, as defined by Section 1-
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8 160 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes, transporting children or a
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9 vehicle operated pursuant to a franchise with a city or town
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10 operating over a regularly scheduled route; and
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11 2. "Limousine" means a chauffeur-driven motor vehicle, other
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12 than a bus or taxicab, as defined by Section 1-174 of Title 47 of
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13 the Oklahoma Statutes, designed and used for transportation of
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14 persons for compensation.
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15 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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