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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 830 By: Daniels
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7 AS INTRODUCED
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8 An Act relating to the Court of Civil Appeals;
8 amending 20 O.S. 2021, Section 30.1, which relates to
9 jurisdiction and certiorari; modifying authority for
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11 prohibiting recall of certain assigned cases;
11 granting certain rights to parties; providing for
12 certain waiver; and providing an effective date.
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16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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17 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 20 O.S. 2021, Section 30.1, is
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18 amended to read as follows:
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19 Section 30.1. A. There is hereby established an intermediate
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20 appellate court to be known as the Court of Civil Appeals of the
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21 State of Oklahoma which shall have the power to determine or
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22 otherwise dispose of any cases that are assigned to it by the
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23 Supreme Court properly before the court. Its decisions, when final,
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24 shall neither not be appealable to the Supreme Court nor be subject
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1 to reexamination by another division of the Court of Civil Appeals
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2 or by the Judges of that Court sitting en banc except upon
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3 certiorari as provided in this section.
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4 B. The Court of Civil Appeals shall have jurisdiction to issue
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5 writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari,
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6 prohibition, or any other process when this may be necessary in any
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7 case assigned to it by the Supreme Court properly before the court.
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8 C. On and after the effective date of this act, the Supreme
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9 Court shall assign every appeal of a district court decision, except
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10 for criminal cases appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals as
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11 provided by law, to the Court of Civil Appeals. The Supreme Court
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12 shall not retain any appeal of a district court decision and shall
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13 not have discretion in whether to assign an appeal to the Court of
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14 Civil Appeals. Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter
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15 the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
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16 D. A decision of the Court of Civil Appeals may only be
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17 reviewed by the Supreme Court if a majority of its Justices direct
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18 that a writ of certiorari be granted, and the. The Supreme Court
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19 may, by order, shall not recall a case from assigned to the Court of
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20 Civil Appeals.
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21 E. In every appeal the Supreme Court reviews pursuant to a
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22 grant of certiorari, each party shall have the right to submit a
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23 timely brief and to present oral argument unless all parties
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1 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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