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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 871 By: Reinhardt
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to crimes and punishment; amending 21
7 O.S. 2021, Section 540A, which relates to eluding
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8 updating statutory language; and providing an
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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 540A, is
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14 amended to read as follows:
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15 Section 540A. A. Any operator of a motor vehicle who has
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16 received a visual and audible signal, a red light, and a siren from
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17 a peace officer driving a motor vehicle showing the same to be an
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18 official police, sheriff, highway patrol, or state game ranger
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19 vehicle directing the operator to bring the vehicle to a stop and
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20 who willfully increases the speed or extinguishes the lights of the
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21 vehicle in an attempt to elude such peace officer, or willfully
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22 attempts in any other manner to elude the peace officer, or who does
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23 elude such peace officer, is guilty of a misdemeanor. The peace
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24 officer, while attempting to stop a violator of this section, may
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1 communicate a request for the assistance of other peace officers
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2 from any office, department, or agency. Any peace officer within
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3 this state having knowledge of such request is authorized to render
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4 such assistance in stopping the violator and may effect an arrest
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5 under this section upon probable cause. Violation of this
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6 subsection shall, upon conviction, constitute a misdemeanor and
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7 shall be punishable by not less than six (6) months nor more than
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8 one (1) year imprisonment in the county jail or, by a fine of not
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9 less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Thousand
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10 Dollars ($2,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. A
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11 second or subsequent violation of this subsection shall be
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12 punishable by not more than one (1) year imprisonment in the county
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13 jail or, by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00)
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14 nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
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15 fine and imprisonment.
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16 B. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection A of
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17 this section in such manner as to endanger any other person shall,
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18 upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a felony punishable by
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19 imprisonment in the State Penitentiary custody of the Department of
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20 Corrections for a term of not less than one (1) year thirty (30)
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21 months nor more than five (5) years, or by a fine of not less than
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22 One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars
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23 ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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1 C. 1. Any person who causes an accident, while eluding or
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2 attempting to elude an officer, resulting in great bodily injury to
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3 any other person while driving or operating a motor vehicle within
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4 this state and who is in violation of the provisions of subsection A
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5 of this section may be charged with a violation of the provisions of
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6 this subsection. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the
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7 provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a felony
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8 punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional institution the
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9 custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1)
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10 year and not five (5) years nor more than five (5) seven (7) years,
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11 and a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
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12 2. As used in this subsection, "great bodily injury" means
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13 bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which
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14 causes serious, permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or
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15 impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
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16 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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