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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 977 By: Bullard
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to public display of lewd acts;
7 defining terms; prohibiting lewd acts or obscene
8 material in public place; prohibiting certain actions
8 in public place; creating felony offense for
9 intentional display of lewd acts or obscene material
9 to minor; authorizing certain cause of action;
10 providing for codification; and providing an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1024.6 of Title 21, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. For the purposes of this act:
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18 1. "Lewd acts" means any sexual behavior imitating sex or
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19 sexual acts, groping, indecent exposure of genitalia or sexual
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20 paraphernalia, display of replicas of genitalia, sexually touching
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21 oneself or someone else, or convincing or forcing someone else to
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22 sexually touch or observe sexual behavior; and
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23 2. "Obscene material" shall have the meaning as provided in
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24 subsection B of Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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1 B. No political subdivision of this state shall allow or permit
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2 a public display of lewd acts or obscene material in a public place
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3 including, but not limited to, parades, shows, concerts, plays, or
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4 any other activity where a minor could witness such lewd acts or
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5 obscene material. No individual shall be allowed to show lewd acts
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6 or obscene material in a public place where any other individual
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7 could witness such lewd acts or obscene material. A political
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8 subdivision acting in good faith in accordance with the requirements
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9 of this subsection shall not be liable for acts of an individual or
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10 group in violation of this section.
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11 C. Any individual intentionally displaying lewd acts or obscene
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12 material in front of a minor shall be guilty of a felony. Any
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13 person may have a cause of action against such individual who
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14 intentionally commits such acts in any manner in which a minor was
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15 exposed to the lewd act or obscene material, or an individual was
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16 unwillingly exposed to the lewd act or obscene material.
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17 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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