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An act relating to bail, the official text

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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 981                 By: Gollihare
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6                         AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to bail; amending 22 O.S. 2021,

7   Section 1101, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter

8   54, O.S.L. 2024 (22 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1101),

8   which relates to offenses bailable; authorizing

9   denial of bail under certain circumstance; updating

9   statutory reference; updating statutory language; and

10  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  22 O.S. 2021, Section 1101, as

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14 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 54, O.S.L. 2024 (22 O.S. Supp.
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15 2024, Section 1101), is amended to read as follows:
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16  Section 1101. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, bail, by

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17 sufficient sureties, shall be admitted upon all arrests in criminal
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18 cases where the offense is not punishable by death and in such cases
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19 it may be taken by any of the persons or courts authorized by law to
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20 arrest, to imprison offenders or to perform pretrial services, or by
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21 the clerk of the district court or his or her deputy, or by the
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22 judge of such courts.
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23  B. In criminal cases where the defendant is currently an

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24 escaped prisoner from the Department of Corrections, the defendant
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1 must be processed back into the Department of Corrections prior to
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2 bail being set on new criminal charges.
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3   C. All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except

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4 that bail may be denied for:
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5   1. Capital offenses when the proof of guilt is evident, or the

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6 presumption thereof is great;
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7   2. Violent offenses;

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8   3. Offenses where the maximum sentence may be life imprisonment

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9 or life imprisonment without parole;
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10  4. Felony offenses where the person charged with the offense

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11 has been convicted of two or more felony offenses arising out of
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12 different transactions; and
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13  5. Controlled dangerous substances offenses where the maximum

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14 sentence may be at least ten (10) years' imprisonment; and
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15  6. Driving under the influence of alcohol or other intoxicating

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16 substance if such person has previously been convicted with two
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17 felonies for driving under the influence of alcohol or other
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18 intoxicating substance.
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19  On all offenses specified in paragraphs 2 through 5 6 of this

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20 subsection, the proof of guilt must be evident, or the presumption
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21 must be great, and it must be on the grounds that no condition of
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22 release would assure the safety of the community or any person.
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23  D. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that no condition of

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24 release would assure the safety of the community if the state shows
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1 by clear and convincing evidence that the person was arrested for a
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2 violation of Section 741 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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3   E. If the person was arrested for any crime provided for in the

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4 Protection from Domestic Abuse Act or a violent crime provided for
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5 in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the court shall
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6 be responsible for assessing prior patterns of abuse and shall
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7 present written findings on the bail amount.
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8   F. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that no conditions

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9 of release on bond would assure the safety of the community or any
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10 person therein if the state shows by clear and convincing evidence
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11 that:
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12  1. The person was arrested for a violent offense and released

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13 on bond; and
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14  2. While out on said bond, the person was subsequently arrested

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15 and charged for a violent crime as set forth for in Section 571 of
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16 Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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17  SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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