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An act relating to tort liability, 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 992                  By: Daniels
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6                           AS INTRODUCED

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7   An Act relating to tort liability; defining terms;

7   prohibiting civil liability for certain persons under

8   specified circumstances; providing exception;

8   clarifying applicability of certain immunity;

9   providing for codification; and declaring an

9   emergency.

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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13  SECTION 1.     NEW LAW         A new section of law to be codified

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14 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 16.2 of Title 76, unless there
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15 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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16  A. As used in this section:

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17  1. "Bodily injury" means any physical injury, any mental,

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18 psychological, or emotional injury, death, or any combination
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19 thereof;
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20  2. "Criminal act of another" means any act or conduct which is

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21 prohibited by law and could result in punishment by a governmental
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22 entity; and
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23  3. "Property damage" means any injury to or loss of use of real

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24 or personal property, or both.
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1   B. No person or entity shall have civil liability under any

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2 theory of law or equity for bodily injury or property damage arising
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3 out of or resulting from the criminal act of another, including
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4 where committed by an employee or agent, except where the person or
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5 entity upon which such civil liability is sought to be imposed has
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6 first been convicted of being a criminal accomplice in the
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7 commission of such criminal act.
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8   C. The immunity from civil liability required by this section

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9 shall apply regardless of whether the person who committed the
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10 criminal act which caused bodily injury or property damage is
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11 apprehended, prosecuted, or convicted as a result of the criminal
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12 conduct.
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13  D. The provisions of this section provide immunity from civil

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14 liability for simple negligence but do not provide immunity for
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15 willful, wanton, or malicious acts of negligence or for gross
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16 negligence.
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17  SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation

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18 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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19 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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20 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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