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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
HOUSE BILL 4377 By: Ford
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; creating
the Sergeant Craig Johnson Act; amending 21 O.S.
2021, Section 173, which relates to the definition of
accessories; modifying scope of definition; providing
for noncodification; and declaring an emergency .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Sergeant Craig
Johnson Act".
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 173, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 173. All persons who, after the commission of any
felony, conceal or aid the offe nder, with knowledge that he or she
has committed a felony, and with intent that he the person may avoid
or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment, are
accessories. In the case of murder, a person is accountable under
this statute for access ory to murder if the person knew or
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reasonably should have known that the conduct committed upon the
victim could foreseeably result in the death of the victim.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preser vation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage an d approval.
58-2-9127 GRS 12/20/21