An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 775 By: Murdock, Pederson and
Stephens of the Senate
and
Dempsey and Newton of the
House
An Act relating to livestock; authorizing the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Foo d, and
Forestry to create the L ivestock Offender Registry;
authorizing the promulgation of rules; authorizing
the Department to contract with certain entities;
amending 21 O.S. 2011, Section 1716, as amended by
Section 1, Chapter 89, O.S.L. 2016 (21 O.S. S upp.
2020, Section 1716), which relates to the larceny of
livestock or implements of husbandry; requiring
registry of certain persons in the Livestock Offender
Registry; requiring submission of certain records to
the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Foo d, and
Forestry; providing for codification; and providing
an effective date.
SUBJECT: Authorizing the creation of the Livestock Offender
Registry
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-16.1 of Title 2, unless th ere
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
is authorized to create and maintain the Livestock Offender
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Registry. Access to the registry shall b e provided to the public on
the Department’s website.
B. The Livestock Offender Registry shall contain all persons
convicted of violating Section 1716 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
C. The Department may promulgate rules to i mplement the
provisions of this section.
D. The Department is authorized to contract with a statewide
livestock organization, as defined in Section 4 -2 of Title 2 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, to create a nd maintain the Livestock Offender
Registry.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2011, Sec tion 1716, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 89, O.S.L. 2016 (21 O.S. Supp. 20 20,
Section 1716), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1716. A. An y person in this state who shall steal any
horse, jackass, jennet, mule, cow, hog or implement of husbandry as
defined in Section 1-125 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall,
upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in
the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less
than three (3) years nor more than ten (10) yea rs, or by a fine in
an amount that is equal to three times the value of animals and
machinery that were stolen but not more than Five Hundred Thousa nd
Dollars ($500,000.00), or by both such fine and i mprisonment. Each
head of cattle stolen may constitute a separate offense and may be
punishable as a separate violation.
B. Any person in this state who shall steal any dog, sheep or
goat shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections f or a
term of not less than six (6) months nor more than three (3) years,
or by a fine in an amount that is equal to three times the value of
the animals that were stolen but not more than Five Hundre d Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00), or by both such fine an d imprisonment.
C. The word “horse” as used in this section includes all
animals of the equine species, and the word “cow” includes all
animals of the bovine species.
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D. Persons convicted of viol ating the provisions of subs ection
A of this section shall be registered by the Oklahoma Department of
Agriculture, Food, and Forestry in the Livestock Offender Registry
created in Section 1 of this act.
E. The county in which the offender is convicted s hall submit a
certified copy of the judgment and sentence co nfirming the
conviction for entry in the Livestock Offender Registry to the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry or, if
designated by the Department, to a statewide livestock org anization.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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Passed the Senate the 8th day of March, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of April, 2021.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this _______ _____________
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of _________________ __, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _______ ___
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _______________________________ __