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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 657 By: Rogers
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to bail; amending 22 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 1101, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 117,
67	67	O.S.L. 2022 (22 O.S. Supp. 2022 , Section 1101), which
68	68	relates to offenses bailable; prohibiting court s from
69	69	discontinuing cash bail; authorizing other means in
70	70	addition to cash bail; and prov iding an effective
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 1101, as
79	79	amended by Section 1, Chapter 117, O.S.L. 2022 (22 O.S. Supp. 2022,
80	80	Section 1101), is amended to read as follows:
81	81	Section 1101. A. Except as otherwise provided by law, bail , by
82	82	sufficient sureties, shall be admitted upon all arres ts in criminal
83	83	cases where the offense is not punishable by death and in such cases
84	84	it may be taken by any of the persons or courts authorized by law to
85	85	arrest, to imprison offenders or to perform pretrial servi ces, or by
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139	139	B. In criminal cases where the defendant is currently an
140	140	escaped prisoner from the Department of Correction s, the defendant
141	141	must be processed back into the De partment of Corrections prior to
142	142	bail being set on new criminal charges.
143	143	C. All persons shall be bailab le by sufficient sureties, except
144	144	that bail may be denied for:
145	145	1. Capital offenses when the proof of guilt is evident, or the
146	146	presumption thereof is gr eat;
147	147	2. Violent offenses;
148	148	3. Offenses where the maximum sentence may be life imprisonment
149	149	or life imprisonment without parole;
150	150	4. Felony offenses where the person charged with the offense
151	151	has been convicted of two or more felony offenses arising out of
152	152	different transactions; and
153	153	5. Controlled dangerous substances offenses where the maximum
154	154	sentence may be at least ten (10) years’ imprisonment.
155	155	On all offenses specified in paragraphs 2 through 5 of this
156	156	subsection, the proof of guilt must be evident, or the presumption
157	157	must be great, and i t must be on the grounds that no condition of
158	158	release would assure the safety of the community or any person.
159	159	D. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that no condit ion of
160	160	release would assure the safety of the commu nity if the state shows
161	161	by clear and convincing evidence that the person was arrested for a
162	162	violation of Section 741 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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214	214	E. If the person was arrested for any crime provided for in the
215	215	Protection from Domestic Abuse Act o r a violent crime provided for
216	216	in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the court shall
217	217	be responsible for assessing prior patterns of abuse and shall
218	218	present written findings on the bail amount.
219	219	F. No court in this state shall discontinue the use of cash
220	220	bail; provided, however, any court may utilize own reco gnizance
221	221	bonds, electronic monitoring, and other means in addition to cash
222	222	bail.
223	223	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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