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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1144 By: McCall
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to state government; authorizing the
commission of certain peace officers; providing for
powers and duties; declaring jurisdiction of
officers; providing for suspension or revocation of
commission; declaring officers are not employ ees of
the Department of Public Safety; providing for
codification; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 465 of Title 74, unless there is
created a duplication i n numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety may
commission as peace officers one member of the security team of the
Oklahoma State Senate and one member of the security team of the
Oklahoma House of Representative s, provided such commissioned
officers must obtain and maintain certification as full -time peace
officers pursuant to Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
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B. Any such commissioned officers are hereby declared to be
peace officers of the State of Oklahoma and shall be so deemed and
taken in all courts having jurisdiction of offenses against the laws
of the state. Such commissioned officers shall have the powers and
authority now and hereafter vested by law in other peace officers,
including the power of arrest, enforcement of the criminal laws of
this state, search and seizure, and the authority for serving or
execution of civil process.
C. The jurisdiction of such commissioned officers shall include
all powers of arrest granted to the sergeant at arms as set forth in
Section 773 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, but the
jurisdiction of such commissioned officers shall otherwise be
limited to the Capitol building, grounds, and parking lots described
in Sections 15.1 and 15.3 of Title 73 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. Any commission issued by the Commissioner pursuant to this
section shall be subject to all requirements set forth by the
Commissioner, and the Commissioner may limit the power and scope of
the commission. Further, the Commissioner may suspend or revoke the
commission for any reason, and the commission shall be deemed
terminated upon the commissioned officer 's separation of service or
reassignment to other position outside the security team of their
respective bodies.
E. Such commissioned officers shall not be deemed to be
officers, agents, or employees of the Department of Public Safety,
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and no action or omission by such commissioned officers shall be
deemed to be an action or omission of the Department of Public
Safety.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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.
59-1-7825 LRB 02/28/23