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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 5 9th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 2435 By: Lowe (Jason)
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; making
certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; defining
term; providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
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 593 of Title 21, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. It shall be unlawful for a judge of any court in this state
to engage in a sexual relationship with a lawyer who is:
1. Representing a client in a civil or criminal action or
proceeding; or
2. Prosecuting a criminal case on behalf of the state or a
municipality,
then pending or about to be brought before the same judge. A judge
who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction,
be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonm ent in the custody of
the Department of Corrections for a term of not more than two (2)
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years, or a fine of not less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00)
and not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
B. As used in this section, "sexual relationship" means an
established course of sexual relations.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-6186 GRS 01/03/23