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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
HOUSE BILL 3635 By: McDugle
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to capital punishment; establishing
moratorium on capital punishment; making moratorium
applicable to certain persons; stating duration of
moratorium; providing for the continuation of certain
court proceedings; and declaring an emergency.
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 1016.1 of Title 22, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A moratorium is hereby established on the imposition of
capital punishment in the state of Oklahoma . Said moratorium shall
apply to any person who has previously been convicted under the laws
of this state and received a sentence of deat h.
B. Said moratorium shall remain in effect until the
recommendations of the Oklahoma Death Penalty Review Commission have
been enacted into state law.
C. All other matters related to sentences of death, including
the filing and trying capital punishment cases, sent encing
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proceedings, imposing sentences of death, ap peals, and habeas
reviews, shall not be affected by the provisions of this act.
SECTION 2. It being immediately neces sary 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 and approval.
59-2-9140 GRS 01/11/24