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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1689 By: Gollihare
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to criminal records; amending 22 O.S.
66	66	2021, Section 18, as last amended by Section 1,
67	67	Chapter 143, O.S.L. 2022 (22 O. S. Supp. 2023, Section
68	68	18), which relates to expunge ment of records;
69	69	expanding eligibility for clean slate expungement;
70	70	requiring unsealing of certain expunged records upon
71	71	subsequent conviction; updating s tatutory reference;
72	72	and providing an effective dat e.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 18, as last
79	79	amended by Section 1, Chapter 143, O.S.L. 2022 (22 O.S. Supp. 2023,
80	80	Section 18), is amended to read as fo llows:
81	81	Section 18. A. Persons authorized to file a motion for
82	82	expungement, as provided herein, must be within o ne of the following
83	83	categories:
84	84	1. The person has been acquitted;
85	85	2. The conviction was rev ersed with instructions to dismiss by
86	86	an appellate court of competent jurisdiction, or an appellate court
87	87	of competent jurisdiction reversed the conviction and the
88	88	prosecuting agency subsequently dismissed the charge;
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140	140	3. The factual innocence of the perso n was established by the
141	141	use of deoxyribonucleic a cid (DNA) evidence subsequent to
142	142	conviction, including a person who has been released from prison at
143	143	the time innocence was established;
144	144	4. The person has received a full pardon by the Governor for
145	145	the crime for which the person was sentenced;
146	146	5. The person was arrested and no charges of any type,
147	147	including charges for an offense different than that for which the
148	148	person was originally arrested, are filed and the statute of
149	149	limitations has expired or the pr osecuting agency has declined to
150	150	file charges;
151	151	6. The person was under eighteen (18) years of age at the time
152	152	the offense was committed and the person has receive d a full pardon
153	153	for the offense;
154	154	7. The person was charged with one or more misdemeanor or
155	155	felony crimes, all charges have been dismissed, the person has never
156	156	been convicted of a felony, no misdemeanor or felony charges are
157	157	pending against the person and the statute of limitations for
158	158	refiling the charge or charges has expired or the prosecuting agency
159	159	confirms that the charge or charges will n ot be refiled; provided,
160	160	however, this category shall not apply to charges that have been
161	161	dismissed following the completion of a deferred judgment or delayed
162	162	sentence;
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214	214	8. The person was charged with a mis demeanor, the charge was
215	215	dismissed following the s uccessful completion of a deferred judgment
216	216	or delayed sentence, the person has never been convicted of a
217	217	felony, no misdemeanor or felony charges are pending against the
218	218	person and at least one (1) year ha s passed since the charge was
219	219	dismissed;
220	220	9. The person was charged with a nonviolent felony offense not
221	221	listed in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes , the
222	222	charge was dismissed following the successful completion of a
223	223	deferred judgment or dela yed sentence, the person has never been
224	224	convicted of a felony, no misdemeanor or felony charges are pending
225	225	against the person and at least five (5) years have pas sed since the
226	226	charge was dismissed;
227	227	10. The person was convicted of a misdemeanor offense, t he
228	228	person was sentenced to a fine of less than Fiv e Hundred One Dollars
229	229	($501.00) without a term of imprisonment or a suspended sentence,
230	230	the fine has been paid or satisfied by time served in lieu of the
231	231	fine, the person has not been convicted of a felony and no felony or
232	232	misdemeanor charges are pending a gainst the person;
233	233	11. The person was convicted of a misdemeanor offense, the
234	234	person was sentenced to a term of imprisonment, a suspended sentence
235	235	or a fine in an amount greater than Five Hundred Dollars ( $500.00),
236	236	the person has not been convicted of a f elony, no felony or
237	237	misdemeanor charges are pending against the person and at least five
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289	289	(5) years have passed si nce the end of the last misdemeanor
290	290	sentence;
291	291	12. The person was convicted of a nonviolent f elony offense not
292	292	listed in Section 571 of Title 5 7 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the
293	293	person has not been convicted of any other felony, the person has
294	294	not been convicted of a separate misdemeanor in the last seven (7)
295	295	years, no felony or misdemeanor charges a re pending against the
296	296	person and at least five (5 ) years have passed since the completion
297	297	of the sentence for the felony conviction;
298	298	13. The person was convicted of not more than two felony
299	299	offenses, none of which is a felony offense listed in Section 13 .1
300	300	of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any off ense that would
301	301	require the person to register pursuant to the provisions of the Sex
302	302	Offenders Registration Act, no felony or misdemeanor charges are
303	303	pending against the person, and at least ten (10) years have passed
304	304	since the completion of the sent ence for the felony conviction;
305	305	14. The person has been charged or arrested or is the subject
306	306	of an arrest warrant for a crime that was committed by another
307	307	person who has appropriated or used the person ’s name or other
308	308	identification without the person ’s consent or authorization; or
309	309	15. The person was convicted of a nonviolent felony offense not
310	310	listed in Section 571 o f Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes which was
311	311	subsequently reclassified as a misdemeanor under Oklahoma law, the
312	312	person is not currently serving a sentence for a crime in this state
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364	364	or another state, at least thirty (30) days have passed since the
365	365	completion or commutation of the sentence for the crime that was
366	366	reclassified as a misdemeanor, any re stitution ordered by the court
367	367	to be paid by the person has been satisfied in full, and any
368	368	treatment program ordered by the court has been successfully
369	369	completed by the person, including any person who failed a treatment
370	370	program which resulted in an accel erated or revoked sentence that
371	371	has since been successfully completed by the person or the person
372	372	can show successful completion of a treatment program at a later
373	373	date. Persons seeking an expungement of records under the
374	374	provisions of this paragraph may u tilize the expungement forms
375	375	provided in Section 18a of this title; or
376	376	16. The person was convicted of not more than one nonviolent
377	377	felony offense not listed in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma
378	378	Statutes; the person has completed the sentence ; any restitution
379	379	ordered by the court to be paid by the person has been satisfied in
380	380	full; and any treatment program ordered by the court has been
381	381	successfully completed by the person , including any person who
382	382	failed a treatment program which resulted in an accel erated or
383	383	revoked sentence that has since been su ccessfully completed by the
384	384	person or the person can show successful completion of a treatment
385	385	program at a later date.
386	386	B. For purposes of Section 18 et seq. of this title,
387	387	“expungement” shall mean the sealin g of criminal records, as well as
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439	439	any public civil record, involving actions brou ght by and against
440	440	the State of Oklahoma arising from the same arrest, transaction o r
441	441	occurrence.
442	442	C. Beginning three (3) years after the effective date of this
443	443	act on November 1, 2025, and subject to the availability of funds,
444	444	individuals with clean slate eligible cases shall be eligible t o
445	445	have their criminal records sealed automatically . For purposes of
446	446	Section 18 et seq. of this title, “clean slate eligible case” shall
447	447	mean a case where each charge within the case is pursuant to
448	448	paragraph 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, or 15, or 16 of
449	449	subsection A of this section.
450	450	D. For purposes of seeking an expungement under the provisions
451	451	of paragraph 10, 11, 12 or 13 of subsection A of this s ection,
452	452	offenses arising out of the same transaction or occurrence shal l be
453	453	treated as one conviction and of fense.
454	454	E. Records expunged pursuant to paragraphs 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
455	455	13, 14, and 15, or 16 of subsection A of this section shall be
456	456	sealed to the public but not to la w enforcement agencies for law
457	457	enforcement purposes . Records expunged pursuant to paragraph s 8, 9,
458	458	10, 11, 12 and 13 of subsection A of this section shall be
459	459	admissible in any subseq uent criminal prosecution to prove the
460	460	existence of a prior conviction or prior deferred judgment without
461	461	the necessity of a cou rt order requesting the unsealing of the
462	462	records. Records expunged pursuant to paragraph 4, 6, 12 or 13 of
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514	514	subsection A of this section may also include the sealing of Pardon
515	515	and Parole Board records related to an application for a pardon.
516	516	Such records shall be sealed to the public but not to the Pardon and
517	517	Parole Board. Records expunged pursuant to paragraph 16 of
518	518	subsection A of this section shall be unsealed if the person is
519	519	convicted of a subsequent misdemeanor or felony offense.
520	520	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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