Oklahoma 2024 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1951 Compare Versions

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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 1951 By: Floyd
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Protection from Domestic Abuse
66	66	Act; authorizing court to make certain determination;
67	67	establishing requirements for certain determination ;
68	68	requiring request for approval to file certain
69	69	action; authorizing sanctions for certain purpose;
70	70	authorizing award of certain costs and fees;
71	71	providing for codification; and providing an
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
79	79	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 62 of Title 22, unless there is
80	80	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
81	81	A. Upon a motion filed by a person granted a protective order
82	82	under the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act , Section 60 et seq. of
83	83	Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the court may determine a
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85	85	B. To be considered a vexatious litigant, the plaintiff must:
86	86	1. Be the subject of a protective order granted to the person
87	87	filing the motion; and
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139	139	2. Have commenced, prosecuted, or maintained one or more civil
140	140	court cases against the person protected by the protective order in
141	141	any court or jurisdiction that are determined to be frivolous and
142	142	caused the person protected by the order to be harassed or
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144	144	C. Upon an order determining a plaintiff to be a vexatious
145	145	litigant, he or she shall seek leave from the chief presiding judge
146	146	of the district court for approval to file a n action against a
147	147	person granted a protect ive order. The plaintiff shall show there
148	148	is a reasonable probability that he or she will prevail in a claim.
149	149	D. A person in violation of this section may be held in
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151	151	assessed by the court, the person shall be liable to the opposing
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153	153	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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