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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 993 By: Floyd and Garvin of the
Senate
and
Boatman, Swope, Munson, and
Deck of the House
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUT E
An Act relating to criminal procedure; amending 22
O.S. 2021, Section 152, as amended by Section 1,
Chapter 174, O.S.L. 2022 (22 O.S. Supp. 2022, Section
152), which relates to statute of limitations;
removing time limitation for which certain
prosecutions may be commenced; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 152, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 174, O.S.L. 2022 (22 O.S. Supp. 2022,
Section 152), is amended to read as follows:
Section 152. A. Prosecutions for the crimes of bribery,
embezzlement of public money, bonds, securities, assets or property
of the state or any county, school district, municipality or oth er
subdivision thereof, or of any misappropriation of public money,
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bonds, securities, assets or property of the state or any county,
school district, municipality or other subdivision thereof,
falsification of public records of the state or any county, sc hool
district, municipality or other subdivision thereof, and conspiracy
to defraud the State of Oklahoma or any county, school district,
municipality or other subdivision thereof in any manner or for any
purpose shall be comm enced within seven (7) years a fter the
discovery of the crim e; provided, however, prosecutions for the
crimes of embezzlement or misappropriation of public money, bonds,
securities, assets or property of any school district, including
those relating to stu dent activity funds, or the cr ime of
falsification of public records of any independent school district,
the crime of criminal conspiracy, the crime of embezzlement pursuant
to Sections 1451 through 1461 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
the crime of False Personation or Identity T heft pursuant to
Sections 1531 through 1533.3 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
the financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult pursuant to
Sections 843.1, 843.3 and 843.4 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, or Medicaid fraud pursuant to Section 100 5 of Title 56 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be commenced within five (5) years
after the discovery of the crime.
B. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any state income tax
laws shall be commenced within five (5) years after the commission
of such violation.
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C. 1. Prosecutions for sexual crimes against children,
specifically rape or forcible sodomy, sodomy, lewd or indecent
proposals or acts against children, involving minors in pornography
pursuant to Section 886, 888 , 1111, 1111.1, 1113, 1114, 10 21.2,
1021.3, 1040.12a or 1123 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, child
abuse pursuant to Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma
Statutes, and child trafficking pursuant to Section 866 of Title 21
of the Oklahoma Statute s shall may be commenced by the forty-fifth
birthday of the alleged victim. Prosecutions for such crimes
committed against victims eighteen (18) years of age or older shall
be commenced within twelve (12) years after the discovery of the
crime. As used in this paragraph, “discovery” means the date that a
physical or sexually related crime involving a victim eighteen (18)
years of age or older is reported to a law enforcement agency.
2. However, prosecutions for the crimes listed in paragraph 1
of this subsection may be commenced at any time after the commission
of the offense if:
a. physical evidence is collected and preserved that is
capable of being tested to obtain a profile from
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and
b. the identity of the offender is subse quently
established through the use of a DNA profile using
evidence listed in subparagraph a of this paragraph.
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A prosecution under this exception must be commenced within
three (3) years from the date on which the identity of the suspect
is established by DNA testing at any time.
3. 2. No prosecution under this subsection shall be based upon
the memory of the victim that has been recovered through
psychotherapy unless there is some evidenc e independent of such
repressed memory.
4. 3. Any person who knowi ngly and willfully makes a fal se
claim pursuant to this subsection or a claim that the person kn ows
lacks factual foundation may be reported to local law enforcement
for criminal investigation and, upon conviction, shall be guilty of
a felony.
D. Prosecutions for criminal violations of any provision of the
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code shall be commenced within three
(3) years after the commission of such offense.
E. Prosecutions for the crime of criminal fraud or workers ’
compensation fraud pursuant to Section 1541.1, 1541.2, 1662 or 1663
of Title 21 of the O klahoma Statutes shall commence within three (3)
years after the discovery of the crime, but in no event greater than
seven (7) years after the commission of the crime.
F. Prosecution for the crime of false or bogus check pursuant
to Section 1541.1, 1541. 2, 1541.3 or 1541.4 of Title 21 of the
Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced within five (5) years after the
commission of such offense.
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G. Prosecution for the crime of solicitation fo r murder in the
first degree pursuant t o Section 701.16 of Title 21 of t he Oklahoma
Statutes shall be commenced within seven (7) years after the
discovery of the crime. For purposes of this subsection,
“discovery” means the date upon which the crime is ma de known to
anyone other than a person involved in the solicitation.
H. In all other cases a prosecu tion for a public offense must
be commenced within three (3) years after its commission.
I. Prosecution for the crime of accessory after the fact must
be commenced within the same statute of li mitations as that of the
felony for which the person acted as an accessory.
J. Prosecution for the crime of arson pursuant to Section 1401,
1402, 1403, 1404 or 1405 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall
be commenced within seven (7) years after the c ommission of the
crime.
K. Prosecutions for criminal viola tions in which a deadly
weapon is used to commit a felony or prosecutions for criminal
violations in which a deadly weapon is used in an attempt to commit
a felony shall be commenced within seven ( 7) years after the
commission of the crime.
L. Prosecutions for the crime of human traff icking pursuant to
Section 748 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall be commenced
within three (3) years after discovery of the crime . For purposes
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of this subsection, “discovery” means the date upon which the crime
is reported to a law enforcement a gency.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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