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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
HOUSE BILL 1307 By: Humphrey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
21 O.S. 2021, Section 701.9, which relates to
penalties for murder; establishing pe nalty for
certain persons convicted of murder in the first
degree; and providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 701.9, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 701.9. A. 1. A person who is convicted of or plea ds
guilty or nolo contendere to murder in the first degree shall be
punished by death, by imprisonment for life without parole or by
imprisonment for life. A person who is convi cted of or pleads
guilty or nolo contendere to murder in the first degree, as
described in subsection E of Section 701.7 of this title, shall be
punished by death or by life without parole and absent an
overwhelming amount of mitigating evidence shall not be entitled to
or afforded the benefit of receiving imprisonment for life or
deferment of the sentence.
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2. A foreign-born person who, at the time of committing murder
in the first degree, was present in the United States without valid
immigration document ation or violated the terms of his or her
admission to the United States, is convicted of or pleads guilty or
nolo contendere to murder in the first degree shall be punished by
death.
B. A person who is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo
contendere to murder in the second degree shall be guilty of a
felony punishable by imprison ment in the custody of the Department
of Corrections for not less than ten (10) years nor more than life.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
60-1-10079 GRS 01/04/25