Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB1331 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/15/2025

                     
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
HOUSE BILL 1331 	By: Humphrey 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending 
21 O.S. 2021, Section 1792, which relates to trespass 
to critical infrastructure fa cilities; expanding 
scope of certain prohibited act; defining term; 
modifying definition; and providing an effective 
date. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     21 O.S. 2021, Sect ion 1792, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 1792.  A.  Any person who sha ll willfully trespass or, 
enter, or loiter upon property containing a critical infrastructure 
facility without permission by the owner of the property or lawful 
occupant thereof shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor 
punishable by a fine of not less more than One Thousand Dollars 
($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of six 
(6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.  If it is 
determined the intent of the trespasser is to willfully damage, 
destroy, vandalize, defac e, tamper with equipment, or impede or   
 
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inhibit operations of the facility, the person shall, upon 
conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not less 
more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by imprisonment in 
the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of one (1) 
year, or by both such fine and imprisonment .  As used in this 
subsection, "loiter" means standing or waiting around idly or 
without apparent or rational purpose . 
B.  Any person who shall willfully damage, destroy, vandalize, 
deface or tamper with equipment in a critical infrastructure 
facility shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by 
a fine of One Hundred Thousand Dolla rs ($100,000.00), or by 
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a 
term of not more than ten (10) years, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment. 
C.  If an organization is found to be a conspirator with persons 
who are found to have c ommitted any of the crimes described in 
subsection A or B of this section, the conspiring organization shall 
be punished by a fine that is ten times the amount of said fine 
authorized by the appropriate provision of this section. 
D.  As used in this sectio n, "critical infrastructure facility " 
means: 
1.  One of the following, if completely enclosed by a fence or 
other physical barrier that is obviously designed to exclude 
intruders, or if clearly marked with a sign or signs that are posted   
 
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on the property that are reasonably likely to come to the attention 
of intruders and indicate th at entry is forbidden without site 
authorization: 
a. a petroleum or alumina refinery, 
b. an electrical power generating facility, substation, 
switching station, electrical contro l center or 
electric power lines and associated equipment 
infrastructure, 
c. a chemical, polymer or rubber manufacturing facility, 
d. a water intake structure, water treatment facility, 
wastewater treatment plant or pump station, 
e. a natural gas compresso r station, 
f. a liquid natural gas terminal or storage facility, 
g. a telecommunications central switching office, 
h. wireless telecommunications infrastructure, including 
cell towers, telephone poles and lines, including 
fiber-optic lines, 
i. a port, railroad switching yard, railroad tracks, 
trucking terminal or other freight transportation 
facility, 
j. a gas processing plant, including a plant used in the 
processing, treatment or fractionation of natural gas 
or natural gas liquids,   
 
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k. a transmission facil ity used by a federally licensed 
radio or television station, 
l. a steelmaking facility that uses an electric arc 
furnace to make steel, 
m. a facility identified and regulated by the United 
States Department of Homeland Security Chemical 
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, 
n. a dam that is regulated by the state or federal 
government, 
o. a natural gas distribution utility facility including, 
but not limited to, pipeline interconnections, a city 
gate or town border station, metering station, 
aboveground piping, a regulator station and a natural 
gas storage facility, or 
p. a crude oil or refined products storage and 
distribution facility including, but not limited to, 
valve sites, pipeline interconnections, pump station, 
metering station, below or aboveground pipeline or 
piping and truck loading or offloading facility; or 
2.  Any aboveground portion of an oil, gas, hazardous liquid or 
chemical pipeline, tank, railroad facility or other storage facility 
that is enclosed by a fence, other physical barrier or is clearly 
marked with signs prohibiting trespassing, that are obvi ously 
designed to exclude intruders ;   
 
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3.  Any prison facility; or 
4.  Any county-owned property including, but not limited to, 
courthouses and detention centers . 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 202 5. 
 
60-1-10100 MAH 01/11/25