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34	29		BILL NO. 1597 By: George of the House
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43	40		An Act relating to crimes and punishments; defining
44	41		terms; making certain acts unlawful; providing
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51	48		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
52	49		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
53	50		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 540D of Title 21, unless there
54	51		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
55	52		A. As used in this section:
56	53		1. "First responder" shall include a peace officer as defined
57	54		in Section 99 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, a correctional
58	55		or probation and parole officer, and an emergency medical technician
59	56		or emergency medical care provider; and
60	57		2. "Harass" means to willfully engage in a course of conduct
61	58		directed at a first responder which intentionally distracts the
62	59		first responder from performing his or her official duties and
63	60		serves no legitimate purpose.
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91	87		B. It shall be unlawful for a person, after receiving a verbal
92	88		warning not to approach from a person he or she knows or reasonably
93	89		should know is a first responder, who is engaged in the lawful
94	90		performance of a legal duty, to knowingly and willfully violate such
95	91		warning and approach or remain within twenty -five (25) feet of the
96	92		first responder with the intent to:
97	93		1. Impede or interfere with the ability of the first responder
98	94		to perform such duty;
99	95		2. Threaten the first responder with physical harm; or
100	96		3. Harass the first responder.
101	97		C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section
102	98		shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
103	99		imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed one (1)
104	100		year, or by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Doll ars ($1,000.00),
105	101		or by both such fine and imprisonment.
106	102		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
107		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
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	130	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 11th day of March, 2025.
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	139	+	Passed the Senate the _______ day of _______, 2025.
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