Req. No. 11793 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) HOUSE BILL 1995 By: Turner AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending 21 O.S. 2021, Section s 1111, as last amended by Section 8, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024 , and 1123, as last amended by Section 33, Chapter 59, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section s 1111 and 1123), which relate to definitions of sex crimes; designating school resource officers as employees of a school system; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1111, as last amended by Section 8, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1111), is amended to read as follow s: Section 1111. A. Rape is an act of sexual intercourse involving vaginal or anal penetration accomplished with a male or female within or without the bonds of matrimony who may be of the same or the opposite sex as the perpetrator under any of the following circumstances: 1. Where the victim is under sixteen (16) years of age; Req. No. 11793 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. Where the victim is incapable through mental illness or any other unsoundness of mind, whether temporary or permanent, of giving legal consent; 3. Where force or violence is used or threatened, accompanied by apparent power of execution to the victim or to another person; 4. Where the victim is intoxicated by a narcotic or anesthetic agent, administered by or with the privity of the accused as a means of forcing the victim t o submit; 5. Where the victim is at the time unconscious of the nature of the act and this fact is known to the accused; 6. Where the victim submits to sexual intercourse under the belief that the person committing the act is a spouse, and this belief is induced by artifice, pretense, or concealment practiced by the accused or by the accused in collusion with the spouse with intent to induce that belief. In all cases of collusion between the accused and the spouse to accomplish such act, both the spouse and the accused, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of rape; 7. Where the victim is under the legal custody or supervision of a state agency, a federal agency, a county, a municipality or a political subdivision and engages in sexual intercourse with a state, federal, county, municipal or political subdivision employee or an employee of a contractor of the state, the federal government, a county, a municipality or a political subdivision that exercises authority over the victim, or the subcontractor o r employee of a Req. No. 11793 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 subcontractor of the contractor of the state or federal govern ment, a county, a municipality or a political subdivision that exercises authority over the victim; 8. Where the victim is at least sixteen (16) years of age and is less than twenty (20) years of age and is a student, or under the legal custody or supervision of any public or private elementary or secondary school, junior high or high school, or public vocational school, and engages in sexual intercourse with a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and is an employee of a school system. For purposes of this section , "employee of a school system " shall include employed and contracted school resource officers ; 9. Where the victim is nineteen (19) years of age or younge r and is in the legal custody of a state agency, federal agency or tribal court and engages in sexual intercourse with a foster parent or foster parent applicant; or 10. Where the victim is a student at a secondary school, is concurrently enrolled at an i nstitution of higher education, and engages in acts pursuant to this subsectio n with a perpetrator who is an employee of the institution of higher education of which the victim is enrolled. B. "Employee of an institution of higher education ", for purposes of this section, means faculty, adjunct faculty, instructors, volunteers, or an employee of a business contracting with an institution of higher education who may exercise, at any Req. No. 11793 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 time, institutional authority over the victim. Employee of an institution of higher education shall not include an enrolled student who is not more than three (3) years of age or older than the concurrently enrolled student and who is employed or volunteering, in any capacity, for the institution of higher education. SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1123, as last amended by Section 33, Chapter 59, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1123), is amended to read as follows: Section 1123. A. It is a felony for any person to knowingly and intentionally: 1. Make any oral, written or electronically or computer - generated lewd or indecent proposal to any child under sixteen (16) years of age, or other individual the person believes to be a child under sixteen (16) years of age, for the child to h ave unlawful sexual relations or sexual intercourse with any person; 2. Look upon, touch, maul, or feel the body or private parts of any child under sixteen (16) years of age in any lewd or lascivious manner by any acts against public decency and morality , as defined by law; 3. Ask, invite, entice, or persuade any child under sixt een (16) years of age, or other individual the person believes to be a child under sixteen (16) years of age, to go alone with any person to a secluded, remote, or secret place, with the unlawful and Req. No. 11793 Page 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 willful intent and purpose then and there to commit any crime against public decency and morality, as defined by law, with the child; 4. In any manner lewdly or lasciviously look upon, touch, maul, or feel the body or private parts o f any child under sixteen (16) years of age in any indecent manner or in any m anner relating to sexual matters or sexual interest; or 5. In a lewd and lascivious manner and for the purpose of sexual gratification: a. urinate or defecate upon a child under sixteen (16) years of age, or force or require a child to defecate or urinate upon the body or private parts of another, or for the purpose of sexual gratification, b. ejaculate upon or in the presence of a child, c. cause, expose, force or require a chil d to look upon the body or private parts of another person, d. force or require any child under sixteen (16) years of age or other individual the person believes to be a child under sixteen (16) years of age, to view any obscene materials, child sexual abu se material or materials deemed harmful to minors as such terms are defined by Sections 1024.1 and 1040.75 of this title, e. cause, expose, force or require a child to look upon sexual acts performed in the presence of the child, or Req. No. 11793 Page 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 f. force or require a c hild to touch or feel the body or private parts of the child or another person . Any person convicted of any violation of this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than three (3) years nor more than twenty (20) years, except when the child is under twelve (12) years of age at the time the offense is committed, and in such case the person shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than twenty -five (25) years. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply unless the accused is at least three (3) years older than the victim, except when accomplished by the use of force or fear. Except as provided in Section 51.1a of thi s title, any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony punishable as provided in this subsection and shall not be eligible for probation, suspended or deferred sentence. Except as provided in Section 51.1a of this title, any person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of life or life without parole, in the discretion of the jury, or in case the jury fails or refuses to fix punishment then the same shall be pronounced by the court. Any person convicted of a violation of this subsection after having been twice convicted of a violation of subsection A of Section 1 114 of Req. No. 11793 Page 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 this title, Section 888 of this title, sexual abuse of a child pursuant to Section 843.5 of this title, or of any attempt to commit any of these offenses or any combination of convictions pursuant to these sections shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of life or life without parole. B. No person shall commit sexual battery on any other person. "Sexual battery" shall mean the intentional touching, mauling or feeling of the body or private parts of any person sixteen (16) years of age or older, in a lewd and lascivious ma nner: 1. Without the consent of that person; 2. When committed by a state, county, municipal or political subdivision employee or a contractor or an employee of a contractor of the state, a county, a municipality or political subdivision of this state upon a person who is under the legal custody, supervision or authority of a state agency, a county, a municipality or a political subdivision of this state, or the subcontractor or employee of a subcontractor of the contractor of the state or federal government, a county, a municipality or a political subdivision of this state; 3. When committed upon a person who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and is less than twenty (20) ye ars of age and is a student, or in the legal custody or supervision of any public or private elementary or secondary school, or technology center school, Req. No. 11793 Page 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 by a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and is an employee of a school system; 4. When committed upon a person who is nineteen (19) years of age or younger and is i n the legal custody of a state agency, federal agency or a tribal court, by a foster parent or foster parent applicant; or 5. When the victim is a student at a secondary school, is concurrently enrolled at an institution of higher education, and engages in acts pursuant to this subsection with a perpetrator who is an employee of the institution of higher education of which the student is enrolled. As used in this subsection, "emp loyee of an institution of higher education" means faculty, adjunct faculty, i nstructors, volunteers, or an employee of a business contracting with an institution of higher education who may exercise, at any time, institutional authority over the victim. Employee of an institution of higher education shall not include an enrolled student who is not more than three (3) years of age or older than the concurrently enrolled student and who is employed or volunteering, in any capacity, for the institution of hi gher education. As used in this subsection, "employee of a school system" mean s a teacher, principal or other duly appointed person employed by a school system or an employee of a firm contracting with a school system, including a school resource officer . Req. No. 11793 Page 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 C. No person shall in any manner lewdly or lasciviously: 1. Look upon, touch, maul, or feel the body or private parts of any human corpse in any indecent manner relating to sexual matters or sexual interest; or 2. Urinate, defecate or ejaculate upon any human corpse. D. Any person convicted of a violation of subsection B or C of this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than ten (10) years. E. The fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in the detection and investigation of an offense pursuant to this section shall not constitute a defense to a prosecution under this section. F. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of post - imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 9 91a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post -imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment. SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, healt h or safety, an emergency is hereby Req. No. 11793 Page 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 60-1-11793 SW 12/31/24