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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1056 By: Goodwin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to torts; stating liability of peace
66	66	officers for injuries related to the deprivation of
67	67	certain rights; making statuto ry immunities and
68	68	limitations on liability inapplicable to claims
69	69	brought by plaintiffs; prohibiting the assertion of
70	70	qualified immunity as a defense to liability;
71	71	providing for the award of reasonable attorney fees
72	72	and costs; directing employers to indemn ify peace
73	73	officers under certain circumstances; prohibiting
74	74	indemnification of peace officers under certain
75	75	circumstances; providing for codification; and
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
83	83	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 121 of Title 76, unless there is
84	84	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
85	85	A. A peace officer, as defined in Section 99 of Title 21 of the
86	86	Oklahoma Statutes, employed by the state or any political
87	87	subdivision of this state who, under color of law, subjects or
88	88	causes to be subjected, including failing to intervene, any other
89	89	person to the deprivation of any individual rights that create
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142	142	Rights, Article II of the Oklahoma Constitution, shall be liable to
143	143	the injured party for legal or equitable relief or any other
144	144	appropriate relief.
145	145	B. Statutory immunities and statutory limit ations on liability,
146	146	damages, or attorney fees shall not apply to claims brough t pursuant
147	147	to this section. The Governmental Tort Claims Act shall not apply
148	148	to claims brought pursuant to this section.
149	149	C. Qualified immunity is not a defense to liability pu rsuant to
150	150	this section.
151	151	D. In any action brought pursuant to this section, a court
152	152	shall award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing
153	153	plaintiff. In actions for injunctive relief, a court shall deem a
154	154	plaintiff to have prevailed if the lawsuit of the plaintiff was a
155	155	substantial factor or significant catalyst in obtaining the results
156	156	sought by the litigation. When a judgment is entered in favor of a
157	157	defendant, the court may award reasonable costs and attorney fees to
158	158	the defendant for defending any claims the court finds frivolous.
159	159	E. The employer of the peace officer shall indemnify its peace
160	160	officer for any liability incurred by the peace officer and for any
161	161	judgment or settlement entered against the peace officer for claims
162	162	arising pursuant to this section; provided, however, if the employer
163	163	of the peace officer determ ines the peace officer did not act in
164	164	good faith and upon a reasonable belief that the action was lawful,
165	165	the peace officer shall be personally liable and shall not be
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217	217	indemnified by the employer of the peace officer for five percent
218	218	(5%) of the judgment or settlement or Twenty -five Thousand Dollars
219	219	($25,000.00), whichever is less. Notwithstanding any provision of
220	220	this section to the contrary, if the peace officer ’s portion of the
221	221	judgment is not collectible from the peace officer, the employer of
222	222	the peace officer or insurance provider shall satisfy the full
223	223	amount of the judgment or settlement. The peace officer shall not
224	224	be indemnified by the employer for any monetary judgmen ts or legal
225	225	expenses, including attorney fees, if the conduct of the peace
226	226	officer from which the claim arose constituted a criminal offense
227	227	and the peace officer was convicted of such criminal offense.
228	228	SECTION 2. This act shall become eff ective November 1, 2025.
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