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5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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5555 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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5757 SENATE BILL 1111 By: Woods
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6363 AS INTRODUCED
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6565 An Act relating to cockfighting; amending 21 O.S.
6666 2021, Sections 1692.1, 1692.2, 1692.3, 1692.4, and
6767 1692.8, which relate to cockfighting definitions,
6868 offenses, and penalties; modifying definition;
6969 deleting definition; reducing penalties for certain
7070 offenses; adding punishment for additional offenses;
7171 updating statutory references; repealing 21 O.S.
7272 2021, Sections 1692.5, 1692.6, and 1692.7 , which
7373 relate to criminal offenses and asset forfeitures
7474 related to cockfighti ng violations; and providing an
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8181 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
8282 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.1, is
8383 amended to read as follows:
8484 Section 1692.1. As used in this act:
8585 A. “Cockfight” or “cockfighting” is a fight between birds,
8686 whether or not fitted with artificial spurs, knives, or gaffs, and
8787 whether or not bets or wagers are made on th e outcome of the fight ,
8888 and includes any training fight in which birds are inte nded or
8989 encouraged to attack or fight with one another .
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141141 B. “Equipment used for training or handling a fighting bird ”
142142 includes knives or gaffs, cages, pens, feeding apparatuses, training
143143 pens and other related devices and equipment, and is hereby declared
144144 contraband and subject to seizure.
145145 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.2, is
146146 amended to read as follows:
147147 Section 1692.2. Every person who willfully instigates or
148148 encourages any is actively participating in a cockfight, upon
149149 conviction, shall be guilty of a felony misdemeanor. The penalty
150150 for a violation of this section shall be as provided in Section 8 of
151151 this act 1692.8 of this title .
152152 SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.3, is
153153 amended to read as follows:
154154 Section 1692.3. Every person who keeps or provides any pit,
155155 building, or other place, or knowingly provides any equipment or
156156 facilities to be used in permitting any cockfight, upon conviction,
157157 shall be guilty of a felony misdemeanor. The penalty for a
158158 violation of this section shall be as provided in Section 8 of this
159159 act 1692.8 of this title .
160160 SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 20 21, Section 1692.4, is
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162162 Section 1692.4. Every person who does any act or performs any
163163 service in the furtherance of or to facilitate any cockfight,
164164 referees a cockfight upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony
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216216 misdemeanor. Such activities and services specifically prohibited
217217 by this section include, b ut are not limited to: promoting or
218218 refereeing of birds at a cockfight, advertising a cockfight, or
219219 serving as a stakes holder of any money wagered on any cockfight.
220220 The penalty for a violation of this section shall be as provided in
221221 Section 8 of this act 1692.8 of this title .
222222 SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.8, is
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224224 Section 1692.8. A. Every person who is gui lty of a felony
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227227 less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or shall be
228228 fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than
229229 Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and
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231231 B. Every person who upon conviction is guilty of any of the
232232 provisions of Section 6 of this act Sections 1692.2, 1692.3, and
233233 1692.4 of this title shall be punished by imprisonment in the county
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235235 misdemeanor and fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) ,
236236 or by both such fine and imprisonment . Upon a second conviction,
237237 the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
238238 imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
239239 fine not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) , or
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291291 by both such imprisonment and fine . Upon a third and subsequent
292292 conviction, the person shall be guilty of a felony punishable by
293293 imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not
294294 more than two (2) years or by a fine not less than Five Thousand
295295 Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both su ch imprisonment and fine.
296296 SECTION 6. REPEALER 21 O.S. 2021, Sections 1692.5,
297297 1692.6, and 1692.7, are hereby repealed.
298298 SECTION 7. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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