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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 1111 By: Woods
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to cockfighting; amending 21 O.S.
2021, Sections 1692.1, 1692.2, 1692.3, 1692.4, and
1692.8, which relate to cockfighting definitions,
offenses, and penalties; modifying definition;
deleting definition; reducing penalties for certain
offenses; adding punishment for additional offenses;
updating statutory references; repealing 21 O.S.
2021, Sections 1692.5, 1692.6, and 1692.7 , which
relate to criminal offenses and asset forfeitures
related to cockfighti ng violations; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1692.1. As used in this act:
A. “Cockfight” or “cockfighting” is a fight between birds,
whether or not fitted with artificial spurs, knives, or gaffs, and
whether or not bets or wagers are made on th e outcome of the fight ,
and includes any training fight in which birds are inte nded or
encouraged to attack or fight with one another .
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B. “Equipment used for training or handling a fighting bird ”
includes knives or gaffs, cages, pens, feeding apparatuses, training
pens and other related devices and equipment, and is hereby declared
contraband and subject to seizure.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.2, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1692.2. Every person who willfully instigates or
encourages any is actively participating in a cockfight, upon
conviction, shall be guilty of a felony misdemeanor. The penalty
for a violation of this section shall be as provided in Section 8 of
this act 1692.8 of this title .
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.3, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1692.3. Every person who keeps or provides any pit,
building, or other place, or knowingly provides any equipment or
facilities to be used in permitting any cockfight, upon conviction,
shall be guilty of a felony misdemeanor. The penalty for a
violation of this section shall be as provided in Section 8 of this
act 1692.8 of this title .
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 20 21, Section 1692.4, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1692.4. Every person who does any act or performs any
service in the furtherance of or to facilitate any cockfight,
referees a cockfight upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony
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misdemeanor. Such activities and services specifically prohibited
by this section include, b ut are not limited to: promoting or
refereeing of birds at a cockfight, advertising a cockfight, or
serving as a stakes holder of any money wagered on any cockfight.
The penalty for a violation of this section shall be as provided in
Section 8 of this act 1692.8 of this title .
SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1692.8, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1692.8. A. Every person who is gui lty of a felony
under any of the provisions of Sections 2, 3, 4, or 5 of this a ct
shall be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not
less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years, or shall be
fined not less than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) nor more than
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
B. Every person who upon conviction is guilty of any of the
provisions of Section 6 of this act Sections 1692.2, 1692.3, and
1692.4 of this title shall be punished by imprisonment in the county
jail for not more than one (1) y ear, or shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) ,
or by both such fine and imprisonment . Upon a second conviction,
the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, by a
fine not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) , or
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by both such imprisonment and fine . Upon a third and subsequent
conviction, the person shall be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not
more than two (2) years or by a fine not less than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both su ch imprisonment and fine.
SECTION 6. REPEALER 21 O.S. 2021, Sections 1692.5,
1692.6, and 1692.7, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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