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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 156 By: Deevers
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
21 O.S. 2021, Section 589, which relates to false
reporting; modifying elements of m isdemeanor offense;
creating felony offense; specifying punishments for
certain offenses; updating statutory language; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 589, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 589. A. It shall be unlawful to willfully, knowingly ,
and without probable cause make a false report to any person of any
crime or circumstances indicating the possibility of cri me having
been committed, including the unlawful taking of personal property,
which report causes or encourages the exercise of police action or
investigation. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of
this subsection shall be guilty of a misdem eanor punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety ( 90) days
or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by
both such fine and imprisonment if the false report accused a person
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of a misdemeanor. Any person co nvicted of violating the provisions
of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony if the false report
accused a person of a felony. The punishments for such misdemeanor
or felony shall be the same as the provisions for such offense of
the accused crime in the false report.
B. It shall be unlawful to willfully, knowingly, and with out
probable cause communicate false information concerning a missing
child to a law enforcement agency that causes or encourages the
activation of an AMBER alert warning system. Any person convicted
of violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a
felony punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more
than one (1) year or by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or by both such f ine and imprisonment.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effect ive November 1, 2025.
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