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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 11, 2025
SENATE BILL NO. 369 By: Hines of the Senate
and
George of the House
An Act relating to assault and battery; amending 21
O.S. 2021, Section 650, which relates to aggravated
assault and battery upon a peac e officer; modifying
scope of certain unlawful act; defining term;
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 650, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 650. A. Every person who, without justifiable or
excusable cause, knowingly commits any aggravated assault and
battery upon the person of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff
or, highway patrolman, correc tions personnel as defined in Section
649 of this title, or any state peace officer employed by any state
or federal governmenta l agency to enforce state laws, while the
officer is in the performance of his or her duties shall , upon
conviction thereof, be guilty of a felony, which shall be punishable
by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for
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not more than life or by, a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,
commits any aggravated assault and battery upon a person that the
violator knows or shou ld reasonably know is a police officer,
sheriff, deputy sheriff or, highway patrolman, corrections personnel
as defined in Section 649 of this title, or any state peace officer
employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce
state laws, that results in maiming as defined in Section 751 of
this title, while the officer is in the performance of his or her
duties shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of for
not less than five (5) years nor more than life or by, a fine not
exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
C. For purposes of this section, aggravated assault and battery
upon law officers, includes the:
1. The physical contact with and in an attempt to gain control
of the firearm; or
2. The strangulation ,
of any police officer, sheriff, dep uty sheriff, highway patrolman,
corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or
any peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental
agency to enforce state laws.
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As used in this subsection, “strangulation” shall have the same
meaning as provided in subsection J of Section 644 of this title .
D. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts , but
shall be cumulative thereto.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
February 11, 2025 - DO PASS