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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
ENGROSSED 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 peace 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 OKLAHO MA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 650, is
amended to read as foll ows:
Section 650. A. Every person who, without justifiable or
excusable cause, knowingly commits any aggravated assault and
battery upon the person o f 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, 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
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by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for
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 should reasonably know is a police officer,
sheriff, deputy sheriff or, highway patrolman, corrections personnel
as defined in Section 649 of this title, or any sta te 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, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman,
corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or
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any peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental
agency to enforce sta te laws.
As used in this subsection, “strangulation” shall have the same
meaning as provided in subsectio n 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: OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC
SAFETY, dated - 04/17/2025 – DO PASS.