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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 390 By: Nice
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to sentencing of juveniles; amending
66	66	10A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -5-204, as amended by Section
67	67	4, Chapter 375, O.S.L. 2022 (10A O.S. Supp. 2024,
68	68	Section 2-5-204), which relates to treatment of child
69	69	certified as adult or youthful offender in criminal
70	70	proceedings; prohibiting imposition of certain terms
71	71	of imprisonment for certain persons; updating
72	72	statutory references; amending 22 O.S. 2021, Section
73	73	985.1, which relates to departure from mandatory
74	74	minimum sentencing; requiring court to depart from
75	75	mandatory minimum sentence under certain
76	76	circumstances; and providing an effective date .
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10A O.S. 2021, Section 2 -5-204, as
83	83	amended by Section 4, Chapter 375, O.S.L. 2022 (10A O.S. Supp. 2024,
84	84	Section 2-5-204), is amended to read as follows:
85	85	Section 2-5-204. A. A child who is arrested for an offense
86	86	pursuant to subsection A, B, C, D, or E of Section 2 -5-205 of this
87	87	title, may, depending on the child ’s age and alleged crime, be
88	88	charged as a juvenile delinquent, youthful offender, or an adult.
89	89	If charged as a juvenile delinquen t, a petition shall be filed. If
90	90	charged as a youthful offender or adult, an information shall be
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142	142	filed. At any time after the child is charged as a youthful
143	143	offender or adult, the district attorney may dismiss the information
144	144	and file a juvenile delinqu ent petition.
145	145	B. If the child is not otherwise represented by counsel and
146	146	either the child, his or her parent, guardian, or next friend
147	147	requests an attorney prior to or during interrogation, or upon being
148	148	charged by information, as provided in subsection A of this section,
149	149	the court shall appoint an attorney, who shall not be a district
150	150	attorney, for the child regardless of any attempted waiver by the
151	151	parent, guardian, or next friend of the right to be represented by
152	152	counsel. If the court appoints an atto rney for a child for the
153	153	interrogation or at the initial appearance, the court shall review
154	154	the appointment at a subsequent hearing to determine if the child,
155	155	parent, guardian, or next friend qualifies for a court -appointed
156	156	attorney.
157	157	C. When a person proc eeds to trial as either a youthful
158	158	offender or as an adult as provided by the Youthful Offender Act,
159	159	the accused person shall have all the statutory and constitutional
160	160	rights and protections of an adult accused of a crime. All
161	161	proceedings shall be as for a criminal action and the provisions of
162	162	Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes shal l apply, except as provided
163	163	for in the Youthful Offender Act.
164	164	D. All youthful offender court records for a person who is
165	165	certified to stand trial as an adult or youthful offende r shall be
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217	217	considered adult records and shall not be subject to the provisions
218	218	of Chapter 6 of the Oklahoma Juvenile Code; provided, however, all
219	219	reports, evaluations, motions, records, exhibits , or documents
220	220	regarding the educational history, mental healt h, or medical
221	221	treatment or condition of the person that are submitted to the c ourt
222	222	or admitted into evidence during the hearing on the motion for
223	223	certification as a juvenile or a youthful offender or on the motion
224	224	for imposition of an adult sentence shall be confidential and shall
225	225	be filed or admitted under seal, except that such records shall be
226	226	provided to the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Any testimony regarding
227	227	the reports, evaluations, motions, records, exhibits , or documents
228	228	shall be given in camera an d shall not be open to the general
229	229	public; provided, all persons having a dire ct interest in the case
230	230	as provided in paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 2 -2-402 of
231	231	this title shall be allowed to be present during the testimony but
232	232	shall be admonished no t to discuss the testimony following the
233	233	hearing. All reports, evaluations, motions, records, exhibits , or
234	234	documents shall be released from under seal by order of the court if
235	235	the youthful offender is sentenced to the custody or supervision of
236	236	the Department of Corrections by the court pursuant to paragraph 1
237	237	of subsection B A of Section 2-5-209 2-5-208A or subsection B of
238	238	Section 2-5-210 2-5-210A of this title or if the juvenile or
239	239	youthful offender is later charged as an adult with a felony crime.
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291	291	E. Proceedings against a youthful offender shall be heard by
292	292	any judge of the district court.
293	293	F. Upon arrest and detention of a person subject to the
294	294	provisions of the Youthful Offender Act, the person has the same
295	295	right to be released on bail as would an adul t in the same
296	296	circumstances.
297	297	G. Upon a verdict of guilty or entry of a plea o f guilty or
298	298	nolo contendere by a youthful offender who has been certified for
299	299	the imposition of an adult sentence as provided by Section 2-5-207
300	300	2-5-207A of this title, the perso n may be detained in an adult jail,
301	301	adult lockup, adult detention facility , or other adult facility if
302	302	that facility is licensed by the State Department of Health to
303	303	detain children under eighteen (18) years of age while the person is
304	304	awaiting housing by t he Department of Corrections. In no event
305	305	shall a person who was under eighte en (18) years of age at the time
306	306	the offense was committed be sentenced to life imprisonment without
307	307	the possibility of parole or be given a mandatory minimum sentence
308	308	that carries a term of imprisonment that exceeds twenty (20) years.
309	309	H. A child or youthful offender shall be tried as an adult in
310	310	all subsequent criminal prosecutions, and shall not be subject to
311	311	the jurisdiction of the juvenile court as a juvenile delinquent or
312	312	youthful offender processes in any further proceedings if:
313	313	1. The child or yout hful offender has been certified to stand
314	314	trial as an adult pursuant to any certification procedure provided
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366	366	by law and is subsequently convicted of the alleged offense or
367	367	against whom the imposition of judgment and sentence has been
368	368	deferred; or
369	369	2. The youthful offender has been certified for the imposition
370	370	of an adult sentence as provided by Section 2-5-207 2-5-207A of this
371	371	title and is subsequently convicted of the alleged off ense or
372	372	against whom the imposition of judgment and sentencing has been
373	373	deferred.
374	374	I. Except as otherwise provided in the Youthful Offender Act, a
375	375	person who has been certified as a youthful offender shall be
376	376	prosecuted as a youthful offender in all subseq uent criminal
377	377	proceedings until the youthful offender has attained eighteen (18)
378	378	years of age.
379	379	All proceedings for the commission of a crime committed after a
380	380	youthful offender has reached eighteen (18) years of age shall be
381	381	adult proceedings.
382	382	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 985.1, is
383	383	amended to read as follows:
384	384	Section 985.1. A. When sentencing a person convicted of a
385	385	criminal offense for which there is a mandatory minimum sentence of
386	386	imprisonment, the court may depa rt from the applicable sentence if
387	387	the court finds substantial and compelling reasons on the record,
388	388	after giving due regard to the nature of the crime, history, and
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440	440	character of the defendant and his or her chances of successful
441	441	rehabilitation, that:
442	442	1. The mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment is not
443	443	necessary for the protec tion of the public; or
444	444	2. Imposition of the mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment
445	445	would result in substantial injustice to the defendant; or
446	446	3. The mandatory minimum sente nce of imprisonment is not
447	447	necessary for the protection of the public and the defendant, based
448	448	on a risk and needs assessment, is eligible for an alternative
449	449	court, a diversion program , or community sentencing, without regard
450	450	to exclusions because of previ ous convictions, and has been accepted
451	451	to the same, pending sentencing.
452	452	B. The Except as provided in subsection D of this section, the
453	453	court shall not have the discretion to depart from the applicable
454	454	mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment on convicti ons for
455	455	criminal offenses under the following circumstances:
456	456	1. The offense for which the defendant was convicted is among
457	457	those crimes listed in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma
458	458	Statutes as excepted from the definition of “nonviolent offense”;
459	459	2. The offense for which the defendant was convicted was a sex
460	460	offense and will require the defendant to register as a sex offender
461	461	pursuant to the provisions of the Sex Offenders Registration Act;
462	462	3. The offense for which the defendant was convicted involv ed
463	463	the use of a firearm;
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515	515	4. The offense for which the defendant was convicted is a crime
516	516	listed in Section 13.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes
517	517	requiring the defendant to serve not less than eighty -five percent
518	518	(85%) of any sentence of imprisonment i mposed by the judicial system
519	519	prior to becoming eligible for consideration for parole;
520	520	5. The offense for which the defendant was convicted is a
521	521	violation of the Trafficking in Illegal Drugs Act as provided in
522	522	Sections 2-414 through 2-420 of Title 63 of t he Oklahoma Statutes;
523	523	6. The defendant was the leader, manager , or supervisor of
524	524	others in a continuing criminal enterprise; or
525	525	7. The offense for which the defendant was convicted is a
526	526	violation of the Oklahoma Antiterrorism Act as provided in Sections
527	527	1268 through 1268.8 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
528	528	C. Any departure fr om the mandatory minimum sentence as
529	529	authorized in this section shall not reduce the sentence to less
530	530	than twenty-five percent (25%) of the mandatory term.
531	531	D. The court shall de part from the applicable mandatory minimum
532	532	sentence as required pursuant to subsection G of Section 2 -5-204 of
533	533	Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
534	534	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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