Req. No. 443 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) SENATE BILL 445 By: Hamilton AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to age of consent; amending 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1111, as last amended by Section 8, Chapter 452, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1111), which relates to rape; increasing age of consent for sexual intercourse; modifying criteria for certain offense; updating statutory language; amending 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1112, which relates to age limitations on conviction fo r rape; modifying elements of certain offense; and declaring an emergency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1111, as last amended by Section 8, Chapter 4 52, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1111), is amended to read as follows: Section 1111. A. Rape is an act of sexual intercourse involving vaginal or anal penetration accomplished with a male or female within or without the bonds of matrimony who may be of the same or the opposite sex as the perpetrator under any of the following circumstances: 1. Where the victim is under sixteen (16) eighteen (18) years of age; Req. No. 443 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. Where the victim is incapable through mental illness or any other unsoundness of mind, whether temporary or permanent, of giving legal consent; 3. Where force or violence is used or threatened, accompanied by apparent power of execution to the victim or to another person; 4. Where the victim is intoxicated by a narcotic or anestheti c agent, administered by or with the privity of the accused as a means of forcing the victim to submit; 5. Where the victim is at the time unconscious of the nature of the act and this fact is known to the accused; 6. Where the victim submits to sexual i ntercourse under the belief that the person committing the act is a spouse, and this belief is induced by artifice, pretense, or concealment practiced by the accused or by the accused in collusion with the spouse with intent to induce that belief. In all cases of collusion between the accused and the spouse to accomplish such act, both the spouse and the accused, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of rape; 7. Where the victim is under the legal custody or supervision of a state agency, a federal agen cy, a county, a municipality , or a political subdivision and engages in sexual intercourse with a state, federal, county, municipal , or political subdivision employee or an employee of a contractor of the state, the federal government, a county, a municipa lity, or a political subdivision that exercises authority over the victim, or the subcontractor or employee of a Req. No. 443 Page 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 subcontractor of the contractor of the state or federal government, a county, a municipality , or a political subdivision that exercises authority over the victim; 8. Where the victim is at least sixteen (16) years of age and is less than twenty (20) years of age and is a student, or under the legal custody or supervision of any public or private elementary or secondary school, junior high or hig h school, or public vocational school, and engages in sexual intercourse with a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and is an employee of a school system; 9. Where the victim is nineteen (19) years of age or younger and is in the legal custo dy of a state agency, federal agency , or tribal court and engages in sexual intercourse with a foster parent or foster parent applicant; or 10. Where the victim is a student at a secondary school, is concurrently enrolled at an institution of higher educa tion, and engages in acts pursuant to this subsection with a perpetrator who is an employee of the institution of higher education of at which the victim is enrolled. B. “Employee of an institution of higher education ”, for purposes of this section, means faculty, adjunct faculty, instructors, volunteers, or an employee of a business contracting with an institution of higher education who may exercise, at any time, institutional authority over the victim. Employee of an Req. No. 443 Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 institution of higher education sha ll not include an enrolled student who is not more than three (3) years of age or older than the concurrently enrolled student and who is employed or volunteering, in any capacity, for the institution of higher education. SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1112, is amended to read as follows: Section 1112. No person can be convicted of rape or rape by instrumentation on account of an act of sexual intercourse with anyone over the age of fourteen (14) years and under the age of eighteen (18) years, with his or her consent, unless such person was over the age of eighteen (18) years more than four (4) years older than the other person at the time of such act. SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval. 60-1-443 CN 1/8/2025 8:26:40 AM