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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 549 By: Hines
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
66	66	21 O.S. 2021, Section s 813 and 815, which relate to
67	67	aiding suicide and aiding an attempt to commit
68	68	suicide; modifying punishment for certain felony
69	69	offenses; expanding applicability of certain felony
70	70	offenses; making language gender neutral; amending 21
71	71	O.S. 2021, Section 1172, which relates to obscene,
72	72	threatening, or harassing telecommuni cation or other
73	73	electronic communications; prohibiting certain
74	74	communications through an online platform; defining
75	75	term; modifying punishments for certain misdemeanor
76	76	and felony offenses; amending 21 O.S. 2021, Section
77	77	1953, which relates to the Oklahoma C omputer Crimes
78	78	Act; prohibiting certain actions; creating felony
79	79	offense; making language gender neutral; repealing 21
80	80	O.S. 2021, Sections 817 and 818, which relate to
81	81	punishment for aiding suicide and punishment for
82	82	aiding an attempt at suicide; and provi ding an
83	83	effective date.
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87	87	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
88	88	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 813, is
89	89	amended to read as follows:
90	90	Section 813. Every A. Any person who willfully, in any mann er,
91	91	advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person in taking his
92	92	or her own life, is shall, upon conviction, be guilty of aiding
93	93	suicide of a felony punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand
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145	145	Dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment in the custody of the Department
146	146	of Corrections for not less than seven (7) years, or by both s uch
147	147	fine and imprisonment.
148	148	B. Any person guilty of a felony offense pursuant to Section
149	149	1172 of this title that can be shown to be the proximate cause of
150	150	the suicide of the vict im of such offense shall, upon conviction, be
151	151	guilty of an offense under subsection A of this section .
152	152	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 815, is
153	153	amended to read as follows:
154	154	Section 815. Every A. Any person who willfully aids another in
155	155	attempting to take his or her own life, in any manner which by the
156	156	preceding sections described in Section 813 or 814 of this title
157	157	that would have amounted to aiding suicide if the person assisted
158	158	had actually taken his or her own life, is shall, upon conviction,
159	159	be guilty of aiding an attempt at suicide a felony punishable by a
160	160	fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment in
161	161	the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed two (2)
162	162	years, or by both such fin e and imprisonment.
163	163	B. Any person guilty of a felony offense pursuant to Sect ion
164	164	1172 of this title that can be shown to be the proximate cause of
165	165	the attempted suicide of the victim of such offense shall, upon
166	166	conviction, be guilty of an offense under su bsection A of this
167	167	section.
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219	219	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1172, is
220	220	amended to read as follows:
221	221	Section 1172. A. It shall be unlawful for a person who to, by
222	222	means of a telecommunication or, other electronic communi cation
223	223	device, or online platform, willfully either:
224	224	1. Makes Make any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal
225	225	which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent with intent
226	226	to harass or threaten to inflict injury, physical harm, or severe
227	227	emotional distress to any person ;
228	228	2. Makes Make a telecommunication or other electronic
229	229	communication, or post on an online platform including text, sound ,
230	230	or images with intent to terrify, intimidate or harass, or threaten
231	231	to inflict injury or, physical harm, or severe emotional distress to
232	232	any person or property of that person;
233	233	3. Makes Make a telecommunication or other electronic
234	234	communication, or post on an online platform whether or not
235	235	conversation ensues, with intent to put the party called any person
236	236	in fear of physical harm or death;
237	237	4. Makes Make a telecommunication or other electronic
238	238	communication, or post on an online platform including text, sound ,
239	239	or images whether or not conversation ensues, without disclosing the
240	240	identity of the person making the call or, communication, or post
241	241	and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at
242	242	which the called number communication is directed ;
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294	294	5. Knowingly permits permit any telecommunication or, other
295	295	electronic communication , or online platform account under the
296	296	control of the person to be used for any purpose prohibited by this
297	297	section; and or
298	298	6. In conspiracy or concerted action with other persons, makes
299	299	make repeated or simultaneous calls or, electronic communications ,
300	300	or simultaneous calls or electronic communications posts on an
301	301	online platform solely to harass any person at the called number(s)
302	302	number or on the online platform .
303	303	B. As used in this section , “telecommunication”:
304	304	1. “Online platform” means a website or online application tha t
305	305	is open to the public, allows a user to create an account, and
306	306	enables users to communicate with other users for the primary
307	307	purpose of posting information, comments, messages, or images; and
308	308	2. “Telecommunication” and “electronic communication ” mean any
309	309	type of telephonic, electronic , or radio communications, or
310	310	transmission of signs, signals, data, writings, images and sounds ,
311	311	or intelligence of any nature by telephone, including cellular
312	312	telephones, wire, cable, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic , or
313	313	photo-optical system or the creation, display, management, storage,
314	314	processing, transmission , or distribution of images, text, voice,
315	315	video, or data by wire, cable , or wireless means, including the
316	316	Internet. The term includes a:
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369	369	a. communication initiated by electronic mail, instant
370	370	message, network call, or facsimile ma chine including
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373	373	b. communication made to a pager ;, or
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375	375	c. communication including text, sound , or images posted
376	376	to a social media or other pub lic media source.
377	377	C. Use of a telephone or other electronic communications
378	378	facility under this section shall include all use made of such a
379	379	facility between the points of origin and reception. Any offense
380	380	under this section is a continuing offense and sh all be deemed to
381	381	have been committed at either the place of origin or the plac e of
382	382	reception.
383	383	D. Except as provided in subsection E of this section, any
384	384	1. Any person who is convicted of under the provisions of
385	385	subsection A of this section , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
386	386	punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00),
387	387	imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or by
388	388	both such fine and imprisonment .
389	389	E. 2. Any person who is convicted of a second offense under the
390	390	provisions of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a
391	391	felony punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars
392	392	($1,000.00), imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
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444	444	Corrections not to exceed two (2) years, or by both such fine and
445	445	imprisonment.
446	446	3. Any person who is convicted of a third or subsequent offense
447	447	under the provisions of subsection A of this section shall be guilty
448	448	of a felony punishable by a fine not less than Five Thousand Dollars
449	449	($5,000.00) and not more than One Hundred Tho usand Dollars
450	450	($100,000.00), or by imprisonment in the custody of the Departme nt
451	451	of Corrections not to exceed ten (10) years, or by both such fine
452	452	and imprisonment.
453	453	SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1953, is
454	454	amended to read as follows:
455	455	Section 1953. A. It shall be unlawful to:
456	456	1. Willfully, and without authorization, gain or attempt to
457	457	gain access to and damage, modify, alter, delete, destroy, copy,
458	458	make use of, use malicious computer programs on, disclose or take
459	459	possession of a computer, computer system, computer network, data or
460	460	any other property;
461	461	2. Use a computer, computer system, computer network or any
462	462	other property as hereinbefore defined for the purpose of devising
463	463	or executing a scheme or artifice with the intent to defraud,
464	464	deceive, extort or for the purpose of controlling or obtaining
465	465	money, property, data, services or other thing of value by means of
466	466	a false or fraudulent pretense or representation;
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518	518	3. Willfully exceed the limits of authorization and dam age,
519	519	modify, alter, destroy, copy, delete, disclose or take possession of
520	520	a computer, computer system, computer network, data or any other
521	521	property;
522	522	4. Willfully and without authorization, gain or attempt to gain
523	523	access to a computer, computer system, com puter network, data or any
524	524	other property;
525	525	5. Willfully and without authorization use or cause to be used
526	526	computer services;
527	527	6. Willfully and without authorization disrupt or cause the
528	528	disruption of computer services or deny or cause the denial of
529	529	access or other computer services to an authorized user of a
530	530	computer, computer syst em or computer network, other than an
531	531	authorized entity acting for a legitimate business purpose with the
532	532	effective consent of the owner;
533	533	7. Willfully and without authorization provide or assist in
534	534	providing a means of accessing a computer, computer system, data or
535	535	computer network in violation of this section;
536	536	8. Willfully use a computer, computer system, or computer
537	537	network, or other electronic device or system to annoy, abuse,
538	538	threaten, or harass another person;
539	539	9. Willfully use a computer, computer s ystem, or computer
540	540	network, or other electronic device or system to put another person
541	541	in fear of physical harm or death; and
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593	593	10. Willfully use a computer, computer system, comp uter
594	594	network, or other electronic device or system to encourage another
595	595	person to harm himself or herself or to commit suicide; and
596	596	11. Willfully solicit another, regardless of any financial
597	597	consideration or exchange of property, of any acts described in
598	598	paragraphs 1 through 9 10 of this subsection.
599	599	B. Any person convicted of viol ating paragraph 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9
600	600	or 10, or 11 of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a
601	601	felony punishable as provided in Section 1955 of this title.
602	602	C. Any person convicted of violating paragraph 4, 5 or 8 of
603	603	subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
604	604	D. Nothing in the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act shall be
605	605	construed to prohibit the monitoring of computer usage of, or the
606	606	denial of computer or Inter net access to, a child by a parent, legal
607	607	guardian, legal custodian, or foster parent. As used in this
608	608	subsection, “child” shall mean any person less than eighteen (18)
609	609	years of age.
610	610	E. Nothing in the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act shall be
611	611	construed to prohibit testing by an authorized entity, the purpose
612	612	of which is to provide to the owner or operator of the computer,
613	613	computer system or computer network an evaluation of the security of
614	614	the computer, computer system or computer network against real or
615	615	imagined threats or harms.
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667	667	SECTION 5. REPEALER 21 O.S. 202 1, Sections 817 and 818,
668	668	are hereby repealed.
669	669	SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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