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35	32		COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
36	33		FOR ENGROSSED
37		-	SENATE BILL NO. 599 By: Hamilton, Bullard, ~~Burns,~~
38		-	Deevers, ~~Prieto,~~
	34	+	SENATE BILL NO. 599 By: Hamilton, Burns, Bullard,
	35	+	Prieto, Deevers,
39	36		Standridge, McIntosh,
40	37		Grellner, Wingard, Hines,
41		-	~~Bergstrom~~, Murdock, ~~Frix,~~
42		-	~~Sacchieri~~, ~~Woods~~, and
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57	56		An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending
58	57		21 O.S. 2021, Section 843.5, as last amended by
59	58		Section 2, Chapter 151, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp.
60	59		2024, Section 843.5), which relates to child abuse;
61	60		modifying scope of certain unlawful act; amending 21
62	61		O.S. 2021, Section 1123, as last amended by Section
63	62		33, Chapter 59, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024,
64	63		Section 1123), which relates to lewd or indecent acts
65	64		to a child; modifying scope of punishment for certain
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71	74		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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99	101		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 843.5, as
100	102		amended by Section 2, Chapter 151, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp. 2024,
101	103		Section 843.5), is amended to read as follows:
102	104		Section 843.5. A. Any person who shall willfully or
103	105		maliciously engage in child abuse, as defined in this section,
104	106		shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by
105	107		imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not
106	108		exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not
107	109		exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred
108	110		Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Fi ve Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
109	111		or both such fine and imprisonment.
110	112		B. Any person responsible for the health, safety or welfare of
111	113		a child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in enabling child
112	114		abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon convicti on, be
113	115		punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
114	116		Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a
115	117		county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less
116	118		than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand
117	119		Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.
118	120		C. Any person responsible for the health, safety or welfare of
119	121		a child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child neglect,
120	122		as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be pu nished by
121	123		imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not
122	124		exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not
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150	151		exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred
151	152		Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),
152	153		or both such fine and imprisonment.
153	154		D. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or
154	155		maliciously engage in enabling child neglect shall, upon conviction,
155	156		be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
156	157		Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a
157	158		county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less
158	159		than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand
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160	161		E. Any person responsible for the health, safety or welfare of
161	162		a child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child sexual
162	163		abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be
163	164		punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
164	165		Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a
165	166		county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less
166	167		than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand
167	168		Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment, except as
168	169		provided in Section 51.1a of this title or as otherwise provided in
169	170		subsection F of this section for a child victim under twelve (12)
170	171		years of age. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without
171	172		parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) yea rs or
172	173		more for a violation of this subsection shall be required to serve a
173	174		term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of
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201	201		paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the
202	202		Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by t he Department of
203	203		Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post -
204	204		imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual
205	205		imprisonment.
206	206		F. Any person responsible for the health, safety or welfare of
207	207		a child who shall willfully or malici ously engage in child sexual
208	208		abuse, as defined in this section, to a child under twelve (12)
209	209		years of age shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in
210	210		the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than
211	211		twenty-five (25) years nor more than life imprisonment, and by a
212	212		fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
213	213		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
214	214		G. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or
215	215		maliciously engage in enabling child sexual abuse shall, upon
216	216		conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the
217	217		Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by
218	218		imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a
219	219		fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
220	220		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and
221	221		imprisonment.
222	222		H. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in
223	223		child sexual exploitation, as defined in this section, shall, upon
224	224		conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of t he
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252	251		Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by
253	252		imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a
254	253		fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than
255	254		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine an d
256	255		imprisonment, except as provided in subsection I of this section for
257	256		a child victim under twelve (12) years of age. Except for persons
258	257		sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to
259	258		imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violati on of this
260	259		subsection shall be required to serve a term of post -imprisonment
261	260		supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection
262	261		A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under
263	262		conditions determined by the Department of Correct ions. The jury
264	263		shall be advised that the mandatory post -imprisonment supervision
265	264		shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.
266	265		I. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in
267	266		child sexual exploitation, as defined in this section, of a child
268	267		under twelve (12) years of age shall, upon conviction, be punished
269	268		by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for
270	269		not less than twenty -five (25) years nor more than life
271	270		imprisonment, and by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollar s
272	271		($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).
273	272		J. Any person responsible for the health, safety or welfare of
274	273		a child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in enabling child
275	274		sexual exploitation, as defined in this section, shall, upon
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303	301		conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the
304	302		Department of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by
305	303		imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a
306	304		fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more tha n
307	305		Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and
308	306		imprisonment.
309	307		K. Notwithstanding In addition to any other provision of
310	308		punishment prescribed by law, any person convicted of forcible anal
311	309		or oral sodomy, rape, or rape by instrumentation , or lewd
312	310		molestation of a child under fourteen (14) years of age subsequent
313	311		to a previous conviction for any offense of forcible anal or oral
314	312		sodomy, rape, rape by instrumentation, or lewd molestation of a
315	313		child under fourteen (14) years of age shall be punished eligible
316	314		for punishment by death or by imprisonment for life without parole.
317	315		L. Provided, however, that nothing contained in this section
318	316		shall prohibit any parent or guardian from using reasonable and
319	317		ordinary force pursuant to Section 844 of this title.
320	318		M. Consent shall not be a defense for any violation provided
321	319		for in this section.
322	320		N. Notwithstanding the age requirements of other statutes
323	321		referenced within this section, this section shall apply to any
324	322		child under eighteen (18) years of age.
325	323		O. As used in this section:
326	324		1. "Child abuse" means:
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354	351		a. the willful or malicious harm or threatened harm or
355	352		failure to protect from harm or threatened harm to the
356	353		health, safety or welfare of a child under eighteen
357	354		(18) years of age by a person responsible for a
358	355		child's health, safety or welfare, or
359	356		b. the act of willfully or maliciously injuring,
360	357		torturing or maiming a child under eighteen (18) years
361	358		of age by any person;
362	359		2. "Child neglect" means the willful or malicious neglect, as
363	360		defined by Section 1 -1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of
364	361		a child under eighteen (18) years of age by a person responsible for
365	362		a child's health, safety or welfare;
366	363		3. "Child sexual abuse" means the willful or malicious sexual
367	364		abuse of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by a person
368	365		responsible for a child's health, safety or welfare and includes,
369	366		but is not limited to:
370	367		a. sexual intercourse,
371	368		b. penetration of the vagina or anus, however slight, by
372	369		an inanimate object or any part of the human body not
373	370		amounting to sexual intercourse,
374	371		c. sodomy,
375	372		d. incest, or
376	373		e. a lewd act or proposal, as defined in this section;
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404	400		4. "Child sexual exploitation" means the willful or malicious
405	401		sexual exploitation of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by
406	402		another and includes, but is not limited to:
407	403		a. human trafficking, as provided for in Section 748 of
408	404		this title, if the offense involved child trafficking
409	405		for commercial sex,
410	406		b. trafficking in children, as provided for in Section
411	407		866 of this title, if the offense was committed for
412	408		the sexual gratification of any person,
413	409		c. procuring or causing the participation of a minor in
414	410		child pornography, as provided for in Section 1021.2
415	411		of this title,
416	412		d. purchase, procurement or possession of child
417	413		pornography, as provided for in Section 1024.2 of t his
418	414		title,
419	415		e. engaging in or soliciting prostitution, as provided
420	416		for in Section 1029 of this title, if the offense
421	417		involved child sex trafficking,
422	418		f. publication, distribution or participation in the
423	419		preparation of obscene material, as provided for in
424	420		Section 1040.8 of this title, if the offense involved
425	421		child pornography,
426	422		g. aggravated possession of child pornography, as
427	423		provided for in Section 1040.12a of this title,
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455	450		h. sale or distribution of obscene material, as provided
456	451		for in Section 1040.13 of this title,
457	452		i. soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a
458	453		minor by use of technology, as provided for in Section
459	454		1040.13a of this title,
460	455		j. offering or transporting a child for purposes of child
461	456		sex trafficking, as provided for in Section 1087 of
462	457		this title, and
463	458		k. child sex trafficking, as provided for in Section 1088
464	459		of this title;
465	460		5. "Enabling child abuse" means the causing, procuring or
466	461		permitting of child abuse by a person responsible for a child's
467	462		health, safety or welfare;
468	463		6. "Enabling child negl ect" means the causing, procuring or
469	464		permitting of child neglect by a person responsible for a child's
470	465		health, safety or welfare;
471	466		7. "Enabling child sexual abuse" means the causing, procuring
472	467		or permitting of child sexual abuse by a person responsible for a
473	468		child's health, safety or welfare;
474	469		8. "Enabling child sexual exploitation" means the causing,
475	470		procuring or permitting of child sexual exploitation by a person
476	471		responsible for a child's health, safety or welfare;
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504	498		9. "Incest" means marrying, committing adultery or fornicating
505	499		with a child by a person responsible for the health, safety or
506	500		welfare of a child;
507	501		10. "Lewd act or proposal" means:
508	502		a. making any oral, written or electronic or computer -
509	503		generated lewd or indecent proposal to a child for the
510	504		child to have unlawful sexual relations or sexual
511	505		intercourse with any person,
512	506		b. looking upon, touching, mauling or feeling the body or
513	507		private parts of a child in a lewd or lascivious
514	508		manner or for the purpose of sexual gratification,
515	509		c. asking, inviting, ent icing or persuading any child to
516	510		go alone with any person to a secluded, remote or
517	511		secret place for a lewd or lascivious purpose,
518	512		d. urinating or defecating upon a child or causing,
519	513		forcing or requiring a child to defecate or urinate
520	514		upon the body or priva te parts of another person for
521	515		the purpose of sexual gratification,
522	516		e. ejaculating upon or in the presence of a child,
523	517		f. causing, exposing, forcing or requiring a child to
524	518		look upon the body or private parts of another person
525	519		for the purpose of sexual gra tification,
526	520		g. causing, forcing or requiring any child to view any
527	521		obscene materials, child pornography or materials
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555	548		deemed harmful to minors as such terms are defined in
556	549		Sections 1024.1 and 1040.75 of this title,
557	550		h. causing, exposing, forcing or requiring a child to
558	551		look upon sexual acts performed in the presence of the
559	552		child for the purpose of sexual gratification, or
560	553		i. causing, forcing or requiring a child to touch or feel
561	554		the body or private parts of the child or another
562	555		person for the purpose of sexua l gratification;
563	556		11. "Permit" means to authorize or allow for the care of a
564	557		child by an individual when the person authorizing or allowing such
565	558		care knows or reasonably should know that the child will be placed
566	559		at risk of the conduct or harm proscribed by this section;
567	560		12. "Person responsible for a child's health, safety or
568	561		welfare" for purposes of this section shall include, but not be
569	562		limited to:
570	563		a. the parent of the child,
571	564		b. the legal guardian of the child,
572	565		c. the custodian of the child,
573	566		d. the foster parent of the child,
574	567		e. a person eighteen (18) years of age or older with whom
575	568		the parent of the child cohabitates, who is at least
576	569		three (3) years older than the child,
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604	596		f. any other person eighteen (18) years of age or older
605	597		residing in the home of the c hild, who is at least
606	598		three (3) years older than the child,
607	599		g. an owner, operator, agent, employee or volunteer of a
608	600		public or private residential home, institution,
609	601		facility or day treatment program, as defined in
610	602		Section 175.20 of Title 10 of the Oklahom a Statutes,
611	603		that the child attended,
612	604		h. an owner, operator, agent, employee or volunteer of a
613	605		child care facility, as defined in Section 402 of
614	606		Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that the child
615	607		attended,
616	608		i. an intimate partner of the parent of the child, a s
617	609		defined in Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma
618	610		Statutes, or
619	611		j. a person who has voluntarily accepted responsibility
620	612		for the care or supervision of a child;
621	613		13. "Sexual intercourse" means the actual penetration, however
622	614		slight, of the vagina or anus by the penis; and
623	615		14. "Sodomy" means:
624	616		a. penetration, however slight, of the mouth of the child
625	617		by a penis,
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653	644		b. penetration, however slight, of the vagina of a person
654	645		responsible for a child's health, safety or welfare,
655	646		by the mouth of a child,
656	647		c. penetration, however slight, of the mouth of the
657	648		person responsible for a child's health, safety or
658	649		welfare by the penis of the child, or
659	650		d. penetration, however slight, of the vagina of the
660	651		child by the mouth of the person responsible for a
661	652		child's health, safet y or welfare.
662	653		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1123, as
663	654		last amended by Section 33, Chapter 59, O.S.L. 2024 (21 O.S. Supp.
664	655		2024, Section 1123), is amended to read as follows:
665	656		Section 1123. A. It is a felony for any pe rson to knowingly
666	657		and intentionally:
667	658		1. Make any oral, written or electronically or computer -
668	659		generated lewd or indecent proposal to any child under sixteen (16)
669	660		years of age, or other individual the person believes to be a child
670	661		under sixteen (16) years o f age, for the child to have unlawful
671	662		sexual relations or sexual intercourse with any person;
672	663		2. Look upon, touch, maul, or feel the body or private parts of
673	664		any child under sixteen (16) years of age in any lewd or lascivious
674	665		manner by any acts against pu blic decency and morality, as defined
675	666		by law;
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703	693		3. Ask, invite, entice, or persuade any child under sixteen
704	694		(16) years of age, or other individual the person believes to be a
705	695		child under sixteen (16) years of age, to go alone with any person
706	696		to a secluded, remote, or secret place, with the unlawful and
707	697		willful intent and purpose then and there to commit any crime
708	698		against public decency and morality, as defined by law, with the
709	699		child;
710	700		4. In any manner lewdly or lasciviously look upon, touch, maul,
711	701		or feel the body or private parts of any child under sixteen (16)
712	702		years of age in any indecent manner or in any manner relating to
713	703		sexual matters or sexual interest; or
714	704		5. In a lewd and lascivious manner and for the purpose of
715	705		sexual gratification:
716	706		a. urinate or defecate upon a child under sixteen (16)
717	707		years of age, or force or require a child to defecate
718	708		or urinate upon the body or private parts of another,
719	709		or for the purpose of sexual gratification,
720	710		b. ejaculate upon or in the presence of a child,
721	711		c. cause, expose, force or require a child to look upon
722	712		the body or private parts of another person,
723	713		d. force or require any child under sixteen (16) years of
724	714		age or other individual the person believes to be a
725	715		child under sixteen (16) years of age, to view any
726	716		obscene materials, child sexual abuse material or
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754	743		materials deemed harmful to minors as such terms are
755	744		defined by Sections 1024.1 and 1040.75 of this title,
756	745		e. cause, expose, force or require a child to look upon
757	746		sexual acts performed in the presence of the child, o r
758	747		f. force or require a child to touch or feel the body or
759	748		private parts of the child or another person.
760	749		Any person convicted of any violation of this subsection shall
761	750		be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
762	751		Corrections for not less than three (3) years nor more than twenty
763	752		(20) years, except when the child is under twelve (12) years of age
764	753		at the time the offense is committed, and in such case the person
765	754		shall, upon conviction, be punished by death or by imprisonment in
766	755		the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term of not less
767	756		than twenty-five (25) ten (10) years, life, or life without parole .
768	757		The provisions of this subsection shall not apply unless the accused
769	758		is at least three (3) years older than the victim, except when
770	759		accomplished by the use of force or fear. Except as provided in
771	760		Section 51.1a of this title, any person convicted of a second or
772	761		subsequent violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony
773	762		punishable as provided in this subsection and shall not b e eligible
774	763		for probation, suspended or deferred sentence. Except as provided
775	764		in Section 51.1a of this title, any person convicted of a third or
776	765		subsequent violation of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony
777	766		punishable by imprisonment in the custody o f the Department of
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805	793		Corrections for a term of life or life without parole, in the
806	794		discretion of the jury, or in case the jury fails or refuses to fix
807	795		punishment then the same shall be pronounced by the court. Any
808	796		person convicted of a violation of this su bsection after having been
809	797		twice convicted of a violation of subsection A of Section 1114 of
810	798		this title, Section 888 of this title, sexual abuse of a child
811	799		pursuant to Section 843.5 of this title, or of any attempt to commit
812	800		any of these offenses or any co mbination of convictions pursuant to
813	801		these sections shall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of
814	802		the Department of Corrections for a term of life or life without
815	803		parole.
816	804		B. No person shall commit sexual battery on any other person.
817	805		"Sexual battery" shall mean the intentional touching, mauling or
818	806		feeling of the body or private parts of any person sixteen (16)
819	807		years of age or older, in a lewd and lascivious manner:
820	808		1. Without the consent of that person;
821	809		2. When committed by a state, county, municip al or political
822	810		subdivision employee or a contractor or an employee of a contractor
823	811		of the state, a county, a municipality or political subdivision of
824	812		this state upon a person who is under the legal custody, supervision
825	813		or authority of a state agency, a co unty, a municipality or a
826	814		political subdivision of this state, or the subcontractor or
827	815		employee of a subcontractor of the contractor of the state or
828	816
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855	842		federal government, a county, a municipality or a political
856	843		subdivision of this state;
857	844		3. When committed u pon a person who is at least sixteen (16)
858	845		years of age and is less than twenty (20) years of age and is a
859	846		student, or in the legal custody or supervision of any public or
860	847		private elementary or secondary school, or technology center school,
861	848		by a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older and is an
862	849		employee of a school system;
863	850		4. When committed upon a person who is nineteen (19) years of
864	851		age or younger and is in the legal custody of a state agency,
865	852		federal agency or a tribal court, by a foster parent or foster
866	853		parent applicant; or
867	854		5. When the victim is a student at a secondary school, is
868	855		concurrently enrolled at an institution of higher education, and
869	856		engages in acts pursuant to this subsection with a perpetrator who
870	857		is an employee of the institution of higher education of which the
871	858		student is enrolled.
872	859		As used in this subsection, "employee of an institution of
873	860		higher education" means faculty, adjunct faculty, instructors,
874	861		volunteers, or an employee of a business contracting with an
875	862		institution of higher education who may exercise, at any time,
876	863		institutional authority over the victim. Employee of an institution
877	864		of higher education shall not include an enrolled student who is not
878	865		more than three (3) years of age or older than the concurrently
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906	892		enrolled student and who is employed or volunteering, in any
907	893		capacity, for the institution of higher education.
908	894		As used in this subsection, "employee of a school system" means
909	895		a teacher, principal or other duly appointed person employed by a
910	896		school system or an empl oyee of a firm contracting with a school
911	897		system.
912	898		C. No person shall in any manner lewdly or lasciviously:
913	899		1. Look upon, touch, maul, or feel the body or private parts of
914	900		any human corpse in any indecent manner relating to sexual matters
915	901		or sexual interest; or
916	902		2. Urinate, defecate or ejaculate upon any human corpse.
917	903		D. Any person convicted of a violation of subsection B or C of
918	904		this section shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be
919	905		punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
920	906		Corrections for not more than ten (10) years.
921	907		E. The fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement
922	908		officer was involved in the detection and investigation of an
923	909		offense pursuant to this section shall not constitute a defense to a
924	910		prosecution under this s ection.
925	911		F. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole,
926	912		any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a
927	913		violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of post -
928	914		imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagr aph f of paragraph 1
929	915		of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes
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957	942		under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The
958	943		jury shall be advised that the mandatory post -imprisonment
959	944		supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.
960	945		SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
961	946
962		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
963		-	OVERSIGHT, dated 04/17/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.
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