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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 928 By: Stewart
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to assault and battery; defining
term; creating misdemeanor and felony offenses;
providing for penalties; requiring cert ain signage;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 650.12 of Title 21, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section, “county employee” means any person
employed by a county, including any duly appointed person, or an
employee of a firm contracting with a county.
B. Any person who, without justifiable or excusable cause,
commits any assault, battery, or assault and battery upon the person
of a county employee while such employee is in the performance of
his or her duties shall , upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period no t to
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exceed one (1) year, a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00), or by both such imprisonment and fine.
C. Any person who, without justifiable or excusable cause ,
commits any aggravated battery or aggravated assault and b attery
upon the person of a county employee shall , upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed two (2 ) years, a
fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both
such imprisonment and fine.
D. Every county site shall post in a prominent place a notice
having the following or similar language: “FELONY CHARGES MAY BE
FILED AGAINST ANY PERSO N(S) COMMITTING AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT OR
BATTERY UPON ANY COUNTY EMPLOYEE. ”
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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