Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB965 Compare Versions

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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 965 By: Frix
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65	65	An Act relating to juries; amending 21 O.S. 2021,
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 385, is
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78	78	A. Every juror or person drawn or summoned as a juror, or
79	79	chosen arbitrator, or umpire, or appointed referee, who either:
80	80	1. Makes any promise or agreement to give a verdict for or
81	81	against any party; or ,
82	82	2. Willfully permits any communication to be made to him, or
83	83	receives any book, paper, instrumen t, or information relative to any
84	84	cause pending before him, except according to the regular course of
85	85	proceeding upon the trial of such cause, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
86	86	B. Subsequent violations or egregious violations of subsection
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139	139	SECTION 2. This act shall become eff ective November 1, 2025.
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