Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB992 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 992 By: Daniels
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to tort liability; defining terms;
66	66	prohibiting civil liability for certain persons under
67	67	specified circumstances; provid ing exception;
68	68	clarifying applicability of certain immunity;
69	69	providing for codification; and declaring an
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be cod ified
77	77	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 16.2 of Title 76, unless there
78	78	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
79	79	A. As used in this section:
80	80	1. “Bodily injury” means any physical injury, any mental,
81	81	psychological, or emotional injury, de ath, or any combination
82	82	thereof;
83	83	2. “Criminal act of another ” means any act or conduct which is
84	84	prohibited by law and could result in punishment by a governmental
85	85	entity; and
86	86	3. “Property damage” means any injury to or loss of use of real
87	87	or personal property, or both.
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139	139	B. No person or entity shall have civil liability under any
140	140	theory of law or equity for bodily injury or property damage arising
141	141	out of or resulting from the criminal act of another, including
142	142	where committed by an employee or agent, excep t where the person or
143	143	entity upon which such civil liability is sought to be imposed has
144	144	first been convicted of being a criminal accomplice in the
145	145	commission of such criminal act.
146	146	C. The immunity from civil liability required by this section
147	147	shall apply regardless of whether the person who committed the
148	148	criminal act which caused b odily injury or property damage is
149	149	apprehended, prosecuted, or convicted as a result of the criminal
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151	151	D. The provisions of this section provide immunity from civil
152	152	liability for simple negligence but do not provide immunity for
153	153	willful, wanton, or malicious acts of negligence or for gross
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155	155	SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
156	156	of the public peace, health or safety, an e mergency is hereby
157	157	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take ef fect and
158	158	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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