Crimes and punishment; child endangerment; effective date.
HB 1731 clarifies and expands the definition of child endangerment in Oklahoma law, directly affecting parents, guardians, or individuals with custody or control over a child. The bill specifies that child endangerment occurs when a person knowingly permits physical or sexual abuse, allows a child to be present during drug manufacturing, or permits a child to be in a vehicle with an impaired driver. It also covers a driver who is impaired while transporting a child. An affirmative defense is available if the person feared substantial bodily harm by intervening, and the bill does not apply to those using spiritual means for a child's care. Violations are punishable as a felony.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 12, 2025
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The bill was transitioned from the House of Representatives version to the Senate floor version, updating the header information, committee report details, and page footers to reflect Senate processing. The substantive legal text regarding child endangerment penalties remains unchanged.
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Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and sponsor attribution formatting.
Committee report updated from Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight to Public Safety Committee with revised date and approval notation.
Page footers changed from House format to Senate format with updated version identifiers.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/09/2025
lower
May 5, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 1
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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