SB 780 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Flag-related offenses; creating felony offense and providing penalties. Effective date.

SB 780 would make it a felony to remove the U.S. flag from public or private property (owned by others) without permission and replace it with another flag. The bill specifies penalties of up to $3,000 in fines, three years in prison, or both for violations. It applies to anyone altering U.S. flag displays on property under others' ownership, including private land. The bill is pending legislative action and would take effect November 1, 2025, if passed.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 11, 2025

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The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to a Senate floor version, with the addition of a committee report indicating the bill passed the Public Safety Committee. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content regarding flag-related offenses, penalties, or effective dates.

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Added Senate Floor Version header with February 11, 2025 date

Added committee report notation indicating Public Safety Committee approval

Changed page numbering and formatting from introduced version to Senate floor version

Removed original page numbering and requirement numbers from introduced version

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

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Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors