SB 864 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Sex Offenders Registration Act; modifying provisions related to sex offenders; prohibiting certain agreement. Effective date.

SB 864 modifies Oklahoma's Sex Offenders Registration Act by clarifying who must register (individuals convicted of specific sex offenses after 1989, including those from other jurisdictions) and prohibiting plea agreements that allow offenders to avoid registration. It explicitly states that sealing a criminal record does not remove the requirement to register as a sex offender. The bill also updates statutory references and specifies an effective date. This affects current and future sex offenders required to register under Oklahoma law, as well as prosecutors and courts handling related cases. The changes aim to ensure consistent application of registration requirements without altering the core obligations for registrants.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025
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Introduced Floor (Senate) · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to a Senate floor version with updated page numbers and formatting. The substantive content of the Sex Offenders Registration Act amendments remains largely the same, though some dates and subsections appear to have been adjusted in the floor version.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the text represents the same legislative proposal in a different format suitable for floor debate.
TIMELINE

The effective date for new convictions was changed from November 1, 2020 to November 1, 2020 in the floor version, while the original introduced version had different formatting around this date.

TECHNICAL

Page numbers and formatting were updated to reflect the Senate floor version with new header information and page numbering.

The bill text was reorganized with different section numbering and formatting to comply with Senate floor procedures.

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Total actions
6
Key actions
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Committee
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Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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