SB 871: Crimes and punishments; required service of minimum percentage of sentence; modifying statutory references to certain criminal offenses. Effective date. - Oklahoma

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill version transitioned from the House to the Senate floor, resulting in significant renumbering of the list of serious offenses requiring mandatory minimum sentence service. The Senate version also reorganized the formatting of the bill header and page numbering, while the substantive legal text regarding the offenses and penalties remained largely consistent.

Scope change

The scope of offenses requiring mandatory minimum sentence service was renumbered and reordered in the Senate version, shifting from a 23-item list to a 16-item list with different numbering sequences, though the specific offenses appear to be the same.

REQUIREMENT

The list of offenses requiring 85% minimum sentence service was renumbered and reordered in the Senate version, changing the sequence from 1-23 to 1-16 with different item groupings.

TECHNICAL

The bill header was changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and committee substitute designation.

Page numbering and footer text were updated to reflect Senate floor version with different page references and bold face notation for committee amendments.

Line breaks and formatting in the list of offenses were adjusted, with some items split across lines differently than in the House version.

Committee Substitute → Floor (House) · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill transitions from a Committee Substitute version to the House Floor version, primarily changing the document header and title information while maintaining the same substantive criminal law amendments. The core policy changes remain focused on increasing minimum sentence percentages and modifying penalties for specific offenses.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope remains unchanged; only the document formatting and title information were modified during the legislative process.

TECHNICAL

Removed 'Committee Substitute' designation from the bill title, indicating the bill has moved from committee consideration to floor consideration.

Added 'House of Representatives - Floor Version' and 'Engrossed Senate' designations to reflect the bill's current legislative status.

Updated bill numbering and formatting to reflect House floor version requirements, including adding co-sponsor information.

POLICY

All substantive criminal law provisions, including minimum sentence percentages and penalty modifications, remain identical to the Committee Substitute version.

Engrossed → Committee Substitute · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was revised from an Engrossed version to a Committee Substitute version, primarily updating the header information to reflect the 2025 legislative session and adding a page number reference. The substantive policy language regarding criminal sentencing requirements and eluding peace officers appears unchanged in the provided text.

TECHNICAL

Header information was updated from 'Engrossed' to 'Committee Substitute' and the legislative session was changed to reflect the 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025). Page numbers and reference numbers were also modified to match the new version.

Introduced → Engrossed · 5 edits · Mar 27, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was substantially rewritten from its original version. The original focused on amending the eluding statute (21 O.S. 2021, Section 540A), while the new version adds a major new requirement for mandatory minimum sentence service (85% of sentence) for 23 specific serious crimes, including murder, rape, arson, and now eluding peace officers causing great bodily injury. The eluding statute penalties were also modified to remove a minimum imprisonment term for the misdemeanor offense.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded significantly from a single statute amendment to include a new mandatory minimum sentence requirement for 23 serious felony offenses, with eluding causing great bodily injury added as one of those offenses.

REQUIREMENT

New Section 1 requires persons convicted of 23 specific serious crimes to serve at least 85% of their sentence before parole eligibility, and removes earned sentence credits for these offenses.

The felony penalty for eluding that endangers others was changed from 'not less than one year thirty months' to 'not less than one year' imprisonment, reducing the minimum sentence by three months.

ELIGIBILITY

Eluding a peace officer causing great bodily injury (previously only a felony endangerment offense) is now added as one of the 23 crimes requiring mandatory 85% sentence service.

ENFORCEMENT

The misdemeanor penalty for eluding peace officers was changed from 'not less than six months' to 'not more than one year' imprisonment, removing the minimum jail time for first offenses.

TECHNICAL

Original formatting elements including 'AS INTRODUCED' headers, page numbers, and reference numbers were removed during the engrossing process.

Crimes and punishments; required service of minimum percentage of sentence; modifying statutory references to certain criminal offenses. Effective date.

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