SB 928 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Assault and battery; creating misdemeanor and felony offenses. Effective date.

SB 928 creates new misdemeanor and felony offenses for assaulting or battering county employees while they are performing their duties. It classifies simple assault/battery as a misdemeanor (up to 1 year in jail or $1,000 fine) and aggravated assault/battery as a felony (up to 2 years in prison or $5,000 fine). The bill also requires all county facilities to post prominent signs warning that aggravated assault on county employees may result in felony charges. This law directly affects county employees, including contractors, and applies to incidents occurring on county property or during official duties. The bill takes effect November 1, 2025.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2025

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The bill was reformatted from an introduced version to a Senate floor version with updated page headers and committee information. The substantive legal content regarding assault and battery penalties against county employees remains unchanged.

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Page headers and document metadata were updated to reflect Senate floor version with February 25, 2025 date and committee report information.

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Committee

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

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Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors