Crimes and punishments; Lauria and Ashley's Law; minimum prison sentences; effective date.
HB 1001, known as "Lauria and Ashley's Law," requires individuals convicted of 23 specific serious crimes - including first-degree murder, child sex trafficking, aggravated assault on a defender, and certain child exploitation offenses - to serve at least 85% of their prison sentence before becoming eligible for parole. The law eliminates earned credits or other sentence reductions that would allow offenders to serve less than 85% of their imposed sentence for these crimes. It applies directly to people convicted of the listed offenses in Oklahoma courts. The law takes effect November 1, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 5, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill was amended to add a new sponsor to the House, update the bill title to reflect Senate floor version, and expand the list of crimes requiring mandatory minimum prison sentences. The Senate version also added a new committee report and changed the committee overseeing the bill from Judiciary to Appropriations.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded by adding Second degree murder to the list of crimes requiring mandatory minimum sentences, and by adding a new sponsor to the House.
REQUIREMENT
Second degree murder was added to the list of crimes requiring mandatory minimum prison sentences.
ELIGIBILITY
A new sponsor, Roberts, was added to the list of House sponsors.
TIMELINE
The bill version was updated from House floor version to Senate floor version with a new effective date of April 23, 2025.
ENFORCEMENT
A new committee report was added by the Committee on Appropriations instead of the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
8
Amendments
2
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/05/2025
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 5
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amendment restored bill to engrossed version
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced
General Order, Amended
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 76 Nays: 11
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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