HB 1689 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; effective date.

House Bill 1689 amends Oklahoma's crimes and punishments statutes, primarily by making certain acts related to shopping carts unlawful. The bill creates new misdemeanor offenses for individuals who remove a shopping cart from a retail establishment's parking area or possess such a cart with the intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the owner of its use. Those found in violation could face up to one year in county jail, a fine of up to $1,000, or both. Additionally, it updates existing statutory language concerning the larceny of lost property. The bill is set to become effective on November 1, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

Engrossed → Floor (House) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from an 'Engrossed' version to a 'Floor Version' for the House of Representatives. The substantive legal content, including penalties for larceny of lost property and shopping cart theft, remains unchanged. The primary differences are formatting adjustments, header changes, and the addition of a committee report indicating the bill passed the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee.

TECHNICAL

Header and title formatting changed from 'ENGROSSED HOUSE' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' with updated session information.

Page headers and footers were updated to reflect the floor version with committee amendment notation.

Committee report added indicating the bill passed the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight on 03/04/2025.

Minor spacing and line break adjustments throughout the document for floor presentation formatting.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 22, 2025

Committee

Referred to Appropriations

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Public Safety 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: 54 Nays: 33

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Judiciary

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors