Confidential records; requiring certain victim photographs submitted to the Pardon and Parole Board be kept confidential; clemency; Open Records Act; clemency hearing packets; effective date.
HB 1860 requires crime scene and autopsy photographs submitted to Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board for clemency hearings to be kept confidential. It adds these specific victim photographs to the list of records exempt from public disclosure under the Oklahoma Open Records Act. This protects victims' families from having sensitive images made public during clemency proceedings. The bill directly affects individuals involved in clemency cases where such photographs are part of the hearing packet.
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 10, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from the House version to the Senate version, with minor structural changes to the title page and section headers. The substantive policy content regarding victim confidentiality for crime scene and autopsy photographs remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Page headers and footers were updated to reflect Senate Floor Version instead of House Floor Version, with minor formatting adjustments to the title page layout.
Section 1 header was reorganized with slightly different line breaks and spacing, but the legal text remains identical.
Section 2 header was adjusted with different indentation and line breaks, but the legal text remains identical.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
5
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: 84 Nays: 0
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 24, 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
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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