HB 1886 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Human trafficking; creating the Oklahoma Human Trafficking Justice for Victims and Advocacy Act of 2025; increasing penalties for certain unlawful act; codification; effective date.

HB 1886, now law after Governor approval, increases penalties for human trafficking offenses and formally incorporates these provisions into Oklahoma’s legal code. The bill adjusts specific sentencing thresholds, reducing a referenced penalty amount from twenty-five (25) to ten (10) in relevant sections. This law directly affects trafficking victims, legal advocates, and Oklahoma’s justice system by strengthening accountability measures through clearer enforcement guidelines.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed May 27, 2025
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Floor (House) Floor (Senate) · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was transferred from the House to the Senate floor for consideration, with minor formatting updates to the header and title page. The substantive content of the bill remains unchanged, including definitions of human trafficking, penalties, and victim support provisions.
TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and bill status information.

Committee substitute designation was removed and replaced with standard Senate floor version formatting.

Minor formatting adjustments to page headers and footers to reflect Senate floor processing.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Amendments
1
May 27, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/23/2025
lower
May 21, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0
lower
May 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
SA's read, adopted
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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