HB 2376: Criminal procedure; directing the District Attorneys Council to annually provide list of early termination applications; effective date. - Oklahoma

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 5 edits

MODERATE

The Senate version of HB 2376 adds new eligibility criteria for early evaluation hearings, including educational achievements and consistent employment during probation. It also extends the timeline for requesting hearings and clarifies objection procedures for district attorneys.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to include additional qualifying factors beyond just completing probation requirements, and the request timeline was modified to allow earlier hearings under certain conditions.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new eligibility criteria requiring recipients to have received a high school diploma, college degree, vocational certification, or maintained consistent employment during probation.

TIMELINE

Changed the request timeline to allow hearings one year earlier than previously prescribed under specific qualifying circumstances.

REQUIREMENT

Extended the district attorney's response window from 45 days to 45 days with a potential 15-day extension upon request.

Added requirement that offenders can only request one early evaluation hearing without prior district attorney approval.

TECHNICAL

Changed the effective date reporting deadline from November 30 to November 30, 2025, and every odd year thereafter.

Enrolled (final version) → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from an enrolled version to a floor version for the House of Representatives, with minor text adjustments and formatting changes. The substantive policy content regarding early evaluation hearings for criminal sentences remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Header formatting changed from 'ENROLLED HOUSE' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' with page numbering and session information added.

Minor text reformatting and spacing adjustments throughout the document to match floor version standards.

Removed signature blocks and official stamps from the enrolled version that are not needed for the floor version.

Engrossed → Enrolled (final version) · 3 edits · May 1, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized and approved by all state branches, adding a new Section 2 to establish a specific effective date of November 1, 2025, and including formal signatures from the House, Senate, Governor, and Secretary of State. The substantive criminal procedure provisions regarding early evaluation hearings remained unchanged from the engrossed version.

TIMELINE

Added Section 2 establishing the bill's effective date as November 1, 2025, which was not explicitly stated in the engrossed version.

TECHNICAL

Added formal signature lines for the House, Senate, Governor, and Secretary of State to complete the legislative process.

Removed page numbers and formatting markers from the engrossed version to create the final enrolled version ready for publication.

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 30, 2025

MODERATE

This bill modifies Oklahoma's early evaluation hearing process for suspended sentences, adding eligibility criteria for sentence modification and updating reporting requirements for the District Attorneys Council. The changes expand when offenders can request hearings and clarify conditions under which courts may reduce suspended sentences.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on criminal procedure for suspended sentences, but eligibility criteria and reporting timelines have been modified.

ELIGIBILITY

Added specific conditions for court modification of suspended sentences, including completion of all probation requirements, no criminal violations during probation, no pending revocation hearings, and no objections from district attorneys or victims.

TIMELINE

Changed the deadline for District Attorneys Council to provide early termination application reports from July 31 to November 30, and added a requirement to report every odd year thereafter.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that objections to early evaluation hearings must be made in writing, specify on whose behalf the objection is made, and include specific reasons for the objection.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill formatting from 'AS INTRODUCED' to 'ENGROSSED HOUSE' and changed page footers from request number to bill number.

Criminal procedure; directing the District Attorneys Council to annually provide list of early termination applications; effective date.

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