Death penalty; creating the Death Penalty Moratorium Act; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; creating Death Penalty Reform Task Force. Emergency.

SB 601, the Death Penalty Moratorium Act, immediately halts all executions in Oklahoma by staying all death penalty judgments, vacating current execution dates, and prohibiting courts or the governor from setting new dates. It suspends all death penalty statutes until the bill is repealed, while leaving individual death sentences intact. The bill creates a Death Penalty Reform Task Force (appointed by legislative leaders and the governor) to study implementation of past reforms and report to the legislature by November 2026, with meetings subject to open meeting laws. The moratorium and task force remain in effect until the bill is repealed or the task force concludes its work by November 2029.