Crimes and punishments; gang-related offenses; modifying reference to certain offense. Effective date.
Senate Bill 861 amends existing Oklahoma law concerning gang-related offenses. It updates internal statutory references within Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the definitions of "criminal street gang" and "gang-related offense." The bill reaffirms that individuals who commit or attempt a gang-related offense as part of a criminal street gang face a felony charge and an additional five-year prison sentence. This act will take effect on November 1, 2025.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action May 12, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from the House version to the Senate version, with the committee report updated from the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee to the Public Safety Committee. The substantive legal content regarding gang-related offenses and penalties remains unchanged.
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Header and committee attribution changed from House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee to Senate Public Safety Committee.
Page header text changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION'.
Formatting and line breaks were adjusted to match Senate floor version conventions.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 5
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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