HB 1022: Motor vehicles; failure to yield; requiring payment of fee for certain convictions; modifying fee; effective date. - Oklahoma

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted to reflect its progression from the House to the Senate floor, including updated headers and committee reports. The core policy provisions regarding fines, fund deposits, and penalties remain substantively unchanged, though minor grammatical corrections were made to the fee assessment language.

TECHNICAL

Updated document headers to change from 'House of Representatives' to 'Senate Floor Version' and updated the committee report attribution to the Senate Committee on Public Safety.

Corrected a grammatical error in the fee assessment clause by changing 'may shall' to 'may'.

Adjusted the definition of 'serious bodily injury' to clarify that it does not rise to the level of 'a great bodily injury'.

HB1022 (4-23-25) (FRIX) FA1.PDF → Floor (House) · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was converted from a Senate committee amendment to a House floor version, removing the specific instruction to delete certain language and replacing it with the full text of the enacted law. The substantive policy changes include establishing a $1,000 fee for failure-to-yield convictions causing fatalities and a $500 fee for those causing serious bodily injury, with funds directed to a motorcycle safety program. Additionally, the bill grants courts discretion to impose penalties such as license suspension or restitution for these offenses and sets an effective date of November 1, 2025.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on motor vehicle violations involving failure to yield resulting in injury or death, but the floor version clarifies the specific fee amounts and penalties compared to the draft amendment.

TECHNICAL

Removed the Senate-specific header and the procedural instruction to delete language on Page 2, Lines 19-21.

FISCAL

Established a $1,000 fee for fatalities and a $500 fee for serious bodily injuries, depositing funds into the Motorcycle Safety and Education Program Revolving Fund.

ENFORCEMENT

Authorized courts to impose additional penalties including a remedial driving course, a 90-day license suspension, or restitution between $3,000 and $10,000.

TIMELINE

Set the effective date of the act to November 1, 2025.

DEFINITION

Defined 'serious bodily injury' as an injury serious in nature but not rising to the level of great bodily injury or fatality.

Enrolled (final version) → HB1022 (4-23-25) (FRIX) FA1.PDF · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was amended to remove a specific provision allowing courts to order restitution payments as an additional penalty for failure to yield violations. This change reduces the enforcement options available to judges, leaving only remedial driving courses and license suspensions as additional penalties.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding judicial discretion was narrowed by removing one of three available penalty options.

ENFORCEMENT

Deleted the option for courts to impose restitution payments as an additional penalty for drivers convicted of failure to yield causing injury or death.

Engrossed → Enrolled (final version) · 3 edits · May 22, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized from its engrossed version, incorporating substantive policy changes that increase the maximum fee for failure-to-yield convictions from $500 to $1,000 and introduce new court-imposed penalties like license suspension and restitution. The text was also cleaned up to remove redundant legal phrasing and formatting errors present in the earlier draft.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded to allow courts to impose additional penalties beyond the monetary fine, including a remedial driving course, a 90-day license suspension, and restitution payments.

FISCAL

The maximum fee for a failure-to-yield conviction causing a fatality or serious injury was increased from $500 to $1,000.

ENFORCEMENT

Courts gained the authority to impose additional penalties, including a remedial driving course, a 90-day license suspension, or restitution of $3,000 to $10,000.

TECHNICAL

Redundant and contradictory legal phrasing (e.g., 'may shall') was removed, and the bill was formatted as a final enrolled version with specific passage dates.

Amended And Engrossed → Engrossed · 1 edit · May 8, 2025

MINOR

The amendment removes a specific requirement for courts to order restitution payments from the bill's text. This change eliminates a mandatory financial penalty component, likely shifting the focus of the law to other penalties or allowing for more judicial discretion in sentencing.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding financial penalties for the specified offense has been narrowed by removing a mandatory restitution order.

REQUIREMENT

Deletion of language requiring the court to order restitution payments following a conviction.

Introduced → Amended And Engrossed · 3 edits · May 8, 2025

MINOR

The bill was amended to clarify the purpose of funds collected from failure-to-yield convictions, adding a requirement to promote motorcycle safety and youth defensive driving. The amendment also expanded the court's ability to impose additional penalties, including a remedial driving course, a 90-day license suspension, and restitution payments between $3,000 and $10,000. Finally, the effective date for the act was set to November 1, 2025.

Scope change

The scope of fund usage was broadened to include youth motorcycle safety education, and the scope of judicial penalties was expanded to include license suspension and restitution.

FISCAL

Added a new requirement that collected funds must be used to promote motorcycle safety and defensive driving for youth, in addition to existing DUI awareness programs.

ENFORCEMENT

Authorized courts to impose three new penalties: a remedial driving course, a 90-day driver license suspension, and restitution payments ranging from $3,000 to $10,000.

TIMELINE

Established a specific effective date of November 1, 2025, for the enactment of the law.

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