Crimes and punishments; assault and battery; clarifying scope of certain unlawful act; effective date.
HB 1594 clarifies that certain assault and battery charges do not apply when death results from the act. The bill amends Oklahoma law to remove language that previously included cases involving death under specific assault/battery definitions. This change directly affects criminal cases where prosecutors might have sought charges under this statute for incidents resulting in death, narrowing the scope of the offense. The amendment specifies this clarification applies to cases where death occurs, not to other assault-related charges.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action May 5, 2025
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House Committee Substitute
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The bill text was reformatted from a committee substitute version to a floor version, with minor structural changes to the header and page numbering. The substantive legal content regarding assault and battery penalties, domestic abuse provisions, and sentencing guidelines remains unchanged in meaning.
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Header changed from 'HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' indicating the bill moved from committee to floor consideration.
Page numbering and formatting were adjusted to reflect floor version requirements, including removal of committee amendment markers.
Minor spacing and line break adjustments were made throughout the text without altering legal substance.
Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2025
How they voted
89–0
Passed · 11 other
Total votes 100
Mar 11, 2025
D
Democratic19
84% Yea
R
Republican81
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
Feb 25, 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
Sponsors
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