Crimes and punishments; assault and battery offenses; increasing penalties; effective date.

Increased maximum jail time for simple assault from 30 days to 90 days

Increased maximum jail time for assault and battery from 90 days to 6 months

Extended required batterers' intervention program duration from 52 weeks with 3 consecutive absences as violation to unspecified duration with 7 total absences in the period

Adjusted fine amounts and imprisonment terms for domestic abuse offenses involving pregnant women and repeat offenders

Modified sentencing guidelines for domestic abuse resulting in great bodily injury or committed in the presence of a child

Increased penalty for simple assault from 30 days to 90 days in county jail and raised the maximum fine from $500 to $1,000.

Changed the bill header from 'Enrolled House Bill' to 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' indicating this is an amended version of the bill.

Changed bill title from 'New Law' to 'Amendatory' to indicate it modifies existing statute 21 O.S. 2021, Section 644 rather than creating new law.

Increased penalties for assault from 30 days to 90 days in county jail and raised fine from $500 to $1,000.

Increased penalties for assault and battery from 2 years to 6 months imprisonment and raised fine from $2,500 to $1,000.

Added new subsection C creating domestic abuse charges for assaults against intimate partners or family members with up to 1 year imprisonment or $5,000 fine.

Added new subsection D creating felony domestic assault charges with weapons, punishable by up to 10 years in state prison.

Added new subsection E creating felony charges for domestic abuse against pregnant women, with enhanced penalties for miscarriage or injury to unborn child.

Added new subsection F creating felony charges for domestic abuse resulting in great bodily injury.

Added new subsection G creating enhanced penalties for domestic abuse committed in the presence of a child.

Added new subsection H requiring courts to order counseling and batterers' intervention programs for domestic abuse convictions.

Added specific probation enforcement language requiring courts to seek acceleration or revocation of probation when defendants have three unexcused absences in succession or seven absences within 52 weeks from batterers' intervention programs.

Clarified that batterers' intervention program orders must require minimum 52 weeks of attendance, completion, and evaluation before and after the program.

Increased penalties for domestic abuse committed in the presence of a child on repeat offenses from 1-5 years imprisonment with $7,000 fine to maintain the same range but added clearer language about Department of Corrections custody.

Strengthened penalties for domestic abuse against pregnant women, maintaining felony status but clarifying sentencing ranges for first and repeat offenses.

Adjusted assault and battery sentencing ranges, changing some county jail maximums from 30 days to 90 days and from 90 days to 6 months for certain offenses.

Updated the bill title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute' to reflect the document's current status in the legislative process.

Adjusted page reference numbers and formatting throughout the document to align with House Committee standards.

Changed the requirement number from 12512 to 12924 in the footer references.