Crimes and punishment; child endangerment; effective date.
HB 1731 clarifies Oklahoma's child endangerment law, directly affecting parents, guardians, or caregivers who knowingly allow children to be in dangerous situations. It specifies four key scenarios: permitting physical/sexual abuse, allowing children at drug manufacturing sites, letting children ride with impaired drivers, or driving impaired while transporting children. The bill includes a defense if stopping abuse would cause serious harm and explicitly excludes cases where caregivers rely on spiritual healing for a child's medical needs. Convictions carry penalties of up to four years in prison or a $5,000 fine, with the law effective November 1, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 12, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from the House version to the Senate version, with minor formatting adjustments to section headers and committee report information. The substantive content of the legislation, including the criminal penalties for child endangerment and the effective date, remains unchanged.
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Header text changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process.
Committee report attribution changed from 'COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT' to 'COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY' with an updated date.
Page footers updated to reflect Senate floor version instead of House floor version.
Floor votes · Senate May 5, 2025 · House Mar 4, 2025
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
May 5, 2025
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican40
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/09/2025
lower
May 5, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 1
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass 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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