HB 1861 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Crimes and punishments; providing statutory reference for prostitution-related offense; effective date.

HB 1861 amends Oklahoma's prostitution-related offense penalties in Section 1031 of the statutes. It creates a new felony charge for engaging in prostitution while knowingly infected with HIV (Section B), increases penalties for child prostitution (Section C), and escalates violations near schools/churches to felony status with fines up to $7,500 and up to 5 years in prison (Section D). The bill directly affects individuals committing these specific prostitution-related offenses under the defined circumstances. It takes effect November 1, 2025.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

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

MINOR

The bill was amended during Senate review to change the committee reporting information and add a page header indicating it is the Senate Floor Version. The substantive legal text regarding criminal penalties for prostitution, child prostitution, and related offenses remained unchanged.

TECHNICAL

The committee report attribution was changed from 'Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight' to 'Committee on Public Safety' with a new date of April 15, 2025.

A page header was added indicating this is the 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB1861 SFLR' dated April 15, 2025.

The 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' header and page numbering were removed.

Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

80–11

Passed · 9 other

Total votes 100

Mar 4, 2025

D Democratic19

3 Yea 10 Nay 6

52% Nay

R Republican81

77 Yea 1 Nay 3

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended 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: 80 Nays: 10

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 11, 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