Crimes and punishments; increasing certain age limitation for rape; emergency.

HB 1994 amends Oklahoma's rape statutes to increase age thresholds for certain definitions of rape and conviction limitations. It raises the age where consent is automatically invalid from under 16 to under 18 in most cases, and updates age ranges for student-employee relationships (e.g., from under 20 to under 22 for secondary school students). The bill also adjusts the age gap requirement for consensual acts, changing the minimum age from 14 to 15 years while maintaining a four-year age difference rule for conviction. These changes directly affect minors under 18 in school, foster care, or higher education settings interacting with employees of those institutions. The bill declares an emergency to take effect immediately upon passage.