Oklahoma Evidence Code; providing for admissibility of certain statements in certain proceedings. Effective date.
SB 607 allows statements made by domestic abuse victims to law enforcement within one week of an incident, on protective order applications within one week, or as testimony at protective order hearings to be automatically admissible as evidence in criminal and juvenile domestic abuse cases. This applies to pre-trial hearings, probation revocation hearings, and other related proceedings. The bill directly affects victims seeking legal protection and prosecutors building cases, streamlining the use of timely victim statements without requiring additional verification. It becomes effective November 1, 2025, and codifies these admissibility rules in Oklahoma's Evidence Code.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 15, 2025
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The bill was revised to reflect Senate floor amendments rather than House floor language. The substantive legal content regarding admissibility of domestic abuse victim statements remains unchanged, but the document now includes Senate-specific formatting, committee reporting, and authorship information.
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Header information changed from House of Representatives to Senate Floor Version with updated date and page numbering
Bill authorship line updated to show Howard of Senate and George of House instead of House-only authorship
Committee report attribution changed from Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight to Committee on Judiciary
Page headers and footers updated to reflect Senate Floor Version instead of House Floor Version
Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2025 · House May 7, 2025
How they voted
45–4
Passed
Total votes 49
Mar 10, 2025
D
Democratic9
55% Yea
R
Republican40
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
6
May 7, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 1
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 4
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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