Justifiable homicide; authorizing appeal of certain ruling to Court of Criminal Appeals. Effective date.
SB 657 (Oklahoma Senate Bill 657) allows police officers and others acting under their command to appeal pretrial rulings finding their use of deadly force unjustified directly to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals within 10 days. The law requires the court to give these appeals priority and automatically stays the underlying case while the appeal is pending. Officers who miss the 10-day deadline forfeit the immediate appeal but retain the right to raise the issue at trial or on direct appeal. The bill amends Oklahoma Statute 21 O.S. 2021, Section 732, and takes effect November 1, 2025.
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 14, 2025
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The bill was transferred from the House to the Senate floor for consideration, with minor formatting adjustments to the header and committee report information. The substantive policy content regarding justifiable homicide and appeal procedures remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date to March 4, 2025.
Committee report attribution changed from 'COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY' to 'COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY' with revised date.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 26, 2025 · House May 7, 2025
How they voted
40–7
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Mar 26, 2025
D
Democratic9
77% Nay
R
Republican40
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/13/2025
upper
May 7, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 10
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 27, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7
upper
Mar 4, 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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