All Roll Calls
Yes: 193 • No: 0
OklahomaHB 1886Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Human trafficking; creating the Oklahoma Human Trafficking Justice for Victims and Advocacy Act of 2025; increasing penalties for certain unlawful act; codification; effective date.
Sponsored By: Stan May (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
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4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Protection and no charges for trafficked minors
Beginning Nov 1, 2025, if an officer reasonably thinks a child is a trafficking victim who needs protection, the officer must take protective custody and notify DHS. The child goes into DHS emergency custody, gets emergency services, and a joint DHS and law enforcement review begins. The child stays in DHS custody only until the investigation ends, and no longer than two judicial days before a show‑cause hearing. DHS may return the child to a safe parent or move the case to child welfare if needed. Minors who committed prostitution, misdemeanors, or nonviolent felonies because they were trafficked cannot face juvenile delinquency or supervision cases for those acts.
Stronger rights and help for trafficking victims
Beginning Nov 1, 2025, trafficking victims get clear rights: safe shelter, medical and mental health care, food, legal help, and translators. Victims are not jailed or punished for being trafficked, and their identity is protected. Courts must order offenders to pay restitution and to pay for the victim’s psychological evaluation and counseling. Victims can sue for damages and attorney fees; the clock to sue starts after emancipation, after the victim turns 21, or when the victim discovers the harm, whichever is later. The Attorney General may run an emergency hotline, and police must give victims the hotline number and a written list of rights. If a person committed a crime while being trafficked, they can raise an affirmative defense in criminal or juvenile court.
Harsher penalties and 85% time served
Beginning Nov 1, 2025, Oklahoma makes it illegal to knowingly engage in human trafficking. Courts can sentence at least 5 years up to life and fine up to $100,000. If the victim is under 18, the sentence is at least 10 years, up to life or life without parole, and fines up to $250,000. People convicted must serve 85% of their sentence before parole or credits; no suspension, deferral, or probation is allowed, and only achievement credits apply if they meet Class level 2 behavior. A victim’s consent is not a defense, and not knowing a minor’s age is not a defense. The law also defines key terms like coercion, commercial sex, debt bondage, human trafficking, minor, and victim.
Statewide trafficking training for schools and police
Beginning Nov 1, 2025, the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Response Unit runs a statewide awareness and education program. Schools and law enforcement get training to spot and prevent trafficking, including online and gaming recruitment, using a model curriculum reviewed each year. The Director decides the program materials and how training is carried out. The Unit must adopt rules to put the program into effect.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Stan May
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Christi Gillespie
Republican • Senate
Marilyn Stark
Republican • House
Max Wolfley
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/21/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 90 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/30/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/27/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 87 • No: 0
House vote • 3/6/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 2/11/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor 05/23/2025
5/27/2025HouseSent to Governor
5/21/2025HouseEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
5/21/2025SenateEnrolled, signed, to Senate
5/21/2025HouseReferred for enrollment
5/21/2025HouseFourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0
5/21/2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Wolfley
5/21/2025HouseSA's read, adopted
5/21/2025HouseSA's received
5/1/2025HouseEngrossed to House
5/1/2025SenateReferred for engrossment
4/30/2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
4/30/2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
4/30/2025SenatePlaced on General Order
4/24/2025SenateReported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed
4/22/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
4/1/2025SenateFirst Reading
3/31/2025SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
3/31/2025HouseReferred for engrossment
3/27/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0
3/27/2025HouseAmended
3/27/2025HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Stark
3/27/2025HouseGeneral Order
3/27/2025HouseAuthored by Senator Gillespie (principal Senate author)
3/6/2025HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
3/6/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/21/2025
Amended And Engrossed
5/1/2025
Floor (Senate)
4/23/2025
Senate Committee Report
4/22/2025
Engrossed
3/31/2025
Floor (House)
3/7/2025
House Committee Report
3/6/2025
House Committee Substitute
3/6/2025
House Policy Committee Report
2/17/2025
Introduced
1/16/2025
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