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OklahomaHB 2081Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouse
Child abduction prevention; Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act; terms; order or petition; warrant; jurisdiction; requirements; factors; risk; evidence; conditions; custody or visitation; remedies; hearing; search; service; law enforcement; costs and fees; duration; federal acts; codification; effective date.
Sponsored By: Jason Blair (Republican)
Signed by Governor
Senate Committee
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Emergency warrants and quick hearings
Beginning November 1, 2025, courts can act fast to stop an imminent abduction. A judge can issue an ex parte warrant, order police to find and return the child, and set safe temporary placement. The warrant must list the facts, set a prompt hearing, and be served when or right after the child is taken. Courts may check NCIC and similar databases to help safety decisions. Warrants are enforceable statewide; police may enter property and, in urgent cases, use forcible entry if less‑intrusive steps will not work. The respondent gets a hearing by the next judicial day. If someone sought a warrant to harass or in bad faith, the court may order them to pay the other side’s attorney fees and costs. A district attorney may also seek these warrants.
How to seek child abduction protections
Beginning November 1, 2025, parents and others with legal custody rights can file for child‑abduction protections. Petitions must be sworn, attach any custody order if you have one, and list specific risk facts. Judges can act on their own when evidence shows a credible risk. Courts use clear risk factors, like past threats, travel plans, or domestic violence, to decide. The law defines key terms and treats a child as an unemancipated person under 18.
Prevention orders: travel limits and bonds
Beginning November 1, 2025, if a judge finds a credible risk, the court issues an abduction prevention order. The order sets custody and visitation rules, warns of penalties, and names the child’s usual country. It can limit travel, require itineraries, and require surrender of passports or block new ones. The court can require supervised visits, make the respondent pay supervision costs, and require a bond to cover recovery and attorney fees. Orders last until the set date, the child turns 18 or is emancipated, or a court changes them. You may also use other state remedies at the same time.
Where to file and work across states
Beginning November 1, 2025, you must file these cases in a court that has custody jurisdiction. A court may use temporary emergency jurisdiction when it finds a credible abduction risk. Oklahoma courts use interstate communication and cooperation rules so judges in different states can work together. Courts also aim to interpret this law the same way other states do to keep it uniform.
Limits on e-signatures and notices
Beginning November 1, 2025, this law limits when electronic signatures and electronic delivery are allowed in these cases. It does not change ESIGN Section 101(c) and does not allow e‑delivery of the notices listed in ESIGN Section 103(b). Some notices still must be delivered in traditional ways.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jason Blair
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Darrell Weaver
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 5/1/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/1/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 0 • No: 1
Senate vote • 4/15/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 3/24/2025
Top_of_Page
Yes: 89 • No: 0
House vote • 3/4/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 14 • No: 0
House vote • 2/13/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 8 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor 05/09/2025
5/12/2025HouseSent to Governor
5/5/2025HouseEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
5/5/2025SenateEnrolled, signed, to Senate
5/5/2025HouseReferred for enrollment
5/1/2025HouseEngrossed measure signed, returned to House
5/1/2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
5/1/2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
5/1/2025SenatePlaced on General Order
4/17/2025SenateReported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
4/15/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
4/1/2025SenateFirst Reading
3/25/2025SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
3/25/2025HouseReferred for engrossment
3/24/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
3/24/2025HouseGeneral Order
3/24/2025HouseAuthored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
3/4/2025HouseCR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
3/4/2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
2/13/2025HouseReferred to Civil Judiciary
2/4/2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
2/4/2025HouseAuthored by Representative Blair
2/3/2025HouseFirst Reading
2/3/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/5/2025
Floor (Senate)
4/16/2025
Senate Committee Report
4/15/2025
Engrossed
3/25/2025
Floor (House)
3/9/2025
House Committee Report
3/4/2025
House Policy Committee Report
2/13/2025
Introduced
1/16/2025
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