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OklahomaSB 541Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Crimes and punishments; modifying provisions related to assault and battery. Effective date.

Sponsored By: Todd Gollihare (Republican)

Became Law

Senate Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.

Domestic attackers face life prison terms

Beginning November 1, 2025, covered domestic assault and battery carries a felony penalty of up to life in prison. This applies to attacks on an intimate partner or family or household member using a deadly weapon or force likely to cause death. The attacker must intend bodily harm and lack a legally justified or excusable reason. The law also removes the word “or” between imprisonment and fines in assault, assault-and-battery, and several domestic-abuse penalties. Those include abuse causing great bodily injury, abuse in a child’s presence, and strangulation; the stated penalty limits remain unchanged.

Some domestic abusers lose nonviolent status

Beginning November 1, 2025, repeat domestic assault and battery offenses are excluded from nonviolent-offense treatment under Oklahoma’s Constitution. The exclusion also covers domestic abuse against a pregnant woman when the offender knows she is pregnant. These changes apply under Article VI, Section 10.

Parole rules change for convicted offenders

Beginning November 1, 2025, Oklahoma changes which offenses require serving 85% of a prison sentence before parole consideration. Sentence credits cannot reduce time served below that level. The list adds specified offenses under Sections 644 and 1040.12a. It also includes aggravated assault and battery against someone defending another person from assault and battery. The law removes the Section 1115 reference from the listed first-degree rape provisions.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Todd Gollihare

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • George Burns

    Republican • Senate

  • Nicole Miller

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 147 • No: 2

House vote • 5/1/2025

THIRD READING

Yes: 79 • No: 0

House vote • 4/17/2025

DO PASS

Yes: 12 • No: 0

House vote • 4/8/2025

DO PASS

Yes: 4 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/6/2025

THIRD READING

Yes: 46 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/11/2025

Committee vote: Public Safety

Yes: 6 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025

    5/12/2025Senate

  2. Sent to Governor

    5/5/2025Senate

  3. Signed, returned to Senate

    5/5/2025House

  4. Enrolled, to House

    5/5/2025Senate

  5. Referred for enrollment

    5/1/2025Senate

  6. Signed, returned to Senate

    5/1/2025House

  7. Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 0

    5/1/2025House

  8. General Order

    5/1/2025House

  9. CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

    4/17/2025House

  10. Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary

    4/8/2025House

  11. Referred to Criminal Judiciary

    4/1/2025House

  12. Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

    4/1/2025House

  13. First Reading

    3/10/2025House

  14. Engrossed to House

    3/10/2025Senate

  15. Referred for engrossment

    3/6/2025Senate

  16. Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0

    3/6/2025Senate

  17. General Order, Considered

    3/6/2025Senate

  18. Coauthored by Senator Burns

    3/5/2025Senate

  19. Placed on General Order

    2/13/2025Senate

  20. Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

    2/11/2025Senate

  21. Coauthored by Representative Miller (principal House author)

    2/6/2025Senate

  22. Second Reading referred to Public Safety

    2/4/2025Senate

  23. Authored by Senator Gollihare

    2/3/2025Senate

  24. First Reading

    2/3/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Enrolled (final version)

    5/5/2025

    PDF

  • Floor (House)

    4/21/2025

    PDF

  • House Committee Report

    4/17/2025

    PDF

  • House Policy Committee Report

    4/8/2025

    PDF

  • Engrossed

    3/10/2025

    PDF

  • Floor (Senate)

    2/13/2025

    PDF

  • Senate Committee Report

    2/11/2025

    PDF

  • Introduced

    1/13/2025

    PDF

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