OK SB 657

enacted

Justifiable homicide; authorizing appeal of certain ruling to Court of Criminal Appeals. Effective date.

Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did OK SB 657 pass?

Yes. OK SB 657 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-14. Latest recorded action (2025-05-14): Approved by Governor 05/13/2025

What is OK SB 657 about?

OK SB 657 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Justifiable homicide; authorizing appeal of certain ruling to Court of Criminal Appeals. Effective date.”.

Who sponsors OK SB 657?

Weaver, Kannady are the primary sponsors of OK SB 657.

Introduced: 2025-02-03
Latest action: 2025-05-14 — Approved by Governor 05/13/2025
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-03
First Reading
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Authored by Senator Weaver
2025-02-04
Second Reading referred to Judiciary
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-04
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
committee-passage
2025-03-05
Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
2025-03-06
Placed on General Order
2025-03-26
General Order, Considered
2025-03-26
Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7
passage
2025-03-26
Referred for engrossment
2025-03-27
Engrossed to House
passage
2025-03-27
First Reading
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-01
Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-01
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
referral-committee
2025-04-08
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
committee-passage
2025-04-17
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
committee-passage
2025-05-07
General Order
2025-05-07
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 10
passage,reading-3
2025-05-07
Signed, returned to Senate
2025-05-07
Referred for enrollment
2025-05-08
Enrolled, to House
2025-05-08
Signed, returned to Senate
2025-05-08
Sent to Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-14
Approved by Governor 05/13/2025
executive-signature

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Votes

Judiciary
2025-03-04 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Boren: yes
- Gollihare: yes
- Jech: yes
- Jett: yes
- Rosino: yes
- Standridge: yes
- Brooks: no
Third Reading
2025-03-26 · pass · 38-7
Member-level votes (47)
- Alvord: yes
- Grellner: yes
- McIntosh: yes
- Sacchieri: yes
- Bergstrom: yes
- Guthrie: yes
- Murdock: yes
- Seifried: yes
- Bullard: yes
- Hall: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Standridge: yes
- Burns: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Pederson: yes
- Stanley: yes
- Coleman: yes
- Haste: yes
- Prieto: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Deevers: yes
- Hines: yes
- Pugh: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Dossett: yes
- Howard: yes
- Rader: yes
- Weaver: yes
- Frix: yes
- Jech: yes
- Reinhardt: yes
- Wingard: yes
- Gillespie: yes
- Jett: yes
- Rosino: yes
- Woods: yes
- Green: yes
- Kern: yes
- Boren: no
- Goodwin: no
- Kirt: no
- Nice: no
- Brooks: no
- Hicks: no
- Mann: no
- Daniels: excused
- Gollihare: excused
Criminal Judiciary Committee: Do Pass
2025-04-08 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (3)
- Hardin: yes
- Manger: yes
- Worthen: yes
Judiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass
2025-04-17 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Culver: yes
- Duel: yes
- Ford: yes
- Hardin: yes
- Harris: yes
- Humphrey: yes
- Manger: yes
- Rosecrants: yes
- Schreiber: yes
- Sterling: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Worthen: yes
Third Reading
2025-05-07 · pass · 80-10
Member-level votes (100)
- Adams: yes
- Hall: yes
- Marti: yes
- Stark: yes
- Archer: yes
- Hardin: yes
- May: yes
- Steagall: yes
- Bashore: yes
- Harris: yes
- Maynard: yes
- Sterling: yes
- Blair: yes
- Hasenbeck: yes
- Menz: yes
- Stewart: yes
- Blancett: yes
- Hays: yes
- Miller: yes
- Stinson: yes
- Boles: yes
- Hildebrant: yes
- Moore: yes
- Strom: yes
- Burns: yes
- Hill: yes
- Newton: yes
- Tedford: yes
- Caldwell (C): yes
- Humphrey: yes
- Olsen: yes
- Townley: yes
- Cantrell: yes
- Jenkins: yes
- Osburn: yes
- Turner: yes
- Cornwell: yes
- Johns: yes
- Pae: yes
- Waldron: yes
- Crosswhite Hader: yes
- Kane: yes
- Patzkowsky: yes
- West (J): yes
- Culver: yes
- Kannady: yes
- Pfeiffer: yes
- West (K): yes
- Dobrinski: yes
- Kelley: yes
- Provenzano: yes
- West (R): yes
- Duel: yes
- Kendrix: yes
- Roberts: yes
- West (T): yes
- Eaves: yes
- Kerbs: yes
- Roe: yes
- Wilk: yes
- Ford: yes
- Lay: yes
- Rosecrants: yes
- Williams: yes
- Fugate: yes
- Lepak: yes
- Shaw: yes
- Wolfley: yes
- George: yes
- Lowe (D): yes
- Smith: yes
- Woolley: yes
- Gise: yes
- Luttrell: yes
- Sneed: yes
- Worthen: yes
- Grego: yes
- Manger: yes
- Staires: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Alonso-Sandoval: no
- Dollens: no
- Munson: no
- Pogemiller: no
- Bennett: no
- Gann: no
- Pittman: no
- Ranson: no
- Deck: no
- McCane: no
- Banning: excused
- Chapman: excused
- Fetgatter: excused
- Lawson: excused
- Caldwell (T): excused
- Dempsey: excused
- Hefner: excused
- Schreiber: excused
- VACANCY:: other
- 3: other

Related bills

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Official source

http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB657&session=2600

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