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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma bill exempts hospitalized aggravated trafficking defendants from GPS monitoring during medical care
Last action · February 4, 2025: Referred to Criminal Judiciary
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What This Bill Proposed
Defendants charged with who require hospital medical care and are released on their are temporarily exempt from mandatory GPS monitoring while hospitalized, taking effect November 1, 2025.
Changes pretrial release conditions for hospitalized defendants facing charges by pausing electronic tracking and associated costs during inpatient medical treatment, requiring re-attachment within forty-eight hours of discharge.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Defendants charged with aggravated trafficking
Their mandatory GPS monitoring requirement is temporarily suspended during hospital stays for medical care.
Department of Corrections
Must pause and resume GPS monitoring duties and supervision fee collection based on the defendant's hospitalization status.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who pays for the GPS monitoring device once it is reattached after a hospital stay?
How soon must a GPS monitoring device be put back on after a defendant leaves the hospital?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Criminal Judiciary
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Roe
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy30Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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