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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma creates public domestic violence registry and assesses $150 registration fee for offenders starting in 2028
Last action · April 1, 2026: Second Reading referred to JudiciarySponsors: Ellyn Hefner and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is required to create and maintain a public online domestic violence offenders registry for individuals convicted on or after January 1, 2028. Convicted offenders must pay a $150 registration fee, split between district court clerks and the Bureau, with names removed five years after sentence completion.
Convicted domestic violence offenders face a mandatory $150 fee and public online publication of their conviction details and booking photos, while court clerks and the state Bureau divide fee revenues to administer the new registry.
- The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is the primary state-level investigative and law enforcement agency in Oklahoma. context
- Domestic abuse reporting procedures in Oklahoma are governed under Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, which this bill amends. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Individuals convicted of domestic violence offenses
Offenders convicted on or after January 1, 2028, are subject to mandatory public registry listing, booking photograph publication, and a $150 registration fee.
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
The Bureau is tasked with creating, maintaining, administering, and publishing the online registry and receiving a portion of registration fee revenues.
District court clerks
Court clerks must collect the $150 registration fee, retain a portion for administrative costs, and remit the remainder to the Bureau.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
21 actions- Apr 1, 2026SenateCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
- Mar 11, 2026SenateCoauthored by Representative Alonso-Sandoval
- Mar 11, 2026SenateIntroducedFirst Reading
- Mar 11, 2026HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- Mar 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- Mar 10, 2026HouseFloorThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 93 Nays: 0
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- Mar 10, 2026HouseAmended
- Mar 10, 2026HouseConsidered
- Mar 9, 2026HouseCoauthored by Representative(s) Hefner
- Mar 9, 2026HouseLaid over
- Mar 9, 2026HouseGeneral Order
- Feb 26, 2026HouseAuthored by Senator Gillespie (principal Senate author)
- Feb 26, 2026HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
- Feb 18, 2026HouseFloorPolicy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary
- Feb 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to Criminal Judiciary
- Feb 10, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- Feb 10, 2026HouseCommitteeWithdrawn from Rules Committee
- Feb 2, 2026HouseRemove Representative Humphrey as principal House author and substitute with Representative Ford
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Rules
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Humphrey
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
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Establishment of First State Domestic Violence Registry
The legislation introduces a centralized, publicly accessible registry system for domestic violence offenders similar to sex offender registries, coupled with dedicated fee splits for court clerks and the investigating bureau.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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