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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma Bill 1176 makes purchasing elderly or disabled adults' residential property below 70 percent market value a form of exploitation
Last action · February 4, 2025: Referred to Criminal Judiciary
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What This Bill Proposed
Crimes and punishments; exploitation of elderly and disabled adults; property purchase; below market value; effective date.
Real estate transactions involving vulnerable adults below specified value thresholds become criminalized as felonies carrying prison terms up to fifteen years and fines up to ten thousand dollars.
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.
elderly persons
Residential property transactions involving elderly individuals are subjected to new statutory protections restricting below-market sales.
disabled adults
Disabled adults are included under expanded protections regarding residential property transactions and asset exploitation.
residential property buyers
Buyers face criminal felony liability and fines if they purchase or contract to purchase residential property from elderly or disabled adults below 70 percent of actual market value.
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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 Stark
- 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 65)
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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