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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1563 Authorizes Subpoenas Duces Tecum for Businesses and Sets Discovery Timelines
Last action · May 29, 2025: Filed with Secretary of State
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What This Bill Does
This law authorizes criminal defendants to issue subpoenas duces tecum to businesses and commercial entities for records, requires law enforcement to provide specific arrest videos to prosecutors within 30 days, and mandates prosecutors disclose those records to defendants within 90 days starting November 1, 2025.
Defendants gain statutory authority to subpoena private commercial records for trial preparation, while law enforcement and prosecutors must adhere to strict new deadlines for handling body camera footage and sobriety test recordings.
- House Bill 1563 amends Oklahoma criminal procedure statutes governing subpoenas duces tecum and the Oklahoma Criminal Discovery Code. context
- The measure establishes specific statutory windows for the transfer of body camera and arrest footage between law enforcement, prosecutors, and defense counsel. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Criminal defendants
Defendants gain explicit statutory authority to issue business subpoenas and receive mandatory law enforcement video evidence within specified timelines.
Law enforcement agencies
Agencies must produce specific arrest and sobriety recordings to prosecutors within 30 days or face potential punishment by contempt.
Prosecuting agencies
Prosecutors must disclose law enforcement records to defendants within 90 days and maintain tracking records for jailhouse informant agreements.
Businesses and commercial entities
Commercial entities are subject to receiving subpoenas duces tecum issued by defendants for the production of documents or recordings.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can a defendant subpoena a private business for records under this law?
What is the deadline for law enforcement to hand over arrest videos to prosecutors?
Who pays for copying costs if a defendant is indigent?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law over the governor's veto.
Procedural history
44 actions- May 29, 2025HouseFiled with Secretary of State
- May 29, 2025SenateMeasure returned to House
- May 29, 2025SenateVeto overridden: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0
- May 29, 2025HouseTo Senate
- May 29, 2025HouseVeto overridden: Ayes: 82 Nays: 4
- May 28, 2025HouseVetoed 05/28/2025
Show 38 earlier actions
- May 22, 2025HouseSent to Governor
- May 22, 2025SenateEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
- May 22, 2025HouseEnrolled, signed, to Senate
- May 21, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred for enrollment
- May 21, 2025SenateFloorMeasure passed, to House: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
- May 21, 2025SenateFloorCCR adopted
- May 21, 2025SenateCCR read
- May 21, 2025HouseTo Senate
- May 21, 2025HouseFloorFourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 4
- May 21, 2025HouseFloorCCR adopted
- May 20, 2025HouseTitle restored
- May 20, 2025HouseCCR submitted
- May 15, 2025SenateConference granted, SCs named Howard, Gollihare, Jech, Rosino, Thompson, Brooks
- May 15, 2025HouseCommitteeHC's named: Conference Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- May 14, 2025HouseSA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- May 1, 2025HouseSA's received
- May 1, 2025SenateEngrossed to House
- Apr 30, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- Apr 30, 2025SenateFloorMeasure passed: Ayes: 26 Nays: 18
- Apr 30, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- Apr 24, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- Apr 22, 2025SenateFloorReported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed
- Apr 1, 2025SenateCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
- Mar 31, 2025SenateIntroducedFirst Reading
- Mar 31, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- Mar 27, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred for engrossment
- Mar 27, 2025HouseFloorThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 8
- Mar 27, 2025HouseTitle stricken
- Mar 27, 2025HouseAmended
- Mar 27, 2025HouseAmended by floor substitute
- Mar 27, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- Mar 4, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- Mar 4, 2025HouseFloorCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
- Feb 17, 2025HouseFloorPolicy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Civil Judiciary
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Duel
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
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Codified Discovery Deadlines for Law Enforcement
The legislation establishes fixed statutory timelines (30 days for police to provide videos, 90 days for prosecutors to turn them over) backed by potential contempt penalties for non-compliance.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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