1| STATE OF OKLAHOMA | | | 2| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) | | | 3|SENATE BILL 503 By: Bullard | | | 4| | | | 5| | | | 6| AS INTRODUCED | | | 7| An Act relating to public display of lewd acts; | | defining terms; prohibiting lewd acts or obscene | 8| material in public place; prohibiting certain actions | | in public place; creating felony offense for | 9| intentional display of lewd acts or obscene material | | to minor; authorizing certain cause of action; | 10| providing for codification; and providing an | | effective date. | 11| | | | 12| | | | 13|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: | | | 14| SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | | | 15|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1024.6 of Title 21, unless there | | | 16|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | | | 17| A. For the purposes of this act: | | | 18| 1. "Lewd acts" means any sexual behavior imitating sex or | | | 19|sexual acts, groping, indecent exposure of genitalia or sexual | | | 20|paraphernalia, display of replicas of genitalia, sexually touching | | | 21|oneself or someone else, or convincing or forcing someone else to | | | 22|sexually touch or observe sexual behavior; and | | | 23| 2. "Obscene material" shall have the meaning as provided in | | | 24|subsection B of Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. | | | Req. No. 333 Page 1 ___________________________________________________________________________
1| B. No political subdivision of this state shall allow or permit | | | 2|a public display of lewd acts or obscene material in a public place | | | 3|including but not limited to parades, shows, concerts, plays, or any | | | 4|other activity where a minor could witness such lewd acts or obscene | | | 5|material. No individual shall be allowed to show lewd acts or | | | 6|obscene material in a public place where any other individual could | | | 7|witness such lewd acts or obscene material. | | | 8| C. Any individual intentionally displaying lewd acts or obscene | | | 9|material in front of a minor shall be guilty of a felony. Any | | | 10|person may have a cause of action against such individual who | | | 11|intentionally commits such acts in any manner in which a minor was | | | 12|exposed to the lewd act or obscene material, or an individual was | | | 13|unwillingly exposed to the lewd act or obscene material. | | | 14| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. | | | 15| | | | 16| 59-1-333 TEK 1/17/2023 4:46:39 PM | | | 17| | | | 18| | | | 19| | | | 20| | | | 21| | | | 22| | | | 23| | | | 24| | | | Req. No. 333 Page 2