Bill Text For SB0503 - Senate Floor Version

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 3|SENATE BILL NO. 503                  By: Bullard, Burns, Hamilton,     |
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 6|       [ lewd acts - public place - felony offense - cause             |
  |       of action - codification - effective date ]                     |
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 9|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:                  |
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10|    SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified     |
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11|in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1024.6 of Title 21, unless there   |
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12|is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:               |
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13|    A.  For the purposes of this act:                                  |
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14|    1.  "Lewd acts" means any sexual behavior imitating sex or         |
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15|sexual acts, groping, indecent exposure of genitalia or sexual         |
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16|paraphernalia, display of replicas of genitalia, sexually touching     |
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17|oneself or someone else, or convincing or forcing someone else to      |
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18|sexually touch or observe sexual behavior;                             |
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19|    2.  "Obscene material" shall have the meaning as provided in       |
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20|subsection B of Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;   |
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22|    3.  "Public place" means any area or space that the general        |
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23|public may freely access and may participate or take part in any       |
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24|event without payment for admission.                                   |
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 1|    B.  No political subdivision of this state shall allow or permit   |
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 2|a public display of lewd acts or obscene material in a public place    |
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 3|including but not limited to parades, shows, concerts, plays, or any   |
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 4|other activity where a minor could witness such lewd acts or obscene   |
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 5|material.  No individual shall be allowed to show lewd acts or         |
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 6|obscene material in a public place where any other individual could    |
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 7|witness such lewd acts or obscene material.                            |
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 8|    C.  Any individual intentionally displaying lewd acts or obscene   |
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 9|material in front of a minor shall be guilty of a felony.  Any         |
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10|person may have a cause of action against such individual who          |
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11|intentionally commits such acts in any manner in which a minor was     |
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12|exposed to the lewd act or obscene material, or an individual was      |
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13|unwillingly exposed to the lewd act or obscene material.               |
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14|    SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.      |
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15|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS                       |
  |March 1, 2023 - DO PASS                                                |
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