HB 15402024
bill
2024 Regular Session · House bill
HB 1540
Crimes and punishments; clarifying scope of certain definitions; effective date.
Criminal justice & public safetyBudget & taxesCourts & civil law how tagged
Official title shown; Open States carries no separate summary for Oklahoma bills. See the AI analysis below.
Passed Senate committee Last action April 19, 2023: Placed on General Order
Same number in other sessions: 2026 · 2025 (bills from 2025 carry over into 2026 within the 60th Legislature).
AI analysis AI-generated
AI-generated · may be inaccurate or incomplete. Written by a language model (Workers AI, llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) from the bill's official title, actions, votes, sponsors, committee referrals and hearings in our database — not from the bill text. Check the official text on oklegislature.gov before relying on it. Not legal advice.
Authors & coauthors 2
- Principal House author
- Anthony Moore R
Principal authors from Open States; coauthors read from “Coauthored by …” actions (removals applied).
Status
- Introduced
- In committee (origin chamber)
- Passed committee (origin chamber)
- Passed origin chamber
- In committee (second chamber)
- Passed committee (second chamber)
- Passed both chambers
- Sent to Governor
- Enacted / adopted
Committee referrals 4
| Referred | Chamber | Committee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 7, 2023 | House | Judiciary - Criminal | Passed Feb. 22, 2023 |
| March 23, 2023 | Senate | Judiciary | Passed April 4, 2023 |
| March 23, 2023 | Senate | Appropriations | — |
| April 4, 2023 | Senate | Appropriations | — |
Roll-call votes 3
Feb. 22, 2023HouseJudiciary - Criminal Committee: Do PassPassed6–0
yes (6) George, Lowe, May, Sims, Strom, Worthen
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 6, 2023HouseThird ReadingPassed95–0 6 excused
yes (95) Alonso Sandoval, Archer, Baker, Banning, Bashore, Bennett, Blancett, Boatman, Boles, Burns, Caldwell, Cantrell, Conley, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Davis, Deck, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Dollens, Duel, Echols, Ford, Fugate, Gann, George, Goodwin, Grego, Hardin, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hefner, Hilbert, Hill, Humphrey, Johns, Kane, Kannady, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lawson, Lepak, Lowe, Lowe, Luttrell, May, Maynard, McBride, McDugle, McEntire, Menz, Miller, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Munson, Newton, Nichols, ODonnell, Olsen, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pittman, Provenzano, Randleman, Ranson, Roberts, Roe, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Sims, Smith, Sneed, Staires, Stark, Steagall, Sterling, Stinson, Strom, Swope, Talley, Tedford, Townley, Vancuren, Waldron, Wallace, West, West, West, West, Williams, Wolfley, Worthen
excused (6) Caldwell, Fetgatter, Manger, Marti, Martinez, Turner
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 4, 2023SenateJudiciary: Strike The Title, Motion By Senator Howard - AdoptedPassed11–0
yes (11) Boren, Brooks, Bullard, Daniels, Floyd, Gollihare, Howard, Jech, Standridge, Stewart, Weaver
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (Senate) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- HB1540 (4-25-23) (GARVIN) RT FA1.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- HB1540 (4-26-23) (GARVIN) FS FA2.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
2 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1540&session=2400
Timeline 16 actions
- Feb. 6, 2023HouseFirst Reading
- Feb. 6, 2023HouseAuthored by Representative Moore
- Feb. 7, 2023HouseSecond Reading referred to Judiciary - Criminal
- Feb. 22, 2023HouseCR; Do Pass Judiciary - Criminal Committee
- Feb. 22, 2023HouseAuthored by Senator Garvin (principal Senate author)
- March 6, 2023HouseGeneral Order
- March 6, 2023HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0
- March 6, 2023HouseReferred for engrossment
- March 7, 2023HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- March 7, 2023SenateFirst Reading
- March 23, 2023SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee
- April 4, 2023SenateReported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed
- April 4, 2023SenateTitle stricken
- April 4, 2023SenateReferred to Appropriations
- April 19, 2023SenateWithdrawn from Appropriations committee
- April 19, 2023SenatePlaced on General Order
Momentum: 41 of 100
| Stage (Passed committee (second chamber)) | 31 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (408 days before May 31, 2024) | 0 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 0 / 10 |
| Bipartisan sponsorship | 0 / 10 |
How this is calculated
- Stage reached — up to 50. 50 × (stage − 1) ÷ 8, where the stages are 1 Introduced · 2 In committee · 3 Passed committee · 4 Passed its first chamber · 5 In committee in the second chamber · 6 Passed that committee · 7 Passed both chambers · 8 Sent to the Governor · 9 Enacted / adopted.
- Recency — up to 20. 20 if the last recorded action was within 14 days of the reference date, falling in a straight line to 0 at 90 days. The reference date is the earlier of the data date (Oct. 1, 2026) and the session's last scheduled day, so a finished session is scored as it stood when it ended.
- Committee progress — up to 10. 5 for each chamber in which a committee reported the bill favourably.
- Coauthors — up to 10. 1 per coauthor (max 7), plus 3 if its authors and coauthors include members of both chambers.
- Bipartisan sponsorship — 10. 10 if the authors and coauthors include at least one Republican and one Democrat.
Rules on top: an enacted bill (signed, law without signature, or veto overridden) or an adopted resolution scores 100. A vetoed bill without an override, or one whose last committee vote failed, has its score halved.
Disclaimer. The momentum score is an automated, rough indicator built only from the public record (stage, dates, authors and committee reports). It is not a prediction, does not measure merit or support, and can be wrong when an action is mis-recorded or an author is mis-matched. Coauthors are read from the action text (“Coauthored by …”). Always check the official record on oklegislature.gov.