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Oklahoma · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 601: Death penalty; creating the Death Penalty Moratorium Act; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; creating Death Penalty Reform Task Force. Emergency.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 601 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Death penalty; creating the Death Penalty Moratorium Act; staying the execution of judgments in all death penalty cases; creating Death Penalty Reform Task Force. Emergency. Primary sponsor: Danny Williams (Republican), Dave Rader (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2025): Coauthored by Representative Schreiber.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Danny WilliamsPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave RaderPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate39

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Coauthored by Representative Schreiber
  2. Coauthored by Representative Hefner
  3. Coauthored by Representative Williams (principal House author)
  4. Placed on General Order
  5. Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed
  6. Second Reading referred to Judiciary
  7. Authored by Senator Rader
  8. First Reading

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source