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Oklahoma · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 657: Justifiable homicide; authorizing appeal of certain ruling to Court of Criminal Appeals. Effective date.

Enacted 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 657 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Justifiable homicide; authorizing appeal of certain ruling to Court of Criminal Appeals. Effective date. Primary sponsor: Chris Kannady (Republican), Weaver. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2025): Approved by Governor 05/13/2025.

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 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris KannadyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse91
WeaverPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Approved by Governor 05/13/2025
  2. Sent to Governor
  3. Signed, returned to Senate
  4. Enrolled, to House
  5. Referred for enrollment
  6. Signed, returned to Senate
  7. Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 10
  8. General Order
  9. CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
  10. Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
  11. Referred to Criminal Judiciary
  12. Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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