CREATING THE SERGEANT CRAIG JOHNSON ACT
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 9 (S.B. 6) (WEST)
2022 Okla. Sess. Law Serv. Ch. 9 (S.B. 6) (WEST)
OKLAHOMA 2022 SESSION LAW SERVICE
Fifty-Eighth Legislature, 2022 Second Regular Session
CHAPTER 9
S.B. No. 6
CREATING THE SERGEANT CRAIG JOHNSON ACT
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; creating the Sergeant Craig Johnson Act; amending 21 O.S. 2021, Section 173, which relates to the definition of accessories; modifying scope of definition; providing for noncodification; and declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Creating the Sergeant Craig Johnson Act
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Sergeant Craig Johnson Act”.
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SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 173, is amended to read as follows:
Section 173. All persons who, after the commission of any felony, conceal or aid the offender, with knowledge that he or she has committed a felony, and with intent that he the person may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment, are accessories. In the case of murder, a person is accountable under this statute for accessory to murder if the person knew or reasonably should have known that the conduct committed upon the victim could foreseeably result in the death of the victim.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
Approved March 30, 2022.
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