2025 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments
§21-20B. Class Y offenses.

Universal Citation:
21 OK Stat § 20B (2025)
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A. Upon the effective date of this act, Class Y shall include the following criminal offenses:

1. Murder in the first degree as provided for in subsection A of Section 701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. Murder in the first degree during the commission of a crime, as provided for in subsection B of Section 701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Murder in the first degree when the death of a child results from willful or malicious injuring, torturing, maiming, or using unreasonable force, as provided for in subsection C of Section 701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

4. Murder in the first degree when the person solicits another to cause the death of another human being in furtherance of unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a controlled dangerous substance, as provided for in subsection D of Section 701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

5. Murder in the first degree when the person intentionally causes the death of a law enforcement officer, as provided for in subsection E of Section 701.7 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and

6. Murder in the first degree when a person kills another person or causes the death of another human being in the commission of an act of terrorism, as provided for in subsection C of Section 1268.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. Any person convicted of a Class Y criminal offense set forth in this section shall be punished in accordance with the corresponding penalties provided for in the Oklahoma Statutes.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 366, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

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