Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1460

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/2/26
• Refer: 2/3/26
• Report Pass: 2/17/26
• Refer: 2/17/26
• Engrossed: 3/12/26
• Refer: 3/30/26
• Report Pass: 4/14/26

Caption

Crimes and punishments; modifying offenses in certain classes of felonies; creating felony offenses for second or subsequent offenses; adding offenses for which registration pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act applies. Effective date.

Summary

SB1460 revises Oklahoma’s felony classification system and sex-offender registration laws. The bill expands the list of offenses classified as Class B5 and Class D1 felonies, including a wide range of crimes across domestic violence, stalking, peeping/voyeurism, animal cruelty, fraud, theft, public corruption, drug offenses, election crimes, and other public-safety and regulatory violations. It also creates felony treatment for second or subsequent peeping-tom and clandestine imaging offenses, and reclassifies certain voyeurism-related conduct as a Class B5 felony. The bill further amends the Sex Offenders Registration Act to add additional offenses that trigger registration requirements, including the newly referenced voyeurism offenses and a deferred-judgment category tied to nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images. The effective date is November 1, 2026, and the bill also updates statutory references and repeals a prior version of the registration statute to conform the law.

Impact

SB1460 would substantially broaden the number of crimes carrying enhanced felony penalties and would increase the number of offenses that require sex-offender registration in Oklahoma. It affects sentencing exposure for repeat offenders and for people convicted of specified violent, sexual, property, fraud, drug, and regulatory offenses, while also directing that certain listed Class D1 offenses receive specific imprisonment terms and minimum time-served requirements. The bill also amends registration obligations for affected offenders, law enforcement, courts, and the Department of Corrections by expanding who must register and by conforming cross-references in the Sex Offenders Registration Act.

Sentiment

The available voting history suggests the bill has generally been well received and moved with strong support. It passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 7-1, advanced on Senate third reading by a 38-3 vote, and then cleared two House committees unanimously or near-unanimously (5-0 and 13-0). No committee transcripts were provided, but the vote margins indicate broad bipartisan agreement on the bill’s public-safety and sentencing provisions.

Contention

The main points of contention appear to be the breadth of the bill and the policy choice to expand felony classifications and registration requirements across many offense categories. Because SB1460 covers a very large number of crimes, potential concerns likely center on sentencing severity, collateral consequences of sex-offender registration, and whether some lower-level or regulatory offenses should be elevated into higher felony classes. The recorded votes show only limited opposition, suggesting any objections were narrow rather than part of a broad organized dispute.