Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3321: Criminal procedure; financial obligations in criminal cases; Cost Administration Implementation Committee; data collection; submit to Attorney General; effective date; emergency.
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to criminal procedure; amending 22 O.S. 2021, Section 983, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 211, O.S.L. 2024 (22 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 983), which relates to financial obligations in criminal cases; directing the Cost Administration Implementation Committee to develop and implement a plan to collect certain data; requiring submission of plan and data to the Office of the Attorney General by certain date; directing certain entities to cooperate with the Committee; providing an exception; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Criminal procedure.
From the enrolled text, April 29, 2026:
An Act relating to criminal procedure; amending 22 O.S. 2021, Section 983, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 211, O.S.L. 2024 (22 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 983), which relates to financial obligations in criminal cases; directing the Cost Administration Implementation Committee to develop and implement a plan to collect certain data; requiring submission of plan and data to the Office of the Attorney General by certain date; directing certain entities to cooperate with the Committee; providing an exception; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Criminal procedure SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 22 O.S. 2021, Section 983, as last amended by Section 2, Chapter 211, O.S.L. 2024 (22 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 983), is amended to read as follows: Section 983. A. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Cost arrest warrant" means a warrant authorizing arrest that is issued by a court under the following circumstances: a. failure to comply with the terms of a court financial obligations payment plan, b. failure to appear at a cost hearing or willfulness hearing, or c. failure to appear at the office of the court clerk of the county in which the court financial obligation is owed within ten (10) days of being cited by a law enforcement officer to appear; 2. "Cost cite and release warrant" …