Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3374: Crimes and punishments; making certain acts unlawful; effective date.
Status: In committee, February 3, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending O.S. 2021, Section 1217, as amended by Section 119, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1217), which relates to interfering, molesting, or assaulting firemen; expanding scope of crime to include obstruction of duties and emergency medical responders; making certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; amending 21 O.S. 2021, Section 701.12, which relates to aggravating circumstances in death penalty cases; modifying list to include firefighters and emergency medical responders; and providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, January 14, 2026:
An Act relating to crimes and punishments; amending O.S. 2021, Section 1217, as amended by Section 119, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1217), which relates to interfering, molesting, or assaulting firemen; expanding scope of crime to include obstruction of duties and emergency medical responders; making certain acts unlawful; providing penalties; amending 21 O.S. 2021, Section 701.12, which relates to aggravating circumstances in death penalty cases; modifying list to include firefighters and emergency medical responders; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 1217, as amended by Section 119, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (21 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1217), is amended to read as follows: Section 1217. Any person or persons acting in concert with each other who knowingly and willfully interfere interferes with, molest molests, obstructs, or assault firemen assaults any firefighter or emergency medical responder in the performance of their his or her official duties, or who knowingly and willfully obstruct obstructs, interfere interferes with, or impede impedes the progress of firemen Req. No. 14540 Page of s uch personnel to reach the destination of a fire an emergency, shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a Class B4 felony offense and shall be punished therefor by imprisonment in the …