SB731

Oklahoma SB731 amends the Oklahoma Evidence Code to include statements by vulnerable adults in certain hearsay exceptions.

Oklahoma SB731 modifies the Oklahoma Evidence Code to expand the hearsay exception to include statements made by vulnerable adults. This change allows such statements to be admissible in juvenile deprived proceedings and pre-trial and post-trial criminal and juvenile delinquent proceedings. The bill specifies that statements by children under sixteen, those sixteen or older with disabilities, incapacitated persons, or vulnerable adults are admissible if they describe acts of abuse, neglect, or other specified offenses. The effective date of this amendment is not provided in the bill text.