Oklahoma § 21-309 Soliciting bribes - Trading votes.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-309 — Soliciting bribes - Trading votes.

Oklahoma § 21-309

Title 21Crimes And Punishments

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-309 (2026).

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Any member of either of the houses composing the Legislature, who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any understanding that his official vote, opinion, judgment or action shall be influenced thereby, or shall be given in any manner or upon any particular side of any question or matter upon which he may be required to act in his official capacity, or who gives, or offers or promises to give any official vote in consideration that another member of the Legislature shall give any such vote, either upon the same or another question, is guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.

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Any member of either of the houses composing the Legislature, who asks, receives or agrees to receive any bribe upon any understanding that his official vote, opinion, judgment or action shall be influenced thereby, or shall be given in any manner or upon any particular side of any question or matter upon which he may be required to act in his official capacity, or who gives, or offers or promises to give any official vote in consideration that another member of the Legislature shall give any such vote, either upon the same or another question, is guilty of a Class C2 felony offense punishable by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.

Legislative History

R.L. 1910, § 2171. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 166, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 84, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 211, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 166 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.