FEBRUARY 2026 | 23 THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL Statements or opinions expressed in the Oklahoma Bar Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Oklahoma Bar Association, its officers, Board of Governors, Board of Editors or staff. shall be admissible in pre-trial or post-trial criminal and juvenile delinquent domestic abuse prosecutions including preliminary hearings, prosecutive merit hearings, or hearings on the revocation of probation or acceleration of a deferred judgment. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.4 The definition of “domestic abuse” incorporated in S.B. 607 is borrowed from Title 22, which governs criminal procedure. Under Chapter 60.1 of Title 22, the Protection from Domestic Abuse Act, domestic abuse is “any act of physical harm or the threat of imminent physical harm” against another “who is currently or was previously an intimate partner or family or household member.”5 Note that domestic abuse is defined narrowly, referring exclusively to acts of physical abuse.6 Importantly, other forms of abuse, including sexual abuse (unless physical in nature), mental or emotional abuse and coercive control, are excluded from this definition.
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