HB 4170 — Crimes and punishments; taking of crude oil or gasoline; making certain acts unlawful; penalty; effective date.

HOUSEENGROSSED OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) HOUSE BILL 4170NO. By:

Staires4170 ofBy: the House and Weaver of the Senate 8 AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to crimes and punishments;

Staires of the House and Weaver of the Senate 5 7 An Act relating to crimes and punishments;

Any person who shall unlawfully take any crude oil or gasoline, or any product thereof, from any pipe, pipeline, tank, tank car, or other receptacle or container and any person who shall unlawfully take or cause to be taken any machinery, drilling mud, pipes, fittings, pumps, and all other equipment or other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or HB4170gas HFLRwells, Pagewith 1intent BOLDto FACEdeprive denotesthe Committeeowner Amendments.or lessee thereof of said crude oil, gas, gasoline, or any product thereof, machinery, drilling mud, pipes, fittings, pumps, and all other equipment or ENGR.

gasH. wells, with intent to deprive the owner or lessee thereof of said crude oil, gas, gasoline, or any product thereof, machinery, drilling mud, pipes, fittings, pumps, and all other equipment or other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or gas wells shall:

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4170 Page 1 other materials necessary for the drilling or production of oil or gas wells shall:

Be guilty of a misdemeanor if the value of said product so taken is less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), andand, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;

Be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense if the value of such product so taken is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more andand, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by forfeiture of the instrumentality of the crime and by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary custody of the Department of Corrections for a term in the range of one (1) year to ten (10) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

The direct costs of remediation or restoration of the environmentally damaged real property exceeds the amount of Two HB4170Thousand HFLRFive PageHundred 2Dollars BOLD($2,500.00), FACEshall, denotesupon Committeeconviction, Amendments.be guilty of a felony.

ThousandSECTION Five2. Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony.

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6ENGR. COMMITTEE REPORT BY:

COMMITTEEH. ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY OVERSIGHT, dated 02/26/2026 - DO PASS, As Coauthored.

8B. HB4170 HFLR Page 3 BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments.

NO.

4170 Page 2 Passed the House of Representatives the 9th day of March, 2026.

3 Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives 6 Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2026.

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