ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1721	By:	Shortey, Marlatt, Allen, Eason McIntyre and Brinkley of the Senate

			and

		Dorman of the House

[ crimes and punishment - failure to report a missing child - penalty - codification - noncodification - effective date ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law not to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as "Caylee's Law".
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 589.1 of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A parent, guardian or person exercising custody or control of a child fifteen (15) years of age or younger who is unable to verify the location of the child shall, upon the reasonable belief that the child is missing, report within forty-eight (48) hours from when such person began such reasonable belief that the child is missing to a police officer, law enforcement agency or a 911 public safety answering point.  Any person violating the provisions of this section, upon conviction, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for no more than ten (10) years.
SECTION 3.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 589.2 of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Not withstanding any other provision of law, a parent, guardian or person exercising custody or control of a child fifteen (15) years of age or younger who endeavors either by himself or herself or by the aid of others to conceal the death, accidental or otherwise, of such child while not under the care of a health care professional or emergency medical personnel, or to not notify a police officer, local law enforcement or a 911 public safety answering point of the death as soon as reasonably possible shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for no more than ten (10) years.
SECTION 4.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 589.3 of Title 21, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A parent, guardian or person exercising custody or control of a child fifteen (15) years of age or younger who knowingly conceals the death or disappearance of such child by providing false information to a law enforcement officer with the purpose to obstruct, delay, prevent or impede an investigation of the death or disappearance of the child shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for no more than ten (10) years.
SECTION 5.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2012.
Passed the Senate the 14th day of March, 2012.

	
	Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________, 2012.

	
	Presiding Officer of the House
	of Representatives