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Sen. Michael Brooks’s Press Releases

Showing: February, 2020

February 19, 2020 | 01:47pm

Definition of child abuse expanded under legislation

The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved legislation Wednesday to expand the definition of child abuse to better protect Oklahoma’s children and hold abusers accountable. Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, authored Senate Bill 1773, which extends the crime to include anyone who engages in or enables child abuse.