Senate Passes Stephen Bernius Memorial Act to Broaden Protective Orders in Oklahoma

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — An expense to widen safety orders in Oklahoma all passed the Us senate on Tuesday.

The Stephen Bernius Memorial Act will certainly widen that a person can obtain a safety order versus in Oklahoma.

The costs was presented after Information Network 8 did a tale on Broken Arrowhead male Stephen Bernuis, that was refuted a safety order versus his occupant, and after that eliminated by him 2 days later on in September 2021.

The costs redefines the Defense from Residential Misuse Act as well as Residential Misuse Coverage Act to consist of individuals not connected by blood or marital relationship living in the very same family.

The means safety orders functioned previously, they were just appropriate to intimate companions or member of the family residing in the very same house.

Legislator Darrell Weaver is the Us senate major writer of the act.

“It’s important for legislations to be certain, yet when it comes to Stephen Bernius, the language was also slim. He had a tenant in his house as well as the circumstance had actually obtained so negative, he looked for a safety order,” stated Legislator Darrell Weaver, the Us senate major writer of the act. “A court ruled under present regulation, Stephen couldn’t obtain a safety order since despite the fact that they were residing in the very same family, they weren’t connected by either blood or marital relationship. Stephen was killed simply a number of days later on. HB 4374 will certainly aid us ensure others in comparable circumstances will certainly have the ability to obtain safety orders, also if they aren’t connected.”