Bill increasing age of sexual consent dies in Oklahoma House amid flap over childhood marriage ban
Senate Bill 615 sought to increase the age of consent from 16 to 18.
OKLAHOMA CITY — An effort to raise Oklahoma’s age of sexual consent appears dead for the session after lawmakers tried to take it a step further by also banning most childhood marriages.
Senate Bill 615 sought to increase the age of consent from 16 to 18. It also contained provisions that would have protected adults who had…