Assemblymember Patterson said AB 2700 would direct a commission to prepare a report recommending mechanisms to provide restitution to victims of utility-caused wildfires that occurred before 07/12/2019; a witness representing survivors urged support, and the committee concurred in Senate amendments and advanced the measure.

Richard Gordon pled no contest under the judicial-diversion statute, agreed to a $20,000 down payment and $1,000 monthly payments toward $107,118 restitution, and received an eight-year probation sentence with no-contact conditions.

House File 3496, addressing whether restitution payments should affect supervision abatement under MRRA, was laid over after DOC and members discussed collection practices, ability‑to‑pay concerns, and the need to refine language to avoid inequitable outcomes.

Oklahoma law prescribes restitution, community service, and treatment for convicted offenders.