The House passed the Sergeant Craig Johnson Act, which amends the accessory to murder statute.

Senate Bill 6 is named after Sgt. Johnson, who was killed while conducting a traffic stop in Tulsa in 2020. The suspect in the case fled the scene with the assistance of a friend. The friend’s accessory to murder charge was changed as his alleged aid to the suspect came before Sgt. Johnson died.

The bill modifies the definition of accessories by providing that a person may be accountable for accessory to murder if the person knew or reasonably should have known that the conduct committed upon the victim could foreseeably result in the death of the victim.