HB 2772: Roads and bridges; Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driving Safety Fund; increasing apportionment; utilization; weigh stations; effective date; emergency. - Oklahoma

House Committee Substitute → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was converted from a House Committee Substitute version to the House Floor version, primarily involving formatting adjustments, page number updates, and minor text spacing changes. The substantive policy content regarding funding amounts, allocation rules, and statutory amendments remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Header formatting changed from 'STATE OF OKLAHOMA' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' with adjusted spacing and page number formatting.

Page footers updated from 'Req. No. 13783' to 'HB2772 HFLR' with added note about bold face denoting Committee Amendments.

Minor text spacing and indentation adjustments throughout the document for floor version formatting.

Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 → House Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add new Senate sponsors (Hall and Haste) and insert critical provisions requiring that funds from the ROADS Fund cannot be used to replace existing state transportation funding. A new requirement was added mandating the State Board of Equalization to annually investigate and report on whether ROADS Fund expenditures enhance or supplant state funding for the Department of Transportation.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include additional Senate sponsors and new oversight requirements for fund usage.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new Senate sponsors Hall and Haste to the bill's authorship.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that ROADS Fund monies cannot be used to supplant or replace existing state transportation funds.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a new mandate for the State Board of Equalization to annually examine and investigate ROADS Fund expenditures to ensure they enhance rather than replace state funding, with findings reported within five days after the February apportionment meeting.

Enrolled (final version) → Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended from its enrolled final version to a proposed committee substitute version, primarily changing the fund name from 'Driver Safety Fund' to 'Driving Safety Fund' and removing the State Board of Equalization's duty to examine and investigate expenditures from the fund. The committee version also includes formatting changes and removes the emergency declaration language.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driving Safety Fund, but the enforcement mechanism requiring the State Board of Equalization to monitor expenditures has been removed.

DEFINITION

Changed the fund name from 'Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund' to 'Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driving Safety Fund' (one word change from 'Driver' to 'Driving').

ENFORCEMENT

Removed Section D which required the State Board of Equalization to examine and investigate expenditures from the fund annually to ensure funds were not used to supplant state funding.

REQUIREMENT

Removed Section E which addressed what happens if the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services declares a General Revenue Fund revenue failure.

TECHNICAL

Changed the fiscal year reference from 'July 1, 2025' to 'July 1, 2022' in the apportionment schedule for the fund.

Removed the 'declaring an emergency' language from the bill's purpose statement.

Engrossed → Enrolled (final version) · 3 edits · May 22, 2025

MINOR

The bill was finalized from its engrossed version with minor formatting changes and a correction to the Senate sponsor list. The substantive policy content regarding funding amounts, allocation rules, and the State Board of Equalization's oversight duties remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Corrected the Senate sponsor list to include 'Pederson' as an additional sponsor alongside Hall and Haste.

Removed page headers and footers (e.g., 'ENGROSSED HOUSE', 'ENGR. H. B. NO. 2772 Page 1') that are present in the engrossed version but not needed in the final enrolled version.

Standardized line breaks and spacing throughout the document to match the enrolled format.

Introduced → Engrossed · 6 edits · May 22, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended to change its title from a Budget and Finance Act to focus specifically on roads and bridges, updating the fund name to 'Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund'. The effective date was moved from November 1, 2025 to July 1, 2021, and the bill now includes detailed apportionment amounts for various transportation funds rather than creating a new budget framework.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from a general budget and finance act to a specific roads and bridges funding act, changing the legal citation from 60-1-10448 to 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1521.

SCOPE

Changed the bill title from 'Budget and Finance Act of 2025' to focus on roads and bridges, amending 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1521 regarding the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund.

Removed provisions related to creating a new Budget and Finance Act and noncodification language, replacing them with specific statutory amendments.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from November 1, 2025 to July 1, 2021, aligning the fund creation with the start of fiscal year 2021.

FISCAL

Added specific apportionment amounts including $80 million annually for the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund, plus additional amounts to reach total targets of $575 million (2021), $590 million (2022), and $610 million (2025 and thereafter).

Added allocations of $2 million annually to the Oklahoma Tourism and Passenger Rail Revolving Fund for the 'Heartland Flyer' rail project and $3 million annually to the Public Transit Revolving Fund.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that the State Board of Equalization must examine and investigate expenditures from the ROADS Fund each year to ensure funds enhance rather than supplant state transportation funding.

Roads and bridges; Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driving Safety Fund; increasing apportionment; utilization; weigh stations; effective date; emergency.

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