Public finance; imposing duties upon the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; budget procedures for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; requirements related to allocation of funds; emergency.
This bill requires the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to implement specific budget oversight procedures for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (DMHSAS). It mandates OMES to review agency budgets against actual spending before releasing funds, provide regular financial reports to state leadership, ban contracts without clear spending limits, limit reserved funds to current-year amounts for multi-year contracts, and block payments for unapproved expenses. These requirements directly affect DMHSAS budget management and OMES administrative duties. The bill takes immediate effect due to an emergency declaration.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Vetoed May 28, 2025
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The bill was converted from a House Committee Substitute version to the House Floor version, primarily involving formatting and layout adjustments rather than substantive policy changes. The core provisions regarding budget procedures for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services remain unchanged.
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Header formatting changed from 'STATE OF OKLAHOMA' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to indicate the bill is now ready for floor consideration.
Page numbering and footer information were updated to reflect floor version tracking (HB2785 HFLR) instead of committee tracking (Req. No. 13796).
Committee report date and language was updated from '05/19/25' to '05/19/2025' with revised committee attribution language.
Minor whitespace and line break adjustments were made throughout the document to improve formatting for floor printing.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
3
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary of State
lower
May 29, 2025
Vetoed
Veto overridden: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1
upper
May 29, 2025
Vetoed
Veto overridden: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0
lower
May 28, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed 05/28/2025
lower
May 22, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
JCR adopted
upper
May 20, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
May 20, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
JCR adopted
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Trey Caldwell
RRepublican
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