SB 165 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Memorial bridges; designating the Donald Ray Ward Memorial Bridge. Effective date.

SB 165 designates a bridge crossing Interstate 40 in Oklahoma County as the "Donald Ray Ward Memorial Bridge." The bill requires the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to install permanent markers bearing this name on the bridge. It has no policy impact beyond the memorial naming and takes effect November 1, 2025. This is a procedural bill with no substantive legislative changes.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 20, 2025

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Introduced → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

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The bill text was updated from its original introduction to the Senate floor version, adding a committee report and changing the page header to reflect the floor version status. The substantive content regarding the Donald Ray Ward Memorial Bridge designation remains unchanged.

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Added a committee report by the Committee on Aeronautics and Transportation dated February 17, 2025, with a recommendation to pass the bill as amended.

Updated page header from 'Introduced' to 'Senate Floor Version' with a new date and page number format.

Removed original 'Introduced' header and session information, replaced with floor version formatting.

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Committee

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors