SB 479 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

State Capitol Building; dissolving the State Capitol Repair Expenditure Oversight Committee. Effective date.

SB 479 dissolves the State Capitol Repair Expenditure Oversight Committee, which was required to approve spending for repairs to the Oklahoma State Capitol building. This procedural change updates the statutes (73 O.S. 2021, Sections 345 and 346) governing Capitol building renovations and repairs. The bill does not alter funding limits ($120 million) or the process for issuing bonds for Capitol projects. It primarily removes the oversight committee requirement from the legal framework.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 11, 2025

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MODERATE

The bill was amended to create a State Capitol Repair Expenditure Oversight Committee that must approve spending on Capitol repairs, replacing the previous version which did not include such oversight. The committee will have nine members appointed by the Governor, Speaker of the House, and Senate President Pro Tempore, and must follow a request for proposal process for expenditures. The funding amount of $120 million remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill now includes mandatory oversight of how the $120 million in Capitol repair funds are spent, requiring approval from a newly defined nine-member committee before expenditures can be made.

REQUIREMENT

Created a new State Capitol Repair Expenditure Oversight Committee with nine members appointed by state officials to approve all spending on Capitol repairs

Added requirement that all expenditures from the repair funds must go through a request for proposal process

Specified that the Committee must follow the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and consists of three Governor appointees, three House legislators, and three Senate legislators

ENFORCEMENT

Changed from no oversight mechanism to requiring committee approval before any repair expenditures can be made

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Retirement and Government Resources committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors