SB 697 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Medical marijuana licenses; establishing certain requirements for license issuance; allowing certain actions by certain licensees; requiring certain information to be documented in certain inventory manifest prior to certain action. Effective date.

SB 697 establishes a new "medical marijuana transporter license" category in Oklahoma for businesses moving medical marijuana products between facilities. It requires licensees to use a seed-to-sale tracking system, transport products in GPS-equipped locked containers labeled "Medical Marijuana," and maintain secure storage facilities. The bill also creates a $25 annual "transporter agent" license for employees handling shipments, with requirements including background checks and state residency verification. This directly affects medical marijuana businesses, research facilities, and logistics providers needing to transport products within the state.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

Floor (House) Floor (Senate) · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill transitioned from a House version to a Senate version, primarily adding a new Section 1.L that creates a requirement for the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority to issue individual transporter agent licenses. The Senate version also includes a date stamp (February 27, 2025) and reorganizes the bill header information. The substantive policy content regarding medical marijuana transporter licenses remains largely unchanged, with the main addition being the formal licensing requirement for individual transporter agents.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to include formal licensing requirements for individual transporter agents, employees, officers, or owners who work for medical marijuana transporters.
REQUIREMENT

New requirement for the Authority to issue individual transporter agent licenses to individual agents, employees, officers, or owners of a transporter

TECHNICAL

Added Senate Floor Version date stamp (February 27, 2025) and reorganized bill header information

Changed bill title from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' and adjusted author attribution formatting

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
2
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference granted, naming Conference Committee on Health and Human Services Oversight
lower
May 15, 2025
Amended
HAs rejected, conference requested
upper
May 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
May 8, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors