SB 979 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Memorial bridges; designating the Novak and Jean Bullard Memorial Bridge. Effective date.

SB 979 designates the bridge on U.S. Highway 69 crossing West Main Street in Durant, Bryan County, as the "Novak and Jean Bullard Memorial Bridge," requiring the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to install permanent markers with this name. The bill directly affects the bridge's official designation and the Bullard family, who are honored through this naming. It takes effect November 1, 2025, and contains no substantive policy changes beyond the memorial designation.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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The bill text was updated from its original introduced version to the Senate floor version, adding a committee report indicating the bill passed the Committee on Aeronautics and Transportation. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content regarding the bridge designation or effective date.

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Added a committee report section showing the bill passed the Committee on Aeronautics and Transportation on February 10, 2025.

Updated header information to reflect Senate floor version with revised page numbering and formatting.

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Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed

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Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors