HB 1189 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture; Oklahoma Right to Garden Act of 2025; vegetable gardens; effective date.

HB 1189, the Oklahoma Right to Garden Act of 2025, protects Oklahomans' right to grow vegetables for personal use on their home property. It defines a "vegetable garden" as one on residential property for personal consumption (not resale) and states this right cannot be blocked by municipalities. However, cities and towns may still enforce reasonable rules about garden size near roads, water use during droughts, or invasive species control. The law takes effect November 1, 2025.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 5, 2025

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Introduced → Floor (House) · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from an 'Introduced' version to a 'Floor Version' for the House of Representatives, with minor structural changes to the header and title page. The substantive policy content, including definitions, rights, and effective dates, remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Header and title page formatting was updated to reflect the House Floor version, including adding sponsor information for the Senate (Burns) and updating page footers.

The text of the bill itself, including definitions of 'Residential property' and 'Vegetable garden', the right to grow vegetables, and the effective date of November 1, 2025, remains substantively unchanged.

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Committee

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Agriculture

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Agriculture

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors