HB 1564 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Civil procedure; creating the Expedited Actions Act; expedited actions; trial process; effective date.

HB 1564 creates the "Oklahoma Expedited Actions Act" to streamline small civil cases seeking monetary relief totaling $250,000 or less (excluding interest, penalties, and fees). It limits discovery to 180 days, mandates trials within 90 days after discovery ends, and caps trial time at 8 hours per side (extendable to 12 hours). The bill restricts written discovery requests to 15 per category and requires cases exceeding the $250,000 cap or seeking non-monetary relief to exit the expedited process. This applies directly to plaintiffs and defendants in qualifying civil suits, accelerating proceedings while maintaining defined procedural boundaries.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a Committee Substitute version to a Floor version, with minor structural changes to the header and section numbering. The substantive legal content regarding the Oklahoma Expedited Actions Act remains unchanged, including the $250,000 monetary threshold, discovery limitations, and trial timeframes.

TECHNICAL

Header text changed from 'STATE OF OKLAHOMA' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to indicate the bill version

Section numbering and formatting adjusted to align with floor version conventions

Added page headers indicating 'HB1564 HFLR' and notes about bold face denoting Committee Amendments

Floor votes · House Mar 17, 2025

How they voted

84–1

Passed · 15 other

Total votes 100

Mar 17, 2025

D Democratic19

15 Yea 4

78% Yea

R Republican81

69 Yea 1 Nay 11

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 18, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 83 Nays: 1

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Civil Judiciary

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors