HB 1621 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Public finance; enacting the State Department of Education Spending Transparency Act; portal; required content; annual agreements; reporting; website; effective date.

HB 1621, the State Department of Education Spending Transparency Act, requires Oklahoma’s State Treasurer to create a public online portal displaying detailed annual spending data from the Oklahoma State Department of Education (the "Submitting Party"). The portal must include searchable records of all expenditures - showing amounts, dates, payees, employee roles for payroll, and U.S. Census-based spending categories - and allow data downloads and summaries. It mandates annual agreements between the State Treasurer and the education department to maintain the portal, which must be prominently linked on both the Treasurer’s and education department’s websites, effective November 1, 2025.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 10, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a committee substitute version to a floor version, with minor text adjustments to the title page and bill citation. The substantive policy content regarding the State Department of Education Spending Transparency Act remains unchanged.
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Title page formatting changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' with adjusted line breaks and page numbering.

Bill citation line updated to include 'Reinhardt of the Senate' and adjusted formatting for co-sponsors.

Page headers changed from 'Req. No. 13286' to 'HB1621 HFLR' with added note about bold face denoting committee amendments.

Section numbering and spacing adjusted throughout the document to reflect floor version formatting standards.

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Total actions
11
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Committee
4
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to General Government
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Government Oversight
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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