HB 2713 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Motor vehicles; providing for mandatory seizure of certain vehicles; modifying penalty for certain late payment; emergency.

HB 2713 would require Oklahoma authorities to seize vehicles without valid registration plates after 60 days (down from 90 days) instead of the current 90-day period. Vehicle owners whose vehicles are seized must pay all fees, penalties, and seizure costs to reclaim the vehicle, or face sale at public auction. If the sale price doesn't cover costs, the vehicle is sold as scrap, and any remaining funds go to the state under unclaimed property rules. This bill directly affects vehicle owners who let registration expire, and it modifies enforcement procedures for the Oklahoma Vehicle License and Registration Act.
Bill status failed 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 Mar 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to transition from a House Committee Substitute version to the Floor version, incorporating additional sponsors (Weaver of the Senate) and adjusting formatting. The substantive policy content regarding vehicle seizure procedures and registration fees remains unchanged from the committee version.
Scope change
None - the bill's scope and applicability remain the same
TECHNICAL

Added Senate sponsor (Weaver) to the bill authorship line

Adjusted page headers and formatting to reflect Floor version status

Reordered some text sections for floor presentation while maintaining identical legal content

Floor votes · House Mar 11, 2025

How they voted

4845
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 100
Mar 11, 2025
D Democratic19
16 Nay 3
84% Nay
R Republican81
48 Yea 29 Nay 4
59% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Mar 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (48-45-7)
house
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 24, 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

Sponsors