Insurance; Oklahoma Captive Insurance Company Act; protected cell; conversion; sponsored captive insurance company; legal action; effective date.
HB 2955 amends Oklahoma's Captive Insurance Company Act to clarify rules for "protected cells" within captive insurance companies. It requires companies to clearly identify protected cells (separate risk pools) and specifies that these cells aren't separate legal entities. The bill adds requirements for disclosure, written approval for transfers, and mandates that assets remain with the company during liquidation. These changes directly affect all Oklahoma-based captive insurance companies operating under the Act, particularly those using protected cells for risk management.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Last action Apr 28, 2026
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The bill text was reorganized from a House floor version to a Senate floor version, updating the header, date, and sponsor information. The substantive legislative text regarding insurance definitions and amendments remains consistent, though the Senate version includes additional explanatory text at the beginning of the act that was not present in the House version.
TECHNICAL
The document header was changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' and the date was updated to April 23, 2026.
A detailed summary of the bill's provisions was added at the beginning of the Senate version to clarify the scope of the legislation.
The sponsor attribution was updated to explicitly list 'Reinhardt of the Senate' in addition to the House sponsors.
Floor votes · House Mar 24, 2026
How they voted
89–4
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 100
Mar 24, 2026
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican82
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Apr 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 4
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Insurance
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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