Insurance; enforcement and power of the Insurance Commissioner; bulletins; Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Program; expanding length of program; acquisitions; Long-Term Care Insurance Act; prohibiting persons from selling without proper license; effective date.
HB 3796 establishes the "Strengthen Oklahoma Homes" (SOH) Program to help property owners retrofit homes for tornado and hail resistance using federal or other grants. It requires projects to follow local building codes and the IBHS Fortified Homes Program, with random re-inspections, and allows nonprofits to administer grants under state oversight. The program does not create a state entitlement or guarantee funding, relying entirely on federal grants or external sources. It also updates insurance commissioner authority over bulletins and modifies merger filing rules for insurers, but the SOH Program is the primary policy change directly affecting homeowners and nonprofits.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed May 11, 2026
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The bill was converted from a House version to a Senate version, which involved updating the title page and sponsors. The substantive text of the bill remains largely unchanged, though the Senate version includes a minor formatting adjustment to the list of repealed statutes and a slight reorganization of the text regarding the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Program.
TECHNICAL
Updated the document header to reflect the Senate Floor Version and added the Senate sponsors (Coleman and Murdock) to the bill title page.
Reorganized the list of repealed statutes in Section 21 to explicitly list the repeal of 36 O.S. 2021, Section 1416 twice, likely for clarity or formatting consistency.
Adjusted the formatting and indentation of the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Program section to align with Senate drafting standards.
Floor votes · Senate May 4, 2026 · House Mar 25, 2026
How they voted
43–3
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 50
May 4, 2026
D
Democratic9
66% Yea
R
Republican41
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
8
Committee
7
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/11/2026
lower
May 4, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 3
upper
Apr 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 3
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Insurance
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Insurance
lower
Feb 9, 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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