SB 175 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Motor vehicles; creating the Uninsured Commercial Vehicle Recovery Reimbursement Fund; allowing the Corporation Commission to promulgate certain rules; directing deposit of certain monies in certain fund. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 175 imposes a $100 fee on commercial vehicles registered under the International Registration Plan that report mileage in Oklahoma. The fee revenue is split: 5% funds a new "Uninsured Commercial Vehicle Recovery Reimbursement Fund" to reimburse tow operators who provide nonconsensual towing services to uninsured commercial vehicles, while 95% goes to an existing driver safety fund. The bill creates this fund in the state treasury as a continuing account with no fiscal year limits. It takes effect July 1, 2025, and is declared an emergency. The bill directly affects commercial vehicle operators using the International Registration Plan in Oklahoma.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 9, 2026
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Committee Substitute Floor (Senate) · 3 edits
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The bill was amended from the Committee Substitute version to the Senate Floor version, primarily adding formatting headers and page markers. The substantive legislative text remains unchanged, with no modifications to funding amounts, eligibility criteria, effective dates, or enforcement mechanisms.
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Added Senate Floor version headers, dates, and page markers throughout the document for tracking purposes.

Removed 'Committee Substitute' designation from the bill title page.

Inserted explanatory notes indicating that bold face text denotes Committee Amendments.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2026

How they voted

242
Passed
Total votes 26
Mar 4, 2026
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
18 Yea 2 Nay
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (24-2)
senate
Mar 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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