SB 2177 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Local bond elections; modifying date when certain elections may be conducted. Emergency.

This bill amends Oklahoma statutes to allow municipal and school district bond elections to be held on any November state or federal election day, regardless of whether the year is odd or even. It directly affects cities and school districts that need to hold bond elections for infrastructure or capital projects. The key change modifies existing rules (in 11 O.S. §16-112 and 70 O.S. §15-102) to remove previous restrictions on election timing, aligning bond votes with regular election cycles. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026, and was declared an emergency measure.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Feb 3, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
0
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Dusty Deevers
Dusty Deevers
RRepublican
OK
32