SB 481 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Public employees; prohibiting certain public employees from engaging in certain actions and using certain resources for certain purposes. Effective date. Emergency,

SB 481 bans public employees (including state, local, and school district workers) from participating in group strikes or work stoppages. It automatically terminates employment, revokes pensions and civil service rights, and revokes teaching certificates for educators who violate the ban. The law explicitly allows individual employees to stop working without group action. This bill takes effect November 1, 2025, and applies broadly across Oklahoma's public workforce.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2026

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Committee Substitute → Floor (Senate) · 7 edits

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The bill text was reformatted from a Committee Substitute version to a Senate Floor version, with page numbers and headers updated to reflect the floor version. The substantive policy language regarding public employee protest restrictions, equipment use prohibitions, and effective dates remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Page headers and footers were updated to reflect Senate Floor Version with February 25, 2025 date and page numbering changes.

The title of the bill was changed from 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE' to 'SENATE BILL NO. 481' with the bill number formatted differently.

The act title was renumbered from lines 7-11 to lines 7-10, with minor formatting adjustments to the text layout.

Section 1 line numbering was adjusted from lines 15-17 to lines 14-16, with no changes to the actual legal text.

Section 2 and Section 3 line numbering was adjusted from lines 16-20 to lines 15-19, with no changes to the actual legal text.

A new line was added at line 23 stating 'COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES' with a date and pass recommendation.

Page 2 footer was updated to reflect Senate Floor Version with page 2 numbering and a note about bold face denoting Committee Amendments.

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Committee

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Retirement and Government Resources committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors