Public safety; prohibiting state agencies from certain use of biotechnology. Effective date.
Oklahoma's SB 552 bans state agencies that receive federal or state funds from using biotechnology equipment or services from companies designated by the federal government as "biotechnology companies of concern" (entities controlled by foreign adversaries posing national security risks through multiomics data collection). The bill specifically targets the use of multiomics technology - which combines data from genomics, proteomics, and other biological research areas - to prevent potential security threats. State agencies cannot contract with entities using such biotechnology, and the law only takes effect after a comparable federal law is enacted. This directly affects all Oklahoma state agencies managing federal or state funds, requiring them to avoid specific biotech vendors.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 5, 2025
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The bill was amended to shift from a House version to a Senate version, updating the committee report attribution from the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee to the Technology and Telecommunications Committee. The substantive policy content regarding biotechnology restrictions remains unchanged, though the document formatting and version headers were modified to reflect Senate floor versioning.
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Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and page numbering.
Committee report attribution changed from 'COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY' to 'COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS'.
Minor formatting adjustments to section headers and spacing throughout the document.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 13, 2025 · House Apr 29, 2025
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 49
Mar 13, 2025
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican40
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/03/2025
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Safety
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Technology and Telecommunications committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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