Oklahoma Bills

signed · Oklahoma · Senate May 29, 2025

SB 176: Health benefit plans; requiring coverage for certain prescription. Effective date.

SB 176 requires health insurance plans to cover certain prescription drugs that were previously not included in standard coverage. It directly affects health insurance providers and policyholders by mandating this specific coverage for eligible medications. The key provision is a new requirement for all health benefit plans to include these designated prescriptions without prior authorization or excessive cost-sharing. The law became effective on May 29, 2025, after the Governor did not sign it.

Topics ✓ Healthcare

signed · Oklahoma · Senate May 29, 2025

SB 1150: Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics; making an appropriation; identifying source of funds. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 1150 appropriates $100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2026 to cover existing legal duties of the department. The bill directly affects the Department of Transportation by providing funding for its ongoing operations. It declares an emergency to take effect immediately upon enactment, bypassing the normal legislative timeline. The bill became law on May 29, 2025, without the Governor's signature.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Transportation

signed · Oklahoma · House May 29, 2025

HB 1678: Elections; tie votes; selection of nominee or electee; effective date.

HB 1678 establishes a standardized procedure for breaking tie votes in Oklahoma runoff primaries, general elections, and primary elections. If a tie is certified, the election board must hold a public meeting within 10 days to select the winner by random drawing: names of tied candidates are written on identical paper, folded, placed in opaque containers, and drawn from a transparent container. Candidates receive written notice of the meeting, can send a witness, and the process must occur during business hours on a weekday. This law does not apply to state officer elections (e.g., governor, senator) and took effect on November 1, 2025.

signed · Oklahoma · Senate May 29, 2025

SB 1141: State Department of Health; requiring portions of certain appropriated funds be used for certain purposes; stating purpose of certain disbursement; requiring use of certain date. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 1141 allocates $100,000 from unallocated state general revenue funds to Oklahoma's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for its existing statutory duties. The bill requires these specific funds to be used for mental health services without creating new programs or altering current service requirements. An emergency clause makes the law effective immediately upon passage, bypassing the typical governor's signature requirement. The bill became law on May 29, 2025, after being passed without gubernatorial action.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes ✓ Healthcare

signed · Oklahoma · House May 29, 2025

HB 2779: Department of Public Safety; requiring certain funds be utilized for certain purpose; School Secure Program; effective date; emergency.

HB 2779 redirects $750,000 in state funds from the Department of Public Safety's budget to the School Secure Program. It transfers management of this program from the State Board of Education to the Department of Public Safety. The change takes effect July 1, 2025, and applies to school security funding previously administered by the State Board. This is a procedural budget reallocation, not a new policy.

Topics ✓ Education

signed · Oklahoma · House May 29, 2025

HB 2516: Military infrastructure funding; creating the Base Infrastructure Needs and Development-Schools Revolving Fund; Military Department; budgeting; utilizations of funds; effective date; emergency.

HB 2516 creates the "Base Infrastructure Needs and Development - Schools Revolving Fund" (BIND-Schools Fund) within Oklahoma's State Treasury to support military base infrastructure. The fund, which has no annual budget restrictions, provides resources for the Oklahoma Military Department to invest in new construction or improvements to education facilities located on military bases. These investments aim to either reduce the risk of military base closures or encourage base expansions within Oklahoma. The law became effective July 1, 2025, after passing without the Governor's signature.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

signed · Oklahoma · Senate May 29, 2025

SB 1155: Oklahoma Department of Commerce; requiring portions of certain appropriated funds be used for certain purposes. Effective date. Emergency.

This bill appropriates $100,000 from unspent General Revenue funds to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for its existing duties, effective immediately due to an emergency declaration. It does not create new programs or alter existing policies but directs specific funds toward the department's current responsibilities. The bill became law on May 29, 2025, without the Governor's signature. It directly affects the Oklahoma Department of Commerce's budget allocation for the 2026 fiscal year.

signed · Oklahoma · House May 29, 2025

HB 2259: Schools; transfers; military dependent transfers; requirements; continuous transfers; definitions; effective date; emergency.

HB 2259 removes a requirement that military-dependent students must have Oklahoma as their "home of record" to qualify for continuous school transfers within Oklahoma public schools. The bill directly affects military families with children attending Oklahoma schools, streamlining their ability to transfer between schools without proving Oklahoma is their permanent home state. This change simplifies the process by eliminating the "home of record" language from existing transfer eligibility rules. The law took effect on May 29, 2025, after becoming law without the Governor's signature.

Topics ✓ Education

signed · Oklahoma · House May 29, 2025

HB 2518: Military infrastructure funding; creating the Base Infrastructure Needs and Development-Technology Revolving Fund; Military Department; utilizations of certain funds; effective date; emergency.

HB 2518 creates the "Base Infrastructure Needs and Development - Technology Revolving Fund" (BIND-Technology Fund) within Oklahoma's State Treasury to support military infrastructure. The Oklahoma Military Department uses this fund, alone or with other resources, to invest in projects like military simulation software licenses - aimed at preventing base closures or encouraging expansions in Oklahoma. The fund is permanent (not limited by fiscal years) and requires expenditures to be approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The bill became law without the Governor's signature on May 29, 2025.

Topics ✓ Budget & Taxes

signed · Oklahoma · House May 29, 2025

HB 2160: Motor vehicles; regulation; New Motor Vehicle Commission; approval of form; licensure; application; fees; certificates of registration; franchise; new vehicle dealers; effective date.

HB 2160 updates Oklahoma's regulations for new motor vehicle and powersport vehicle dealers, salespersons, and related licensing. It revises definitions (like clarifying what constitutes a "new motor vehicle dealer" or "salesperson"), modifies license fee schedules, requires dealers to visibly display licenses, and updates procedures for establishing or relocating dealerships. The bill directly affects dealers selling new cars or powersport vehicles (like ATVs), their sales staff, and the Oklahoma New Motor Vehicle Commission that enforces these rules. These changes aim to clarify requirements for dealer operations and registration while maintaining existing protections for consumers and fair competition.

signed · Oklahoma · Senate May 29, 2025

SB 146: Department of Public Safety Mental Wellness Division; expanding scope of eligibility. Effective date.

SB 146 expands mental wellness services provided by Oklahoma's Department of Public Safety to include retirees of public safety personnel (such as police and firefighters), in addition to current employees. It creates a dedicated revolving fund (Section 9102) to finance these services and strengthens privacy protections by prohibiting the sharing of individual mental health data without consent, while allowing aggregate data use for policy improvements (Section 9101). The bill also mandates that all Mental Wellness Division resources operate separately from other department divisions. These changes took effect November 1, 2025, after becoming law without the Governor's signature on May 29, 2025.

Topics ✓ Healthcare ✓ Technology

signed · Oklahoma · Senate May 29, 2025

SB 85: County jails; increasing reimbursement rate amount. Effective date.

SB 85 increases the daily reimbursement rate for Oklahoma counties housing state inmates from $27 to $32 per inmate. Counties that incur higher actual costs can request reimbursement for those costs by September 30, with the state either accepting the amount or having the State Auditor determine it if rejected. The bill also adds a 3% annual inflation adjustment to the base rate and specifies that reimbursements must cover jail operational expenses and personnel costs. This directly affects county governments managing jails under state incarceration agreements.

Topics ✓ Criminal Justice

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