Oklahoma Legislative Events

Practice of osteopathic medicine; modifying various provisions of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Medicine Act. Effective date.

Oil and gas; authorizing certain operators to make voluntary election. Emergency.

Practice of podiatry; modifying certain license renewal requirements; broadening allowed continuing education. Effective date.

Mental health; creating the Oklahoma Behavioral Health Vacancy Registry Act; requiring establishment of certain behavioral health vacancy registry; mandating certain reporting. Effective date.

Motor vehicles; requiring use of lamps and illuminating devices at certain times. Effective date.

Driver licenses; adding certain age requirement to qualification for certain license; permitting certain persons to proctor certain examination. Effective date.

State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; modifying various provisions related to physicians and allied health professionals. Effective date.

Medicaid; establishing certain requirements and procedures for audits of providers; directing establishment of certain appeals. Effective date.

Law enforcement; requiring certain review upon certain request; clarifying individuals authorized to make certain review. Effective date.

Liquefied petroleum gas; modifying provisions related to the State Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator and the Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board. Effective date.

Practice of nursing; modifying restriction on supervision fees for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses; prohibiting certain requirements by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing. Effective date.

Applied behavior analysis; transferring licensure powers and duties to the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners; requiring background check. Effective date.

Medicaid; specifying certain qualifications for appeals; providing for recovery of certain costs. Effective date.

Hospitals; imposing certain duties on hospital in cases of fetal death or miscarriage; requiring State Department of Health to publish certain form. Effective date.

Groundwater use; increasing cap of certain fund related to commercial drilling and plugging. Effective date.

Oklahoma Environmental Quality Code; modifying provisions of the Oklahoma Uniform Environmental Permitting Act. Effective date.

Driver licenses; requiring Service Oklahoma to enact certain license tracking system. Effective date. Emergency.

Oklahoma Energy Initiative Act; repealing Oklahoma Low Carbon Energy Initiative Board. Effective date.

Health care; creating the Right to Try for Individualized Treatments Act; authorizing individualized investigational treatments for eligible patients. Effective date.

Tobacco products; modifying definition; providing exemption. Effective date.

Fireworks; removing requirement to sell fireworks within certain time frame; prohibiting counties from restricting certain firework display under certain circumstances. Effective date.

Criminal history records; modifying provisions related to national criminal history record checks. Effective date.

Roofing Contractor Registration Act; requiring continuing education to be determined and approved by certain persons; requiring valid endorsement to work. Effective date. Emergency.

Schools; requiring public and private school employees to report certain disclosure, allegation, or information to law enforcement within certain time period; requiring school employees to annually sign certain attestation. Effective date. Emergency.

Sex offenders; requiring law enforcement officers to submit a report or complaint for official investigation to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in certain circumstances. Effective date.

Professions and occupations; enacting the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact. Effective date.

Driving under the influence; authorizing aggregation of certain offenses; creating felony offense. Effective date.

Corporations; modifying requirements related to charitable organizations and solicitation of charitable contributions; prohibiting certain actions by charitable nonprofit corporations. Effective date.

Crimes and punishments; modifying offenses in certain classes of felonies; creating felony offenses for second or subsequent offenses; adding offenses for which registration pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act applies. Effective date.

Protection from Domestic Abuse Act; requiring defendants charged with certain domestic violence offenses to use a Global Positioning System (GPS) device when released on bond. Effective date.

Bail; requiring ignition interlock device for certain defendant. Effective date.

Pardons and paroles; requiring medical director of the Department of Corrections to make certain request. Effective date.

Motor vehicles; expanding criteria by which a person must remain at scene or make notification of certain accident. Effective date.

Drug courts; modifying eligibility requirements. Effective date.

Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act; defining term. Effective date.

Professions and occupations; enacting the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact and authorizing the Governor to enter into Compact with certain jurisdictions. Effective date.

Department of Corrections; modifying elements of the Electronic Monitoring Program. Effective date.

Maternal care; Oklahoma Families Thriving Everywhere Now (OFTEN) Revolving Fund; appropriations; effective date.

Workforce recruitment; Oklahoma Talent Attraction and Relocation Act; Oklahoma Department of Commerce; grants; Oklahoma Talent Attraction and Relocation Revolving Fund; codification; effective date.

Marijuana; public service impact tax; county option; initiative and referendum procedures; administration procedures; effective date.

Tax credit; expanding forms of taxation for which a credit is allowed; clean-burning vehicle fuel; hydrogen fuel cells; effective date.

Data privacy; establishing consumer rights; appeal process; privacy notice; data protection assessments; penalties; liability. Effective date.

Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency.

Elections; primary elections; dates of elections; candidacy; effective date.

Oklahoma Constitution; term limit; Board of Directors; Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund; remove at will; ballot title; filing.

Folic acid; Corn Masa Nutrition Enhancement Act; terms; corn masa flour; wet corn masa product; nutritional labeling; manufacture labeling; exceptions; effective date.

Agriculture right to repair; Oklahoma Agriculture Right to Repair Act; equipment and parts; requirements; Attorney General to enforce; effective date.

School athletic associations; requiring association written policy to include certain provision. Effective date. Emergency.

Repealing rules; Service Oklahoma; distribution.

Parole; creating the Oklahoma Elder Parole Eligibility Act; directing the Pardon and Parole Board to grant parole to certain inmates; codification; effective date.

State Department of Health; making an appropriation; source; purpose; emergency.

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; making an appropriation; source; amount; purpose; emergency.

Department of Mines; creating the Mining and Blasting Residential Protection Act. Effective date.

Torts; dirt bikes; property owner liability; protections; exceptions; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; claims by state agencies, municipal or district courts, or public housing authorities against state income tax refunds; modifying definition of qualified entity; effective date.

Health insurance; Oklahoma Health Care Cost Transparency Board; All Payer Claims Database; Oklahoma Insurance Department; annual primary care spending; report; effective date.

Environment and natural resources; Conservation Commission Cost-Share Program; eminent domain; effective date.

Schools; creating Rain's Law; requiring certain instruction on fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness; effective date; emergency.

Contracts; Service Warranty Act; administrative fees; modifying fee amount; effective date.

Domestic violence; criminal procedure; law enforcement agencies; incident reports; court clerks; protective order; petition; case record; exceptions; judiciary; annual training; effective date.

Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit Act; modifying household income limit; modifying income limit for priority application; assessment requirement. Effective date.

Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation; Cyber Crime and Fraud Unit; motor vehicle insurance policy renewals; revolving fund; effective date.

Counties and county officers; elected county officials; principal residence; dereliction of duty; effective date.

Insurance; allowing rates to be excessive; requiring filings with Insurance Commissioner; allowing Commissioner to give written notices; requiring Commissioner to disapprove rates; increasing certain time frames for filings. Effective date.

Insurance; requiring certain filings; establishing requirements to determine excessive profit; requiring return of certain amounts. Effective date.

Poor persons; directing the Director of the Health Care Authority to appoint advisory committee; purpose; membership; effective date.

State government; Homebuilder Program; directing the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency to establish and utilize needs assessment; directing to work with legislative committee; sunset date; effective date.

Air emission standards; defining terms; requiring municipal solid waste incinerators to develop certain plan; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; sales tax; use tax; deduction for vendor; effective date.

Higher education; Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant; increasing income cap; effective date; emergency.

Strong Readers Act; references; legislative findings; declaring intent of the Legislature; reading screenings; reading deficiencies; parent notifications; State Department of Education; reading panel; alternate reading assessments; promotion to fourth grade; retaining third grade; good-cause exem...

Strong Readers Act; references; legislative findings; declaring intent of the Legislature; reading screenings; reading deficiencies; parent notifications; State Department of Education; reading panel; alternate reading assessments; promotion to fo...

School employees; paid maternity leave; expanding eligibility to employment at any school district or technology center school district for at least one year; effective date; emergency.

Newspapers and public notices; governmental entities; liability; statutory publication requirements and deadlines; electronic publication; effective date.

Nursing homes; notice of violation and right to hearing; Nursing Home Care Act; State Department of Health; personnel to remain on site; effective date.

Professions and occupations; registered and practical nurse programs; adding program; effective date.

Insurance; rate filing requirements; independent actuary; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; ad valorem; homestead definition; mobile home; site-built home; effective date.

Criminal procedure; competency determinations; examiners; evaluations; procedures to determine treatment; community-based outpatient programs; in patient care; progress reports; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; in lieu taxation; farm tractors; machinery; equipment; apportionment; repealer; effective date.

Child care; child care programs; quality standards; Quality Rating and Improvement System; additional standards; Department of Human Services prohibitions; accreditation status; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; motor vehicle excise tax; exemptions; surviving spouses; veterans with Gold Star status; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; Oklahoma taxable income; Oklahoma adjusted gross income; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; Health Care Sharing Ministry Tax Parity Act; definitions; income tax deduction; effective date.

Teachers' Retirement System; defining terms; directing Board of Trustees to adopt and maintain assumed rate of investment return; prohibiting reduction; compliance; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; sales tax exemption; nonprofit entities; limitation on gross revenues; exception for alcohol and tobacco; effective date; emergency.

State government; Transparency and Accountability Platform Act (TAP); TAP platform; the Oklahoma DHS of Human Services; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); The Oklahoma DHS of Corrections; Corrections Transparency Overlay; appropriation; effective date.

Sex offenders; creating the Transient Sex Offender Elimination Act of 2026; providing guidelines and restrictions for establishing program houses; codification; effective date.

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority; stating applicability; making determination of certain date of legislative authorization; effective date.

Smoking; Oklahoma Clean Indoor Air Act; terms; prohibiting smoking in certain places; exceptions; signage; promulgation of rules; State Department of Health; effective date.

Children; adoption; eligibility; Oklahoma Children's Code; biological sex; abuse or neglect; crimes and punishments; child endangerment; effective date.

Alcoholic beverages; Limited Retail-to-On-Premises Alcohol Supply Act; definitions; purchase; recordkeeping; reporting; promulgating rules; effective date.

Economic development; Events Trust Fund Act of 2026; effective date.

Court fines and fees; deleting the assessment of certain fees; repealer; effective date.

Entertainer safety; creating the Entertainer Safety and Verification Act; prohibiting performances by unlicensed exotic entertainers; codification; effective date.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; appropriations; Barbara Weber Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Grant Program; amount and purpose; funding; effective date; emergency.

Medicaid; Oklahoma Health Care Authority; waivers; state plan amendments; services; supplemental reimbursement rate; physician practices; letter; effective date.

Courts; court reporter duties; means by which a court reporter can record; court reporter salaries; court reporter certifications; examination of court reporters; secretary-bailiff salaries; effective date.

Service Oklahoma; modifying amount of certain fee to be retained by licensed operators; effective date.

Appropriations; making certain appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality; effective date; emergency.

Public health and safety; requirements; appropriations; amount and purpose; funding; statewide health platform; effective date; emergency.

Agriculture; Oklahoma Agriculture Act of 2026; effective date.

Health insurance; providers; general contracting entities; contracts; primary beneficiary; enrollee; effective date.

Higher education; Tulsa Reconciliation Education and Scholarship Program; qualifications; participation; awards; effective date; emergency.

Revenue and taxation; claims for refund; time limitation; effective date.

State employee compensation; salary increase; exclusions; effective date; emergency.

Labor; Workforce Commission; modifying number of members; detailing specific members; effective date.

Service Oklahoma; directing Service Oklahoma to establish an Automatic Vehicle Registration Pre-Payment Program. Effective date.

Income tax; eliminating certain certification requirement; eliminating requirement to reduce tax rates upon certain certification. Effective date.

Teachers; annual bonus for teachers with National Board certification; minimum salary schedule; striking National Board certification salary increment; effective date; emergency.

Animals; overpopulation; prohibitions; effective date.

Eminent domain; just compensation; definition; enhanced compensation; comparable-replacement standard; partial taking compensation; prohibitions; non-waiver protection; effective date.

Schools; concurrent enrollment; school districts covering cost of tuition waivers; reimbursement for withdrawal; effective date; emergency.

Schools; school resource officers; extending pilot program; increasing revolving fund cap; effective date; emergency.

State Board of Behavioral Health Licensure; extending sunset date. Effective date. Emergency.

Trusts; Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code; enforceability; representation; definition; effective date.

Eminent domain; Landowner's Bill of Rights; statement; updates; transferring land; state agency; first refusal; effective date.

Prisons and reformatories; directing the Department of Corrections to fund program for inmates to obtain high school equivalency diplomas; effective date.

Revenue and taxation; Law Enforcement Strategic Support Act; income tax credits; law enforcement support; foundations; procedures; reporting requirements; effective date.

Rural law enforcement; creating the Rural Law Enforcement Grant Fund Act; directing the Attorney General to distribute monies via the Rural Law Enforcement Grant Fund; codification; effective date.

Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; creating the First Amendment Open Meetings Protection Act; public meeting recordings; Legislature; legislative committee meetings; monetary damages; effective date.

Constitution; Oklahoma Veterans Lottery Trust Fund; funding; Oklahoma Veterans Trust Fund Board of Governors; membership; appropriation; ballot title; filing.

Vision insurance; reimbursements; Medicare or Medicaid; non-Medicare reimbursements; charges; services; ophthalmic materials; nonaffiliated labs or frame vendors; effective date.

Professions and occupations; medical professionals; referrals; thirty-day period; effective date.

Financial institutions; protections for financial exploitation of protected adults; effective date.

Elections; Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act; modifying definition; intent to return; bona fide resident; effective date.

Property; definitions; hedge fund; single-family residential property; divestment; effective date.

Wire transmission fee; increasing fee; modifying application; reauthorizing income tax credit. Effective date.

Crimes and punishments; directing certain persons to report injuries to law enforcement; confidentiality of reports; codification; effective date.

Game and fish; waterfowl; nonresidents; public land; fines; effective date.

Higher education; Higher Education Workforce Development and Fair Admission Act; prohibiting state education institutions from inquiring about criminal conviction history on initial application; exceptions; effective date; emergency.

Schools; phasing in a reduction to the maximum number of students allowed per class in kindergarten through fifth grades; exceptions; effective date; emergency.

Criminal disturbance; specifying range of punishment for certain offenses; modifying elements of certain offense. Emergency.

Long-term care; Options Counseling for Long-term Care Revolving Fund; purpose; effective date; emergency.

Roads; bridges; ROADS Fund; amounts; references; restrictions; apportionment; weigh stations; ports of entry; revolving fund; codification; effective date; emergency.

Animals; spay and neuter; cats and dogs; Oklahoma Spay and Neuter Grant Program; advisory board; grants; rules; Animal Friendly Reliving Fund; animal friendly special plate fees; recodification; effective date.

State employee compensation; park rangers; effective date; emergency.

Oklahoma Scrap Metal Dealers Act; Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality; recodification; effective date.

Schools; prohibiting school districts from paying certain administrator expenses with State Aid funds; effective date.

Home and Community Based programs; Oklahoma Department of Human Services; rating system; inspection reports; substantiated complaints; administrator information; annual updates; effective date.

Commissioners of the Land Office; Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; Concurrent Enrollment Revolving Fund; State Aid Formula; effective date; emergency.

Schools; option to submit charter school applications to sponsors or to the school district; effective date; emergency.

Higher education; Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program; removing ACT test requirement; effective date; emergency.

Insurance; auto insurance; accident investigation process; Oklahoma Insurance Department; penalties; police reports; arbitration; effective date.

Foreign Adversary & State-Owned Enterprise Land Ownership Enforcement Act; foreign adversary; state-owned enterprise; affidavit; enforcement; penalties; definitions; effective date.

Medical micropigmentation; perform micropigmentation; independent authority; criteria; effective date.

Public health; establishing the Oklahoma Rare Disease Advisory Council; modifying requirements relating to newborn screening program. Effective date. Emergency.

Medical marijuana license; modifying grounds for certain denials; notice; fees. Effective date.

Teachers; establishing the Grow Your Own Educator Program; providing for grant application process. Effective date. Emergency.

Mathematics instruction; directing expenditure of certain funds; creating the Oklahoma Math Achievement and Proficiency Act. Effective date. Emergency.

Corporation Commission; directing Commission to conduct certain feasibility study subject to certain process; prescribing contents of study. Emergency.