Oklahoma Bills

Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs; exempting funds from certain provisions; establishing certain requirements for Department; allowing funds to be deposited into certain accounts; exempting funds from fiscal year limitations. Effective date.

Abortion; creating the Oklahoma Mother and Child Protection Act; authorizing certain qui tam actions. Emergency.

Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma; allowing retired members to purchase service credits at certain rate. Effective date. Emergency.

Memorial highways; designating the CPT David Ward Neely Memorial Highway. Effective date.

Criminal procedure; authorizing bail to be me with a surety bond; requiring Court of Criminal Appeals to adopt uniform statewide bond schedule. Effective date.

Public facilities; clarifying certain fee. Effective date.

Boards and commissions; repealing certain boards and commissions. Emergency.

Governmental Tort Claims Act; modifying definition; authorizing award of certain costs and fees. Effective date.

Driver licenses; prohibiting Service Oklahoma from issuing non-domiciled commercial driver license. Emergency.

Burn bans; allowing board of county commissioners and Commissioner of Agriculture certain powers under emergency drought conditions. Effective date.

Personal Privacy Protection Act; adding certain exceptions to authorize disclosure of personal affiliation information. 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.

State government; granting the Commission on the Status of Women the ability to manage personnel in coordination with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Effective date. Emergency.

Medicaid; providing for Medicaid coverage of diabetes self-management education and support. Effective date.

Medicaid; requiring Medicaid providers to conduct certain screening; providing for reimbursement. Effective date.

Memorial highways; designating the Sheriff Marty Grisham Memorial Interchange. Effective date.

Teachers; creating the Teachers' Bill of Rights; affording certain rights to teachers, administrators, and support staff. Effective date. Emergency.

Board of Medicolegal Investigations; making an appropriation. Effective date. Emergency.

Resolution; Scout Day at the Oklahoma Capitol; February 18, 2026; Scouting America.

Concurrent Resolution; memorializing Congress; funds; campaigns; elections; ballot measures; distribution.

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.

Housing; Legislative Workforce Housing Committee; Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency; rules; meetings; codification; 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 exemptions; intensive reading instruction; intensive acceleration class; reporting requirements; teacher training requirements; eighth-grade reading level; driver license; remedial reading for driver licenses; alternative reading proficiency tests; motorcycle licenses; testing site requirements; documentation requirements; out of state test results; school enrollment, completion, or lawful excuse for minors to obtain a driver license; violations; alternate route to obtain driver license; employer fines; attendance officers; Department of Public Safety; license cancellation; definitions; exceptions; forms; effective date; emergency.

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.

Insurance; property and casualty; rates; filing; Insurance Commissioner; effective date.

Courts; defining term; codification; effective date.

Uniform Commercial Code; Article 8; priority among security interests and entitlement holders; 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.

Public retirement systems; cost-of-living increases; Firefighters Pension and Retirement System; Police Pension and Retirement System; Uniform Retirement System for Justices and Judges; Law Enforcement Retirement System; Teachers' Retirement System; Public Employees Retirement System; codification; effective dates; contingent effective dates; emergency.

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

Property; foreign owners; procedures; divesting requirements; penalties; Attorney General; enforcement; effective date.

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

Game and fish; prohibiting certain harassment or disturbance of wildlife; authorizing certain enforcement. Effective date.

Excise tax; authorizing county and municipality to levy excise tax on medical marijuana; setting maximum rate of taxation. Effective date.

Memorial highways; designating the John Skelley Memorial Highway. Effective date.

Development incentives; authorizing certain entities to enter into taxpayer agreement; securing bonds with agreement and lien. Effective date.

Memorial bridges; designating the MoMM2 Arlon Francis Wetsel Memorial Bridge. Effective date.

Medical marijuana; limiting certain THC amounts in certain products and packages. Emergency.

Motor vehicle license and registration; requiring Service Oklahoma to provide option for donation to the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs on certain forms. Effective date.

Mental health; requiring nonphysical intervention training for certain facilities and programs. Effective date.

Resolution; proclaiming February 17, 2026, Oklahoma Aggregates Day at the Capitol.

Memorial roads and bridges; designating the Toby Keith Memorial Interchange; effective date.

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.

Law enforcement; providing for additional mandatory continuing education on certain issues; effective date.