Bill # Authors Position Description
HB 1130 Rep. Fetgatter Monitor Removes the requirement of a broadband incentive award formula for a sales tax exemption on broadband equipment to be utilized.
HB 1030 Rep. J. West Anti-Growth Creates the Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act.
HB 1362 Rep. Fetgatter Pro-Growth Increases the funding for the Filmed in Oklahoma incentive program.
HB 1375 Rep. Boatman Pro-Growth Switches the apportionment formula for corporate income from a treble factor formula to a single sales formula and repeals the throwback rule.
HB 1633 Rep. Staires Anti-Growth Disallows businesses to prohibit the use of cash payment as a form of payment.
HB 1890 Rep. Schreiber Anti-Growth Prohibits a health care provider who is no in material compliance with the Transparency in Health Care Prices Act on the date that items or services are purchased or provided to a patient by the health care provider, from initiating or pursuing a collections action against the patient guarantor for a debt for the items or services.
HB 2191 Rep. K. West Anti-Growth Prohibits private property from being taken or damaged by a condemning authority unless the taking or damage is necessary for a public use and with just compensation and states public purpose or public benefit of economic development, including an increase in tax base, tax revenues, employment, or general economic health, does not constitute a public use. The bill directs the court to strictly construe eminent domain statues in favor of property owners and against condemning authority.
HB 1947 Rep. McCall Monitor Creates the Eliminate Economic Boycotts Act, which prohibits the state in certain contracts from entering a contract with entities that partake in economic boycotts.
HB 2316 Rep. Hilbert Pro-Growth Exempts occasional sales from taxes. It defines occasional sale as one or two sales of taxable items at retail during a 12-month period by a person who does not habitually engage in the business of selling taxable items, the sale of the entire operating assets of a business and certain transfer of property.
HB 2451 Rep. Schreiber Pro-Growth Creates a tax credit for employers for assistance provided by an employer to an employee for the employee’s direct expenses of childcare, for operating a childcare facility primarily used by dependents of the employees, for construction or rehabilitation of a structure to provide childcare services, and for acquiring or constructing of a childcare facility to provide childcare services. The bill creates a $500 tax credit for a qualified childcare worker.
HB 2452 Rep. Schreiber Pro-Growth Prohibits local governing authorities from promulgating local regulation that permit or require licensees of family child care homes to exceed or limit the capacity provided by the license granted to the licensee by the Department of Human Services.
HB 1955 Rep. McCall Monitor Eliminates the state sales tax on groceries.
HB 2086 Rep. Echols Monitor Creates a grocery sales tax exemption.
HB 2695 Rep. Kendrix Pro-Growth Terminates the franchise tax in tax year 2023.
HB 2212 Rep. K. West Monitor Prohibits banks, credit unions, business entity and trusts from discriminating against, advocate for, or cause adverse treatment of any individual, business, or other customer based on subjective or arbitrary standards. The bill sets a civil penalty of $50,000 for a first violation and $250,000 for future violations.
HB 2218 Rep. K. West Monitor Prohibits state agencies from contracting with businesses that discriminates against firearm manufactures, ammunition manufactures or firearm trade associations, with certain exemptions.
HB 2866 Rep. Wallace Pro-Growth Permits contracts under the Oklahoma Tourism Development Act to be up to 10 years, rather than requiring that they be 10 years. The bill increases the cap on the Oklahoma Tourism Development Act to $30 million from $15 million.
SB 0011 Sen. Rader Pro-Growth Removes the prohibition on a person incarcerated in a state, federal or private correctional facility receiving a state tuition aid grant.
HB 2340 Rep. Lepak Monitor Prohibits a governmental entity from entering into a contract with a company for goods or services unless the contract contains a written verification that the company does not engage in economic boycotts and will not engage during the term of the contract.
SB 0093 Sen. Rader, Rep. Moore Pro-Growth Requires students complete and submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to graduate from a public high school accredited by the State Board of Education. It provides for certain exemptions. The bill requires the State Department of Education develop and publish materials for students, parents, and legal guardians explaining the requirements to complete the FAFSA, the benefits to completing the FAFSA, and the opt-out provisions and an opt-out form to be used by school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools. It requires the superintendent of each school district to designate a school employee to collect information regarding student compliance with bill’s provisions and requires the collection and storage of the information comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). It requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules that address the method by which a student is to provide proof to a school district, public charter school, or virtual charter school that the student has completed and submitted the FAFSA as required.
SB 1063 Sen. Garvin Pro-Growth Provides businesses a tax credit for up to 20 percent of the expenses related to providing childcare for employees to be used within four years.
SB 1068 Sen. Howard, Rep. Boles Pro-Growth Includes the manufacturing, compounding, processing or fabrication of materials into articles of tangible personal property according to the special order of a customer by manufacturers in the definition of manufacturing for the purpose of Oklahoma’s tax code.
SB 1077 Sen. Stewart Anti-Growth Requires employers who do not hire ex-felons to disclose this on the job application. It prohibits employers from asking if an employment candidate has been convicted of a felony and allows employers to request a background report. The bill exempts law enforcement, judiciary, education institutions, care facilities and medical facilities.
HB 2544 Rep. O’Donnell Monitor Creates the Oklahoma Fair Access to Financial Services Act. The bill prohibits financial institutions from denying any person a financial service the financial institution offers except to the extent justified by such person’s documented failure to meet quantitative, impartial risk-based financial standards established in advance by the financial institution; deny any person a financial service the financial institution offers when the effect of the denial is to prevent, limit, or otherwise disadvantage the person from entering or competing in a market or business segment or in such a way that benefits another person or business activity in which the financial institution has a financial interest; or deny, in coordination with another person, any person a financial service the financial institution offers.
HB 2545 Rep. O’Donnell Monitor Creates the Oklahoma Public Finance Protection Act. The bill defines applicable terms. The bill requires all shares held directly or indirectly by or on behalf of a pension benefit plan or the beneficiaries thereof be voted solely in the pecuniary interest of plan participants. It prohibits voting to further non-pecuniary, environmental, social, political, ideological or other benefits or goals. It prohibits a fiduciary from adopting a practice of following the recommendations of a proxy advisory firm or other service provider unless such firm or service provider has a practice of, and in writing commits to, following proxy voting guidelines that are consistent with the fiduciary’s obligation to act based only on pecuniary factors unless no economically practicable alternative is available. It prohibits, unless no economically practicable alternative is available, for plan assets to be entrusted to a fiduciary, unless that fiduciary has a practice of, and in writing commits to, following guidelines, when engaging with portfolio companies and voting shares or proxies, that match the plan’s obligation to act based only on pecuniary factors. The bill requires authority to vote such shares should be in the hands of a state official politically accountable to the people of the State of Oklahoma and revokes all current proxy voting authority with respect to any and all shares held directly or indirectly by or on behalf of a pension benefit plan or the plan participants. It requires all pension benefit plans voting authority reside with the respective board of trustees, except that the board of trustees may delegate such authority to a person who has a practice of, and in writing commits to, following guidelines that match the plan’s obligation to act based only on pecuniary factors. It requires all statewide or local governing authority voting authority reside with the respective governing officer, except that the governing officer may delegate such authority to a person who has a practice of, and in writing commits to, following guidelines that match the governing officer’s obligation to act based only on pecuniary factors. It requires all proxy votes be tabulated and reported annually to the respective Board of Trustees or governing officer. It establishes requirements for the reports. The bill permits the act to be enforced by the Attorney General. The bill establishes severability.
SB 385 Sen. Kirt Anti-Growth Requires a business entering the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program Act to show in their application they will pay 125 percent of the average county wage for the county in which the new jobs are located, or 100 percent of the average state wage.
SB 394 Sen. Coleman, Rep. Wallace Pro-Growth Modifies the annual limit on the sales tax credit afforded under the Oklahoma Tourism Development Act.
HB 2547 Rep. O’Donnell Monitor Requires all shares held directly or indirectly by or on behalf of a governmental entity and/or the participants and their beneficiaries be voted solely in the pecuniary interest of plan participants and their beneficiaries. It prohibits a governmental entity from relying on any voting decision guidance from certain companies listed as restricted financial institutions and companies. It prohibits, unless no economically practicable alternative is available, a governmental entity from granting proxy voting authority to any person who is not a part of the governmental entity, unless that person has a practice of, and in writing commits to, following guidelines that match the governmental entity’s obligation to act solely upon pecuniary factors. It prohibits, unless no economically practicable alternative is available, public retirement system assets from being entrusted to a fiduciary, unless that fiduciary has a practice of, and in writing commits to, follow guidelines, when engaging with portfolio companies and voting shares or proxies, that match the governmental entity’s obligation to act solely upon pecuniary factors. It prohibits unless no economically practicable alternative is available, an investment manager, fiduciary or governmental entity from adopting a practice of following the recommendations of a proxy adviser or other service provider, unless such adviser or service provider has a practice of, and in writing commits to, follow proxy voting guidelines that match the governmental entity’s obligation to act solely upon pecuniary factors. It requires all proxy votes be tabulated and reported annually to the State Treasurer. It establishes requirements for the report.
SB 516 Sen. Pugh Pro-Growth Creates the Statewide Charter School Board. It requires the board to have the sole authority to sponsor statewide virtual charter schools in Oklahoma and can sponsor charter schools in Oklahoma. It provides for membership of the nine-voting member board. It requires that, beginning July 1, 2024, statewide virtual charter schools must be sponsored only by the Statewide Charter School Board. It abolishes, effective July 1, 2024, the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board and the Statewide Charter School Board shall succeed to any contractual rights and responsibilities and settlement agreements incurred by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board in a virtual charter school sponsorship contract executed prior to July 1, 2024. It requires the State Board of Education to be responsible for accreditation of charter schools and virtual charter schools and ensure compliance with special education laws and federal laws and programs administered by the State Board of Education. It creates the Statewide Charter School Board Revolving Fund.
SB 531 Sen. Pugh, Rep. Miller Pro-Growth Creates the Rewarding Student Outcomes Act, to build an outcomes-based career, college, and military readiness incentive program for school districts, charter schools, and virtual charter schools in this state. The bill requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to make an annual report on each district’s educationally disadvantaged population. The bill requires public schools to have at least a 1 percent increase in the number of annual graduates in a cohort shown to be college, career or military ready to receive a Rewarding Student Outcomes Act bonus of $1,500 if the annual graduate is educationally disadvantaged and $500 if the graduate is not economically disadvantaged. The bill requires annual reports on the program, with letter scores for each school. The bill requires climate surveys at schools. The bill describes certain credentials and tests that can be used to qualify a student as college, career or military ready.
SB 578 Sen. Montgomery Pro-Growth Creates, for tax year 2024 and subsequent tax years, an income tax credit for compensation paid to a qualified software employee hired on or after Jan. 1, 2024.
SB 621 Sen. Pugh, Rep. Hill Pro-Growth Creates the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act. It creates the Oklahoma Workforce Commission. It states the purpose of the Commission is to coordinate the development of the workforce needed to grow Oklahoma’s economy and Oklahomans’ prosperity. It empowers the Commission to the fullest extent permitted by law to coordinate the funding and activities of each element of the state’s workforce development programs, systems, and entities, to achieve better alignment, accountability, and results for the state’s workforce development efforts, and to act as the principal point of contact regarding workforce development for public officials, businesses, and the public. It provides for commission membership.
SB 637 Sen. Garvin, Rep. Miller Pro-Growth Appropriates $20 million to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce over a three-year time period for the purpose of attracting out-of-state businesses to Oklahoma.
SB 669 Sen. Brooks, Rep. Martinez Pro-Growth Provides that any applicant or licensee providing an individual tax identification number to Service Oklahoma or a licensed operator will not be provided voter registration services. It requires Service Oklahoma to transmit to the Secretary of the State Election Board identifying information that includes the name, date of birth, residential address, and mailing address of all applicants or licensees who have provided an individual tax identification number.
SB 735 Sen. Dahm Anti-Growth Creates a system for states to compact together to agree to not give a subsidy to a private enterprise for the purpose of selectively supporting a specific industry or company or to entice a specific industry or company to relocate an existing facility from one party state to another party state. The bill puts the Attorney General in charge of enforcing provisions of the act, the governor acting as the compact administrator.
SB 746 Sen. Coleman, Rep. Hilbert Pro-Growth Sets requirements for events in smaller communities under the Oklahoma Quality Events Incentive and events for a combination of at least two counties, towns, cities or municipalities.
SB 752 Sen. Murdock Pro-Growth Exempts nonrecurring sales from sales tax.
SB 812 Sen. Dossett Anti-Growth Requires that 5 percent of all state contracts be awarded to businesses that have been in operation for less than five years, beginning July 1, 2024.
HB 2567 Rep. McBride Monitor Requires all shares held directly or indirectly by or on behalf of a governmental entity and/or the participants and their beneficiaries be voted solely in the pecuniary interest of plan participants and their beneficiaries. It prohibits a governmental entity from relying on any voting decision guidance from certain companies listed as restricted financial institutions and companies. It prohibits, unless no economically practicable alternative is available, a governmental entity from granting proxy voting authority to any person who is not a part of the governmental entity, unless that person has a practice of, and in writing commits to, following guidelines that match the governmental entity’s obligation to act solely upon pecuniary factors. It prohibits, unless no economically practicable alternative is available, public retirement system assets from being entrusted to a fiduciary, unless that fiduciary has a practice of, and in writing commits to, follow guidelines, when engaging with portfolio companies and voting shares or proxies, that match the governmental entity’s obligation to act solely upon pecuniary factors. It prohibits unless no economically practicable alternative is available, an investment manager, fiduciary or governmental entity from adopting a practice of following the recommendations of a proxy adviser or other service provider, unless such adviser or service provider has a practice of, and in writing commits to, follow proxy voting guidelines that match the governmental entity’s obligation to act solely upon pecuniary factors. It requires all proxy votes be tabulated and reported annually to the State Treasurer.
HB 2644 Rep. Steagall Monitor Prohibits any person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity from establishing or enforcing any policy or rule that prohibits any person or employee, except a convicted felon, from transporting, carrying, or storing firearms or ammunition in a locked motor vehicle on any property set aside for any motor vehicle person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity or a motor vehicle owned, leased, or rented by the person or employee to conduct business for the business entity. It changes the name of the section of statute entitled “Business Owner’s Rights” to “Private Property Owner’s Rights.” It permits an individual to bring a civil action to enforce the bill’s provisions. It requires the court award actual damages, enjoin further violations, and award court costs and attorney fees to the prevailing plaintiff if a plaintiff prevails in a civil action against a person, property owner, tenant, employer, liquor store, place of worship or business, for a policy or rule that violates the bill’s provisions. It exempts claims pursuant to the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act. It permits any employee, using his or her own private motor vehicle or a motor vehicle that is personally rented or leased by the employee, to transport a firearm or other legal weapon in the motor vehicle while conducting business for the business entity and will not be prohibited from transporting such firearm or weapon by any policy or rule of the business entity. The bill defines the term “motor vehicle.”
SB 930 Sen. Rosino, Rep. Baker Pro-Growth Creates the Aero Student Pathways for Aerospace Careers and Education under the umbrella of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission partnership with primary, secondary, and higher education providers to respond to the workforce needs of the aviation and aerospace industry by promoting and organizing quality curriculum, enhanced classroom instruction, and research-based educational programs, in collaboration with industry. The bill allows OAC to contract with other qualified entities to operate the program, and allows the agencies to receive donations, contractual arrangements, in-kind services, federal or state appropriations, and grants for the program.
SB 942 Sen. Haste, Rep. Wallace Pro-Growth Creates the Oklahoma Aircraft Engine Testing Development Grant Program to offer financial assistance by grant to private or public entities for the purpose of augmenting the aircraft engine testing capabilities of this state and developing aircraft engine testing infrastructure, with funding based on merit and the potential of the project to help the industry in the state with a one-time award. The bill sets requirements for entities seeking one-time grant funding. The bill creates the Oklahoma Aircraft Engine Testing Development Grant Program Revolving Fund to fund the program.
SB 119 Sen. Bergstrom Pro-Growth Creates the Right-to-Start Act. It creates the Office of Entrepreneurship in the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to oversee programs and policies supporting the growth of entrepreneurship in the state.
HB 1645 Rep. Maynard Pro-Growth Eliminates the throwback rule.
HB 2777 Rep. McCall Monitor Creates the Oklahoma Public Finance Protection Act. The bill requires a fiduciary to discharge duties with respect to a plan solely in the pecuniary interest of the participants and beneficiaries for the exclusive purpose of providing pecuniary benefits to participants and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the plan, with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent man acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, by diversifying the investments of the plan so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so and in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the plan insofar as such documents and instruments are consistent with the provisions of this act. The bill requires a fiduciary’s evaluation of an investment to take into account only pecuniary factors, not environmental , social, corporate governance, or other similarly oriented considerations are pecuniary factors unless they present economic risks or opportunities that qualified investment professionals would treat as material economic considerations under generally accepted investment theories.
HB 2114 Rep. Martinez Pro-Growth Removes language that requires certain identification documents to be issued only to US citizens, nationals and legal permanent residents. The bill prohibits any applicant or licensee providing an individual tax identification number to Service Oklahoma or a licensed operator from being provided voter registration services. It requires Service Oklahoma to, at least quarterly, transmit to the Secretary of the State Election Board identifying information that includes the name, date of birth, residential address, and mailing address, of all applicants or licensees who have provided an individual tax identification number. It requires the State Election Board Secretary compare the transmitted identifying information with the list of registered voters in each county and to notify the secretary of any relevant county election board of any matches based on the identifying information provided by Service Oklahoma. It requires the county election board secretary to notify the proper authority to investigate whether a violation related to voting crimes or voter registration has occurred.
HB 2285 Rep. Lepak Pro-Growth Modifies income tax rates and prescribing method for computations. The bill establishes a reduction of individual income tax rates. The bill modifies standard deduction amounts.
HB 2459 Rep. Hill Pro-Growth Modifies the Oklahoma Film Industry Incentive to include student wages in the expenditure or production costs, defines production assistant, increases qualified expenditures to 5% from 3% for projects were 25% of the project are on location in the state, mandates the Oklahoma logo be on the credits for at least 2 seconds.
HB 2555 Rep. McBride, Rep. Baker Pro-Growth Creates the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program, a four-year pilot program to encourage high school graduates to pursue degree-seeking or certificate-seeking post-secondary education training in industries which are critical to the economic growth of the state. It requires the program to be administered by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, which will establish. the scholarship amounts and student eligibility for the program may vary by individual higher education institution or technology center school. It establishes minimum eligibility requirements for students. It requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to identify eligible critical industry programs offered by state public higher education institutions and state public technology center schools in coordination with the State Board of Career and Technology Education and requires they include computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity programs. It requires the program to match state funds up to $15.0 million on a pro rata basis with funds from state public higher education institutions, state public technology center schools, and private funding sources to provide scholarships for eligible students. It requires state matching funds be capped for each higher education institution and technology center school. It permits the chancellor to make reductions in the payments made to participants if sufficient funds are not available to award scholarships to eligible participants during any fiscal year. It permits the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to set aside funds for the full commitment made to a participating student at the time a scholarship is awarded on behalf of the Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program. It permits the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to utilize Oklahoma Critical Industries Scholarship Program designated funds for administration of the program.
HB 2853 Rep. Wallace Monitor Creates the Oklahoma Rebate Pass-Through and PBM Meaningful Transparency Act of 2023. The bill defines applicable terms. The bill establishes requirements for licensing. It requires, beginning on Jan. 1, 2022, and on an annual basis thereafter, a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) to provide the Insurance Department with a report containing the certain information from the prior calendar year as it pertains to pharmacy benefits provided by health insurers to enrollees in the state. It prohibits the PBM and the Department from publishing or otherwise disclosing any information that would reveal the identity of a specific health plan, the price(s) charged for a specific drug or class of drugs, the amount of any rebates provided for a specific drug or class of drugs, the manufacturer, or that would otherwise have the potential to compromise the financial, competitive, or proprietary nature of the information. It requires any such information be protected from disclosure as confidential and proprietary information, is not a public record as defined in the Oklahoma Open Records Act and cannot be disclosed directly or indirectly. It requires a PBM to impose the confidentiality protections on any vendor or downstream third party that performs health care or administrative services on behalf of the PBM and that may receive or have access to rebate information. It prohibits a PBM, or an agent of a PBM from contractually prohibiting or penalizing a pharmacy or pharmacist for certain actions. It requires a PBM, for each contract or other relationship with a health plan, to publish on an easily accessible website the health plan formulary, and timely notification of formulary changes and/or product exclusions. It modifies formulary requirements. It requires an enrollee’s defined cost sharing for each prescription drug to be calculated at the point of sale based on a price that is reduced by an amount equal to at least 85 percent of all rebates received, or to be received, in connection with the dispensing or administration of the prescription drug. It establishes penalties for violations.
SB 0107 Sen. Bergstrom, Rep. Lepak Anti-Growth Prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from entering into a contract or agreement with any company that is directly influenced or owned by a designated country, that is related to critical infrastructure and that would grant the company access or control of critical infrastructure, cybersecurity networks, or public utilities. The bill permits the Governor to designate countries as threats to critical infrastructure. The bill requires the Governor first consult with the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Director of the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security for assessments of threats to critical infrastructure. The bill defines applicable terms.
HB 2870 Rep. Wallace Monitor Creates the Rural Housing Finance Act of 2023.
HB 1021 Rep. Olsen Anti-Growth Permits firearms to be carried concealed or unconcealed at events held on the fairgrounds and in the buildings of the fairgrounds during the Oklahoma State Fair and the Tulsa State fair.
SB 0013 Sen. Garvin, Rep. Marti Monitor Prohibits, in the event a health care provider dispenses or administers a white-bagged drug to a patient, a pharmaceutical drug plan or pharmacy benefits manager of the drug from refusing to approve, authorize or pay a third-party specialty pharmacy or for the drug solely because the drug is a white bagged drug. The bill defines the term white bagged drugs” to mean a patient-specific medication distributed from a pharmacy, typically a third-party specialty pharmacy, to a health care provider for administration. It defines other applicable terms. The bill requires all white bagged drugs distributed in the state to meet supply chain security controls set forth by the federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act as amended. It permits the State Board of Pharmacy to promulgate rules related to supply, storage, and transaction history to ensure that white bagged drugs are in compliance with federal law. The bill prohibits a pharmaceutical drug plan or a pharmacy benefits manager of a plan from requiring a covered patient to self-administer an injectable white bagged drug against a health care provider’s recommendation. It also prohibits a pharmaceutical drug plan or a pharmacy benefits manager of a plan from requiring a covered patient to pay additional fees for white bagged drugs beyond cost-sharing obligations as outlined in the individual’s plan. It requires any pharmaceutical drug plan or pharmacy benefits manager in violation be fined a minimum of $5,000 per violation, but not more than $10,000 violation. The bill prohibits the use of such fines when calculating payers, plans, or members loss ratios and prohibits the losses from being passed on to the insured in future rate increases. It provides immunity to a health care provider from civil liability for any loss or harm to a person due to his or her health insurance plan utilizing white bagged drugs caused by an act or omission by the facility or provider that occurs during the process outlined in the act if the act or omission was not the result of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct of the health care facility or health care provider rendering the health care services.
HB 1378 Rep. Gann Anti-Growth Prohibits non-disclosure agreements when companies are looking to partner with a state entity or other political subdivision.
HB 1379 Rep. Gann Anti-Growth Reduces the votes required to approve a project plan to a majority of voters in the applicable district from two-thirds of the governing body which is in accord with the recommendation of the review committee. It requires the question for creation of the district, plan or project to be submitted to a vote of the eligible voters of the county if the district, plan or project is sponsored by the county. It requires the question for creation of the district, plan or project be submitted to a vote of the eligible voters of the applicable city or town if the district, plan or project is sponsored by a city or town.
HB 1381 Rep. Gann Anti-Growth Repeals the LEAD Act.
HB 1442 Rep. Provenzano Pro-Growth Provides protections to licensees who were not previously required to pay income tax or has move to the state within the past year and allows Oklahoma Tax Commission to garnish wages for certain licensees instead of revoking or suspending their license.
HB 1468 Rep. Sneed  Monitor Creates the State Energy Freedom Act. It requires that the development, production, distribution, and sale of any energy products in Oklahoma to be solely determined by the Oklahoma State Legislature. It prohibits any state or federal agency or body from interfering with these actions.
HB 1649 Rep. McEntire Anti-Growth Applies a minimum loss ratio to dental insurance plans.
SB 1004 Sen. Jett Monitor Creates the Oklahoma Pensions Fiduciary Duty Act and requires a fiduciary or board of a public retirement system to discharge its duties solely in the financial interest of the participants and beneficiaries.
HB 1956 Rep. McCall Pro-Growth Requires the Oklahoma Tax Commission to notify any licensee who is not in compliance with the state’s income tax laws that the commission will proceed with garnishment to collect any delinquent tax, during this time the individual may maintain his or her licenses.
HB 1986 Rep. Dollens Anti-Growth Prohibits any employer in Oklahoma from paying any employee a wage of less than $9.75 per hour; beginning January 1, 2025, no employer in Oklahoma will pay any employee a wage of less than $11 per hour; and beginning January 1, 2026, no employer in Oklahoma will pay any employee a wage of less than $13 per hour.
HB 2033 Rep. Banning Pro-Growth Expands sales tax exemptions to include custom-order manufacturing.
SB 1075 Sen. Jett Monitor Prohibits any state agency or political subdivision from entering into agreements or contracts with a business without written verification that the business does not engage in economic boycotts and will not engage in economic boycotts during the term of the agreement or contract, and any business that does so will be obligated to pay damages to the state in an amount three times the amount of the agreement or contract.
SB 1102 Sen. Treat Monitor Creates until Dec. 30, 2023, the Oklahoma Legacy Fund Task Force to consider a possible legislative referendum to the Oklahoma Constitution in the 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature relating to the creation of the Oklahoma Legacy Fund. It establishes membership and meeting requirements. The bill requires the task force to evaluate how to best utilize the Oklahoma Legacy Funds not in the corpus of the fund to reduce Oklahoma’s personal income tax rate with the ultimate goal of its elimination.
HB 2284 Rep. Echols Pro-Growth Creates the Oklahoma Tourism Development Act.
SB 1103 Sen. Treat Monitor Creates the Ratepayer Protection Act of 2023. The bill defines applicable terms. The bill permits an electric utility filing an application for a general change to its rates and charges under these provisions and pursuant to the rules of the Corporation Commission, as part of a general rate change application, file a performance-based rate plan notice before the commission indicating the utility is electing to have its rates regulated under a performance-based rate plan as authorized and defined by the bill. The bill establishes the procedures, policies and regulations for the performance-based rate plan created by the bill.
HB 2481 Rep. Hill Pro-Growth Creates the Civil Liability for Employers Hiring Ex-Offenders Act. The bill prohibits a cause of action from being brought against an employer, contractor, premises owner for hiring an employee who has been convicted of a nonviolent, nonsexual offense. It prohibits these protections from applying in a suit concerning the misuse of funds or property, misappropriation of funds, or a violent offense or use of excessive force.
SB 15 Sen. Murdock Monitor Prohibits a governmental entity from entering a contract with a company for the purchase of goods or services unless the contract contains a written verification from the company that it does not have a practice, policy, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association and will not discriminate during the term of the contract against a firearm entity or firearm trade association. The bill defines applicable terms. It exempts contracts with a sole-source provider or when the governmental entity does not receive a bid from a company that is able to provide the written verification required. It requires the Office of Management and Enterprise Services’ Central Purchasing Division to review state governmental contracts to confirm that the requirements are met.
SB 275 Sen. Dahm Monitor Requires there be scientific evidence that a particular kind of business directly contributes to the direct spreading of disease relating to a pandemic in order to be closed by the governor during a state of emergency.
HB 2606 Rep. Humphrey Anti-Growth Requires the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, after a new turnpike project proposal has been made, to prepare a map depicting the area in which the new turnpike will lie. The bill establishes requirements for the map. It requires the map to be transferred to the State Election Board for the purpose of calling a special election to determine if the proposed turnpike project shall proceed. It requires the Election Board to call the special election within 90 days of receiving the map. It requires the voting pool for the special election consist only of landowners whose properties and property interests are directly affected by the proposed turnpike project. The bill requires notice of the special election be sent to the landowners by certified mail and shall be published in a newspaper that has a general circulation in the county at least 30 days prior to the special election. It establishes the question to be submitted to voters, which will be decided by a majority of those voting. It requires the proposed turnpike project to proceed as planning if approved by the voters and to be cancelled if not approved.
HB 2693 Rep. Hays Pro-Growth Reduces the franchise tax rate annually for five years until it reaches zero.
HB 2745 Rep. Miller Pro-Growth For tax years 2024 through 2028, a deduction for wages paid by qualifying small business entities to individuals domiciled in Oklahoma who have been convicted of a felony in this or any other state or the District of Columbia; is on parole pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction in which the person was convicted or pursuant to the law applicable to the person after conviction; is on probation pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction in which the person was convicted, for any offense other than a simple misdemeanor; and is in a work release program authorized by law. It establishes the amount and caps the deduction. It sets other requirements for the deduction.
HB 2754 Rep. Miller Pro-Growth Creates tax credit for taxable years 2023 to 2029 for a qualified employer for tuition reimbursed to a qualified employee if the employee has been awarded an undergraduate or graduate degree within one year of commencing employment.
HB 2786 Rep. Munson Anti-Growth States any statute which attempts to pre-empt municipal actions by interfering with the free exercise of municipalities to regulate and protect their citizens is hereby repealed from the statutes of the State of Oklahoma.
HB 2835 Rep. Deck Anti-Growth Repeals language related to preemption by the Legislature in mandating the minimum wage and employee benefits.
SB 317 Sen. Pemberton Monitor Adds reporting requirements pursuant to the promulgation of rules by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce as it relates to the Oklahoma Local Development and Enterprise Zone Incentive Leverage Act.
SB 1022 Sen. Jett Anti-Growth Requires any provider subject to the federal Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act to update existing infrastructure in any rural area in which the provider offers services within three years from the most recent date that the provider conducted updates and maintenance.
SB 470 Sen. Paxton Monitor Requires all shares held directly or indirectly by or on behalf of a state governmental entity, the participants, and their beneficiaries to be voted solely in the pecuniary interest of plan participants and their beneficiaries.
SB 115 Sen. Bullard Anti-Growth Creates the Privacy and Conscience Protection Act. The bill adds the disclosure of medical privacy for which the statute provides for exclusive remedies of the policies for individuals alleging discrimination in employment. The bill requires any public or private employer that requires an employee or contractor to participate in vaccination or immunization for COVID-19, any variant, or future variants thereof as part of an employer’s policy, whether written or verbal, to allow for a privacy exemption for an employee or contractor to refuse disclosure of his or her vaccination or immunization status. It provides the requirement will not be required of an employee who can provide proof of natural immunity by presenting a positive antibody test to his or her employer. It requires every employee or contractor employed by a public or private employer operating in the state to be provided a certification of disclosure exemption, which releases the employee or contractor from disclosing his or her vaccination or immunization status due to an employer-mandated policy or regulation, whether written or verbal, that involves or governs the vaccination or immunization status for COVID-19, any variant, or future variants thereof for employees or contractors. The bill establishes requirements for the certification. It establishes prohibitions regarding any policy or regulation adopted by an employer to implement the provisions of the bill. It permits an employer to offer reasonable accommodations for those who refuse to disclose and provide an exemption from disclosure of vaccination status. The bill defines the term “reasonable accommodation” to mean requiring the wearing of a mask when interacting with or in close proximity of others or requiring periodic testing not to exceed more than once weekly. The bill requires any costs incurred by the implementation of the accommodations be paid for by the employer. It requires an employee or contractor seeking an exemption from disclosure of his or her vaccination or immunization status to complete the certification of exemption form provided in the bill. It requires the employer, owner, or HR department to keep a copy of this form in the employee’s or contractor’s employment file.
SB 135 Sen. Bullard Pro-Growth Repeals statutory language related to applications for state licenses and compliance with state income tax laws.
SB 14  Sen. Bullard, Rep. Humphrey Anti-Growth Creates the Charlette Hearne Heritage River Act. The bill defines the term “heritage river.” The bill declares the Glover River in McCurtain County a heritage river. It prohibits any river designated as a heritage river from being impounded by any dam or structure for industrial purposes and it prohibits the sell or transfer of water from any heritage river. It grants the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) authority over the provisions of the act and requires it to promulgate necessary rules. It requires (OWRB) to prepare, adopt, and publish management plans and other documents to guide public and private activities and programs; consider and comment on public and private practices and proposed actions that may affect a heritage river; and recommend standards for local government agencies whose political boundaries include all or part of a heritage river. It also permits OWRB to own and control public access points for a heritage river, and purchase easements and fee title to land along a heritage river for public purposes which are to be held by the Board as an agency of this state and to identify public and private nuisances that adversely affect a heritage river and take lawful action to abate nuisances. The bill provides it provisions cannot be construed to unduly restrict or adversely affect the use of property within any heritage river basin for farming, ranching, forestry, silviculture, and other agricultural uses if such uses are not inconsistent with the purposes of this act. It exempts present farming, ranching, forestry, silviculture, and other agricultural uses and practices from the bill’s provisions. The bill provides its provision cannot be construed to affect existing rights between a landowner and a utility or pipeline company. It requires the property rights of private landowners adjacent to a heritage river be the same as in any other area of the state. It also requires the unauthorized use of private property be deemed trespassing and subject to the penalties provided for such an offense. It requires the act not be construed to restrict public recreational uses of a heritage river.
SB 142 Sen. Hicks Anti-Growth Requires that, if an FDA-approved diabetes equipment or supply product cost exceeds $35, a health benefit plan must cap the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a thirty-day supply at an amount not to exceed $35.
SB 145 Sen. Hicks Anti-Growth Prohibits an insurer from modifying an insured’s coverage of a prescription drug if conditions specified therein are met: the drug had been previously preauthorized for coverage by the insurer or was listed on the formulary of the insurer at the time the insured was prescribed the drug by his or her practitioner; the insured has already received the drug; and a practitioner continues to prescribe the drug to the insured.
SB 513 Sen. Rosino, Rep. Miller Monitor Requires any health benefit plan, including the Oklahoma Employees Insurance Plan, that is offered, issued, or renewed in this state on or after the effective date to provide coverage for biomarker testing. It requires an evidence of coverage document provided with a health benefit plan to include biomarker testing for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of an insured’s disease or condition to guide treatment decisions when the biomarker test is supported by medical and scientific evidence.
SB 156 Sen. Hicks Anti-Growth Increases the minimum wage.
SB 157 Sen. Hicks Anti-Growth Repeals language related to legislative preemption authority regarding mandatory minimum wage.
SB 163 Sen. Young Anti-Growth Increases the minimum wage.
SB 695 Sen. Murdock Monitor  Prohibits a person from bringing, filing, or maintaining any civil action or special proceeding against a firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition manufacturer, distributor, dealer, importer, exporter, or trade association, or the owners, shareholders, directors, and employees of any such entity, for recovery of damages, punitive damages, restitution, fines, penalties, injunctive or declaratory relief, or other remedy based on the legal theory that the marketing or advertising of a firearm, firearm accessories, or ammunition was the cause of any personal injury, death, or property damage or caused or contributed to the creation or maintaining of a public nuisance.
SB 276 Sen. Dahm Anti-Growth Includes vaccination and immunization status in discrimination protections for employees.
SB 33 Sen. Bullard Anti-Growth Makes it be unlawful for any federal or state agency, any political subdivision, or any business under contract with a federal or state agency or political subdivision to require any resident of Oklahoma to submit to or receive a COVID-19 vaccination or any variant thereof. It also prohibits any federal or state agency, political subdivision, or business under contract with a federal or state agency or political subdivision from discriminating against any resident of Oklahoma due to vaccination status. It defines the term “political subdivision” to mean a county, city, town, school district, or other governmental or public entity located within Oklahoma.
SB 41 Sen. Dahm Anti-Growth Changes the purpose of eminent domain from public purposes to public uses. It requires real property condemned but not used for public uses be returned at no cost to the person from whom the property was taken or the heirs of the person rather than being offered for resale. It prohibits private property from being taken or damaged by a condemning authority unless the taking or damage is necessary for a public use and with just compensation. The bill provides the public purpose or public benefit of economic development including an increase in tax base, tax revenues, employment, or general economic health, does not constitute a public use. It requires the condemning authority, in cases where addressing blight is the public use provided by the condemning authority, bear the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the land, real estate, premises, or other property the authority seeks to acquire is required for the public use stated in the petition for condemnation and the public use stated in the petition for condemnation cannot be accomplished by using or acquiring property that offers similar access with the consent of the owner of the similar property without undue financial burden. It gives the owner of private property being condemned for blight a right to have a court determine whether private property is being taken for a public or private use, to remediate an abandoned property, to remediate blighted property, or if such taking is required to fulfill the public use as stated in the petition for condemnation. It requires the court strictly construe eminent domain statutes in favor of the property owner and against the condemning authority. It prohibits a governmental body subordinate to the state from exercising, creating, extending, or expanding a power of eminent domain in the absence of statutory authority. It establishes that additional procedures, remedies, or limitations that do not deny or diminish the substantive and procedural rights and protections of property owners may be provided by other law, ordinance, or charter.
SB 814 Sen. Bergstrom, Rep. K. West Monitor Creates the Oklahoma Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act. It prohibits a financial institution from disclosing a customer’s protected financial information and a governmental entity from accessing or obtaining the information unless: otherwise required by law and the protected financial information is not singled out, segregated, or disclosed based on the assignment of a firearms code; disclosure is made pursuant to a valid warrant issued in a criminal investigation, stating the grounds or probable cause for its issuance; the customer has provided written authorization for disclosure; or disclosure is made pursuant to a subpoena or to a grand jury subpoena. It provides exemptions.
SB 532 Sen. Pugh Pro-Growth Creates the Workforce Development Revolving Fund to be used by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and appropriates $50 million to increase the number of degrees granted to fulfill workforce needs in critical occupation areas as defined by the executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce that are in high demand and are projected to have positive future growth. The bill sets one-third of the money for nursing degrees, one-third for engineering degrees, and one-third for teaching degrees, with $10,000 for each degree.
SB 584 Sen. Montgomery Pro-Growth Repeals language to the application for state licenses and compliance with state income tax laws.
SB 590 Sen. Garvin Pro-Growth Requires, subject to availability of funding, the Department of Human Services to institute a payment incentive for childcare facilities that provide childcare outside of normal business hours, as determined by the Director of the Department. It requires the Director to promulgate rules.
SB 628 Sen. Stephens Anti-Growth Prohibits an employer from requiring a current employee get vaccinated for the prevention of COVID-19 or any variant for five years, unless otherwise required as a condition of federal funds or participation in a federal program.
SB 664 Sen. Standridge Anti-Growth Authorizes any person in possession of a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry a concealed handgun into or upon any public college, public university, or public technology center school property or building in which the person is authorized to be.
SB 842 Sen. Paxton Monitor Prohibits a governmental entity from entering a contract with a company for the purchase of goods or services unless the contract contains a written verification from the company that it: does not have a practice, policy, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association; and will not discriminate during the term of the contract against a firearm entity or firearm trade association. It provides exemptions.
SB 820 Sen. Dahm Anti-Growth Authorizes any person in possession of a valid handgun license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Self-Defense Act to carry a concealed handgun into or upon any public college, public university, or public technology center school property or building in which the person is authorized to be.
SB 864 Sen. Dahm Anti-Growth Establishes a moratorium on all turnpike projects in Oklahoma. It requires all proposed turnpike projects to have a feasibility study conducted prior to the restarting of all projects.
SB 868 Sen. Dahm Monitor Prohibits the use of Social Credit Scores.
SB 869 Sen. Floyd Anti-Growth Creates the Digital Fair Repair Act. It requires that for digital electronic equipment, and parts for such equipment, sold or used in Oklahoma, an original equipment manufacturer must make available to any independent repair provider and owner of digital electronic equipment manufacturer by or on behalf of or sold by such original equipment manufacturer, on fair and reasonable terms, any documentation, parts, and tools required for the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of such digital electronic equipment and parts for the equipment. It requires the documentation, parts, and tools to be made available either directly by such original equipment manufacturer or by an authorized repair provider.
SB 888 Sen. Dahm Anti-Growth Prohibits a seller in any sales transaction from imposing a prohibition on the use of cash payments to a consumer who elects to use cash in lieu of payment by credit card or debit card.
SB 960 Sen. Bullard Anti-Growth Allows counties to levy taxes on the severance of all materials which are surface mined excluding coal, by any lawfully recognized for-profit business entity in an amount specified in the special election called as provided herein. The bill sets certain limits. The bill lets taxes be levied after being approved by a majority of the registered voters of the county voting by special election called by the board of county commissioners or by an initiative petition signed by not less than 5 percent of registered voters in the county, and county commissioner are required to identify the purpose of the severance tax when it is presented to the voters. The bill states if the measure fails on the ballot, then the county commissioners cannot call another special election for one year. The bill sets requirements on the taxes levied to go to county and municipal roads and bridges and the local governments general revenue funds.
SB 970 Sen. Jett Anti-Growth Prohibits any turnpike project or route, or any extension of an existing turnpike, from being authorized unless the Legislature receives prior to such authorization, results of a special election from among property owners whose land is situated within a one-mile radius of the proposed turnpike route. The bill requires a majority of property owners along the proposed route vote affirmative, and if more than four years pass before the project begins, it requires a new special election for approval on the project. The bill sets how property owners can prove they are eligible to vote in the special election.
SB 974 Sen. Jett Monitor Prohibits use of environmental, social, and governance criteria or economically targeted investment requirements from any government entity in the state, and states any company, organization or entity vying for a state contract must state that its employees will not be subject to personal ESG, ETI, or related scoring as a basis of hiring, firing, and evaluation.
SB 987 Sen. Garvin Pro-Growth Creates a tax credit for the tax year 2024 and subsequent years for eligible expenses incurred by entities providing building space, free of charge, for public schools to house pre-K programs. The bill allows the credit authorized be 40 percent of the amount of eligible expenses.
SB 990 Sen. Garvin Monitor Creates the Oklahoma Paid Family Leave Program and Revolving Fund. It allows employees that have contributed to the Program through salary deductions to receive benefits and be paid during use of FMLA leave. The bill requires the benefits be paid weekly in the amount of 90 percent of the employee’s average weekly wage.
SB 994 Sen. Jett Anti-Growth Prohibits vaccination as a condition of employment. It requires employers to recognize the right of individuals to make their own healthcare decisions.