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Committee advances bill letting state use NIST‑certified labs instead of NIST itself to certify testing equipment

2219691 · February 4, 2025
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Summary

HB 1542 would allow the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry to use a qualified laboratory certified by NIST instead of sending equipment to NIST for certification; the committee passed the bill unanimously after department testimony on cost savings.

House Bill 1542, a departmental-request bill from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF), passed the Agriculture Committee and would change statute to let the department use a qualified laboratory — rather than the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) directly — to certify testing equipment used in the state’s weights and measures program.

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