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Votes at a glance: Oklahoma Senate advances and passes multiple bills on third reading
Summary
The Oklahoma Senate completed third-reading votes on a broad slate of bills, approving measures ranging from utility and administrative changes to tax and criminal statutes. Several bills were advanced as emergency measures. Below is a compact list of bills recorded on the floor with outcomes and key details.
The Oklahoma Senate advanced and voted on a large package of bills on third reading during the same floor session. Many measures were handled with little floor debate and were recorded by roll call. The list below summarizes each bill that received a final roll-call outcome in the transcript record, with vote tallies and one-line descriptions based on floor explanations.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Bill 132 — Passed, 45-0. Subject: shut-in nonproducing gas wells; directs owners to produce or plug an inactive gas well; author said state has about 14,336 such wells.
- Senate Bill 235 — Passed, 41-6. Subject: state match for "grow your own" educator programs and creation of a revolving fund with Treasury.
- Senate Bill 638 — Passed, 43-3. Subject: repeal of the state Price Control Act (author's bill).
- Senate Bill 395 — Passed, 40-7. Subject: extended sunset for State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (to 2028).
- Senate Bill 396 — Passed, 39-8. Subject: extend sunset for Board of Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (to 2028).
- Senate Bill 397 — Passed, 41-6. Subject: extend sunset for Board of Behavioral Health Licensure (to 2028).
- Senate Bill 369 — Passed, 40-7. Subject: increases penalty for strangling a law enforcement officer (aggravated assault on an officer); floor discussion addressed scope and penalty ranges.
- Senate Bill 650 — Passed, 47-0. Subject: sanitary sewer operations and liability protections for municipalities meeting maintenance standards.
- Senate Bill 652 — Passed, 47-0. Subject: consolidates and reduces election dates to increase turnout and transparency.
- Senate Bill 669 — Passed, 47-0. Subject: dentistry board updates including military licensee language and volunteer permit clarifications.
- Senate Bill 675 — Passed, 39-6. Subject: Turnpike Authority toll collection and limited Department of Public Safety data sharing to invoice out-of-system toll users; sponsors said tribal compacts are in progress.
- Senate Bill 773 — Passed, 45-0. Subject: pharmacy choice / PBM enforcement and payment obligations (AG request bill).
- Senate Bill 920 — Passed, 45-0. Subject: defines heliport/VTOL/vertiport terms and updates airport zoning requirements (with floor amendment clarifying definitions).
- Senate Bill 993 — Passed, 45-0. Subject: pharmacy audit integrity act updates and timelines; adds natural-disaster audit suspension.
- Senate Bill 37 — Passed, 46-0. Subject: authorizes Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation mass-casualty unit participation to support local law enforcement.
- Senate Bill 59 — Passed, 46-0. Subject: sales-tax exemption for a small Tulsa nonprofit that provides school supplies.
- Senate Bill 224 — Passed, 33-13. Subject: Oklahoma Education Workforce Data System; sponsors said it does not collect new personally identifiable data and aims to allow program-level data sharing among education agencies.
- Senate Bill 258 — Passed, 45-0. Subject: program addressing structurally deficient bridges and related non-state assets (title-off bill related to budget work).
- Senate Bill 263 — Passed, 43-0. Subject: Terry Peach Water Restoration Act expansion (additional species/areas added).
- Senate Bill 289 — Passed, 45-0. Subject: sales-tax exemption sunset extension for small museums.
- Senate Bill 291 — Passed, 37-8. Subject: a revenue-rebate-style measure (a TABOR-like mechanism) establishing thresholds for returning revenue growth to taxpayers; floor sponsors described a multi-step threshold (10% growth breakpoint, rebate of amounts above 5%).
- Senate Bill 299 — Passed, 39-6. Subject: corporate tax rule change (repeal of the throwback rule for certain corporate sales; floor discussion noted this affects C corporations).
- Senate Bill 304 — Passed, 44-1. Subject: individual income tax reform vehicle (eliminates multiple marginal brackets and sets a flat rate path; sponsors said the measure sets a path for broader reform and budget negotiation).
- Senate Bill 48 — Failed, 21-25. Subject: package of tax-incentive eliminations/title-off vehicle presented as a potential tool in broader tax reform; the motion failed on the floor.
- Senate Bill 324 — Advanced (explanation and floor substitute); floor record shows explanation and advancement without a final roll-call in the provided excerpt.
- Senate Bill 324 and others (floor items discussed) — Several additional bills were advanced for future consideration or had title struck for budget negotiations; details were handled as part of the floor's continuing business.
Other matters and process notes
- Multiple bills that passed on the floor were later considered for emergency designation and, where recorded, passed as emergency measures, allowing earlier effective dates. Where emergency votes were recorded in the transcript, the item is noted in the body record for that bill. - Many bills were advanced with "title off" or floor substitutes as part of an ongoing budget and policy negotiation process; the floor often handled these items by unanimous consent or short recorded roll calls.
How to read this list
This summary lists the bills for which the transcript contains explicit roll-call tallies or floor outcomes. For bills that were advanced without detailed floor debate in the transcript, this roundup records the floor outcome as stated. For a deeper read of any single measure's text, amendment history or local impact analysis, reporters and officials should review the enrolled bill text and committee reports.
Speakers and authors cited in the floor record for these measures include (selection): Senator Burns (SB 132), Senator Pugh (SB 235, SB 289, SB 291), Senator Daniels (SB 638), Senator Bergstrom (SB 395, 396, 397), Senator Hines (SB 369), Pro Tem Paxton (SB 650, SB 652), Senator Gillespie (SB 669), Senator Yek (SB 675), Senator Gollihar (SB 773), Senator Rosino (SB 920), Senator Galahari (SB 993), Senator Weaver (SB 37), Senator Rader (tax-reform vehicles), Senator Seifert (SB 224), Senator Thompson (SB 324), Senator Coleman (SB 515, SB 585, SB 623), Senator Fricks (SB 515), Senator Stanley (SB 410), and multiple others whose floor explanations and unanimous-consent actions appear in the transcript.
Ending
The chamber recorded many unanimous-consent advances and recorded votes in this session; the list above is a concise reference to the final outcomes as they appear on the transcript. For reporters: consult the enrolled bills and committee reports for statutory text and fiscal notes prior to publication.
