Committee extends Oklahoma Broadband Office sunset to Dec. 31, 2030 to allow BEAD administration

House Bill 2293 passed the House Committee on Government Modernization and Technology after members adopted the working PCS and voted to advance the bill.

Speaker 3 explained that the measure would extend the statutory sunset date for the Oklahoma Broadband Office to Dec. 31, 2030 so the office could administer the final and largest allocation of federal BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment) grant funds. "House Bill 2,293 extends the sunset on the Oklahoma Broadband Office until 12/31/2030," Speaker 3 said.

Committee members moved and seconded the measure and opened the vote. The clerk recorded "6 I 1 a," and the chair declared the bill passed. The transcript records six votes in favor and one marked "a"; the record does not specify whether the "a" denotes an abstention or an absence.

The bill's change extends the office's authority through 2030 to complete federal grant administration. No amendments or substantive debate on the floor of the committee were recorded.

Next steps: the committee declared the bill passed; the transcript does not record any further procedural scheduling details such as a House floor calendar setting.