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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 3037: Governmental Tort Claims Act; clarifying definition of employee to include students actively participating in certain institution-sponsored activities or events; effective date.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 3037 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma House on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Governmental Tort Claims Act; clarifying definition of employee to include students actively participating in certain institution-sponsored activities or events; effective date. Primary sponsor: Mark Lepak (Republican), Micheal Bergstrom (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 3, 2026): Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark LepakPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse9
Micheal BergstromPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Authored by Senator Bergstrom (principal Senate author)
  2. CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
  3. Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
  4. Referred to Civil Judiciary
  5. Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
  6. Authored by Representative Lepak
  7. First Reading

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source