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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1500: Pharmacy benefit managers; prohibiting certain payment from conditioned on certain provisions; prohibiting certain provider from bearing risks; requiring certain payments; establishing accounting requirements; authorizing Attorney General to levy fines. Effective date.

Vetoed Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1500 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Pharmacy benefit managers; prohibiting certain payment from conditioned on certain provisions; prohibiting certain provider from bearing risks; requiring certain payments; establishing accounting requirements; authorizing Attorney General to levy fines. Effective date. Primary sponsor: Darcy Jech (Republican), Carl Newton (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 6, 2026): Vetoed 05/06/2026.

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
Darcy JechPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate26
Carl NewtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58

“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. Vetoed 05/06/2026
  2. Sent to Governor
  3. Signed, returned to Senate
  4. Enrolled, to House
  5. Referred for enrollment
  6. Signed, returned to Senate
  7. Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 0
  8. General Order
  9. CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
  10. Coauthored by Senator(s) Burns
  11. Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Health
  12. Referred to Public Health

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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