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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 2178: Alcoholic beverage licenses; requiring applicant to hold liability insurance; requiring employee to ensure certain event licensure. Effective date.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 2178 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Alcoholic beverage licenses; requiring applicant to hold liability insurance; requiring employee to ensure certain event licensure. Effective date. Primary sponsor: Brent Howard (Republican), Erick Harris (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2026): CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee.

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
Brent HowardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate38
Erick HarrisPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse39

“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. CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
  2. Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
  3. Referred to Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances
  4. Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
  5. First Reading
  6. Engrossed to House
  7. Referred for engrossment
  8. Measure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 12
  9. General Order, Considered
  10. Coauthored by Representative Harris (principal House author)
  11. Placed on General Order
  12. Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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