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Oklahoma · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 650: Public utilities; requiring governing bodies of public utilities to create plan for certain compliance; modifying damages in the Governmental Tort Claims Act. 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 650 is a bill introduced in the Oklahoma Senate on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public utilities; requiring governing bodies of public utilities to create plan for certain compliance; modifying damages in the Governmental Tort Claims Act. Effective date. Primary sponsor: Collin Duel (Republican), Lonnie Paxton (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2025): Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron, Harris.

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
Collin DuelPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Lonnie PaxtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23

“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. Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron, Harris
  2. Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
  3. Remove Representative Harris as principal House author and substitute with Representative Duel
  4. Referred to Civil Judiciary
  5. Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
  6. First Reading
  7. Engrossed to House
  8. Referred for engrossment
  9. Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0
  10. General Order, Considered
  11. Placed on General Order
  12. Coauthored by Representative Harris (principal House author)

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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