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Oklahoma · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 650: Public finance; cabinet secretary approval for salary increases in excess of specified percentage; limitation; rules; employee categories. Effective date. Emergency.

Passed both chambers 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 finance; cabinet secretary approval for salary increases in excess of specified percentage; limitation; rules; employee categories. Effective date. Emergency. Primary sponsor: Lonnie Paxton (Republican), Collin Duel (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): HAs read.

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
Lonnie PaxtonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Collin DuelPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31

“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. HAs read
  2. Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  3. Referred for engrossment
  4. Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 82 Nays: 5
  5. Emergency added
  6. Amended by floor substitute
  7. General Order
  8. Withdrawn from Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight, Direct to Calendar
  9. Coauthored by Representative(s) Waldron, Harris
  10. Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
  11. Remove Representative Harris as principal House author and substitute with Representative Duel
  12. Referred to Civil Judiciary

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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