New Oklahoma Laws 2026

Every year I write a post about some of the most important laws that the Oklahoma legislature has passed in the year. Below, see my list for 2026. Most of these laws will take effect on November 1; some have already taken effect.

Abortion

HB 1168 – Makes it a felony for any person to deliver an abortion-inducing drug to someone, if the person delivering the drug knows that the recipient intends to use the drug to cause an unlawful abortion. Also makes it a felony to possess any abortion-inducing drug with intent to distribute to someone if the possessor knows that the recipient intends to use the drug to cause an unlawful abortion. Violation of this law is punishable by a find of up to $100,000, and/or up to ten years in prison.

Birth certificates

HB 1225 – Requires birth certificates display a person’s biological sex designation of either male or female, as identified at the time of the person’s birth. Prohibits birth certificates from displaying gender identity or a nonbinary designation.

Criminal

HB 3695 and SB 137 – says that anyone convicted of DUI which results in “great bodily injury” to another person may not be eligible for the electronic monitoring program. Defines “great bodily injury” as any injury which creates a “serious compound bone fracture, protracted and obvious disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of a body part, organ, or mental faculty, or substantial risk of death.”

SB 743 – Punishes disturbing a religious meeting by a fine of up to $500 and/or up to one year imprisonment. A second or subsequent offense is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 and/or up to two years imprisonment.

SB 2030 – A person may have his criminal record expunged if the person was charged with two or fewer felony offenses, and the charges were dismissed after the completion of a deferred sentences, none of the felonies would require the person to register as a sex offender, the person has no criminal charges pending, and at least ten years has passed since the dismissal.

SB 2030 – Allows people to request expungement or criminal records through an online portal without having to go to court.

HB 2941 – Requires first responders, whenever they believe that a person has experienced a drug overdose, to report the incident to law enforcement as soon as possible.

HB 3269 – Allows judges to issue arrest warrants orally, via telephone.

HB 3040 – Prohibits registered sex offenders from loitering within 500 feet of any facility that “primarily caters to, or provides services for” minors. This includes recreation centers, arcades, and amusement parks.

SB 1980 – Makes it a crime to acquire a gift card, gift certificate, or redemption information of a gift card or gift certificate without the consent of the cardholder. Also makes it a crime to tamper with or alter a gift card or gift certificate, or to obtain redemption information on a gift card or gift certificate by means of false pretenses. Also makes it a crime to obtain money, good, or services by using a gift card, gift certificate, or redemption information that has been unlawfully obtained.

HB 4342 – In prosecutions for domestic violence or abuse, evidence of other acts of domestic violence or abuse is admissible.

Education

HB 1484 – Requires public school districts to provide instruction in fentanyl abuse prevention for grades six through twelve

SB 1733 – Requires all public and private school employees who have reason to believe that a student is a victim of sexual abuse, sexual assault, or sexual misconduct, to report the alleged abuse to law enforcement within twenty-four hours. Prohibits the school from investigating the matter themselves before reporting to law enforcement.

SB 1734 – Provides that, in public schools, artificial intelligence (AI) tools must be “educator-directed.” School employees must have responsibility for decisions made by AI. Educators must review AI-generated outputs. Humans must have final decision-making authority. Schools may not use AI as the “primary basis” for grades, discipline, placement, promotion, retention, or “other high-stakes educational decisions.” Schools must provide parents with disclosures of how AI is to be used in the schools, and parents may allow their children to opt out of AI. Each school district board must adopt an AI policy.

SB 1360 – Creates an Office of Mathematics Improvement in the State Department of Education.

SB 1347 – Requires schools to administer a physical fitness test to students.

Family

SB 2170 – If DHS makes substantiated findings relating to sexual abuse of a child, any person who was the subject of the referral may only have supervised visitation with a child.

HB 3298 – Allows judges to interview children in custody, visitation, adoption, guardianship cases, or cases involving the relocation of the child. The judge may interview a child at the judge’s own initiative, or at the request of the child, the child’s attorney, a guardian ad litem, or a party to the case. However, if someone requests that the judge interview the child, the judge does not have to interview the child. The judge must make a record of the interview, and the judge must make this record available to all parties in the case, unless the parties agree to waive access to the interview. The child’s attorney and the guardian ad litem may be present for the interview, but other parties and their attorneys may not be present. The child does not have to answer the judge’s questions.

SB 504 – Prohibits ALL marriages of persons under eighteen. (Previously, children ages sixteen to eighteen could marry with parental consent, or with the approval of a judge if both parents were deceased, mentally incompetent, or their whereabouts were unknown. Also previously, children under sixteen could marry with the permission of a judge under certain limited circumstances. The new law eliminates those marriages and creates an absolute prohibition on the marriage of minors.)

HB 3586 – Protects a parent’s right to raise a child consistent with the child’s biological sex.

Health

SB 1484 – Requires a medical examiner to conduct an investigation if any child dies unexpectedly in Oklahoma, or if any person of any age dies of sudden arrhythmic death syndrome in Oklahoma. The parent or legal guardian of the child may refuse to consent to an investigation, unless the medical examiner suspects that a crime led to the death of the child, or unless certain other exceptions apply.

SB 904 – Prohibits public funds from being used to pay for gender transitioning procedures. Prohibits state property from being used to provide gender transitioning procedures. These prohibitions apply regardless of whether the patient is a minor or an adult.

Law and Legal Systems

SB 1679 – Prohibits the enforcement of any court decision that is based on any foreign law, legal code, or system, that is contrary to Judeo-Christian Western rights and values. Also prohibits enforcement of any contractual provision that is based on any foreign law, legal code, or system, that is contrary to Judeo-Christian Western rights and values.

Lobbyists

SB 2180 – Requires all agents lobbying on behalf of foreign entities to register with the Oklahoma Secretary of State.

Motor Vehicles

HB 2979 – Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a 45-mph speed limit on any portion of a state highway, if

·         The state highway center line is within 150 yards from the school property line, and

·         The appropriate local jurisdiction requests it.

Oil and Gas

SB 1439 – Prevents anyone from filing a lawsuit, in any Oklahoma state court, against any fossil fuel producer, manufacturer, or trade association, for climate change, or greenhouse emissions, or the effects of climate change. This law protects oil and gas businesses from climate change lawsuits, as long as the oil and gas businesses comply with federal and state laws.

Privacy

SB 546 – Requires businesses that process personal data to (on request of a consumer)

·         State whether the business is processing the consumer’s personal data

·         Allow the consumer access to his personal data

·         Correct inaccuracies in the consumer’s personal data

·         Delete the consumer’s personal data

·         Obtain a copy of the consumer's personal data, in a format that the consumer can transmit to another business

·         Opt out of the personal data being used for advertising

·         Prevent the business from selling the personal data.

The Attorney General may enforce violations of this law

SB 2182 – Allows people to sue for disclosure, or threatened disclosure, of intimate images. I have blogged about this new law here.

Property

HB 3431 – Prohibits foreign terrorist organizations, and any person whom the U.S. Department of the Treasury has designated a “Specially Designated National” from owning land or critical minerals in Oklahoma. Requires all land deeds filed to include an affidavit that the grantee is in compliance with this law.

Protection of Vulnerable Adults

SB 2067 – Requires financial institutions, and employees of financial institutions, to notify an appropriate government agency, if the institution or employee suspects that financial exploitation of an adult over the age of 62 (or another vulnerable adult) has occurred. Allows financial institutions, and employees of financial institutions, to notify a “trusted contact” of a vulnerable adult, or to notify any other third person associated with the vulnerable adult, if the institution or employee suspects that financial exploitation has taken place. Allows financial institutions to place a hold on the account of a vulnerable adult if the financial institution believes that exploitation has occurred. Prevents financial institutions and their employees from being sued, prosecuted, or disciplined for making any notification, or placing any hold on an account, in compliance with this law.

Tax

SB 1579 – If a county assessor increases the tax value of property, the assessor must send the property owner a “taxpayer bill of rights” which informs the taxpayer of his rights under Oklahoma law.

Voting

HB 4113 – Allows convicted felons to register to vote after they have completed any term of incarceration, parole, supervision, or probation, as long as they are not currently incarcerated, on probation, parole, or supervision. Convicted felons may also register to vote if they have received a commutation or pardon, and they are not currently incarcerated, on probation, parole, or supervision.