Marriage and family; child custody agreements; terminating agreements; effective date.
HB 1082 modifies Oklahoma's child custody laws to prioritize joint custody arrangements. It establishes a rebuttable presumption that joint custody with equal parenting time is in a child's best interest, requiring courts to consider this unless evidence shows it would endanger the child. The bill also mandates that parents submit detailed custody plans - including living arrangements, child support, and medical care - and sets a two-year waiting period before terminating joint custody unless specific safety concerns exist. This directly affects parents and courts handling divorce or custody cases in Oklahoma.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action Apr 1, 2025
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House Committee Substitute
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MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a House Committee Substitute version to a Floor version, with minor text corrections and reorganization. The substantive legislative content regarding child custody laws remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Header information was updated to reflect the Floor version of the bill, including adding the Senate sponsor name and removing page numbering artifacts from the original committee substitute.
Minor text corrections were made, such as fixing a typo in subsection A ('what appears to be is' was corrected to 'what appears to be') and standardizing formatting of subsection letters.
Page breaks and footer information were reorganized to match standard floor version formatting conventions.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 1
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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