HB 1082 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

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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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 3 edits
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