HB 1129 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Court fees; small claims court fee; increasing fee; effective date.

HB 1129 would have increased the fee for filing small claims court cases in Oklahoma, excluding cases involving "forcible entry and detainer" (eviction-related disputes). The bill directly affected individuals and small businesses filing lawsuits for minor financial claims, such as unpaid debts or property damage. It amended existing law to raise the standard filing fee while specifically removing eviction cases from the fee increase. The bill failed to pass on March 12, 2025, with 50 votes against it.

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 → Floor (House) · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was converted from a committee substitute version to the final floor version, retaining the core policy of increasing the small claims court filing fee from $45.85 to $85.00 for cases involving $5,000 or less. The substantive text of the fee amendment and the effective date of November 1, 2025, remained unchanged between the two versions.

Scope change

No change in scope or applicability; the bill applies to the same small claims cases as before.

TECHNICAL

The document format was updated from a committee amendment draft to the official House floor version, removing committee-specific headers and adding standard legislative formatting.

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Committee

Mar 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 17, 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