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HB 1170, the Oklahoma Public Finance Protection Act, requires fiduciaries managing Oklahoma's public pension plans to base all investment decisions and proxy votes solely on financial factors (like risk and return), excluding environmental, social, political, or other nonfinancial goals. It directly affects state pension fund managers, including those overseeing retirement benefits for public employees, and prohibits them from voting proxies or selecting investments to advance nonpecuniary objectives. The bill defines "nonpecuniary" factors as any consideration of environmental, social, or ideological goals, and mandates that fiduciaries must prioritize financial returns while ensuring proper diversification and investment oversight. This policy change explicitly restricts the consideration of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) factors in pension fund management unless they demonstrably impact financial performance.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Last action Mar 5, 2025
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House Committee Substitute
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The bill text was reformatted from a House Committee Substitute version to a Floor version, with the primary substantive change being the renumbering of sections and the addition of co-sponsorship information for a Senate member. The core legislative text regarding the Oklahoma Public Finance Protection Act remains substantively unchanged, though the codification section number was adjusted from 9102 to 9101 in the floor version.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the changes are primarily formatting and structural reorganization for floor consideration.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated from 'House Committee Substitute' to 'House of Representatives - Floor Version' to reflect the bill's current stage in the legislative process.
A Senate co-sponsor (Daniels) was added to the bill authorship line, indicating Senate committee approval and collaboration.
Section numbering was reorganized throughout the document, with the primary substantive section renumbered from 9102 to 9101 in the Oklahoma Statutes codification reference.
Page footers containing 'Req. No. 13159' were removed and replaced with new floor version page headers and amendment notation instructions.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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