HB 1261 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Wrecker licensing; creating the Wrecker Licensing Reform Act of 2025; effective date.

HB 1261 creates the Wrecker Licensing Reform Act of 2025, transferring oversight of wrecker and towing services from Oklahoma's Corporation Commission to the Department of Public Safety. It establishes a new Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Board with nine members (appointed by the Governor, Senate, and House) to set rules and handle complaints, while creating a Wrecker Services Division within DPS to investigate overcharging and violations. The bill modifies fee structures (disallowing excessive charges, requiring fuel surcharges based on actual costs), updates record-keeping for rotation logs, and transfers all relevant rules, records, and personnel to the Department by November 2025. This directly affects tow truck companies - especially those providing nonconsensual towing - and consumers who may face billing disputes or service issues.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 20, 2025

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Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 → Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was revised from a Policy Committee Substitute to a Sub Committee Substitute with updated metadata including a new date and revised page numbering. The most substantive change involves a formatting adjustment to the transfer of powers from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to the Department, adding a section letter 'B' and reordering text for clarity. A technical change updated the requirement number from 12232 to 12432 across multiple pages.

TECHNICAL

Updated document metadata including version title from 'POLPCS1' to 'SUBPCS1' and revised timestamp from January 30, 2025 to February 10, 2025.

Changed requirement number from 12232 to 12432 on pages 1, 2, and 3.

Reformatted the transfer of powers section by adding section letter 'B' and reordering text for improved readability without changing substantive policy.

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Committee

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Public Safety Subcommittee

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Appropriations and Budget Public Safety Subcommittee

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Appropriations and Budget

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors