HB 1409 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Open meetings; Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; email distribution systems; effective date.

House Bill 1409 amends the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, primarily affecting how public bodies provide notice for their regularly scheduled meetings. The bill requires all public bodies, including state, county, and municipal entities, to offer and maintain an email distribution system for meeting notices. These email notices must include the date, time, place, and agenda, and be sent at least 24 hours before the meeting. Any person can request to be included in this email system without charge, enhancing public access to information about government meetings.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended during its journey from the House to the Senate floor, primarily adding a date (April 17, 2025) and changing the header from 'House of Representatives' to 'Senate Floor Version'. The substantive legislative text regarding meeting notice requirements appears to remain unchanged in the provided diff, with the main differences being formatting and version identification.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the amendments are primarily formatting and version identification updates rather than substantive policy changes.

TECHNICAL

Added a specific date (April 17, 2025) to the Senate floor version header

Changed the document header from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION'

Reformatted page headers to indicate 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' instead of 'HOUSE FLOOR VERSION'

REQUIREMENT

The substantive requirements for public meeting notices, including notice periods, distribution methods, and record-keeping obligations, remain the same as the House version

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Technology and Telecommunications committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass General Government

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to General Government

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors