HB 1542 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Agriculture; weights and standards; references; certification; effective date.

House Bill 1542 updates Oklahoma's laws regarding the state's official weights and measures standards. It removes the specific requirement for the Director of the Bureau of Standards to send reference standards to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for certification. Instead, the bill allows these state standards to be certified by any "qualified laboratory." This change provides more flexibility in how the state's official weights, measures, and testing devices are maintained and verified, affecting the State Bureau of Standards and, indirectly, industries and consumers relying on accurate measurements.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action May 7, 2025

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What changed between versions

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

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from House floor version to Senate floor version with minor text adjustments to the summary and section headers. The substantive policy content regarding weights and measures certification remains unchanged, allowing qualified laboratories to certify standards instead of requiring NIST certification.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and presentation changes between House and Senate versions.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting adjustments to section headers and page numbering to reflect Senate floor version presentation

Slight wording changes in the act summary from 'relates to' to 'relate to' and 'certified by' to 'certified by' for grammatical consistency

Added committee report date and signature line for Senate floor version

Changed committee oversight designation from Energy and Natural Resources Oversight to Agriculture and Wildlife for Senate version

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 29, 2025

Committee

Referred for enrollment

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Engrossed measure signed, returned to House

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 95 Nays: 0

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Agriculture

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to Agriculture

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors