School athletics; declaring right of schools to broadcast certain games; effective date; emergency.
HB 1732 grants Oklahoma high schools the right to broadcast their own athletic activities, including pre-season, regular season, and playoff games. It clarifies that if the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) enters an exclusive broadcast agreement, it cannot prohibit a local broadcaster or the participating school from broadcasting its own team's events. This allows schools and local entities to share high school sports with their communities. These provisions apply to contracts involving broadcast rights that are entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 7, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill was amended during Senate review to clarify that schools have the right to broadcast all high school athletic activities, including those covered by exclusive broadcast agreements with the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. The Senate version added a new subsection (B) explicitly stating that exclusive broadcast agreements cannot prevent local broadcasters or schools from broadcasting their own athletic activities. The Senate also added a new subsection (C) limiting the provisions to contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date, and added a new subsection (D) with expanded definitions for key terms.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include school broadcasts of athletic activities even when exclusive broadcast agreements exist, and the applicability was limited to contracts entered into or renewed after the effective date.
REQUIREMENT
Added new subsection B explicitly prohibiting exclusive broadcast agreements from preventing schools or local broadcasters from broadcasting athletic activities
ELIGIBILITY
Added new subsection C limiting the act's provisions to contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date
DEFINITION
Added new definition for 'local broadcaster' to include school-sponsored educational courses or programs that produce student-organized broadcasts
Added new definition for 'organization' to include various legal and commercial entities including joint ventures
TIMELINE
Added Senate floor version date of April 17, 2025 and committee report date
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 7, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 05/06/2025
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 1
upper
Apr 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Technology and Telecommunications committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 84 Nays: 0
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Education Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass Common Education
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Common Education
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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