HB 1934 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Motor vehicles; creating the Jamie Lea Pearl Act; requiring medical needs motor carriers to have certain tax exempt status; effective date.

HB 1934, the "Jamie Lea Pearl Act," creates tax-exempt status for nonprofit medical transportation providers in Oklahoma. It directly affects companies transporting patients for nonemergency medical needs (like dialysis or cancer treatment) using small vehicles (max 5,000 lbs weight, 5 passengers) at little or no cost. Key requirements include: mandatory commercial insurance ($100k per person), quarterly vehicle safety inspections, driver background checks (5-year records, drug tests), and prohibiting service denial based on disability or other protected characteristics. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission must issue rules within 60 days to implement these provisions.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 1, 2025
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What changed between versions

House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was converted from a House Committee Substitute version to the Floor version for the Oklahoma House of Representatives. The substantive policy content of HB 1934 regarding the Jamie Lea Pearl Act, medical needs motor carrier requirements, insurance standards, and vehicle definitions remains unchanged. The differences are primarily formatting adjustments, page numbering updates, and header modifications to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; changes are administrative and formatting-related
TECHNICAL

Header formatting changed from 'STATE OF OKLAHOMA' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to indicate the bill has moved from committee to the full House floor

Page numbering and tracking numbers were updated to reflect the floor version format

Committee amendment notation was added to indicate which sections contain changes from the committee version

POLICY

All substantive policy provisions including the Jamie Lea Pearl Act requirements, insurance mandates, driver qualifications, and vehicle definitions remain identical to the committee 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
16
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 26, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 67 Nays: 15
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Safety
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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