SB 1057 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

License plates; modifying certain special license plate. Effective date.

SB 1057 modifies Oklahoma's special license plate programs, updating rules for existing plates like Firefighter, Wildlife Conservation, and Environmental Awareness plates. It requires 100 prepaid applications before new plates can be issued (for plates authorized after July 2004), and changes how fees are handled - retaining them with licensed operators until 2025 before shifting to standard registration fees. Fees collected support specific causes, such as the Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum, Wildlife Diversity Fund, and Child Abuse Prevention Fund. This affects license plate applicants who choose these specialty plates and the state funds they support.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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Introduced → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised from an introduced version to a Senate floor version, incorporating committee amendments that add new eligibility requirements, modify fee retention dates, and introduce additional text regarding firefighter license plates. These changes clarify procedural requirements for license plate issuance and adjust financial provisions related to licensed operators.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on special license plates, but eligibility and procedural requirements were expanded and clarified through committee amendments.

TIMELINE

The fee retention date for licensed operators was changed from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2023, affecting when fees are retained by the licensed operator versus the Service Oklahoma Reimbursement Fund.

ELIGIBILITY

New text was added regarding firefighter license plates, specifying that retirees must provide proof of eligibility only upon initial application, not annually, and expanding eligibility to surviving spouses of deceased firefighters.

REQUIREMENT

Additional requirements were added for the Firefighter License Plate, including consultation with the Oklahoma State Firefighters Association for design and specific deposit requirements for fees to the Oklahoma State Firemen's Museum Building & Memorial Fund.

Formatting and spacing changes were made throughout the document to reflect committee amendments, with bold face denoting specific committee changes to the original text.

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Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors