Jail standards; creating the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act. Emergency.
Senate Bill 595 creates the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act, establishing new statewide operational and care standards for city and county detention and lockup facilities. It authorizes the State Commissioner of Health to develop rules for these standards and requires the State Department of Health to conduct annual inspections to ensure compliance. The bill outlines specific requirements covering inmate admission, security, sanitary conditions, diet, clothing, medical care, and the segregation of vulnerable populations. It also modifies existing laws related to various correctional facilities to align with these new jail standards.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed Apr 28, 2025
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The bill was revised to transition from the House version to the Senate floor version, incorporating committee amendments. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, with the primary changes being formatting, page numbering, and the addition of a note indicating that bold face text denotes committee amendments. No new substantive policy provisions, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were added or removed in this revision.
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Header formatting changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and bill sponsor information.
Page numbering and footer text updated to reflect Senate floor version with committee amendment notation.
Added explanatory note stating that bold face text denotes committee amendments to help readers identify changes.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Apr 28, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor 04/28/2025
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 12; Ayes: 68 Nays: 17
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Safety
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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