SB 744 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Labor; prohibiting employers from taking certain adverse actions against certain employees. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 744 prohibits Oklahoma employers from firing, penalizing, or discriminating against employees who exercise specific labor rights. It protects workers who file complaints about labor violations, participate in investigations, testify in proceedings, or exercise voting/free speech rights as elected officials. Employers violating this law face fines ($50-$200) or up to 30 days in jail. The bill amends Oklahoma Statute § 199 to make protections gender-neutral and takes effect July 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 27, 2025

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The bill text was reformatted from an introduced version to a Senate floor version with page headers and committee report information added. The substantive legislative content remains unchanged, including the protections against employer retaliation, misdemeanor penalties, effective date of July 1, 2025, and emergency declaration.

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Committee

Feb 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors