SB 996 Oklahoma Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Museums; providing for acquisition of legal title to certain undocumented property; establishing acquisition process and notice requirements. Effective date.

SB 996 establishes procedures for museums to acquire legal title to certain property, directly affecting museums and individuals who have loaned items or whose property is held by a museum without clear documentation. For undocumented property held for seven years or more, a museum can gain title after publishing two public notices if no valid claim is made. For loaned property, if a loan expires and the museum cannot contact the lender for two years, the museum can send certified mail and publish notices to acquire title. The bill also outlines specific record-keeping and notification obligations for museums, and requires lenders to update their contact information with the museum.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was converted from the House version to the Senate version, with minor formatting adjustments and page header changes. The substantive policy content regarding museum property acquisition, notice requirements, and title transfer procedures remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and page numbering

Bill number attribution changed from 'By: Jech of the Senate' to 'By: Jech'

Page headers and footer information were reformatted to reflect Senate floor version with different page numbering sequence

House-specific page markers and bold face amendment indicators were removed or repositioned

New page header 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB996 SFLR' was added to reflect the current legislative chamber

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Tourism

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

Referred to Tourism

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Engrossed to House

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors