HB 2209 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Open Meeting Act; allowing members of a public body to participate in a meeting from a private residence under certain circumstances; definition; compliance; effective date.

HB 2209 allows members of local government bodies (like city councils or school boards) to join public meetings remotely from their home using video or phone, without disclosing their exact address. To comply, members must label their location as "private residence" on meeting notices, use technology that lets the public see/hear them, and ensure their remote participation doesn’t block public access. The bill does not apply if meetings are held entirely at a member’s home or if multiple members gather at one home, requiring full location disclosure in those cases. It aims to protect members' home addresses while maintaining transparency under Oklahoma’s Open Meeting Act. The law takes effect November 1, 2025.
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 House Floor version, incorporating amendments from the Senate. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, but the formatting and versioning information were updated to reflect the floor version status.
TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' to indicate this is the floor version of the bill, replacing the committee substitute header.

Added Senate sponsor information (Guthrie of the Senate) to the bill header, indicating Senate co-authorship.

Page footers were updated to reflect floor version tracking numbers instead of committee substitute tracking numbers.

Added committee report information dated 02/26/2025 with recommendation to pass the bill as amended and coauthored.

Floor votes · House Mar 3, 2025

How they voted

935
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 100
Mar 3, 2025
D Democratic19
19 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican81
74 Yea 5 Nay 2
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 5
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass General Government
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to General Government
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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