HB 2772: Roads and bridges; Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driving Safety Fund; increasing apportionment; utilization; weigh stations; effective date; emergency. - Oklahoma

House Committee Substitute → Floor (House) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was converted from a House Committee Substitute to the Floor Version, resulting in significant formatting adjustments and the removal of specific page headers and footers. The core legislative text regarding funding amounts, eligibility, and statutory amendments remains substantively unchanged.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability and policy impact remains unchanged; only the document's presentation format was modified.

TECHNICAL

The document title was updated to reflect the 'Floor Version' status, and the layout was adjusted to align with standard floor printing conventions.

Specific page headers (e.g., 'Req. No. 13783') and footers were removed, likely to streamline the document for floor consideration.

Instructions indicating that 'BOLD FACE denotes Committee Amendments' were added to guide the reader on how to interpret the document.

Line breaks and indentation were adjusted throughout the text to standardize the formatting of the bill.

Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 → House Committee Substitute · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to add new Senate sponsors and insert critical provisions ensuring that funds allocated to the 'Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund' cannot be used to replace existing state transportation funding. A new requirement was added mandating that the State Board of Equalization annually investigate and report on how these funds are spent to verify they enhance rather than supplant current state resources.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include new sponsors from the Senate, and its applicability was strengthened by adding specific oversight mechanisms for fund usage.

ELIGIBILITY

Added Hall and Haste of the Senate as co-sponsors to the bill.

REQUIREMENT

Added a prohibition preventing the new fund from replacing existing state transportation funds.

ENFORCEMENT

Created a new requirement for the State Board of Equalization to annually examine and report on fund expenditures to ensure compliance with the non-supplanting rule.

Enrolled (final version) → Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was completely rewritten from scratch by the committee, replacing the original text with a new version that corrects a critical typo in the fund name (changing 'Driver Safety' to 'Driving Safety') and updates the effective date for the increased funding levels from 2021 to 2025. The core funding structure, including the $80 million annual base and the specific targets for the Tourism, Rail, and Transit funds, remains substantively the same.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driving Safety Fund, but the specific years for when increased funding levels take effect have been shifted forward by four years.

DEFINITION

Corrected the fund name from 'Driver Safety Fund' to 'Driving Safety Fund' in the bill's title and body text.

TIMELINE

Changed the start date for the increased annual funding levels from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2025, likely to align with the current legislative session.

TECHNICAL

Replaced the entire bill text with a new version, removing the original enrolled language and adding committee amendment headers and page numbering.

Engrossed → Enrolled (final version) · 4 edits · May 29, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was finalized and formatted for signing, but the substantive policy content regarding funding amounts and distribution was significantly reduced. The final version removed specific mandates to fund the 'Heartland Flyer' rail project and the Public Transit Revolving Fund, and it eliminated the requirement for the State Board of Equalization to investigate and report on whether funds were used to supplant existing state transportation dollars.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing specific allocations for rail and public transit projects and deleting the oversight mechanism that required the State Board of Equalization to monitor and report on fund usage.

FISCAL

Removed a mandate to allocate $2 million annually to the Oklahoma Tourism and Passenger Rail Revolving Fund for the 'Heartland Flyer' rail project.

Removed a mandate to allocate $3 million annually to the Public Transit Revolving Fund for general transit purposes.

ENFORCEMENT

Deleted the requirement for the State Board of Equalization to examine and report on whether ROADS Fund expenditures supplanted existing state funding for the Department of Transportation.

TECHNICAL

Changed the document header from 'Engrossed' to 'Enrolled' and updated the list of Senate sponsors to include Pederson, reflecting the final legislative process.

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · May 22, 2025

MODERATE

The bill was amended to change its title from a general budget act to a specific roads and bridges act, updating its purpose to focus on the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund. The substantive text was reorganized to amend existing statutes rather than create new ones, and the effective date was moved from November 1, 2025, to July 1, 2021, to align with the fund's historical start date.

Scope change

The bill's scope narrowed from a general budget and finance act to a specific act amending the Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driver Safety Fund provisions.

SCOPE

The bill title and description changed from a general 'Budget and Finance Act' to a specific 'Roads and Bridges' act amending 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1521.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from November 1, 2025, to July 1, 2021, to reflect the actual start of the fund's operations.

TECHNICAL

The legislative structure was updated to use 'amendatory' language to modify existing statutes instead of creating new sections.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for the State Board of Equalization to investigate and report on whether funds were used to supplant existing state funding was removed.

Roads and bridges; Rebuilding Oklahoma Access and Driving Safety Fund; increasing apportionment; utilization; weigh stations; effective date; emergency.

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