HB 2785 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Public finance; imposing duties upon the Office of Management and Enterprise Services; budget procedures for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; requirements related to allocation of funds; emergency.

HB 2785 requires Oklahoma's Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to implement stricter budget oversight for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. It mandates OMES to review agency budgets against actual spending before releasing funds, prohibit contracts without clear cost limits, restrict multi-year contract encumbrances to current-year funds, and block payments for unapproved expenses. The bill also requires OMES to report monthly revenue and spending status to the Governor, legislature leadership, and relevant committees. This directly affects state budget management for mental health services by adding specific financial controls to prevent overspending. The law takes immediate effect due to an emergency declaration.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Vetoed
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Vetoed May 28, 2025
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House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted to reflect its status as the House Floor version, removing the 'Committee Substitute' header and adjusting page numbering. The substantive policy content regarding budget procedures for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

The document header was updated from 'Committee Substitute' to 'House of Representatives - Floor Version' to indicate the bill has moved from committee review to the full House floor for voting.

Page footers and internal tracking numbers were updated to reflect the new floor version format, while the core legal text and committee report details remained identical.

Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · House May 20, 2025

How they voted

440
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 50
May 22, 2025
D Democratic9
7 Yea 2
77% Yea
R Republican41
37 Yea 4
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
3
May 29, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary of State
lower
May 29, 2025
Vetoed
Veto overridden: Ayes: 44 Nays: 1
upper
May 29, 2025
Vetoed
Veto overridden: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0
lower
May 28, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed 05/28/2025
lower
May 22, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
lower
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
JCR adopted
upper
May 20, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
May 20, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0
lower
May 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
JCR adopted
lower
May 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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