HB 2796 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Public finance; Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Matching Fund; modifying provisions related to allocation of funds; emergency.

HB 2796 establishes the Oklahoma Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Matching Fund within the State Treasury, administered by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. The bill creates nine separate accounts within the fund, with one account divided equally into two subaccounts to provide funding directly to cities, towns, or unincorporated areas through designated local entities. Key provisions require that no entity access more than one account per fiscal year, limit total annual spending per account to available funds, and prohibit using any funds for department salaries or administrative costs. The law became effective May 29, 2025, without a governor's signature, ensuring immediate availability of these funds for disaster recovery efforts.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Signed May 29, 2025
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House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 1 edit
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The bill text was converted from a House Committee Substitute version to the official House Floor version, incorporating final amendments. The substantive policy content regarding the Oklahoma Disaster Mitigation and Recovery Matching Fund remains unchanged, with the primary difference being the addition of a footer note indicating that bold face text denotes the specific amendments made by the committee.
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The document header was updated to reflect the 'Floor Version' status, and page footers were changed to include a note explaining that bold face text represents the committee's amendments.

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

How they voted

460
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 50
May 22, 2025
D Democratic9
7 Yea 2
77% Yea
R Republican41
39 Yea 2
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
3
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: 45 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: 81 Nays: 4
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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