HB 3557 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Oklahoma Agricultural Extension; prohibiting the required centralization and redirection of local revenues; local financial institutes; prohibiting comingling with state or federal funds; emergency.

HB 3557 prohibits the Oklahoma Agricultural Extension Division and related programs from requiring local funding (generated at the county level) to be centralized or spent outside the county where it was collected. The bill directly affects counties that provide local funding to these agricultural extension services and the division itself. Key provisions require that any local revenue must stay within the originating county for use in that county's programs. This ensures local funding remains locally controlled and cannot be redirected to other areas by the state division.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Apr 28, 2026
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What changed between versions

Floor (House) Floor (Senate) · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was amended to change its status from a House Committee Substitute to an Engrossed Bill, adding two new Senate sponsors (Grellner and Pederson). The substantive text of the legislation regarding agricultural extension funding remains identical to the House version, with no changes to policy, funding rules, or definitions.
TECHNICAL

Header metadata updated to reflect Senate floor approval and added two new Senate sponsors to the list of bill authors.

Floor votes · House Mar 25, 2026

How they voted

8111
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 100
Mar 25, 2026
D Democratic18
4 Yea 11 Nay 3
61% Nay
R Republican82
77 Yea 5
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Apr 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass as amended Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 11
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Introduced
Amended by floor substitute
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Education Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Education Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Postsecondary Education
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Postsecondary Education
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Education Oversight
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors