Office of Juvenile Affairs; facilities; Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center; Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center Reestablishment Revolving Fund; repealer; codification; effective date.
HB 3973 creates a "Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center Reestablishment Revolving Fund" in the state treasury to support the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) in restoring the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center in Manitou. The fund allows OJA to use these monies, along with other available funds, to plan, develop, and improve the facility for providing secure care and specialty residential services to Oklahoma youth. It authorizes the Office of Management and Enterprise Services (OMES) to accept properties (like the former facility) offered as gifts or at minimal cost to aid reestablishment. The bill repeals the prior governing section (10A O.S. 2021, Section 2-7-618) and takes effect July 1, 2026.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Last action Mar 5, 2026
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Floor votes · House Mar 3, 2026
How they voted
27–0
Passed
Total votes 27
Mar 3, 2026
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
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Committee
1
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee
lower
Mar 3, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (27-0)
house
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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