HB 4319 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Procedures Act; agency rules; specific and explicit state law authorization; authority; legislative review; agency review; compliance; effective date.

HB 4319 requires Oklahoma state agencies to have specific, explicit state law authorization before creating new rules. It invalidates rules based on vague language (like "as necessary to carry out duties") and mandates agencies to cite exact law sections in rule notices. Agencies must inventory all current rules by 2029 and cite supporting state law, with unsupported rules automatically repealed by January 1, 2030, unless reapproved by the Legislature. The bill also gives the Legislature authority to disapprove rules lacking proper authorization during annual reviews. This directly affects all state agencies that issue rules and the legislative process for reviewing them.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Signed Apr 20, 2026

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to transition from the House to the Senate floor, updating the header information and adding co-sponsors. The core policy text regarding the Administrative Procedures Act remains substantively unchanged, though minor formatting adjustments were made to the section numbering and text layout.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document title and header to reflect the Senate Floor Version instead of the House Floor Version.

Added additional co-sponsors (Crosswhite, Hader, McCane, and Timmons) to the list of House sponsors.

Adjusted page headers and footer text to indicate the Senate version and removed House-specific page markers.

Reformatted the text of Section 308 to align with Senate markup standards, including changes to indentation and line breaks, without altering the legal meaning.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 15, 2026 · House Mar 11, 2026

How they voted

48–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 50

Apr 15, 2026

D Democratic9

9 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican41

39 Yea 2

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 20, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor 04/17/2026

lower

Apr 15, 2026

Committee

Referred for enrollment

lower

Apr 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

Engrossed measure signed, returned to House

upper

Apr 15, 2026

Upper · Passed

Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Administrative Rules committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Engrossed, signed, to Senate

lower

Mar 11, 2026

Committee

Referred for engrossment

lower

Mar 11, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0

lower

Feb 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Administrative Rules Committee

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors