Drug courts; modifying eligibility requirements. Effective date.
SB 1216 updates Oklahoma's drug court eligibility rules by clarifying who can participate. It requires offenders to not be charged with drug trafficking under the Trafficking In Illegal Drugs Act, have committed a felony or specific misdemeanor, and demonstrate a substance abuse addiction (through admission, apparent signs, or known history) or have an offense eligible for drug court. The bill mandates an eligibility form explaining the program process, required waivers (including giving up the right to a quick trial), and consequences of failure (such as up to six months in an intermediate facility). This bill takes effect November 1, 2026, and directly affects offenders seeking drug court alternatives in Oklahoma.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed May 14, 2026
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The bill was transitioned from the House version to the Senate floor version, resulting in minor formatting adjustments to the header and page footers. Substantively, the text provided shows the beginning of a new procedural step for incarcerated offenders requesting drug court placement, but the complete details of this new requirement are cut off in the excerpt.
Scope change
No change in the bill's scope or applicability; the text represents the same legislation in a different chamber version.
TECHNICAL
Updated document headers and footers to reflect the Senate floor version instead of the House floor version.
REQUIREMENT
Introduced a new subsection requiring incarcerated offenders to follow specific procedures when requesting drug court consideration, though the full text of this requirement is incomplete in the provided excerpt.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2026 · House May 6, 2026
How they voted
46–4
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 2, 2026
D
Democratic9
55% Yea
R
Republican41
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
6
May 6, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 2
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 4
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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