SB 1265 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Municipal ordinances; increasing the time limit for publication of certain ordinances. Effective date.

SB 1265 changes Oklahoma law to extend the deadline for publishing certain municipal ordinances from 15 to 30 days after passage. This affects cities and towns (municipalities) that pass non-budgetary ordinances, giving them more time to meet publication requirements. The key provision simply updates Section 14-106 of state law to replace "fifteen (15) days" with "thirty (30) days" for publishing these ordinances in full. The bill does not alter the requirement that ordinances must be published at least once.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Apr 14, 2026

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What changed between versions

Floor (House) → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was transferred from the House to the Senate floor, where it was amended to add a specific effective date of November 1, 2026. The core policy regarding the publication timeline for municipal ordinances was modified to extend the required waiting period from 15 days to 30 days after passage.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on municipal ordinance publication requirements, but the applicability of the new timeline is now explicitly tied to the November 1, 2026 effective date.

REQUIREMENT

The time limit for publishing municipal ordinances was increased from fifteen (15) days to thirty (30) days after the ordinance is passed.

TIMELINE

A new Section 2 was added to establish that the act becomes effective on November 1, 2026.

TECHNICAL

The original House committee report date (04/14/2026) was removed and replaced with a Senate committee report date (February 10, 2026) and a new page header reflecting the Senate floor version.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

49–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 50

Feb 17, 2026

D Democratic9

9 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican41

40 Yea 1

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee

lower

Apr 8, 2026

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass County and Municipal Government

lower

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to County and Municipal Government

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Engrossed to House

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Referred for engrossment

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Local and County Government committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors