SB 1552 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Counties; providing for increasing population threshold for adopting or amending county home rule charter. Effective date.

SB 1552 raises the population requirement for Oklahoma counties to adopt or amend a home rule charter. Counties must now have at least 825,000 residents or be located in a metro area with 500,000+ residents (per the latest federal census) to qualify. This change affects counties seeking greater local control over government powers like zoning or services. The bill takes effect November 1, 2026.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Apr 8, 2026

Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

Engrossed → Floor (Senate) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reorganized to reflect its status as a Senate Floor version, removing the original co-sponsor and updating the header. The substantive policy regarding county home rule charter adoption thresholds remains unchanged, though the formatting of the population numbers was slightly altered. A new section was added to formally attribute the bill to the Rules Committee.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it still governs the population thresholds for counties adopting home rule charters.

TECHNICAL

The header was updated from 'Engrossed' to 'Senate Floor Version' and the original co-sponsor was removed.

The formatting of the population thresholds in Section 1 was slightly altered but the numerical values (550,000 and 875,000) remain the same.

A new Section 2 was added to formally attribute the bill to the Rules Committee.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 24, 2026

How they voted

29–17

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 50

Mar 24, 2026

D Democratic9

6 Yea 3

66% Yea

R Republican41

23 Yea 17 Nay 1

56% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

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

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

Engrossed to House

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Committee

Referred for engrossment

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

Measure passed: Ayes: 26 Nays: 19

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Rules committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Referred to Rules

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors