Law libraries; requiring law libraries to be represented by district attorney. Effective date.
SB 1621 requires Oklahoma county law libraries, their boards, and employees to receive free legal representation from the local district attorney for matters related to their official duties. If a district attorney cannot serve due to a conflict of interest, the state Attorney General's office must provide that representation instead. The bill mandates this free legal assistance for all county law libraries and codifies the requirement in Oklahoma law. It takes effect November 1, 2026.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed May 7, 2026
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The bill was transferred from the House of Representatives to the Senate, resulting in a change of the committee reporting body from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight to the Committee on Judiciary. The effective date of the bill was updated to November 1, 2026, and the legislative session details were adjusted to reflect the Senate floor version.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's legal provisions remains unchanged; the changes are procedural, affecting the legislative committee responsible for the report and the specific session metadata.
TIMELINE
The effective date was set to November 1, 2026, replacing the previous House version's date.
REQUIREMENT
The reporting committee was changed from the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight to the Committee on Judiciary.
TECHNICAL
The bill header was updated to reflect the Senate Floor Version instead of the House of Representatives Floor Version.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 23, 2026 · House Apr 29, 2026
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 50
Mar 23, 2026
D
Democratic9
66% Yea
R
Republican41
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Apr 29, 2026
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
Apr 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Committee
Referred to Civil Judiciary
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0
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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