SB 318 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Administrative rules; creating the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2025; requiring Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency to conduct certain analyses. Effective date.

SB 318 creates a new division within Oklahoma's Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT) to review state agency regulations. It requires LOFT to conduct "rule impact analyses" for major rules proposed by state agencies, evaluating costs, benefits, alternatives, and legal basis. This directly affects state agencies that draft new regulations, as they must now submit rule impact statements to LOFT for review. The division must be established within 90 days and limited to five full-time employees. The bill aims to provide legislative oversight of regulatory impacts before rules take effect.

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Committee Substitute → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from a Committee Substitute version to the Senate Floor version, incorporating amendments that clarify the bill's title and sponsors, add a short title for the legislation, and include formatting headers indicating the floor version. The substantive policy content regarding administrative rule processes, economic impact analysis requirements, and the creation of the Legislative Economic Analysis Unit remains unchanged in this version.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; this is primarily a procedural update to reflect the bill's progression through the legislative process.

TECHNICAL

Added 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' header and date (March 5, 2025) to indicate the bill has been amended on the Senate floor.

Updated the bill title section to include additional sponsors (Jett, Deevers, Kendrix, and Woolley) and added a short title for the legislation.

Replaced the descriptive summary of the bill's provisions with a bracketed short title containing key topics.

Added page headers and footers indicating 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' and noting that bold face denotes Committee Amendments.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2025

How they voted

23–3

Passed

Total votes 26

Mar 5, 2025

D Democratic5

2 Yea 3 Nay

60% Nay

R Republican21

21 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (23-3)

senate

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Appropriations

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Administrative Rules committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors