SB 603 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Civil procedure; establishing proper venue for certain actions. Effective date.

SB 603 clarifies where certain property-related lawsuits must be filed in Oklahoma. It requires that cases involving ownership of real property, land damage, crop damage, or repairs to property be filed in the county where the property is located, rather than allowing lawsuits in other counties. This change applies to actions like recovering land, partitioning property, quieting title disputes, or seeking damages for property damage. The bill takes effect on November 1, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 17, 2025

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What changed between versions

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

MINOR

The bill was revised from the House version to the Senate version, primarily changing the header information and committee report details. The substantive policy content regarding venue rules for civil actions remains unchanged.

Scope change

No substantive changes to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and procedural metadata were updated.

TECHNICAL

Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date

Committee report attribution changed from 'COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY' to 'COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY' with updated date

Page headers updated to reflect Senate floor version instead of House floor version

Floor votes · Senate Mar 12, 2025

How they voted

46–0

Passed · 3 other

Total votes 49

Mar 12, 2025

D Democratic9

9 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican40

37 Yea 3

92% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

Referred to Civil Judiciary

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Engrossed to House

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred for engrossment

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors