Crimes and punishments; increasing certain fine; prohibiting certain consumption of medical marijuana. Effective date.
SB 786 prohibits consuming marijuana or possessing open marijuana containers in the passenger area of any moving vehicle on public roads, and bans inhaling secondhand marijuana smoke while driving. It increases the trauma-care fee for violations from $100 to $250, requiring payment into Oklahoma's Trauma Care Assistance Fund. The law applies to all drivers on public highways, streets, or alleys, with exemptions only for buses and limousines (where drivers still cannot consume alcohol or marijuana). It became law without the governor's signature on May 14, 2025, and takes effect November 1, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 3, 2025
Signed May 14, 2025
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The bill was revised to reflect its Senate floor version, updating the header information, committee details, and page footers. The substantive policy content regarding alcohol transport and marijuana consumption rules remains unchanged from the House version.
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No substantive scope change; only formatting and metadata updates to reflect Senate floor processing.
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Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date and committee information.
Page footers updated to reflect Senate floor version with different committee amendment notation.
Committee report section updated to reflect Senate Public Safety Committee instead of House Judiciary and Public Safety Committee.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2025 · House May 6, 2025
How they voted
42–5
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Mar 17, 2025
D
Democratic9
55% Nay
R
Republican40
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 6, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 74 Nays: 12
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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