Prisons and reformatories; modifying elements of exemption to certain account. Effective date.
SB 83 amends Oklahoma law governing inmate trust funds for prisoners working in prison industries or the Construction Division. It requires that at least 20% of most inmates' wages be placed in a mandatory savings account (exempt for life-sentence inmates), with funds payable upon release. The bill specifies that interest from these accounts goes to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, not inmates, and establishes rules for accessing funds (e.g., transfers between accounts limited to once every 90 days). This directly affects incarcerated Oklahomans earning wages through prison work programs.
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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MODERATE
The bill moved from the House to the Senate floor, resulting in significant formatting and structural changes including page number updates and header revisions. The Senate version reorganized the bill's layout and added a date stamp, while maintaining the core legislative intent regarding inmate trust funds and prison industry operations.
TECHNICAL
Header changed from 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' to 'SENATE FLOOR VERSION' with updated date of February 25, 2025
Page numbering and footer text updated to reflect Senate floor version with different page references
Bill number and sponsor information reorganized with different line breaks and formatting
Act summary text restructured with different indentation and line breaks while maintaining identical content
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2025 · House May 6, 2025
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 49
Mar 3, 2025
D
Democratic9
100% Yea
R
Republican40
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
6
May 6, 2025
Committee
Referred for enrollment
upper
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 0
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Public Safety
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed to House
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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