SB 836 Oklahoma Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Transportation; creating certain time limit for certain liability. Effective date. Emergency.

SB 836 modifies Oklahoma's highway land acquisition law by adding a 30-day deadline for landowners to file exceptions to condemnation appraisals and requiring courts to send notice of appeal deadlines within 10 days. The bill directly affects landowners whose property is being taken for state highways and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Key provisions include setting strict time limits for legal challenges to condemnation awards and clarifying procedures for jury trials or appeals regarding compensation. This is a procedural change focused on streamlining the eminent domain process for highway projects.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 20, 2025

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SB836 (3-17-25) (RADER) FS FA1.PDF → Floor (Senate) · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a floor substitute version to a Senate Floor version, with minor wording adjustments including changing 'Department of Transportation' to 'Department' and updating the act's purpose to include creating a time limit for liability. These are primarily formatting and technical changes rather than substantive policy shifts.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; changes are primarily formatting and minor wording adjustments.

TECHNICAL

Changed 'Department of Transportation' to 'Department' in Section 1203(a)(A) for brevity.

Updated the act's purpose statement to include 'creating certain time limit for certain liability'.

Reformatted document headers and page numbers from floor substitute version to Senate Floor version.

Adjusted spacing and line breaks throughout the text to match Senate Floor formatting standards.

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Committee

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors