Oklahoma 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 2 R cosponsors

SB 491 — Oklahoma Open Meeting Act; authorizing executive session for discussion of certain sale, lease, or acquisition; limiting parties allowed to participate in executive session for certain purposes. Effective date.

Last action — Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/19/2025

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 03, 2025. It awaits signature.

Signed by Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) on May 12, 2025.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Advancing 46% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

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Action History

  1. Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/19/2025

  2. Sent to Governor

  3. Signed, returned to Senate

  4. Enrolled, to House

  5. Referred for enrollment

  6. Signed, returned to Senate

  7. Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 2

  8. General Order

  9. CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

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

  11. Referred to Civil Judiciary

  12. Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  13. First Reading

  14. Engrossed to House

  15. Referred for engrossment

  16. Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 7

  17. General Order, Considered

  18. Placed on General Order

  19. Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed

  20. Coauthored by Representative Hildebrant (principal House author)

  21. Second Reading referred to Judiciary

  22. Authored by Senator Guthrie

  23. First Reading

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety elections
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 491?
SB 491 is sponsored by Derrick Hildebrant (Republican) and Brian Guthrie (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 491?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 03, 2025. It awaits signature.
Where can I track SB 491?
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