Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee 2 R cosponsors

SB 4 — Food products; prohibiting use of certain substances in food products; authorizing the State Board of Agriculture to issue certain orders for violation. Effective date.

Last action — Coauthored by Senator Gillespie

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

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 03, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    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).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

100 added · 123 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Senate Bill 4 includes a specific list of substances that will be prohibited in food products, including aspartame, azodicarbonamide, and blue dye 1, starting from January 2027 for food products and 2028 for ingestible drugs. This change is significant because it sets clear guidelines on what artificial ingredients will be banned, aiming to improve public health and safety. By explicitly naming these substances, the law provides better transparency for consumers and holds producers accountable for food safety standards.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.
SENATE FLOOR VERSION March 3, 2025 3 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.
Thompson and Seifried of the Senate and West (Tammy) and Moore of the House 9 FLOOR SUBSTITUTE [ food products - substances - promulgation of rules - disclosure - violations - fines - codification - effective date ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
Thompson and Seifried of the Senate and West (Tammy) of the House 8 [ food products - substances - promulgation of rules - disclosure - violations - fines - codification - effective date ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person, firm, association, corporation, or any other entity of this state shall manufacture, compound, brew, distill, produce, process, sell, deliver, distribute, hold, offer, or expose for sale any of the following substances as food additives or food color additives or any other food product beginning on January 15, 2027, or those Req.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person, firm, association, corporation, or any other entity of this state shall manufacture, compound, brew, distill, produce, process, sell, deliver, distribute, hold, offer, or expose for sale any of the following substances as food additives or food color additives or any other food product beginning on January 15, 2027, or those additives or color additives used to reformulate ingestible drugs beginning on January 18, 2028, that contain any of the following substances:
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SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB4 SFLR Page 1 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1.
1884 Page 1 additives or color additives used to reformulate ingestible drugs beginning on January 18, 2028, that contain any of the following substances:
1.
Blue dye 1;
2.
Blue dye 2;
3.
Green dye 3;
4.
Red dye 3;
5.
Red dye 40;
6.
Yellow dye 5;
or 7.
Yellow dye 6.
B.
Upon the issuance of a revocation of authorization for use by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, the prohibition as set forth in subsection A of this section shall extend to the following additives:
1.
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO);
Blue dye 1;
4 Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);
4.
Blue dye 2;
Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT);
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO);
Ethylene dichloride;
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA);
Methylene chloride;
Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT);
Potassium bromate;
Ethylene dichloride;
Propyl gallate;
Green dye 3;
Methylene chloride;
11.
Potassium bromate;
12.
Propyl gallate;
13.
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No.
Red dye 3;
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Red dye 40;
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12.
17.
13.
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and 14.
19.
Trichloroethylene.
Trichloroethylene;
C.
20.
Yellow dye 5;
or 21.
Yellow dye 6.
B.
Upon the effective date of this act, no person, firm, association, corporation, or any other entity shall manufacture, compound, brew, distill, produce, process, sell, deliver, distribute, hold, offer, or expose for sale as food additives or food color additives or any other food product or additives or color additives used to reformulate ingestible drugs that contain any of the ingredients provided in subsections A and B of this section without disclosing those ingredients on the product label, website, or a quick response (QR) code on the product label linked to a website.
Upon the effective date of this act, no person, firm, association, corporation, or any other entity shall manufacture, compound, brew, distill, produce, process, sell, deliver, SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB4 SFLR Page 2 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) distribute, hold, offer, or expose for sale as food additives or food color additives or any other food product or additives or color additives used to reformulate ingestible drugs that contain any of the ingredients provided in subsection A of this section without disclosing those ingredients on the product label, website, or a quick response (QR) code on the product label linked to a website.
No person, firm, association, corporation, or any other entity shall be considered in compliance with this subsection unless the product bears a label that states conspicuously a warning to the consumer that the product contains one or more of the ingredients provided in subsections A and B of this section.
No person, firm, association, corporation, or any other entity shall be considered in compliance with this subsection unless the product bears a label that states conspicuously a warning to the consumer that the product contains one or more of the ingredients provided in subsection A of this section.
Such warning shall display the following message:
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“WARNING.
The State Board of Agriculture is authorized to issue a written or printed “stop-sale” or “notice of violation” order to the person, firm, association, corporation, or any other entity of a product in violation of this section.
THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS INGREDIENTS AND/OR CHEMICALS HAZARDOUS FOR INGESTION AND MAY CAUSE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS IN HUMANS.” D.
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The State Board of Agriculture is authorized to issue a written or printed “stop-sale” or “notice of violation” order to the Req.
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1884 Page 3 person, firm, association, corporation, or any other entity of a product in violation of this section.
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assess an administrative penalty of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for subsequent violations, or c.
assess an administrative penalty of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for subsequent violations, or SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB4 SFLR Page 3 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) c.
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60-1-1884 MR 3/26/2025 10:30:13 AM Req.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY:
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND WILDLIFE March 3, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB4 SFLR Page 4 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments)
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Amendments

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Action History

  1. Coauthored by Senator Gillespie

  2. Coauthored by Senator Hamilton

  3. Coauthored by Representative Moore

  4. Placed on General Order

  5. Title stricken

  6. Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed

  7. Coauthored by Senator Seifried

  8. Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife

  9. Coauthored by Representative West (Tammy) (principal House author)

  10. Authored by Senator Thompson

  11. First Reading

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 1 voted No

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.

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Votes

Do Pass Amended Cs

Passed 10 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 8101
Democrat 2000
Unaffiliated 0002
Total 10103
% of votes cast 71%7%0%21%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
AMD SB4 PCS2 - ADOPTED (Request No: 1687) — Not Voting
STRIKE THE TITLE - ADOPTED — Not Voting
Carri Hicks Democrat Yea
Nikki Nice Democrat Yea
Casey Murdock Republican Nay
Dana Prieto Republican Yea
David Bullard Republican Yea
George Burns Republican Yea
Grant Green Republican Yea
Jonathan Wingard Republican Not Voting
Randy Grellner Republican Yea
Roland Pederson Republican Yea
Spencer Kern Republican Yea
Tom Woods Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety agriculture
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Who sponsors SB 4?
SB 4 is sponsored by Kristen Thompson (Republican) and Tammy West (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 4?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 03, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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