HB 3115 — Department of Corrections; modifying qualifications of the Director of the Department of Corrections; deleting removal or replacement power of the Governor; effective date.
Last action — Second Reading referred to Rules
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 02, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
Signed by Governor Kevin Stitt (Republican) on March 17, 2026.
Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.
Odds of enactment
Moderate chanceBased on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.
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Prognosis
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Passed House
Current position in the legislative process.
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2 sponsors
2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Single-party support
Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 3 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
44 added · 41 removedPlain-language change summary
The amended bill HB 3115 changes the qualifications required for the Director of the Department of Corrections. Previously, the director needed either to be certified as a peace officer or have five years of corrections experience; the new version increases the experience requirement to ten years. This change is significant because it aims to ensure that the person in this vital role has more extensive expertise, which could lead to better management and oversight of correctional facilities in Oklahoma.
HOUSEENGROSSED OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION STATE OF OKLAHOMA 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
Hardin of the House and Bullard of the Senate 95 COMMITTEE7 SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to the Department of Corrections;
The Director shall be qualified for such position by character, knowledge, skill, ability, education, training and successful administrative experience and shall either be certified as a peace officer in this state by the HB3115Council HFLRon PageLaw 1Enforcement BOLDEducation FACEand denotesTraining, Committeeor Amendments.shall have five (5) ten (10) years of professional level corrections work.
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TheH. Director of Corrections shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and may be removed or replaced without cause for a term of five (5) years.
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3115 Page 1 the Governor and may be removed or replaced without cause for a term of five (5) years.
COMMITTEEPassed REPORTthe BY:House of Representatives the 16th day of March, 2026.
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View plain text versions (6)
- Engrossed View text Current pdf
- Floor (House) View text pdf
- Policy Committee Recommendation View text pdf
- Committee Substitute House Committee Substitute pdf
- Committee Substitute Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 pdf
- Introduced View text pdf
Amendments
1 amendmentClick Show changes on an amendment above to see how it modifies the bill.
Action History
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Second Reading referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Engrossed, signed, to Senate
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Referred for engrossment
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Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 80 Nays: 6
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General Order
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Authored by Senator Bullard (principal Senate author)
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CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
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Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety
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Referred to Public Safety
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Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
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Withdrawn from Rules Committee
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Second Reading referred to Rules
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Authored by Representative Hardin
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First Reading
Sponsors
- David Hardin · Primary
- David Bullard · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 6 voted No
Sponsors (2)
- David Hardin Republican
- David Bullard Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (149)
149 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 149 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 61 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Unaffiliated | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 80 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 6% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alonso-Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| VACANCY: | — | Not Voting |
| Crosswhite Hader | — | Yea |
| Aletia Timmons | Democrat | Yea |
| Amanda Clinton | Democrat | Yea |
| Andy Fugate | Democrat | Yea |
| Annie Menz | Democrat | Yea |
| Cyndi Munson | Democrat | Yea |
| Ellen Pogemiller | Democrat | Yea |
| Ellyn Hefner | Democrat | Yea |
| Jacob Rosecrants | Democrat | Yea |
| Jared Deck | Democrat | Yea |
| John Waldron | Democrat | Yea |
| Melissa Provenzano | Democrat | Yea |
| Meloyde Blancett | Democrat | Yea |
| Michelle McCane | Democrat | Yea |
| Mickey Dollens | Democrat | Yea |
| Ronald Stewart | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Schreiber | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Trish Ranson | Democrat | Yea |
| Anthony Moore | Republican | Yea |
| Bob Ed Culver | Republican | Yea |
| Brad Boles | Republican | Yea |
| Brian Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Carl Newton | Republican | Not Voting |
| Chad Caldwell | Republican | Not Voting |
| Chris Banning | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Kannady | Republican | Not Voting |
| Chris Sneed | Republican | Not Voting |
| Clay Staires | Republican | Yea |
| Cody Maynard | Republican | Yea |
| Collin Duel | Republican | Yea |
| Cynthia Roe | Republican | Yea |
| Daniel Pae | Republican | Yea |
| Danny Sterling | Republican | Yea |
| Danny Williams | Republican | Yea |
| David Hardin | Republican | Yea |
| David Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Dell Kerbs | Republican | Yea |
| Derrick Hildebrant | Republican | Yea |
| Dick Lowe | Republican | Yea |
| Dillon Travis | Republican | Yea |
| Eddy Dempsey | Republican | Yea |
| Emily Gise | Republican | Yea |
| Eric Roberts | Republican | Yea |
| Erick Harris | Republican | Yea |
| Gabe Woolley | Republican | Yea |
| Gerrid Kendrix | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Blair | Republican | Yea |
| Jay Steagall | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Grego | Republican | Yea |
| Jim Olsen | Republican | Nay |
| Jim Shaw | Republican | Nay |
| John George | Republican | Yea |
| John Kane | Republican | Yea |
| John Pfeiffer | Republican | Yea |
| Jonathan Wilk | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Cantrell | Republican | Yea |
| Josh West | Republican | Yea |
| Judd Strom | Republican | Not Voting |
| Justin Humphrey | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Luttrell | Republican | Yea |
| Kenton Patzkowsky | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Norwood | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin West | Republican | Yea |
| Marilyn Stark | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Chapman | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Lawson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Lepak | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Tedford | Republican | Yea |
| Max Wolfley | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Dobrinski | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Lay | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Osburn | Republican | Yea |
| Molly Jenkins | Republican | Nay |
| Neil Hays | Republican | Yea |
| Nick Archer | Republican | Yea |
| Nicole Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Preston Stinson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rande Worthen | Republican | Yea |
| Rick West | Republican | Nay |
| Rob Hall | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Manger | Republican | Yea |
| Ronny Johns | Republican | Not Voting |
| Ross Ford | Republican | Not Voting |
| Rusty Cornwell | Republican | Yea |
| Ryan Eaves | Republican | Yea |
| Scott Fetgatter | Republican | Yea |
| Stacy Jo Adams | Republican | Yea |
| Stan May | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Bashore | Republican | Yea |
| T.J. Marti | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tammy Townley | Republican | Yea |
| Tammy West | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tim Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Tom Gann | Republican | Nay |
| Toni Hasenbeck | Republican | Not Voting |
| Trey Caldwell | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Republican | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (12)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Jacob Rosecrants | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Schreiber | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Ed Culver | Republican | Yea |
| Collin Duel | Republican | Yea |
| Danny Sterling | Republican | Yea |
| David Hardin | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Stewart | Republican | Yea |
| John Kane | Republican | Yea |
| Justin Humphrey | Republican | Yea |
| Rande Worthen | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Manger | Republican | Yea |
| Ross Ford | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Aletia Timmons | Democrat | Yea |
| Danny Williams | Republican | Yea |
| David Hardin | Republican | Yea |
| Jack Stewart | Republican | Yea |
| Mike Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Stan May | Republican | Yea |
| Tim Turner | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors HB 3115?
- HB 3115 is sponsored by David Hardin (Republican) and David Bullard (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 3115?
- This bill has passed the House. Introduced February 02, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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