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HB1124 • 2026

Broadband; modifying make-up of fund; effective date.

Broadband; modifying make-up of fund; effective date.

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Sponsor
Bashore
Last action
2025-05-12
Official status
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/11/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Broadband; modifying make-up of fund; effective date.

Broadband; modifying make-up of fund; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Broadband; modifying make-up of fund; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1124 (House): Introduced (2/19/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 1124 (Senate): HB1124 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-12 House

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/11/2025

  2. 2025-05-05 House

    Enrolled, signed, to Senate

  3. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Enrolled measure signed, returned to House

  4. 2025-05-05 House

    Sent to Governor

  5. 2025-05-01 Senate

    General Order, Considered

  6. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0

  7. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Engrossed measure signed, returned to House

  8. 2025-05-01 House

    Referred for enrollment

  9. 2025-04-28 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  10. 2025-04-23 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed

  11. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations

  12. 2025-03-24 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  13. 2025-03-24 Senate

    First Reading

  14. 2025-03-18 House

    General Order

  15. 2025-03-18 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 0

  16. 2025-03-18 House

    Referred for engrossment

  17. 2025-03-04 House

    CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee

  18. 2025-03-04 House

    Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)

  19. 2025-02-20 House

    Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass Government Modernization and Technology

  20. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight

  21. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Government Modernization and Technology

  22. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  23. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Bashore

Official Summary Text

Broadband; modifying make-up of fund; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1124 (House): Introduced (2/19/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 1124 (Senate): HB1124 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1124 By: Bashore of the House

and

Hall of the Senate

An Act relating to broadband; amending Section 1,
Chapter 319, O.S.L. 2022 (62 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section
255), which relates to the Statewide Recovery Fund;
modifying make-up of fund; and providing an effective
date.

SUBJECT: Broadband

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 319, O.S.L.
2022 (62 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 255), is amended to read as
follows:

Section 255. A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury
a special fund to be designated the "Statewide Recovery Fund". Said
fund shall be subject to legislative appropriation or transfer as
provided by law and shall consist of:

1. All such monies as the Legislature may direct to be
appropriated or transferred to said fund; and

2. All such monies received by the state after the effective
date of this act pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021,
Public Law No. 117-2, Section 604 "Coronavirus Capital Projects
Fund" and Section 9901 "Coronavirus State and Local Recovery Funds",
less and except the funds dedicated to the Nonentitlement Units of
Local Government as described in the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021.

ENR. H. B. NO. 1124 Page 2
B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all
interest and income derived from deposits to the Statewide Recovery
Fund shall be credited to the Statewide Recovery Fund.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

ENR. H. B. NO. 1124 Page 3
Passed the House of Representatives the 18th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 1st day of May, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________