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HB1162 • 2026

Agriculture; Real Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; permit to sell; milk or milk products; effective date.

Agriculture; Real Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; permit to sell; milk or milk products; effective date.

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Sponsor
Gann
Last action
2025-03-05
Official status
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Agriculture; Real Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; permit to sell; milk or milk products; effective date.

Agriculture; Real Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; permit to sell; milk or milk products; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Agriculture; Real Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; permit to sell; milk or milk products; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1162 (House): Introduced (2/17/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1162 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/20/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1162 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (3/4/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1162 (House): Committee Substitute (3/24/2025)

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Amendments

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Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 12892 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 1162 By: Gann POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to agriculture; enacting the Real Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; amending 2 O.S.

Plain English: HB1162 POLPCS1 Tom Gann-JL 2/17/2025 3:58:51 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Tom Gann Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1162 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.

  • HB1162 POLPCS1 Tom Gann-JL 2/17/2025 3:58:51 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Tom Gann Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1162 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the content of the entire measure, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following language: Req.
  • No.
  • 12539 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 1162 By: Gann PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to agriculture; enacting the Real Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; amending 2 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-05 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee

  2. 2025-02-26 House

    Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Agriculture

  3. 2025-02-26 House

    Authored by Senator Bullard (principal Senate author)

  4. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

  5. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Agriculture

  6. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  7. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Gann

Official Summary Text

Agriculture; Real Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; permit to sell; milk or milk products; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1162 (House): Introduced (2/17/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1162 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/20/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1162 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (3/4/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1162 (House): Committee Substitute (3/24/2025)

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 1162 By: Gann of the House

and

Bullard of the Senate

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

An Act relating to agriculture; enacting the Real
Access to Whole Milk Act of 2025; amending 2 O.S.
2021, Sections 7-413, 7-414, and 7-417, which relate
to the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products Act; providing
that it is a violation to sell milk or milk products
without an appropriate or valid permit; providing
maximum number of gallons of raw milk sold to be
considered incidental; requiring permit to sale;
providing for noncodification; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:

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This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Real Access to
Whole Milk Act of 2025".
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 7-413, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-413. It shall be unlawful for any person to
knowingly, willfully or recklessly:
1. Attempt to produce, haul, process or distribute, sell milk
or milk products without an appropriate and valid permit;
2. Sell, offer or expose for sale as Grade A any adulterated or
misbranded milk or milk product;
3. Sell, offer, expose for sale or serve milk and milk products
which have not been maintained at or below the temperature specified
by the State Board of Agriculture;
4. Dip or ladle Grade A milk and milk products;
5. Transfer Grade A milk and milk products at any location
other than a permitted Grade A facility designed and equipped for
such purpose;
6. Prevent, interfere or attempt to impede the Commissioner of
Agriculture from investigating and enforcing the Oklahoma Milk and
Milk Products Act;
7. Sell or serve Grade A milk and milk products from other than
the individual container, or approved bulk dispenser, received from
the distributor; or

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8. Violate any provision of the Oklahoma Milk and Milk Products
Act.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 7-414, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-414. A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Milk and Milk
Products Act shall not be construed to:
1. Include incidental sales of raw milk directly to consumers
at the farm where the milk is produced, where the average monthly
number of gallons sold does not exceed five hundred (500);
2. Preclude the advertising of the incidental sale of goat
milk; and
3. Prohibit any farmer or producer from making cheese using
milk or cream produced on the farm of such farmer or producer.
B. For purposes of this section, incidental sales of goat milk
are those sales where the average monthly number of gallons sold
does not exceed one hundred (100).
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 2 O.S. 2021, Section 7-417, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 7-417. No person shall produce, haul, process or,
distribute, or sell ungraded raw milk or milk products or hold
themselves out as an ungraded milk producer, hauler, processor or
distributor unless such person possesses an appropriate and valid
permit for the particular premises or facilities concerned. The

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processing of permit applications and inspections shall be similar
to the Grade A permit process.
SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
OVERSIGHT, dated 03/05/2025 - DO PASS, As Amended.