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HB1167 • 2026

Elections; members of the active uniform services of the United States; poll workers; effective date.

Elections; members of the active uniform services of the United States; poll workers; effective date.

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Sponsor
CrosswhiteHader
Last action
2025-02-11
Official status
Authored by Senator Sacchieri (principal Senate author)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Elections; members of the active uniform services of the United States; poll workers; effective date.

Elections; members of the active uniform services of the United States; poll workers; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Elections; members of the active uniform services of the United States; poll workers; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1167 (House): Introduced (2/10/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1167 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (2/10/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1167 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/28/2025)

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: HB1167 POLAMD1 Denise CrosswhiteHader-MJ 2/5/2025 9:19:04 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Denise CrosswhiteHader Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1167 Of the printed Bill Page 1 Section 1 Lines 18 Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the words "poll worker" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "precinct official".

  • HB1167 POLAMD1 Denise CrosswhiteHader-MJ 2/5/2025 9:19:04 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Denise CrosswhiteHader Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1167 Of the printed Bill Page 1 Section 1 Lines 18 Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting the words "poll worker" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "precinct official".
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 12547 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.
  • 1167 By: Crosswhite Hader POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to elections; permitting members of the active uniform services of the United States to serve as poll workers; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-11 House

    Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Elections and Ethics

  2. 2025-02-11 House

    Authored by Senator Sacchieri (principal Senate author)

  3. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Government Oversight

  4. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Elections and Ethics

  5. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  6. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative CrosswhiteHader

Official Summary Text

Elections; members of the active uniform services of the United States; poll workers; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1167 (House): Introduced (2/10/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1167 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (2/10/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1167 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/28/2025)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1167 By: Crosswhite Hader

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to elections; permitting members of
the active uniform services of the United States to
serve as poll workers; providing for codification;
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 to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 7-140 of Title 26, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Members of the active uniform services of the United States on a
temporary duty assignment in the State of Oklahoma, and their
spouses, shall be permitted to serve as poll workers in any county
of the state regardless of their home of record.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-11125 MJ 01/13/25