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HB1240 • 2026

Prisons and reformatories; granting elected state officials the right to access facilities operated by the Department of Corrections without prior notification; codification; effective date.

Prisons and reformatories; granting elected state officials the right to access facilities operated by the Department of Corrections without prior notification; codification; effective date.

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Sponsor
Humphrey
Last action
2025-02-05
Official status
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prisons and reformatories; granting elected state officials the right to access facilities operated by the Department of Corrections without prior notification; codification; effective date.

Prisons and reformatories; granting elected state officials the right to access facilities operated by the Department of Corrections without prior notification; codification; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Prisons and reformatories; granting elected state officials the right to access facilities operated by the Department of Corrections without prior notification; codification; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1240 (House): Introduced (2/3/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1240 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (2/20/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: HB1240 FULLPCS1 Justin Humphrey-GRS 2/10/2025 2:52:27 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Justin Humphrey Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1240 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.

  • HB1240 FULLPCS1 Justin Humphrey-GRS 2/10/2025 2:52:27 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Justin Humphrey Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1240 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.
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  • 12417 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 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 1240 By: Humphrey PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to prisons and reformatories; amending 57 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-05 House

    Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety

  2. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  3. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Public Safety

  4. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  5. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Humphrey

Official Summary Text

Prisons and reformatories; granting elected state officials the right to access facilities operated by the Department of Corrections without prior notification; codification; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1240 (House): Introduced (2/3/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1240 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (2/20/2025)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1240 By: Humphrey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to prisons and reformatories;
granting elected state officials the right to access
facilities operated by the Department of Corrections
without prior notification; directing the Department
to implement security protocols to manage visits;
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 509.7 of Title 57, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Beginning November 1, 2025, elected state officials shall have
the right to access all facilities operated by the Department of
Corrections without prior notification to the Department of
Corrections. The Department shall implement the necessary security
protocols to manage said visits without compromising the safety and
security of the facility, its inmates, correctional officers, and
employees of the Department.

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

60-1-10836 GRS 01/04/25