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HB1303 • 2026

Public finance; government entities; non-disclosure agreements; effective date.

Public finance; government entities; non-disclosure agreements; effective date.

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Sponsor
Fugate
Last action
2025-02-04
Official status
Second Reading referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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Public finance; government entities; non-disclosure agreements; effective date.

Public finance; government entities; non-disclosure agreements; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Public finance; government entities; non-disclosure agreements; effective date.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  2. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  3. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Fugate

Official Summary Text

Public finance; government entities; non-disclosure agreements; effective date.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1303 By: Fugate

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public finance; prohibiting
certain government entities from entering into
certain non-disclosure agreements; 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 4601 of Title 62, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
No state or local government entity shall enter into a non-
disclosure agreement with any other entity as part of a settlement
of a claim, whether the claim is the subject of a civil lawsuit or
not, for money damages or other judicial relief if the settlement is
to be paid for with public revenue of any kind.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-10743 MAH 01/13/25