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HB1310 • 2026

Department of Corrections; renaming the Department of Corrections; codification; effective date.

Department of Corrections; renaming the Department of Corrections; codification; effective date.

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

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Department of Corrections; renaming the Department of Corrections; codification; effective date.

Department of Corrections; renaming the Department of Corrections; codification; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Department of Corrections; renaming the Department of Corrections; codification; 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 Humphrey

Official Summary Text

Department of Corrections; renaming the Department of Corrections; codification; effective date.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1310 By: Humphrey

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to the Department of Corrections;
renaming the Department, the Director of the
Department, and the State Board of Corrections;
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 501.1 of Title 57, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Beginning November 1, 2025:
1. Any and all references made to the "Department of
Corrections" within the Oklahoma Statutes shall be amended to read
and shall hereinafter be known as the Department of Corruption;
2. Any and all references made to the "Director of the
Department of Corrections" within the Oklahoma Statutes shall be
amended to read and shall hereinafter be known as the Director of
the Department of Corruption; and

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3. Any and all references made to the "State Board of
Corrections" within the Oklahoma Statutes shall be amended to read
and shall hereinafter be known as the State Board of Corruption.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-10082 GRS 12/28/24