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HB1421 • 2026

Animals; animal shelter operators and commercial pet breeders; expiring license; notice by Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry; renewals; effective date.

Animals; animal shelter operators and commercial pet breeders; expiring license; notice by Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry; renewals; effective date.

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Sponsor
West (Josh)
Last action
2025-05-30
Official status
Died in conference
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Animals; animal shelter operators and commercial pet breeders; expiring license; notice by Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry; renewals; effective date.

Animals; animal shelter operators and commercial pet breeders; expiring license; notice by Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry; renewals; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Animals; animal shelter operators and commercial pet breeders; expiring license; notice by Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry; renewals; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/19/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/28/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): Committee Substitute (3/7/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): House Conference Committee Substitute (5/20/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): House Conference Committee Report (5/20/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 1421 (Senate): HB1421 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

  • (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
  • ________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend House Bill No.
  • 1421, as follows: 1.
  • On page 2, lines 16-17, by deleting subsection D; and 2.
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 12889 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.
  • 1421 By: West (Josh) POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to animals; amending 4 O.S.
Filed

Plain English: HB1421 POLPCS1 Josh West-JL 2/5/2025 1:53:03 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Josh West Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1421 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.

  • HB1421 POLPCS1 Josh West-JL 2/5/2025 1:53:03 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Josh West Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1421 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.
  • 12376 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.
  • 1421 By: West (Josh) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to animals; amending 4 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-30 House

    Died in conference

  2. 2025-05-28 Senate

    SCs changed Green, Grellner, Kern, Murdock, Nice, Pederson, Wingard to Green, Paxton, Hamilton, Bullard, Grellner, Nice

  3. 2025-05-15 House

    HC's named: Conference Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

  4. 2025-05-15 Senate

    Conference granted, SCs named Green, Murdock, Pederson, Kern, Wingard, Grellner, Nice

  5. 2025-05-14 House

    SA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later

  6. 2025-05-12 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  7. 2025-05-12 House

    SA's received

  8. 2025-05-08 Senate

    General Order, Amended

  9. 2025-05-08 Senate

    Title stricken

  10. 2025-05-08 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 5

  11. 2025-05-08 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  12. 2025-04-16 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  13. 2025-04-14 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Agriculture and Wildlife committee; CR filed

  14. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Agriculture and Wildlife

  15. 2025-03-13 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  16. 2025-03-13 Senate

    First Reading

  17. 2025-03-12 House

    General Order

  18. 2025-03-12 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0

  19. 2025-03-12 House

    Referred for engrossment

  20. 2025-03-04 House

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

  21. 2025-02-25 House

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

  22. 2025-02-25 House

    Authored by Senator Green (principal Senate author)

  23. 2025-02-06 House

    Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  24. 2025-02-06 House

    Referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight

  25. 2025-02-06 House

    Referred to Agriculture

  26. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  27. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  28. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative West (Josh)

Official Summary Text

Animals; animal shelter operators and commercial pet breeders; expiring license; notice by Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry; renewals; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/19/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/28/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): Committee Substitute (3/7/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): House Conference Committee Substitute (5/20/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1421 (House): House Conference Committee Report (5/20/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 1421 (Senate): HB1421 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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ENGR. S. A. TO ENGR. H. B. NO. 1421 Page 1
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ENGROSSED SENATE AMENDMENT
TO
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1421 By: West (Josh) of the House

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Green of the Senate

An Act relating to animals; amending 4 O.S. 2021,
Section 30.8, which relates to animal shelter
operators and commercial pet breeders; changing
required notice time to be given to animal shelter
operators or commercial pet breeders by the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry prior
to their current license expiring; providing for
online renewals; providing timeline for implementing
online renewals; and providing an effective date.

AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the title

Passed the Senate the 8th day of May, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1421 By: West (Josh) of the House

and

Green of the Senate

An Act relating to animals; amending 4 O.S. 2021,
Section 30.8, which relates to animal shelter
operators and commercial pet breeders; changing
required notice time to be given to animal shelter
operators or commercial pet breeders by the Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry prior
to their current license expiring; providing for
online renewals; providing timeline for implementing
online renewals; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 4 O.S. 2021, Section 30.8, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 30.8. A. An animal shelter operator or commercial pet
breeder who is not in violation of the Commercial Pet Breeders and
Animal Shelter Licensing Act or any rule adopted under the
Commercial Pet Breeders and Animal Shelter Licensing Act may renew
the license of the person by:
1. Submitting a renewal application to the Oklahoma Department
of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry on the form prescribed by the
Department;

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2. Complying with any other renewal requirements adopted by the
Department; and
3. Paying the required fee.
B. Any person who fails to apply for a renewal in a manner
prescribed by the Department, and whose license has expired, may not
engage in activities that require a license until the license has
been renewed.
C. Not later than sixty (60) ninety (90) days before the
expiration of the license, the Department shall send written notice
of the impending license expiration to the animal shelter operator
or commercial pet breeder at the last-known address according to the
records of the Department.
D. The Department shall provide an online license renewal and
payment option by January 1, 2026.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the _____ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate