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HB1607 • 2026

State contract employees; directing state agencies report number of contract employees; pay; reports; granting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking authority; effective date.

State contract employees; directing state agencies report number of contract employees; pay; reports; granting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking authority; effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Gise
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
Approved by Governor 05/23/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

State contract employees; directing state agencies report number of contract employees; pay; reports; granting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking authority; effective date.

State contract employees; directing state agencies report number of contract employees; pay; reports; granting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking authority; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • State contract employees; directing state agencies report number of contract employees; pay; reports; granting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking authority; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1607 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/24/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1607 (House): Committee Substitute (3/6/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1607 (House): Senate Amendment to House Bill (5/16/2025)

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.
  • 1607 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 1, Line 19, by inserting after the word “agency”, and before the period “.”, the words “by July 1, 2026 and each year thereafter”; 2.
Filed

Plain English: HB1607 POLPCS1 Emily Gise-MJ 2/13/2025 2:15:44 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1607 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.

  • HB1607 POLPCS1 Emily Gise-MJ 2/13/2025 2:15:44 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1607 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.
  • 12450 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.
  • 1607 By: Gise PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to state contract employees; directing state agencies report number of contract employees; requiring reports to include pay; directing for reports to be made through existing software; granting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking authority; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 House

    Approved by Governor 05/23/2025

  2. 2025-05-21 House

    SA's read, adopted

  3. 2025-05-21 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Pogemiller

  4. 2025-05-21 House

    Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 1

  5. 2025-05-21 House

    Referred for enrollment

  6. 2025-05-21 House

    Enrolled, signed, to Senate

  7. 2025-05-21 Senate

    Enrolled measure signed, returned to House

  8. 2025-05-21 House

    Sent to Governor

  9. 2025-05-12 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  10. 2025-05-12 House

    SA's received

  11. 2025-05-08 Senate

    General Order, Amended

  12. 2025-05-08 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 45 Nays: 0

  13. 2025-05-08 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  14. 2025-04-10 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  15. 2025-04-08 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Retirement and Government Resources committee; CR filed

  16. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Retirement and Government Resources

  17. 2025-03-04 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  18. 2025-03-04 Senate

    First Reading

  19. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Pittman

  20. 2025-03-03 House

    General Order

  21. 2025-03-03 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Hefner

  22. 2025-03-03 House

    Authored by Senator Kern (principal Senate author)

  23. 2025-03-03 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0

  24. 2025-03-03 House

    Referred for engrossment

  25. 2025-02-26 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Rules Committee

  26. 2025-02-26 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Pae

  27. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  28. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  29. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Gise

Official Summary Text

State contract employees; directing state agencies report number of contract employees; pay; reports; granting the Office of Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking authority; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1607 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/24/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1607 (House): Committee Substitute (3/6/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1607 (House): Senate Amendment to House Bill (5/16/2025)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1607 By: Gise, Pae, Hefner, Pittman,
and Pogemiller of the House

and

Kern of the Senate

An Act relating to state contract employees;
directing state agencies report number of contract
employees; requiring reports to include pay and
contract conditions; directing for reports to be made
through existing software; granting the Office of
Management and Enterprise Services certain rulemaking
authority; providing for codification; and providing
an effective date.

SUBJECT: State contract employees

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 61.9 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A. All state agencies shall report to the Office of Management
and Enterprise Services the number of contract employees within its
agency by July 1, 2026, and each year thereafter.

B. Reports shall include the pay of each contract employee and
the conditions of each employee's contract.

C. Reporting shall be made through existing payroll software.

D. The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall have
the authority to promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of
this act.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
ENR. H. B. NO. 1607 Page 2
Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of May, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

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

Presiding Officer of the Senate

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________