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HB1764 • 2026

Public lands; unauthorized camp; county and municipal lands; effective date.

Public lands; unauthorized camp; county and municipal lands; effective date.

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Sponsor
Kerbs
Last action
2025-04-17
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Public lands; unauthorized camp; county and municipal lands; effective date.

Public lands; unauthorized camp; county and municipal lands; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Public lands; unauthorized camp; county and municipal lands; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1764 (House): Introduced (2/5/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1764 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (2/5/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1764 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/28/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1764 (House): Committee Substitute (3/12/2025)

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.
  • 1764, on Page 2, Line 10 and 11, by deleting all language and inserting a new subsection D to read as follows: “To effectuate the provisions of this section, the governing body of a county or municipality shall opt in by a majority vote of the governing body.”, and by amending the title to conform.
  • Submitted by: _______________________ Senator Hamilton Hamilton-YG-FA-HB1764 3/2/2026 3:05 PM 1
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 12400 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.
  • 1764 By: Kerbs POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to public lands; amending Section 1, Chapter 175, O.S.L.
Filed

Plain English: HB1764 POLAMD1 Dell Kerbs-MJ 2/4/2025 9:18:34 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Dell Kerbs Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1764 Of the printed Bill Page 2 Section 1 Line 9 Of the Engrossed Bill By inserting a new subsection D that reads as follows: "D.

  • HB1764 POLAMD1 Dell Kerbs-MJ 2/4/2025 9:18:34 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Dell Kerbs Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1764 Of the printed Bill Page 2 Section 1 Line 9 Of the Engrossed Bill By inserting a new subsection D that reads as follows: "D.
  • The governing body of any county or municipality may opt out of this section by a majority vote of the governing body."

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-17 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2025-04-15 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Local and County Government committee; CR filed

  3. 2025-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Local and County Government

  4. 2025-03-18 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  5. 2025-03-18 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2025-03-17 House

    General Order

  7. 2025-03-17 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 67 Nays: 15

  8. 2025-03-17 House

    Referred for engrossment

  9. 2025-03-06 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  10. 2025-03-06 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Hall

  11. 2025-03-06 House

    Authored by Senator Hamilton (principal Senate author)

  12. 2025-02-05 House

    Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Criminal Judiciary

  13. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  14. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Criminal Judiciary

  15. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  16. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Kerbs

Official Summary Text

Public lands; unauthorized camp; county and municipal lands; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1764 (House): Introduced (2/5/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1764 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (2/5/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1764 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/28/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1764 (House): Committee Substitute (3/12/2025)

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1764 By: Kerbs and Hall of the House

and

Hamilton of the Senate

An Act relating to public lands; amending Section 1,
Chapter 175, O.S.L. 2024 (64 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section
1097), which relates to unauthorized camps;
prohibiting use of county- or municipal-owned lands
for unauthorized camps; authorizing counties and
municipalities to opt out of prohibition; and
providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 175, O.S.L.
2024 (64 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1097), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 1097. A. As used in this section, "unauthorized camp"
means any tent, shelter, or bedding constructed or arranged for the
purpose of or in such a way to permit overnight use on a property
not designated as a campsite.
B. Persons may not use state-owned, county-owned, or municipal-
owned lands for the purposes of establishing an unauthorized camp.
C. Any person who violates the provisions of this section
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or by imprisonment in the

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county jail not to exceed fifteen (15) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. However, a person who commits a first violation
of this section shall be issued a warning, and a citation may not be
issued unless the person refuses any assistance offered to them by
the arresting officer. Such assistance may include, but is not
limited to, transportation to a shelter, food pantry, or other place
where resources are made available to assist the indigent and
homeless.
D. The governing body of any county or municipality may opt out
of this section by a majority vote of the governing body.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
Passed the House of Representatives the 17th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the _____ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate