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HB1956 • 2026

Railroads; creating the Railroad Policies Modernization Act of 2025; effective date.

Railroads; creating the Railroad Policies Modernization Act of 2025; effective date.

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Sponsor
Staires
Last action
2025-02-13
Official status
Referred to Criminal Judiciary
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Railroads; creating the Railroad Policies Modernization Act of 2025; effective date.

Railroads; creating the Railroad Policies Modernization Act of 2025; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Railroads; creating the Railroad Policies Modernization Act of 2025; effective date.

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Filed

Plain English: HB1956 POLPCS1 Clay Staires-JBH 2/5/2025 1:50:11 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Clay Staires Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1956 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.

  • HB1956 POLPCS1 Clay Staires-JBH 2/5/2025 1:50:11 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Clay Staires Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB1956 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.
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  • 12306 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.
  • 1956 By: Staires PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to assault and battery; creating certain misdemeanor offense; providing penalties; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-13 House

    Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  2. 2025-02-13 House

    Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  3. 2025-02-13 House

    Referred to Criminal Judiciary

  4. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  5. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  6. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Staires

Official Summary Text

Railroads; creating the Railroad Policies Modernization Act of 2025; effective date.

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1956 By: Staires

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to railroads; creating the Railroad
Policies Modernization Act of 2025; providing for
noncodification; 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 not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Railroad
Policies Modernization Act of 2025".
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

60-1-11400 JBH 12/30/24