Motor vehicles; requiring certain vehicles be registered as a motor vehicle; national standards; authorizing Service Oklahoma to register and license certain vehicles; effective date.

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1957 By: Staires of the House

and

Guthrie and Standridge of
the Senate

[ motor vehicles - license endorsement – age - low-
speed electric vehicles - compliance -national
standards - vehicle identification number - Service
Oklahoma – rules – codification - 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 1112.4 of Title 47, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A street-legal, low-speed electrical vehicle or golf cart
operated on the streets and highways of this state shall be
registered as a motor vehicle.
B. The operator of a street-legal, low-speed electrical vehicle
or golf cart shall not be required to have an "M" endorsement on the
Class D license pursuant to Section 6-110.1 of Title 47 of the
Oklahoma Statutes. The operator shall be at least sixteen (16)
years of age and hold a valid Oklahoma driver license.

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SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11-805.1, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 11-805.1. A. 1. No person shall operate any low-speed
electrical vehicle on any street or highway with a posted speed
limit greater than thirty-five (35) miles per hour.
2. Any low-speed electrical vehicle or golf cart shall be in
compliance with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
standards for low-speed vehicles in 49 C.F.R., Section 571.500, to
be operated on the road.
B. 1. If a golf cart is to be operated on any street or
highway with a posted speed limit no greater than thirty-five (35)
miles per hour, the golf cart shall have a vehicle identification
number.
2. Upon inspection by Service Oklahoma, a golf cart may be
registered as a motor vehicle and licensed through Service Oklahoma
if such golf cart has been converted into a street-legal vehicle
meeting all requirements in 49 C.F.R., Section 571.500, with the
exception that such golf cart shall not be required to have a
seventeen-digit vehicle identification number.
3. Service Oklahoma is authorized to promulgate rules for the
purposes of this act.
C. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not
prohibit a low-speed vehicle from crossing a street or highway with
a posted speed limit greater than thirty-five (35) miles per hour.

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C. D. This section shall not prevent a city from adopting any
ordinance that would further restrict low-speed electrical vehicles
from operating on certain city-owned streets in order to ensure the
public health and safety.
D. E. This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the
rules of the road as provided in Section 11-101 et seq. of Title 47
of the Oklahoma Statutes this title.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
Passed the House of Representatives the 27th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the _____ day of __________, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate