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HB2588 • 2026

Owners associations; membership; requirements; residence; effective date.

Owners associations; membership; requirements; residence; effective date.

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Sponsor
Staires
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Owners associations; membership; requirements; residence; effective date.

Owners associations; membership; requirements; residence; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Owners associations; membership; requirements; residence; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2588 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/16/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2588 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (3/2/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2588 (House): Committee Substitute (3/24/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2588 (House): Floor Amendment 1 (3/24/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: HB2588 FA1 StairesCl-MAH 3/24/2026 10:38:13 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Clay Staires Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB2588 Of the printed Bill Page 2 Section 1 Lines 9 Of the Engrossed Bill By inserting the following language after the period ".": "For purposes of this act, a member of said owners association is deemed to “physically reside” in the real estate development if the member maintains an address for personal income tax purposes at a home or dwelling within the owners association, and the member inhabits and maintains the home or dwelling located at that address within the owners association as the member’s fixed, permanent, and principal home for at least ten (10) months, in the aggregate, during each calendar year in which the member serves on the board.

  • HB2588 FA1 StairesCl-MAH 3/24/2026 10:38:13 am AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Clay Staires Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB2588 Of the printed Bill Page 2 Section 1 Lines 9 Of the Engrossed Bill By inserting the following language after the period ".": "For purposes of this act, a member of said owners association is deemed to “physically reside” in the real estate development if the member maintains an address for personal income tax purposes at a home or dwelling within the owners association, and the member inhabits and maintains the home or dwelling located at that address within the owners association as the member’s fixed, permanent, and principal home for at least ten (10) months, in the aggregate, during each calendar year in which the member serves on the board.
  • If at any time after the member is elected to serve as a board member the member fails to meet or no longer meets the requirements of physically residing in the real estate development, that board member will be deemed to have automatically resigned his or her position as a board member."
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.
  • 2588 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 2, Line 14, by deleting before the word “months”, the words “ten (10)”, and inserting the words “six (6)”; and 2.
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 16533 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 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 2588 By: Staires POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to owners associations; amending 60 O.S.
Filed

Plain English: HB2588 POLPCS1 Clay Staires-JL 2/11/2026 1:26:08 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 HB2588 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.

  • HB2588 POLPCS1 Clay Staires-JL 2/11/2026 1:26:08 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 HB2588 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.
  • 16213 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 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026) PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 2588 By: Staires PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to owners associations; amending 60 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2026-04-09 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Business and Insurance committee; CR filed

  3. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance

  4. 2026-03-26 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  5. 2026-03-26 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2026-03-25 House

    General Order

  7. 2026-03-25 House

    Amended

  8. 2026-03-25 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 70 Nays: 19

  9. 2026-03-25 House

    Referred for engrossment

  10. 2026-03-03 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee

  11. 2026-02-19 House

    Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government

  12. 2026-02-19 House

    Authored by Senator Rader (principal Senate author)

  13. 2026-02-12 House

    Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  14. 2026-02-12 House

    Referred to Government Oversight

  15. 2026-02-12 House

    Referred to General Government

  16. 2026-02-09 House

    Remove Representative Hilbert as principal House author and substitute with Representative Staires

  17. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  18. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  19. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative Hilbert

Official Summary Text

Owners associations; membership; requirements; residence; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2588 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/16/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2588 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (3/2/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2588 (House): Committee Substitute (3/24/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 2588 (House): Floor Amendment 1 (3/24/2026)

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2588 By: Staires of the House

and

Rader of the Senate

An Act relating to owners associations; amending 60
O.S. 2021, Section 854, which relates to owners
association membership; requiring owners association
board members to be recorded owners of property and
physically reside in the real estate development that
the owners association governs; defining term;
providing for automatic resignations of board members
under certain circumstances; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 60 O.S. 2021, Section 854, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 854. A. Membership of said owners association shall
consist of recorded owners of separately owned lots in the real
estate development. Membership is transferred upon legal transfer
of title to the separately owned lots. The owners association may
also enforce the covenant and restrictions of the real estate
development when specified by the covenants and restrictions.
B. Board members of an owners association, after the real
estate developer relinquishes control of the owners association,

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shall consist of members of said owners association who are current
recorded owners of lots in the real estate development.
Furthermore, owners association board members shall physically
reside in the real estate development that is governed by said
owners association. For purposes of this act, a board member of
said owners association is deemed to “physically reside” in the real
estate development if the member maintains an address for personal
income tax purposes at a home or dwelling within the owners
association, and the member inhabits and maintains the home or
dwelling located at that address within the owners association as
the fixed, permanent, and principal home of the member for at least
ten (10) months, in the aggregate, during each calendar year in
which the member serves on the board. If at any time after the
member is elected to serve as a board member the member fails to
meet or no longer meets the requirements of physically residing in
the real estate development, that board member shall be deemed to
have automatically resigned his or her position as a board member.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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Passed the House of Representatives the 25th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ______ day of __________, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate