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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 2746 By: Lawson of the House
and
Howard of the Senate
An Act relating to revenue and taxation; amending 68
O.S. 2021, Section 4503, which relates to the
Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Act; modifying
eligibility requirements for basic health benefits
plans; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Revenue and taxation
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Section 4503, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 4503. A. As used in the Oklahoma Remote Quality Jobs
Incentive Act:
1. "Basic industry" means an establishment that attracts remote
workers to the state whose purpose is to increase the state's
population and who may receive rebates on the remote workers;
provided, that the remote workers meet the wage and health insurance
requirements in the state and provide evidence of such to the proxy
establishment;
2. "New direct job" shall include full-time-equivalent
employment in this state of remote workers who are employed by an
establishment other than the proxy establishment which has qualified
to receive incentive payments for attracting remote workers to the
state. Such jobs held by remote workers did not exist in this state
prior to the date of approval by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
of the application of the proxy establishment. A job shall be
deemed to exist in this state prior to approval of an application if
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the activities and functions for which the particular job exists
have been ongoing at any time within six (6) months prior to such
approval;
3. "Proxy establishment" means:
a. a public trust which:
(1) is organized and existing under Section 176 of
Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes for the benefit
of a geographic area which includes a city or
county or some combination thereof, and
(2) benefits a geographic area where new direct jobs
which meet the requirements of the Oklahoma
Remote Quality Jobs Incentive Act are created by
an establishment, other than the proxy
establishment, or
b. an establishment which facilitates the attraction of
remote workers to the State of Oklahoma;
4. "Remote worker" refers to a work flexibility arrangement
under which an employee performs the duties and responsibilities of
such employee's position, and other authorized activities, from an
approved work site other than the location from which the employee
would otherwise work, which shall not be located within the physical
boundaries of the State of Oklahoma. The remote worker should not
have lived in the State of Oklahoma in the previous twelve (12)
months;
5. "Estimated direct state benefits" means the tax revenues
projected by the Department to accrue to the state as a result of
new direct jobs;
6. "Estimated direct state costs" means the costs projected by
the Department to accrue to the state as a result of new direct
jobs. Such costs shall include, but not be limited to:
a. the costs of education of new state resident children,
b. the costs of public health, public safety and
transportation services to be provided to new state
residents,
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c. the costs of other state services to be provided to
new state residents, and
d. the costs of other state services;
7. "Estimated net direct state benefits" means the estimated
direct state benefits less the estimated direct state costs; and
8. "Net benefit rate" means the estimated net direct state
benefits computed as a percentage of gross payroll, and shall not
exceed five percent (5%).
B. A proxy establishment shall be required to obtain from
remote workers proof of basic health benefits plans for the
individuals it includes in an application. The proxy establishment
shall submit the information to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce
and shall ensure that the basic health benefits plans consist of the
following elements or elements substantially equivalent thereto:
1. Not more than fifty percent (50%) of the premium shall be
paid by the employee;
2. Coverage for basic hospital care;
3. Coverage for physician care;
4. Coverage for mental health care;
5. Coverage for substance abuse treatment;
6. Coverage for prescription drugs; and
7. Coverage for prenatal care.
provide coverage where not more than fifty percent (50%) of the
premium shall be paid by the employee; however, services provided by
an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) are not sufficient to meet this
definition.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 25th day of March, 2025.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 30th day of April, 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: _________________________________