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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3043 By: West (Josh) of the House
and
Stanley of the Senate
An Act relating to soldiers and sailors; allowing
Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to hire
seasonal employees; exempting such employees from
benefits; providing for codification; and providing
an effective date.
SUBJECT: Soldiers and sailors
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 430 of Title 72, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. For the purposes of this section, seasonal employees shall
be unclassified employees employed by the Oklahoma Department of
Veterans Affairs who work less than one thousand six hundred ninety-
nine (1,699) hours in any twelve-month period.
B. The Department may employ seasonal employees throughout the
calendar year. Project labor or pro re nata jobs employed by the
Department for a period of time necessary to complete a project or
fulfill the need shall be in the unclassified service of the state,
as provided by the Oklahoma Personnel Act, Section 840-1.1 et seq.
of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Such employees shall not be
entitled to paid leave, paid holidays, retirement, health, dental or
life insurance, and shall be exempt from any laws, rules, or
practices providing for such benefits.
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C. The Department, in its annual budget request, shall include
a summary of the use of project labor, which shall include the
number of workers employed under the provisions of this section and
the total wages paid to these employees.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 18th day of February,
2026.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 29th day of April, 2026.
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: _________________________________