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HB3045 • 2026

Motor vehicles; prohibiting the charging of certain fee for accident response by certain entities; effective date.

Motor vehicles; prohibiting the charging of certain fee for accident response by certain entities; effective date.

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Sponsor
Tedford
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
Second Reading referred to Public Safety
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Motor vehicles; prohibiting the charging of certain fee for accident response by certain entities; effective date.

Motor vehicles; prohibiting the charging of certain fee for accident response by certain entities; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Motor vehicles; prohibiting the charging of certain fee for accident response by certain entities; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3045 (House): Introduced (2/16/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3045 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (2/16/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3045 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/23/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3045 (House): Committee Substitute (3/11/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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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 HB Bill No.
  • 3045 on Page 1, Line 21, by inserting after the word “department” and before the period, the words: “, a fire protection district, a rural fire district, or a municipal fire department located in a municipality with a population of less than two hundred thousand (200,000) according to the most recent Federal Decennial Census.
  • Any fees recovered cannot be placed in a general revenue fund or otherwise be used to fund any services other than fire.
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 16545 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.
  • 3045 By: Tedford POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
Filed

Plain English: HB3045 POLAMD1 Mark Tedford-JBH 2/12/2026 4:34:00 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Mark Tedford Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3045 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill On page 1, Section 1, line 19 by inserting after the word "municipality" and before the "." period the following language "; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to a volunteer fire department".

  • HB3045 POLAMD1 Mark Tedford-JBH 2/12/2026 4:34:00 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Mark Tedford Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3045 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill On page 1, Section 1, line 19 by inserting after the word "municipality" and before the "." period the following language "; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to a volunteer fire department".

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Public Safety

  2. 2026-03-12 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  3. 2026-03-12 Senate

    First Reading

  4. 2026-03-11 House

    General Order

  5. 2026-03-11 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 65 Nays: 23

  6. 2026-03-11 House

    Referred for engrossment

  7. 2026-03-03 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  8. 2026-02-19 House

    Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety

  9. 2026-02-19 House

    Authored by Senator Reinhardt (principal Senate author)

  10. 2026-02-04 House

    Withdrawn from Rules Committee

  11. 2026-02-04 House

    Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  12. 2026-02-04 House

    Referred to Public Safety

  13. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Rules

  14. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  15. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Tedford

Official Summary Text

Motor vehicles; prohibiting the charging of certain fee for accident response by certain entities; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3045 (House): Introduced (2/16/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3045 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Amendment 1 (2/16/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3045 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/23/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3045 (House): Committee Substitute (3/11/2026)

Current Bill Text

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ENGR. H. B. NO. 3045 Page 1
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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3045 By: Tedford of the House

and

Reinhardt of the Senate

An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 10-118, which relates to accident
response fee prohibited; prohibiting the charging of
certain fee for accident response by certain
entities; making certain exception; and providing an
effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 10-118, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10-118. A. Notwithstanding any other section of law to
the contrary, no person or entity shall impose an accident response
fee for the response or investigation of a motor vehicle accident by
law enforcement, fire department, or municipality; provided,
however, that this prohibition shall not apply to a volunteer fire
department.
B. For purposes of this section, “accident response fee” means
a fee imposed for the response or investigation of a motor vehicle

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accident and does not mean any fee otherwise specifically authorized
by law.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
Passed the House of Representatives the 11th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the _____ day of __________, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate