HB3257 • 2026

Veterans; disabled veterans; benefits; qualifications; codification; effective date.

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Sponsor: Hall
Last action: 2026-04-27
Official status: Placed on General Order
Effective date: Not listed

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Veterans; disabled veterans; benefits; qualifications; codification; effective date.

What This Bill Does

Veterans; disabled veterans; benefits; qualifications; codification; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3257 (House): Introduced (2/18/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 3257 (Senate): HB3257 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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Bill History

2026-04-27 Senate
Placed on General Order
2026-04-22 Senate
Reported Do Pass Appropriations committee; CR filed
2026-04-16 Senate
Reported Do Pass Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed
2026-04-16 Senate
Referred to Appropriations
2026-04-01 Senate
Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee
2026-02-19 House
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
2026-02-19 Senate
First Reading
2026-02-18 House
General Order
2026-02-18 House
Coauthored by Representative(s) Fugate, Hefner, Dollens
2026-02-18 House
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 96 Nays: 0
2026-02-18 House
Referred for engrossment
2026-02-12 House
CR; Do Pass Health and Human Services Oversight Committee
2026-02-12 House
Authored by Senator Woods (principal Senate author)
2026-02-05 House
Policy recommendation to the Health and Human Services Oversight committee; Do Pass Veteran and Military Affairs
2026-02-03 House
Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight
2026-02-03 House
Referred to Veteran and Military Affairs
2026-02-02 House
First Reading
2026-02-02 House
Authored by Representative Hall

Official Summary Text

Veterans; disabled veterans; benefits; qualifications; codification; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3257 (House): Introduced (2/18/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 3257 (Senate): HB3257 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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ENGR. H. B. NO. 3257 Page 1
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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3257 By: Hall, Fugate, Hefner, and
Dollens of the House

and

Woods of the Senate

An Act relating to veterans; requiring one hundred
percent disability benefits to meet qualifications
established by federal law; providing for
codification; and providing an 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 500 of Title 72, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Any state benefits available to one-hundred-percent disabled
veterans shall meet the benefit qualifications provided under 38
U.S.C., Section 1151.
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 ___ day of _________, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate