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HB3297 • 2026

Wreckers and towing; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Revolving Fund; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; effective date.

Wreckers and towing; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Revolving Fund; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; effective date.

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Sponsor
Hays
Last action
2026-04-21
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Wreckers and towing; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Revolving Fund; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; effective date.

Wreckers and towing; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Revolving Fund; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Wreckers and towing; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Revolving Fund; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/11/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/24/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation - - Amendment 1 (2/26/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (House): Committee Substitute (3/5/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (Senate): Committee Substitute (4/20/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 3297 (Senate): HB3297 SFLR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 3888 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) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3297 By: Hays of the House and Woods of the Senate COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to wreckers and towing; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Revolving Fund; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; requiring Division to employ certain employees; transferring certain powers, records, and funds to Department of Labor; requiring Department to succeed to certain contractual rights; transferring certain administrative rules to Department; requiring Office of Administrative Rules to provide certain notice; transferring certain rulemaking authorities; transferring certain rules to Department; allowing certain departments and commissions to enter into certain agreements; limiting number of employees to receive transfers; prohibiting the transfer of certain employees without certain consent; requiring certain employees to retain certain time and benefits earned; requiring the Office of Management and Enterprise Services to coordinate certain transfers; amending 47 O.S.
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 16610 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.
  • 3297 By: Hays POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to highway remediation services; requiring highway remediation and cleanup services maintain certain minimum liability insurance coverage; requiring coverage for licensure; authorizing certain suspension or revocation of license; requiring certain price list be published on website; requiring annual update of price list; listing requirements of price list; creating certain lien; providing for attachment of lien; requiring certain notice; stating contents of notice; providing for perfection of lien; providing contents of verified lien statement; providing for enforcement of lien; prohibiting certain actions unless certain conditions are met; authorizing certain temporary retention of property; prohibiting certain actions; stating certain lien shall be subordinate to other liens unless agreed to in writing; amending 47 O.S.
Filed

Plain English: HB3297 POLREC-AMD1 Neil Hays-JBH 2/25/2026 1:06:06 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Neil Hays Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3297 Of the printed Bill Page 3 Section 3 & 4 Lines 7 Of the Engrossed Bill by removing Sections 3 and 4 from the bill and renumbering subsequent sections.

  • HB3297 POLREC-AMD1 Neil Hays-JBH 2/25/2026 1:06:06 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Neil Hays Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3297 Of the printed Bill Page 3 Section 3 & 4 Lines 7 Of the Engrossed Bill by removing Sections 3 and 4 from the bill and renumbering subsequent sections.
Filed

Plain English: HB3297 POLPCS1 Neil Hays-JBH 2/3/2026 1:51:34 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Neil Hays Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3297 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.

  • HB3297 POLPCS1 Neil Hays-JBH 2/3/2026 1:51:34 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Neil Hays Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3297 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.
  • 15950 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.
  • 3297 By: Hays PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to highway remediation services; requiring highway remediation and cleanup services maintain certain minimum liability insurance coverage; requiring coverage for licensure; authorizing certain suspension or revocation of license; requiring certain price list be published on website; requiring annual update of price list; listing requirements of price list; creating certain lien; providing for attachment of lien; requiring certain notice; stating contents of notice; providing for perfection of lien; providing contents of verified lien statement; providing for enforcement of lien; prohibiting certain actions unless certain conditions are met; authorizing certain temporary retention of property; prohibiting certain actions; stating certain lien shall be subordinate to other liens unless agreed to in writing; amending 47 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2026-04-16 Senate

    Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Business and Insurance committee; CR filed

  3. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance

  4. 2026-03-10 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  5. 2026-03-10 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2026-03-09 House

    General Order

  7. 2026-03-09 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 8

  8. 2026-03-09 House

    Referred for engrossment

  9. 2026-02-26 House

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

  10. 2026-02-26 House

    Authored by Senator Woods (principal Senate author)

  11. 2026-02-19 House

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

  12. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  13. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to Civil Judiciary

  14. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  15. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Hays

Official Summary Text

Wreckers and towing; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker and Towing Services Revolving Fund; creating the Oklahoma Wrecker Services Division within the Department of Labor; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/11/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/24/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation - - Amendment 1 (2/26/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (House): Committee Substitute (3/5/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3297 (Senate): Committee Substitute (4/20/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 3297 (Senate): HB3297 SFLR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3297 By: Hays of the House

and

Woods of the Senate

An Act relating to highway remediation services;
requiring highway remediation and cleanup services
maintain certain minimum liability insurance
coverage; requiring coverage for licensure;
authorizing certain suspension or revocation of
license; requiring certain price list be published on
website; requiring annual update of price list;
listing requirements of price list; 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 2-7-407 of Title 27A, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Every highway remediation and cleanup service operating within
this state shall maintain commercial general liability insurance
coverage of not less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00),
that includes completed operations and pollution liability coverage.
Proof of such coverage shall be provided upon licensure by the
Department of Environmental Quality and upon request to law
enforcement, the Department of Transportation, insurers, or
contracting parties. The Department of Environmental Quality may

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suspend or revoke the license of a highway remediation and cleanup
service for failure to maintain the coverage required pursuant to
this section.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2-7-408 of Title 27A, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Each highway remediation and cleanup service operating in this
state shall publish and maintain on a publicly accessible website a
clear, searchable price list of its top fifty (50) most frequently
billed nonconsent highway remediation services. The price list
shall be updated at least annually and made available prior to or
contemporaneously with billing. The price list shall include, at a
minimum:
1. A plain-language description of each service;
2. The standard charge for each service, including, but not
limited to, hourly rates, common equipment charges, and emergency
surcharges;
3. Units of measurement or billing increments; and
4. Any commonly applied surcharges.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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Passed the House of Representatives the 9th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate