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HB3695 • 2026

Motor vehicles; personal injury accidents; modifying scope of certain defined term; effective date.

Motor vehicles; personal injury accidents; modifying scope of certain defined term; effective date.

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Sponsor
Gise
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Motor vehicles; personal injury accidents; modifying scope of certain defined term; effective date.

Motor vehicles; personal injury accidents; modifying scope of certain defined term; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Motor vehicles; personal injury accidents; modifying scope of certain defined term; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/10/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Introduced (2/10/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/23/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Committee Substitute (3/26/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Floor Amendment 1 (3/26/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Plain English: HB3695 FA1 GiseEm-GRS 3/25/2026 2:07:28 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3695 Of the printed Bill Page 3 Section 1 Lines 5 Of the Engrossed Bill By inserting after the word "a" and before the word "bone" the following phrase "serious compound".

  • HB3695 FA1 GiseEm-GRS 3/25/2026 2:07:28 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3695 Of the printed Bill Page 3 Section 1 Lines 5 Of the Engrossed Bill By inserting after the word "a" and before the word "bone" the following phrase "serious compound".

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 16329 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.
  • 3695 By: Gise POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.

Plain English: HB3695 POLPCS1 Emily Gise-GRS 2/6/2026 4:11:08 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3695 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.

  • HB3695 POLPCS1 Emily Gise-GRS 2/6/2026 4:11:08 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Emily Gise Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3695 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.
  • 16102 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.
  • 3695 By: Gise PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 House

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/06/2026

  2. 2026-04-29 Senate

    General Order, Considered

  3. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0

  4. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Engrossed measure signed, returned to House

  5. 2026-04-29 House

    Referred for enrollment

  6. 2026-04-29 House

    Enrolled, signed, to Senate

  7. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Enrolled measure signed, returned to House

  8. 2026-04-29 House

    Sent to Governor

  9. 2026-04-09 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  10. 2026-04-07 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

  11. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Public Safety

  12. 2026-03-30 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  13. 2026-03-30 Senate

    First Reading

  14. 2026-03-26 House

    General Order

  15. 2026-03-26 House

    Amended

  16. 2026-03-26 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 4

  17. 2026-03-26 House

    Referred for engrossment

  18. 2026-03-03 House

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

  19. 2026-03-03 House

    Authored by Senator Hamilton (principal Senate author)

  20. 2026-02-12 House

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

  21. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  22. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to Civil Judiciary

  23. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  24. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Gise

Official Summary Text

Motor vehicles; personal injury accidents; modifying scope of certain defined term; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/10/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Introduced (2/10/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (2/23/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Committee Substitute (3/26/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3695 (House): Floor Amendment 1 (3/26/2026)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3695 By: Gise of the House

and

Hamilton of the Senate

An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
2021, Section 11-904, as amended by Section 65,
Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (47 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section
11-904), which relates to personal injury accidents;
modifying scope of certain defined term; and
providing an effective date.

SUBJECT: Motor vehicles

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11-904, as
amended by Section 65, Chapter 486, O.S.L. 2025 (47 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 11-904), is amended to read as follows:

Section 11-904. A. Any person who is involved in a personal
injury accident while driving or operating a motor vehicle within
this state and who is in violation of the provisions of subsection A
of Section 11-902 of this title may be charged with a violation of
the provisions of this subsection as follows:

1. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions
of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor for the
first offense and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county
jail for not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one (1) year,
and a fine of not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
($2,500.00); and

2. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions
of this subsection after having been previously convicted of a
violation of this subsection or of Section 11-902 of this title
shall be deemed guilty of a Class B5 felony offense and shall be
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punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of
Corrections for not less than one (1) year and not more than five
(5) years, and a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00).

B. 1. Any person who causes an accident resulting in great
bodily injury to any person other than himself or herself while
driving or operating a motor vehicle within this state and who is in
violation of the provisions of subsection A of Section 11-902 of
this title may be charged with a violation of the provisions of this
subsection. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the
provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a Class B1
felony offense punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for not less than four (4) years and not
more than twenty (20) years, and a fine of not more than Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

2. C. As used in this subsection section, "great bodily injury"
means bodily injury which creates a serious compound bone fracture,
protracted and obvious disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment
of the function of a body part, organ or mental faculty, or
substantial risk of death or which causes serious, permanent
disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of
any bodily member or organ.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 26th day of March, 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: _________________________________