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HB3831 • 2026

Emergency management Services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; source; purpose; restrictions; codification; effective date.

Emergency management Services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; source; purpose; restrictions; codification; effective date.

Budget
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
May
Last action
2026-05-12
Official status
Approved by Governor 05/12/2026
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.

Emergency management Services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; source; purpose; restrictions; codification; effective date.

Emergency management Services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; source; purpose; restrictions; codification; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Emergency management Services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; source; purpose; restrictions; codification; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Introduced (2/12/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1 (2/17/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Sub Committee Recommendation (3/3/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Amendment to Sub Committee Recommendation (3/3/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Committee Substitute (3/11/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Senate Amendment to House Bill (5/5/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (Senate): Floor Amendment 1 (4/14/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 3831 (Senate): HB3831 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: HB3831 SUBREC-AMD1 Trey Caldwell-JM 3/3/2026 2:44:42 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Trey Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3831 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting Section 4 in its entirety and by inserting a new Section 4 to read as follows: " SECTION 4.

  • HB3831 SUBREC-AMD1 Trey Caldwell-JM 3/3/2026 2:44:42 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Trey Caldwell Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3831 Of the printed Bill Page Section Lines Of the Engrossed Bill By deleting Section 4 in its entirety and by inserting a new Section 4 to read as follows: " SECTION 4.
  • This act shall become effective November 1, 2026."
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 3938 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) FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3831 By: May, Miller, and Stewart of the House and Haste of the Senate FLOOR SUBSTITUTE [ emergency management services – Oklahoma Task Force 1 – Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management – rules – Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund – limitations – funds – warrants – purpose – codification – effective date ] BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1.
Filed

Plain English: Filed

  • The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.
Filed

Plain English: HB3831 SUBPCS1 Stan May-GRS 2/13/2026 3:24:04 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Stan May Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3831 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.

  • HB3831 SUBPCS1 Stan May-GRS 2/13/2026 3:24:04 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Stan May Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB3831 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.
  • 16316 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 SUBCOMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3831 By: May PROPOSED SUBCOMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to emergency management services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team for specific purposes; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to promulgate rules; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; providing for the continuation of the fund; making fund not subject to fiscal year limitations; providing for the appropriation and budgeting of funds; requiring the issuance of warrants; making appropriations to the Department of Emergency Management; stating purpose of appropriations; providing restrictions on appropriated funds; providing for noncodification; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 16476 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) SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 3831 By: May SUBCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to emergency management services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team for specific purposes; authorizing the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to promulgate rules; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; providing for the continuation of the fund; making fund not subject to fiscal year limitations; providing for the appropriation and budgeting of funds; requiring the issuance of warrants; making appropriations to the Department of Emergency Management; stating purpose of appropriations; providing restrictions on appropriated funds; providing for noncodification; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-12 House

    Approved by Governor 05/12/2026

  2. 2026-05-06 House

    SA's read, adopted

  3. 2026-05-06 House

    Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 79 Nays: 10

  4. 2026-05-06 House

    Referred for enrollment

  5. 2026-05-06 House

    Enrolled, signed, to Senate

  6. 2026-05-06 Senate

    Enrolled measure signed, returned to House

  7. 2026-05-06 House

    Sent to Governor

  8. 2026-04-23 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  9. 2026-04-23 House

    SA's received

  10. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Hicks

  11. 2026-04-22 Senate

    General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute

  12. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Title restored

  13. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Enacting clause restored

  14. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 10

  15. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  16. 2026-04-13 Senate

    Withdrawn from Appropriations committee

  17. 2026-04-13 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  18. 2026-04-07 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Public Safety committee; CR filed

  19. 2026-04-07 Senate

    Enacting clause stricken

  20. 2026-04-07 Senate

    Referred to Appropriations

  21. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee

  22. 2026-03-12 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  23. 2026-03-12 Senate

    First Reading

  24. 2026-03-11 House

    General Order

  25. 2026-03-11 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 14

  26. 2026-03-11 House

    Referred for engrossment

  27. 2026-03-05 House

    CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget Committee

  28. 2026-03-05 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Miller, Stewart

  29. 2026-03-05 House

    Authored by Senator Haste (principal Senate author)

  30. 2026-03-05 House

    Title stricken

  31. 2026-03-05 House

    Emergency removed

  32. 2026-02-18 House

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee

  33. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  34. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee

  35. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  36. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative May

Official Summary Text

Emergency management Services; recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official deployment asset team; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund; source; purpose; restrictions; codification; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Introduced (2/12/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (sub committee) 1 (2/17/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Sub Committee Recommendation (3/3/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Amendment to Sub Committee Recommendation (3/3/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Committee Substitute (3/11/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (House): Senate Amendment to House Bill (5/5/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 3831 (Senate): Floor Amendment 1 (4/14/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 3831 (Senate): HB3831 ENGR FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3831 By: May, Miller, and Stewart of
the House

and

Haste and Hicks of the
Senate

An Act relating to emergency management services;
recognizing Oklahoma Task Force 1 as the official
deployment asset team for certain purpose; stating
exception to certain deployment; authorizing the
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management to
promulgate rules; requiring equal division of certain
funds; creating the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving
Fund; stating source of funds; stating purpose of
fund; providing restrictions on appropriated funds;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

SUBJECT: Emergency management services

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 330.99 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A. Oklahoma Task Force 1 (OK-TF1) shall be recognized as the
official deployment asset team for urban search and rescue missions
and for floods and disasters in this state; provided, however, OK-
TF1 shall not be deployed for wildland firefighting. OK-TF1 shall
be the first deployed asset for any Emergency Management Assistance
Compact-related requests outside of this state during any declared
disasters.

B. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management is
authorized to promulgate and enforce rules governing the
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administration, allowable uses, and oversight of the Oklahoma Task
Force 1 Revolving Fund created in subsection C of this section. The
funds in the Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund shall be divided
equally between the Oklahoma City and Tulsa teams of OK-TF1.

C. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, to be
designated the “Oklahoma Task Force 1 Revolving Fund”. The fund
shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations,
and shall consist of all monies deposited to the credit of the fund
by law. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby
appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma
Department of Emergency Management for the direct reimbursement of
participating agencies of Oklahoma Task Force 1. Expenditures from
the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer
against claims filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the
Office of Management and Enterprise Services for approval and
payment.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

ENR. H. B. NO. 3831 Page 3
Passed the House of Representatives the 6th day of May, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 22nd 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: _________________________________