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HB4038 • 2026

Transportation; requiring portions of funds be used for certain purposes; limitations; lapse of funds; making an appropriation; effective date; emergency.

Transportation; requiring portions of funds be used for certain purposes; limitations; lapse of funds; making an appropriation; effective date; emergency.

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

Sponsor
Caldwell (Trey)
Last action
2026-04-22
Official status
Approved by Governor 04/22/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Transportation; requiring portions of funds be used for certain purposes; limitations; lapse of funds; making an appropriation; effective date; emergency.

Transportation; requiring portions of funds be used for certain purposes; limitations; lapse of funds; making an appropriation; effective date; emergency.

What This Bill Does

  • Transportation; requiring portions of funds be used for certain purposes; limitations; lapse of funds; making an appropriation; effective date; emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4038 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 2 (4/12/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4038 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (4/13/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4038 (House): Committee Substitute (4/14/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 4038 (Senate): HB4038 CS2 FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Plain English: HB4038 FULLPCS1 Trey Caldwell-MKS 4/11/2026 12:53:56 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 HB4038 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.

  • HB4038 FULLPCS1 Trey Caldwell-MKS 4/11/2026 12:53:56 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 HB4038 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.
  • 17293 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 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 4038 By: Caldwell (Trey) and Kane of the House and Hall and Haste of the Senate PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to transportation; requiring that portions of funds be used for certain purposes; providing budgeting and expenditure limitations and procedures; providing for lapse of funds under certain conditions; making an appropriation; determining purpose of funds appropriated; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Plain English: HB4038 FULLPCS2 Trey Caldwell-JM 4/11/2026 1:43:02 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 HB4038 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.

  • HB4038 FULLPCS2 Trey Caldwell-JM 4/11/2026 1:43:02 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 HB4038 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.
  • 17293 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 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 4038 By: Caldwell (Trey) and Kane of the House and Hall and Haste of the Senate PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to transportation; requiring that portions of funds be used for certain purposes; providing budgeting and expenditure limitations and procedures; providing for lapse of funds under certain conditions; making an appropriation; determining purpose of funds appropriated; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-22 House

    Approved by Governor 04/22/2026

  2. 2026-04-16 Senate

    JCR adopted

  3. 2026-04-16 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 28 Nays: 17

  4. 2026-04-16 Senate

    Emergency passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7

  5. 2026-04-16 Senate

    Engrossed measure signed, returned to House

  6. 2026-04-16 House

    Referred for enrollment

  7. 2026-04-16 House

    Enrolled, signed, to Senate

  8. 2026-04-16 Senate

    Enrolled measure signed, returned to House

  9. 2026-04-16 House

    Sent to Governor

  10. 2026-04-15 Senate

    Direct to Calendar

  11. 2026-04-14 House

    General Order

  12. 2026-04-14 House

    JCR adopted

  13. 2026-04-14 House

    Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 92 Nays: 0

  14. 2026-04-14 House

    Referred for engrossment

  15. 2026-04-14 House

    Engrossed, signed, to Senate

  16. 2026-04-14 Senate

    First Reading

  17. 2026-04-13 House

    JCR; Do pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

  18. 2026-04-13 House

    Emergency added

  19. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

  20. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  21. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Caldwell (Trey), Kane

  22. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Senator Hall (principal Senate author)

  23. 2026-02-02 House

    Coauthored by Senator(s) Haste

Official Summary Text

Transportation; requiring portions of funds be used for certain purposes; limitations; lapse of funds; making an appropriation; effective date; emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4038 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 2 (4/12/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4038 (House): Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 (4/13/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4038 (House): Committee Substitute (4/14/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For HB 4038 (Senate): HB4038 CS2 FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 4038 By: Caldwell (Trey) and Kane of
the House

and

Hall and Haste of the
Senate

An Act relating to transportation; requiring that
portions of funds be used for certain purposes;
providing budgeting and expenditure limitations and
procedures; providing for lapse of funds under
certain conditions; making an appropriation;
determining purpose of funds appropriated; providing
for noncodification; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.

SUBJECT: Transportation

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

SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:

Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation in
Section 67 of Enrolled Senate Bill No. 1177 of the 2nd Session of
the 60th Oklahoma Legislature, the sum of Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000.00) shall, under the direction of the Executive
Director, be dedicated to funding projects on the 8-Year
Construction Work Plan.

SECTION 2. Appropriations made by this act, not including
appropriations made for capital outlay purposes, may be budgeted for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027 (hereafter FY-27), or may be
budgeted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028 (hereafter FY-28).
Funds budgeted for FY-27 may be encumbered only through June 30,
2027, and must be expended by November 15, 2027. Any funds
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remaining after November 15, 2027, and not budgeted for FY-28, shall
lapse to the credit of the proper fund for the then current fiscal
year. Funds budgeted for FY-28 may be encumbered only through June
30, 2028. Any funds remaining after November 15, 2028, shall lapse
to the credit of the proper fund for the then current fiscal year.
These appropriations may not be budgeted in both fiscal years
simultaneously. Funds budgeted in FY-27, and not required to pay
obligations for that fiscal year, may be budgeted for FY-28, after
the agency to which the funds have been appropriated has prepared
and submitted a budget work program revision removing these funds
from the FY-27 budget work program and after such revision has been
approved by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:

There is hereby appropriated to the Department of Transportation
from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027,
the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-six Thousand Dollars ($266,000.00) or
so much thereof as may be necessary to perform the duties imposed
upon the Department of Transportation by law.

SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:

Funds appropriated by Section 3 of this act shall be utilized as
follows:

Two Hundred Sixty-six Thousand Dollars ($266,000.00) to
implement the provisions of Enrolled House Bill No. 2979 of the 2nd
Session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature.

SECTION 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.

SECTION 6. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

ENR. H. B. NO. 4038 Page 3
Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of April, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

Passed the Senate the 16th 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: _________________________________