HB4297 • 2026

Insurance; certified certificate of death; small life insurance policies; proof; sworn statement; effective date.

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Sponsor: Pae
Last action: 2026-02-10
Official status: Referred to Rules
Effective date: Not listed

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Insurance; certified certificate of death; small life insurance policies; proof; sworn statement; effective date.

What This Bill Does

Insurance; certified certificate of death; small life insurance policies; proof; sworn statement; effective date.

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Bill History

2026-02-10 House
Withdrawn from Insurance Committee
2026-02-10 House
Withdrawn from Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
2026-02-10 House
Referred to Rules
2026-02-03 House
Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight
2026-02-03 House
Referred to Insurance
2026-02-02 House
First Reading
2026-02-02 House
Authored by Representative Pae

Official Summary Text

Insurance; certified certificate of death; small life insurance policies; proof; sworn statement; effective date.

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

HOUSE BILL 4297 By: Pae

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to insurance; permitting certified
certificate of death as proof for small life
insurance policies; clarifying certificate must be
accompanied by sworn statement; 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 4013.1 of Title 36, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
In the case of any life insurance policy with a value of Fifteen
Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) or less, proof of death may be
furnished by submission of a certified certificate of death with a
pending manner or cause, accompanied by a sworn statement by the
funeral director who conducted burial services that the certificate
is authentic and the death has occurred.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

60-2-15637 MJ 01/12/26