HB4434 • 2026

State government; Governor; requiring certain notification to successor; notification requirements; time requirement of notice; effective date.

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Sponsor: Hilbert
Last action: 2026-05-06
Official status: To Senate
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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State government; Governor; requiring certain notification to successor; notification requirements; time requirement of notice; effective date.

What This Bill Does

State government; Governor; requiring certain notification to successor; notification requirements; time requirement of notice; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4434 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/17/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4434 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (3/4/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4434 (House): Committee Substitute (3/11/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Policy Committee Recommendation

None

Filed

Plain English: Req.

Req.
No.
16527 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.
4434 By: Hilbert POLICY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION An Act relating to state government; requiring certain notification to successor; requiring notification to indicate start of absence and anticipated return; directing notice to be made twenty-four hours before absence except for emergencies; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1

None

Filed

Plain English: HB4434 POLPCS1 Kyle Hilbert-MJ 2/13/2026 12:33:39 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Kyle Hilbert Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB4434 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.

HB4434 POLPCS1 Kyle Hilbert-MJ 2/13/2026 12:33:39 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Kyle Hilbert Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk COMMITTEE AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend HB4434 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.
16214 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.
4434 By: Hilbert PROPOSED POLICY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to state government; requiring certain notification to successor; requiring notification to indicate start of absence and anticipated return; directing notice to be made twenty-four hours before absence except for emergencies; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

Bill History

2026-05-06 House
Vetoed 05/06/2026
2026-05-06 House
Veto overridden: Ayes: 86 Nays: 4
2026-05-06 House
To Senate
2026-04-30 House
Referred for enrollment
2026-04-30 House
Enrolled, signed, to Senate
2026-04-30 Senate
Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
2026-04-30 House
Sent to Governor
2026-04-29 Senate
General Order, Considered
2026-04-29 Senate
Measure passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 3
2026-04-29 Senate
Engrossed measure signed, returned to House
2026-04-22 Senate
Placed on General Order
2026-04-20 Senate
Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed
2026-04-01 Senate
Second Reading referred to Rules
2026-03-25 House
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
2026-03-25 Senate
First Reading
2026-03-25 Senate
Coauthored by Representative Alonso-Sandoval
2026-03-24 House
General Order
2026-03-24 House
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3
2026-03-24 House
Referred for engrossment
2026-03-09 House
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee
2026-02-19 House
Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government
2026-02-19 House
Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
2026-02-16 House
Withdrawn from Rules Committee
2026-02-16 House
Referred to Government Oversight
2026-02-16 House
Referred to General Government
2026-02-03 House
Second Reading referred to Rules
2026-02-02 House
First Reading
2026-02-02 House
Authored by Representative Hilbert

Official Summary Text

State government; Governor; requiring certain notification to successor; notification requirements; time requirement of notice; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4434 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 (2/17/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4434 (House): Proposed Policy Committee Recommendation (3/4/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4434 (House): Committee Substitute (3/11/2026)

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 4434 By: Hilbert and Alonso-Sandoval
of the House

and

Paxton of the Senate

An Act relating to state government; requiring the
Governor to provide certain notification; requiring
notification to indicate start of absence and
anticipated return; directing notice be made twenty-
four hours before absence except for emergencies;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

SUBJECT: State government

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 8.20 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

Notification, as provided in this section, shall be required
when the Governor is absent from the state. Except in the event of
an emergency, at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the Governor
being absent from the state, the Governor shall provide electronic
notification to the Lieutenant Governor of his or her plans to be
absent from the state, indicating the start date and time and the
anticipated return date and time in such notification. The
notification required by this section shall also be required of the
acting Governor, when he or she is absent from the state, and follow
the line of succession provided in Section 15 of Article VI of the
Oklahoma Constitution or as may be provided by law. In the event of
an emergency, notice shall be provided prior to being absent from
the state.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective January 11, 2027.
ENR. H. B. NO. 4434 Page 2
Passed the House of Representatives the 24th 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: _________________________________