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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION 1066 By: Eaves
AS INTRODUCED
A Joint Resolution directing the Secretary of State
to refer to the people for their approval or
rejection a proposed amendment to Section 21 of
Article V of the Constitution of the State of
Oklahoma; modifying procedures for approval of salary
increases for legislators; providing for approval by
majority of both chambers for salary increases in
excess of specified percentage increase; prescribing
procedures for approval of measure; prescribing
procedures for computation of effective date of
certain salary increase; providing ballot title; and
directing filing.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE
2ND SESSION OF THE 60TH OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE:
SECTION 1. The Secretary of State shall refer to the people for
their approval or rejection, as and in the manner provided by law,
the following proposed amendment to Section 21 of Article V of the
Constitution of the State of Oklahoma to read as follows:
Section 21. A. The Legislature shall enact laws to prohibit
members of the Legislature from engaging in activities or having
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interests which conflict with the proper discharge of their duties
and responsibilities.
B. The Board on Legislative Compensation is hereby created.
Said Board shall be composed of five members appointed by the
Governor, two members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate, and two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The members appointed by the Governor shall be
from religious organizations, communications media, nonstate-
supported educational institutions, labor organizations, and retail
business; the members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate shall be from agricultural and civic organizations; and the
members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
shall be from manufacturing and from professional fields not
otherwise specified. No member of the Legislature may be appointed
to or serve on the Board. In addition to the members above provided
for, the Chairman of the Oklahoma Tax Commission and the Director of
State Finance shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of said
Board. The Chairman of said Board shall be designated by the
Governor. Members of the Legislature shall receive such
compensation as shall be fixed by the Board on Legislative
Compensation. If a member of the Legislature is incarcerated due to
being charged with a criminal offense and subsequently is found
guilty of the offense or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to the
offense, the legislator shall return to the state any compensation
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the legislator received from the state while the legislator was
incarcerated prior to the guilty verdict or plea or nolo contendere
plea and shall not receive any compensation from the state during
any incarceration following such verdict or plea. Said Board shall
each two years review the compensation paid to the members of the
Legislature and shall be empowered to change such compensation;
except as otherwise provided by subsection C of this section, such
change to become effective on the fifteenth day following the
succeeding general election. The members of the Board shall serve
without compensation, but shall be entitled to receive necessary
travel and subsistence expense as provided by law for other state
officers.
C. If the Board on Legislative Compensation approves an
increase greater than ten percent (10%), the increase shall not take
effect until the Legislature, in either a regular or extraordinary
session, approves the increase by a majority vote of those elected
to and constituting each chamber of the Legislature. The measure
for approval of the increase shall not be presented to the Governor.
If the salary increase is approved by the Legislature prior to the
fifteenth day of the month following the general election date which
occurs immediately after the approval of the increase by the Board
on Legislative Compensation, the salary increase shall become
effective on the fifteenth day following such general election. If
the salary increase is approved by the Legislature after the
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fifteenth day of the month following the general election, but prior
to the next succeeding general election, the salary increase shall
take effect on the first day of the month following the date upon
which the measure receives approval by both chambers. If the
measure does not receive approval by both chambers on the same date,
the salary increase shall become effective on the first day of the
month following the date as of which the measure is approved by the
second of the two chambers.
SECTION 2. The Ballot Title for the proposed Constitutional
amendment as set forth in SECTION 1 of this resolution shall be in
the following form:
BALLOT TITLE
Legislative Referendum No. ____ State Question No. ____
THE GIST OF THE PROPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS:
This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends
Section 21 of Article 5. This section creates the Board on
Legislative Compensation. Currently, if the Board on
Legislative Compensation approves a salary increase for
lawmakers, no other approval is required. If this measure
passes, if the Board approves a salary increase of more than ten
percent (10%), the increase would also have to be approved by
both chambers of the Legislature. It would have to receive a
majority vote of the total number of members elected to each of
the chambers. If the Legislature approved this increase, it
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would become effective either on the first day of the month
following the month during which the increase was approved or
upon the fifteenth day following the next general election.
SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?
FOR THE PROPOSAL — YES _____________
AGAINST THE PROPOSAL — NO _____________
SECTION 3. The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,
immediately after the passage of this resolution, shall prepare and
file one copy thereof, including the Ballot Title set forth in
SECTION 2 hereof, with the Secretary of State and one copy with the
Attorney General.
60-2-14086 MAH 12/29/25