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SB1286 • 2026

Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place. Effective date.

Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place. Effective date.

Elections
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Gillespie
Last action
2026-05-13
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.

Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place. Effective date.

Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place.

What This Bill Does

  • Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1286 (House): Engrossed (4/7/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1286 (House): Floor Amendment 1 (5/6/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1286 (Senate): Introduced (12/19/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1286 (Senate): Committee Substitute (2/25/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Filed

Plain English: SB1286 FA1 WilkJo-MJ 4/22/2026 1:23:14 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Jonathan Wilk Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend SB1286 Of the printed Bill Page 1 Section 1 Lines 24 Of the Engrossed Bill By creating a new section 2 which shall read as follows: "SECTION 1.

  • SB1286 FA1 WilkJo-MJ 4/22/2026 1:23:14 pm AMEND TITLE TO CONFORM TO AMENDMENTS Amendment submitted by: Jonathan Wilk Adopted: _____________________________ ______________________________________ Reading Clerk FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES State of Oklahoma SPEAKER: CHAIR: I move to amend SB1286 Of the printed Bill Page 1 Section 1 Lines 24 Of the Engrossed Bill By creating a new section 2 which shall read as follows: "SECTION 1.
  • NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 4263 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: Any candidate for office that is subject to ethics commission reporting that contributes to or loans to their candidate committee One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars or more shall cause an audit to be conducted by the ethics commission to determine and verify the source of such funds."
Filed

Plain English: Req.

  • Req.
  • No.
  • 3629 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) COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.
  • 1286 By: Gillespie COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 Senate

    Approved by Governor 05/12/2026

  2. 2026-05-06 House

    General Order

  3. 2026-05-06 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 88 Nays: 0

  4. 2026-05-06 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  5. 2026-05-06 Senate

    Referred for enrollment

  6. 2026-05-06 Senate

    Enrolled, to House

  7. 2026-05-06 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  8. 2026-05-06 Senate

    Sent to Governor

  9. 2026-04-15 House

    CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee

  10. 2026-04-06 House

    Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass Elections and Ethics

  11. 2026-03-30 House

    Second Reading referred to Government Oversight

  12. 2026-03-30 House

    Referred to Elections and Ethics

  13. 2026-03-26 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  14. 2026-03-26 House

    First Reading

  15. 2026-03-25 Senate

    General Order, Considered

  16. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Advanced to Third Reading

  17. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Ayes: 35 Nays: 7

  18. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 7

  19. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  20. 2026-03-24 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Osburn (principal House author)

  21. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  22. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary committee; CR filed

  23. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary

  24. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  25. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Gillespie

Official Summary Text

Elections; requiring certain political subdivisions to provide polling place. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1286 (House): Engrossed (4/7/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1286 (House): Floor Amendment 1 (5/6/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1286 (Senate): Introduced (12/19/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1286 (Senate): Committee Substitute (2/25/2026)

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1286 By: Gillespie of the Senate

and

Osburn of the House

An Act relating to elections; amending 26 O.S. 2021,
Section 3-123, which relates to polling places;
requiring certain political subdivisions to provide a
polling place; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT: Polling places

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

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 3-123, is
amended to read as follows:

Section 3-123. The board of education of any school district
may, and the governing board of any municipality political
subdivision that held an election conducted by a county election
board on or after January 1, 2023, and that owns, rents, or leases a
facility located in or near a precinct without a suitable polling
place available shall, furnish a room or rooms in any school
building or municipal building the facility for use as a polling
place at no cost upon the written request of the secretary of the
county election board.

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

ENR. S. B. NO. 1286 Page 2
Passed the Senate the 25th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 6th day of May, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

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: _________________________________