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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1289 By: Stewart
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state employee compensation;
providing for salary increase for certain employees;
specifying amount of salary increase; defining term;
providing for employees on leave without pay on
certain date; providing for exclusion of certain
employee categories; providing for noncodification;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
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:
A. Effective July 1, 2026, each full-time and part-time
employee, including temporary and other limited-term employees, of
the state who was employed by the state on the last working day of
June 2026 shall be awarded an annualized salary increase equal to
five percent (5%) of the employee’s annualized salary as of June 30,
2026.
B. As used in this section, “temporary and other limited-term
employees” are those persons who:
1. Are not full-time or permanent employees;
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2. Are not otherwise excluded by this section; and
3. Are compensated by an agency, board, commission, or other
department or other employing entity for a limited duration and
without any subjective expectation by either the employer or the
employee that the employment will become permanent.
C. Employees eligible for the increase provided for in this
section who are on leave without pay on July 1, 2026, shall receive
an annualized increase, effective upon their return to work, but
shall not receive any increase for a period of time prior to their
return to work.
D. The following individuals shall be ineligible for a pay
increase pursuant to this section, and nothing, except as otherwise
provided by Section 840-2.17 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
shall be construed to authorize any increase or advancement of the
salaries of:
1. Any elected official;
2. Any cabinet secretary whose salary is governed by Section
10.5 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. Any agency director;
4. Any justice or judge whose salary is governed by the
provisions of Title 85A of the Oklahoma Statutes or whose
compensation is set by the Board on Judicial Compensation pursuant
to Section 3.4 of Title 20 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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5. Any district attorney whose salary is governed by Section
215.30 of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
6. Employees of institutions under the administrative authority
of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education;
7. Persons employed pursuant to Section 2241 of Title 74 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
8. Persons employed pursuant to Section 1.6a of Title 53 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
9. Persons who are employed or under contract pursuant to
subsection B of Section 1419 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
and
10. The Adjutant General and Assistant Adjutants General
pursuant to Section 27 of Title 44 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
E. No salary increase pursuant to this section shall be made
that exceeds a salary limitation provided in an agency’s annual
appropriation bill or salary limits set by statute.
F. With respect to any employee who is not a full-time
employee, the salary increase amounts otherwise authorized by
subsection A of this section shall be prorated using a methodology
applicable to the employee’s compensation, weeks worked, months
worked, hours worked, or a similar method.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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