SB1294 • 2026

Detention facilities; prohibiting charges for certain calls. Effective date.

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Sponsor: Nice
Last action: 2026-02-03
Official status: Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Detention facilities; prohibiting charges for certain calls. Effective date.

Detention facilities; prohibiting charges for certain calls.

What This Bill Does

Detention facilities; prohibiting charges for certain calls.
Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1294 (Senate): Introduced (12/22/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1294 (Senate): SB1294 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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Bill History

2026-02-03 Senate
Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee then to Appropriations Committee
2026-02-02 Senate
First Reading
2026-02-02 Senate
Authored by Senator Nice

Official Summary Text

Detention facilities; prohibiting charges for certain calls. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1294 (Senate): Introduced (12/22/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1294 (Senate): SB1294 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1294 By: Nice

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to detention facilities; prohibiting
charges for certain calls in certain detention
facilities; 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 2-3-106 of Title 10A, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall not charge any amount or
assess any fee to place a phone call from within a juvenile
detention facility operated by the Office of Juvenile Affairs.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 569.1 of Title 57, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Department of Corrections shall not charge any amount or
assess any fee to place a phone call from within a facility operated
by the Department of Corrections.

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SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

60-2-2651 CN 12/22/2025 1:40:28 PM