SB1355 • 2026

Veterans; requiring the Military Department to create certain program providing headstone or marker; providing certain burial grant; providing eligibility requirements; creating revolving fund. Effective date.

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Sponsor: Nice
Last action: 2026-02-23
Official status: Placed on General Order
Effective date: Not listed

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Veterans; requiring the Military Department to create certain program providing headstone or marker; providing certain burial grant; providing eligibility requirements; creating revolving fund. Effective date.

Veterans; requiring the Military Department to create certain program providing headstone or marker; providing certain burial grant; providing eligibility requirements; creating revolving fund.

What This Bill Does

Veterans; requiring the Military Department to create certain program providing headstone or marker; providing certain burial grant; providing eligibility requirements; creating revolving fund.
Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1355 (Senate): Introduced (12/30/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1355 (Senate): Committee Substitute (2/16/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1355 (Senate): SB1355 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate)) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1355 (Senate): SB1355 CS FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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Committee Amendment

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Filed

Plain English: Req.

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3574 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.
1355 By: Nice COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to veterans; requiring the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma to create certain program to provide certain burial marker; providing certain requirements for certain burial marker; providing certain burial grant for certain eligible persons; providing certain eligibility requirements; requiring certain promulgation of rules; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

SB1355 (3-12-26) (NICE) RT FA1.PDF

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Bill History

2026-02-23 Senate
Placed on General Order
2026-02-18 Senate
Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed
2026-02-18 Senate
Title stricken
2026-02-17 Senate
Coauthored by Representative Kannady (principal House author)
2026-02-12 Senate
Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Veterans and Military Affairs committee; CR filed
2026-02-12 Senate
Referred to Appropriations
2026-02-03 Senate
Second Reading referred to Veterans and Military Affairs Committee then to Appropriations Committee
2026-02-02 Senate
First Reading
2026-02-02 Senate
Authored by Senator Nice

Official Summary Text

Veterans; requiring the Military Department to create certain program providing headstone or marker; providing certain burial grant; providing eligibility requirements; creating revolving fund. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1355 (Senate): Introduced (12/30/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1355 (Senate): Committee Substitute (2/16/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1355 (Senate): SB1355 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1355 (Senate): SB1355 CS FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 18, 2026

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1355 By: Nice of the Senate

and

Kannady of the House

[ veterans - program - burial marker - grant -
eligibility - rules - codification - 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 120 of Title 44, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. The Military Department of the State of Oklahoma shall
establish a program to provide any eligible person or veteran of the
Oklahoma National Guard who meets the requirements set forth in
subsection B of this section a proper memorial headstone, marker, or
medallion meeting the same physical standards for size, material,
composition, placement, and informational content of the provisions
of 38 U.S.C., Section 2306 or Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for
reimbursement for a memorial headstone, marker, or medallion. The

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program shall provide a burial grant for any veteran or any person
who qualifies for reimbursement, as determined by the Department.
B. To be eligible for the program, the member shall:
1. Have served six (6) or more years in the Oklahoma National
Guard;
2. Have died as a resident of this state;
3. Have been separated or discharged from service honorably or
under honorable conditions; and
4. Not qualify to receive a proper memorial headstone, marker,
or medallion pursuant to 38 U.S.C., Section 2306.
C. An application process for the implementation of this
program shall be developed by the Department.
D. The Adjutant General may promulgate any rules necessary for
the implementation of this act.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
February 18, 2026 - DO PASS AS AMENDED