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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
SENATE BILL 1520 By: McIntosh
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state government; amending Section
1, Chapter 191, O.S.L. 2025 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 291.4), which relates to the Statewide
Official Compensation Commission; requiring that the
Governor’s salary be the highest salary set by
certain Commission; requiring legislative approval
for certain salary recommendations; updating
statutory language; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 191, O.S.L.
2025 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 291.4), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 291.4. A. There is hereby created the Statewide
Official Compensation Commission.
B. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall consist
of the same persons who constitute the Board on Legislative
Compensation as provided by Section 21 of Article V of the Oklahoma
Constitution.
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C. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall be
authorized to meet only on the same date as the Board on Legislative
Compensation.
D. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall set the
salary for each of the following elected officials:
1. The Governor;
2. The Lieutenant Governor;
3. The Attorney General;
4. The State Treasurer;
5. The State Auditor and Inspector;
6. The Superintendent of Public Instruction;
7. The State Insurance Commissioner;
8. The Commissioner of Labor; and
9. The members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
E. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall not set
the salary for any of the officials identified in subsection D of
this section at an amount less than the salary in effect for such
officials as of January 1, 2025.
F. At its authorized meeting, the Statewide Official
Compensation Commission shall set the salary for each of the
officials identified in subsection D of this section for any term of
office for such officials beginning on or after the date as of which
the Commission sets the salary amount.
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G. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall not
modify a salary amount in violation of the requirements of Section
10 of Article XXIII of the Oklahoma Constitution.
H. The salary for the Governor shall be the highest salary and
the Commission shall not recommend that any salary for any other
official listed in subsection D of this section be greater than that
of the Governor.
I. The salary recommendations provided by the Commission shall
be implemented only upon approval by a joint resolution of the
Legislature. The Legislature may approve or deny, in whole or in
part, the recommendations, provided that the Governor’s salary shall
remain the highest salary compared to the salary of any other
official listed in subsection D of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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