SB1581 • 2026

Initiative petitions; modifying time period and authorizing certain protest period. Effective date.

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Sponsor: Bullard
Last action: 2026-04-15
Official status: CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Initiative petitions; modifying time period and authorizing certain protest period. Effective date.

Initiative petitions; modifying time period and authorizing certain protest period.

What This Bill Does

Initiative petitions; modifying time period and authorizing certain protest period.
Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1581 (House): Engrossed (4/7/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1581 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2026)

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Bill History

2026-04-15 House
CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee
2026-04-06 House
Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass Elections and Ethics
2026-03-30 House
Second Reading referred to Government Oversight
2026-03-30 House
Referred to Elections and Ethics
2026-03-26 Senate
Engrossed to House
2026-03-26 House
First Reading
2026-03-25 Senate
General Order, Considered
2026-03-25 Senate
Advanced to Third Reading
2026-03-25 Senate
Ayes: 39 Nays: 4
2026-03-25 Senate
Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 8
2026-03-25 Senate
Referred for engrossment
2026-03-24 Senate
Coauthored by Senator Prieto
2026-03-05 Senate
Coauthored by Representative Maynard (principal House author)
2026-02-19 Senate
Placed on General Order
2026-02-17 Senate
Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
2026-02-16 Senate
Coauthored by Senator Jett
2026-02-03 Senate
Second Reading referred to Judiciary
2026-02-02 Senate
First Reading
2026-02-02 Senate
Authored by Senator Bullard

Official Summary Text

Initiative petitions; modifying time period and authorizing certain protest period. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1581 (House): Engrossed (4/7/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1581 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2026)

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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1581 By: Bullard, Jett, and Prieto
of the Senate

and

Maynard of the House

An Act relating to initiative petitions; amending 38
O.S. 2021, Section 103, which relates to time allowed
for gathering signatures; updating statutory
language; modifying time period; authorizing certain
protest period; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 38 O.S. 2021, Section 103, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 103. Upon the entering of an order determining the
petition to be sufficient, or upon the successful appeal of an order
determining the petition to be insufficient, the circulators of said
such petition shall have forty-five (45) ninety (90) days to obtain
a sufficient number of signatures to impanel a grand jury. Failure
to obtain the requisite number of signatures within that time period
shall render the petition null and void, subject to a ten-day
protest period.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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Passed the Senate the 25th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives