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SB1601 • 2026

Motor vehicles; requiring certain distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in certain proportion. Effective date. Emergency.

Motor vehicles; requiring certain distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in certain proportion. Effective date. Emergency.

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Sponsor
McIntosh
Last action
2026-02-23
Official status
Coauthored by Senator Sacchieri
Effective date
Not listed

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Motor vehicles; requiring certain distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in certain proportion. Effective date. Emergency.

Motor vehicles; requiring certain distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in certain proportion.

What This Bill Does

  • Motor vehicles; requiring certain distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in certain proportion.
  • Effective date.
  • Emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1601 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2026)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-23 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Sacchieri

  2. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation

  3. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Hays (principal House author)

  4. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  5. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator McIntosh

Official Summary Text

Motor vehicles; requiring certain distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in certain proportion. Effective date. Emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1601 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2026)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1601 By: McIntosh

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to motor vehicles; requiring certain
distribution of grant or scholarship to be made in
certain proportion; providing for codification;
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 to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 809 of Title 47, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Any grant or scholarship to assist with the cost of a course of
instruction at a commercial driver training school from either this
state or the federal government shall be distributed without
preference to students of all such schools, whether public or
private, in proportion to the percentage of openings for students
offered by each such school in comparison with the total prospective
student population for such course of instruction in this state.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.

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SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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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