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SB1621 • 2026

Law libraries; requiring law libraries to be represented by district attorney. Effective date.

Law libraries; requiring law libraries to be represented by district attorney. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Howard
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Law libraries; requiring law libraries to be represented by district attorney. Effective date.

Law libraries; requiring law libraries to be represented by district attorney.

What This Bill Does

  • Law libraries; requiring law libraries to be represented by district attorney.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1621 (House): Engrossed (4/16/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1621 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1621 (Senate): SB1621 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2026

  2. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Enrolled, to House

  3. 2026-04-30 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  4. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Sent to Governor

  5. 2026-04-29 House

    General Order

  6. 2026-04-29 House

    Coauthored by Representative(s) Archer

  7. 2026-04-29 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0

  8. 2026-04-29 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  9. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Referred for enrollment

  10. 2026-04-14 House

    CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  11. 2026-04-06 House

    Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary

  12. 2026-03-30 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  13. 2026-03-30 House

    Referred to Civil Judiciary

  14. 2026-03-24 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  15. 2026-03-24 House

    First Reading

  16. 2026-03-23 Senate

    General Order, Considered

  17. 2026-03-23 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0

  18. 2026-03-23 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  19. 2026-03-11 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Stinson (principal House author)

  20. 2026-02-12 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  21. 2026-02-10 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed

  22. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary

  23. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  24. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Howard

Official Summary Text

Law libraries; requiring law libraries to be represented by district attorney. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1621 (House): Engrossed (4/16/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1621 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1621 (Senate): SB1621 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 1621 By: Howard of the Senate

and

Stinson and Archer of the
House

An Act relating to law libraries; requiring law
libraries be represented by district attorney;
providing for the Office of the Attorney General to
represent law libraries in certain circumstance;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.

SUBJECT: County law libraries

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 1228 of Title 20, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A. A county law library, its board of trustees, or any
employees of such shall be represented without charge in any legal
matter that relates to the official duties or operations of such law
library by the district attorney in whose district such law library
is located.

B. If the district attorney is unable to represent a county law
library due to a conflict of interest, the Office of the Attorney
General shall, without charge, provide any required legal
representation.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

ENR. S. B. NO. 1621 Page 2
Passed the Senate the 23rd day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 29th day of April, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________