Cities and towns; prohibiting political subdivisions from spending public funds to pay nonprofit organizations to pay defendants' bail. Effective date.

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 17, 2026

SENATE BILL NO. 1705 By: Hamilton

An Act relating to cities and towns; prohibiting
political subdivisions from spending public funds to
pay nonprofit organizations to pay defendants’ bail;
providing for injunctive relief; providing for award
of attorney fees and costs; providing for
codification; and providing an 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 27-117.2 of Title 11, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. A political subdivision may not spend public funds to pay a
nonprofit organization that accepts and uses donations from the
public to deposit money with a court in the amount of a defendant’s
bail bond.
B. If a political subdivision engages in an activity prohibited
by subsection A of this section, a taxpayer or resident of the
political subdivision is entitled to appropriate injunctive relief
to prevent further activity prohibited by subsection A of this
section and further payment of public funds related to that
activity.

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C. A party that prevails in an action under subsection B of
this section is entitled to recover the party’s reasonable attorney
fees and court costs.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT
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