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SB1852 • 2026

Public health; requiring advice and consent of the Senate for certain appointments to county boards of health. Effective date.

Public health; requiring advice and consent of the Senate for certain appointments to county boards of health. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Frix
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services
Effective date
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Public health; requiring advice and consent of the Senate for certain appointments to county boards of health. Effective date.

Public health; requiring advice and consent of the Senate for certain appointments to county boards of health.

What This Bill Does

  • Public health; requiring advice and consent of the Senate for certain appointments to county boards of health.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1852 (Senate): Introduced (1/20/2026)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Frix

Official Summary Text

Public health; requiring advice and consent of the Senate for certain appointments to county boards of health. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1852 (Senate): Introduced (1/20/2026)

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1852 By: Frix

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to public health; amending 63 O.S.
2021, Section 1-201, which relates to county board of
health; requiring advice and consent of the Senate
for certain appointments to county boards of health;
and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-201, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-201. There is hereby created in each county of the
state a county board of health, which shall consist of five (5)
members, who shall serve without compensation, and who shall be
residents of the county, appointed as follows:
(a) 1. The State Commissioner of Health shall appoint one
member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose term shall
expire on June 30, 1964, and each four (4) years thereafter.
(b) 2. The State Commissioner of Health shall appoint another
member, with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose term shall
expire on June 30, 1965, and each four (4) years thereafter.

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(c) 3. The judge of the district court shall appoint one
member, who shall be the holder of a school administrator’s
certificate issued by the State Board of Education, and whose term
of office shall expire on June 30, 1966, and each four (4) years
thereafter.
(d) 4. The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint one
member, who shall be a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, or,
if no doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy is available, the
board of county commissioners may appoint a dentist, optometrist, or
registered nurse. The term of office of such member shall expire on
June 30, 1967, and each four (4) years thereafter.
(e) 5. The board of county commissioners shall appoint another
member who may be a member of the board of county commissioners, and
who shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county
commissioners.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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