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SB1863 • 2026

Memorial highways; designating the John Skelley Memorial Highway. Effective date.

Memorial highways; designating the John Skelley Memorial Highway. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Murdock
Last action
2026-02-18
Official status
Placed on General Order
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Memorial highways; designating the John Skelley Memorial Highway. Effective date.

Memorial highways; designating the John Skelley Memorial Highway.

What This Bill Does

  • Memorial highways; designating the John Skelley Memorial Highway.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1863 (Senate): Introduced (1/21/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-18 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  2. 2026-02-16 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed

  3. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation

  4. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  5. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Murdock

Official Summary Text

Memorial highways; designating the John Skelley Memorial Highway. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1863 (Senate): Introduced (1/21/2026)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 16, 2026

SENATE BILL NO. 1863 By: Murdock

An Act relating to memorial highway and bridge
designations; designating the John Skelley Memorial
Highway; 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 1698.510 of Title 69, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The section of State Highway 325 beginning at the intersection
of Ellis Avenue in Boise City extending northwesterly to the
Oklahoma-New Mexico border in Cimmaron County shall be designated as
the “John Skelley Memorial Highway”. The Department of
Transportation shall cause suitable permanent markers bearing that
name to be placed on the bridge.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS AND TRANSPORTATION
February 16, 2026 - DO PASS