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SB1924 • 2026

Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act; increasing opt-out amount for certain employees. Effective date. Emergency.

Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act; increasing opt-out amount for certain employees. Effective date. Emergency.

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Sponsor
Hamilton
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act; increasing opt-out amount for certain employees. Effective date. Emergency.

Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act; increasing opt-out amount for certain employees.

What This Bill Does

  • Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act; increasing opt-out amount for certain employees.
  • Effective date.
  • Emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1924 (Senate): Introduced (1/22/2026) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1924 (Senate): SB1924 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Business and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Hamilton

Official Summary Text

Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Act; increasing opt-out amount for certain employees. Effective date. Emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1924 (Senate): Introduced (1/22/2026)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 1924 (Senate): SB1924 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 1924 By: Hamilton

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to Oklahoma Employees Insurance and
Benefits Act; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1308.3,
as amended by Section 1, Chapter 21, O.S.L. 2025 (74
O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 1308.3), which relates to
basic health plan opt-out options; increasing opt-out
amount for certain employees in lieu of flexible
benefit allowance; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 1308.3, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 21, O.S.L. 2025 (74 O.S. Supp. 2025,
Section 1308.3), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1308.3. Any active employee eligible to participate or
who is a participant may opt out of the state’s basic plan as
outlined in Sections 1370 and 1371 of this title, or may opt out of
the health and dental basic plan options only, and retain the life
and disability plan benefits, provided that the participant is
currently covered by a separate health insurance plan or will be
covered by a separate health insurance plan at or before the
beginning of the next plan year. Any Beginning November 1, 2011,

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and ending on June 30, 2026, any active employee eligible to
participate or who is a participant opting out of coverage pursuant
to this section shall provide proof of the separate health insurance
plan participation and sign an affidavit attesting that the
participant is currently covered and does not require state-provided
health insurance each plan year. Any active employee opting out of
the state’s basic plan or the health and dental basic plan options
pursuant to this section shall receive One Hundred Fifty Dollars
($150.00) in lieu of the flexible benefit amount the employee would
be otherwise eligible to receive. Beginning July 1, 2026, any
active employee opting out of the state’s basic plan or the health
and dental basic plan options pursuant to this section shall receive
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) monthly in lieu of the flexible
benefit amount the employee would otherwise be eligible to receive.
Any savings realized by the state as a result of a participant
opting out of health insurance plan coverage shall be retained by
the state.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2026.
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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