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SB1970 • 2026

Memorial bridges; designating the PV2 Earl Maggart Memorial Bridge. Effective date.

Memorial bridges; designating the PV2 Earl Maggart Memorial Bridge. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Hall
Last action
2026-02-25
Official status
Coauthored by Representative Travis (principal House author)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Memorial bridges; designating the PV2 Earl Maggart Memorial Bridge. Effective date.

Memorial bridges; designating the PV2 Earl Maggart Memorial Bridge.

What This Bill Does

  • Memorial bridges; designating the PV2 Earl Maggart Memorial Bridge.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1970 (Senate): Introduced (1/23/2026)

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. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Travis (principal House author)

  2. 2026-02-18 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  3. 2026-02-16 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed

  4. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation

  5. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  6. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Hall

Official Summary Text

Memorial bridges; designating the PV2 Earl Maggart Memorial Bridge. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 1970 (Senate): Introduced (1/23/2026)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 16, 2026

SENATE BILL NO. 1970 By: Hall

An Act relating to memorial highway and bridge
designations; designating the PV2 Earl Maggart
Memorial Bridge; 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 bridge on State Highway 18 about three and one-half (3 1/2)
miles south of Pawnee crossing over Camp Creek in Pawnee County
shall be designated as the “PV2 Earl Maggart Memorial Bridge”. 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