SB2049 • 2026

Transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation to receive certain approval before taking certain action. Effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Frix
Last action: 2026-05-13
Official status: Approved by Governor 05/12/2026
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation to receive certain approval before taking certain action. Effective date.

Transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation to receive certain approval before taking certain action.

What This Bill Does

Transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation to receive certain approval before taking certain action.
Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 2049 (House): Engrossed (4/16/2026) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 2049 (Senate): Introduced (1/26/2026)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Committee Amendment 1

None

Filed

Plain English: (Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.

(Floor Amendments Only) Date and Time Filed: Untimely Amendment Cycle Extended Secondary Amendment SENATE CHAMBER STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISPOSITION FLOOR AMENDMENT No.
________ COMMITTEE AMENDMENT (Date) I move to amend Senate Bill No.
2049 as follows: 1.
On Page 1, Line 20, by deleting after the word “the” and before the word “of”, the words “Attorney General” and inserting the words “Transportation Commission”; 2.

Bill History

2026-05-13 Senate
Approved by Governor 05/12/2026
2026-05-06 House
General Order
2026-05-06 House
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 91 Nays: 0
2026-05-06 House
Signed, returned to Senate
2026-05-06 Senate
Referred for enrollment
2026-05-06 Senate
Enrolled, to House
2026-05-06 House
Signed, returned to Senate
2026-05-06 Senate
Sent to Governor
2026-04-14 House
CR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
2026-04-08 House
Policy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Transportation
2026-03-31 House
Second Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight
2026-03-31 House
Referred to Transportation
2026-03-30 Senate
Engrossed to House
2026-03-30 House
First Reading
2026-03-26 Senate
General Order, Considered
2026-03-26 Senate
Measure passed: Ayes: 40 Nays: 0
2026-03-26 Senate
Referred for engrossment
2026-03-04 Senate
Placed on General Order
2026-03-02 Senate
Reported Do Pass as amended Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed
2026-03-02 Senate
Coauthored by Representative Gise (principal House author)
2026-02-03 Senate
Second Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation
2026-02-02 Senate
First Reading
2026-02-02 Senate
Authored by Senator Frix

Official Summary Text

Transportation; requiring the Department of Transportation to receive certain approval before taking certain action. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 2049 (House): Engrossed (4/16/2026)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 2049 (Senate): Introduced (1/26/2026)

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 2049 By: Frix of the Senate

and

Gise of the House

An Act relating to transportation; requiring the
Department of Transportation to submit certain
notification to the Transportation Commission;
requiring Department to receive certain approval
before taking certain action; providing for
codification; and providing an effective date.

SUBJECT: Department of Transportation

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 1105 of Title 69, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

The Department of Transportation shall, prior to making a claim
against a surety company for financial loss due to the
nonperformance of a contractor engaged in contract with the
Department, notify the Transportation Commission of its intent to
make such claim. The Transportation Commission shall review the
information submitted by the Department and approve or disapprove
the making of such claim. The Department shall only proceed with
making such claim if the Transportation Commission approves of such.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

ENR. S. B. NO. 2049 Page 2
Passed the Senate the 26th day of March, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 6th day of May, 2026.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.

_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of __________________, 20 _______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________