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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 2065 By: Bullard of the Senate
and
Eaves and Alonso-Sandoval
of the House
An Act relating to state symbols; creating the Lucile
Morehouse Pollinator Act; providing short title;
designating the European honeybee as the state
agricultural pollinator; designating the American
bumblebee as the state native insect; designating the
Carolina mantis as the state predator insect;
designating the rainbow scarab as the state soil
conservation insect; providing for noncodification;
providing for codification; and providing an
effective date.
SUBJECT: State symbols
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Lucile
Morehouse Pollinator Act”.
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 98.26 of Title 25, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The European honeybee, Apis mellifera, is hereby designated and
adopted as the state agricultural pollinator of the State of
Oklahoma.
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SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 98.27 of Title 25, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The American bumblebee, Bombus pensylvanicus, is hereby
designated and adopted as the state native insect of the State of
Oklahoma.
SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 98.28 of Title 25, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The Carolina mantis, Stagmomantis carolina, is hereby designated
and adopted as the state predator insect of the State of Oklahoma.
SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 98.29 of Title 25, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The rainbow scarab, Phanaeus vindex, is hereby designated and
adopted as the state soil conservation insect of the State of
Oklahoma.
SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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Passed the Senate the 2nd day of March, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 4th 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: _________________________________