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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 2112 By: Murdock of the Senate
and
Worthen and Newton of the
House
An Act relating to open pasture roads; amending
Section 1, Chapter 191, O.S.L. 2024 (4 O.S. Supp.
2025, Section 116), which relates to open pasture
road designations; modifying definition; modifying
requirements for designation of an open pasture road;
removing certain time limitation; granting certain
authority to boards of county commissioners; updating
statutory language; and providing an effective date.
SUBJECT: Open pasture roads
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 1, Chapter 191, O.S.L.
2024 (4 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 116), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 116. A. As used in this section:
1. “Cattle crossing signage” means a sign in a twenty-four (24)
inch twenty-four-inch diamond shape that depicts a black cow graphic
on a yellow background; and
2. “Open pasture road” means a road maintained by a county;
where the land on both sides of the road is owned or leased by the
same owner or lessee; and a such roadway is without fencing.
B. Any public road, as defined in Section 232 of Title 69 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, in whole or in part, that is maintained by a
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county and that meets the following conditions by November 1, 2025,
shall be designated as an open pasture road:
1. Cattle guards have been installed at the access points of
such road or part thereof; and
2. The land on either side of the road or part thereof to be
designated is owned by a single party; and
3. There is no fencing erected on such land on either side of
the road Cattle are allowed to be unrestrained or to run at large
through such roads.
It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to notify
the board of county commissioners that the roadway is eligible to be
designated as an open pasture road. Such notification shall state
the proposed action and clearly show on a map the location and
terminals of the road. The map shall also demonstrate that the
property where the road is located belongs to the property owner
requesting such designation.
C. The board of county commissioners shall cause the erection
of cattle crossing signage at the terminals of the open pasture
road. The cost associated with such signage shall be provided by
the property owner requesting such designation.
D. Neither the property owner nor the owner of livestock that
are on property where an open pasture road is located shall be
liable for damages to any motor vehicle or occupants thereof caused
by collision with livestock on a designated open pasture road.
E. Only a public road meeting the requirements of subsection B
of this section on November 1, 2025, may be designated as an open
pasture road. After such date, even if conditions on a property
change to meet the requirements of subsection B of this section,
such property may not be designated as The board of county
commissioners shall have authority to designate an open pasture
road.
F. Once annually, the owner of a property where an open pasture
road is located shall provide notice to the board of county
commissioners demonstrating that the property continues to meet the
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requirements of subsection B of this section. Such notice shall
also include an indication that the property owner desires such
designation to continue. If such property owner indicates that they
the owner no longer desire desires for such designation to continue,
or if the notice demonstrates that the property no longer meets any
of the conditions required by subsection B of this section, the road
shall lose the designation and the owner of such property shall have
thirty (30) days after the board of county commissioners receives
such notice to ensure any livestock on the property are fenced out
of the roadway.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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Passed the Senate the 4th day of May, 2026.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the 28th day of April, 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: _________________________________