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SB2142 • 2026

Counties; authorizing online publication of questions submitted to voters. Effective date.

Counties; authorizing online publication of questions submitted to voters. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Murdock
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Second Reading referred to Local and County Government
Effective date
Not listed

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Counties; authorizing online publication of questions submitted to voters. Effective date.

Counties; authorizing online publication of questions submitted to voters.

What This Bill Does

  • Counties; authorizing online publication of questions submitted to voters.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 2142 (Senate): Introduced (1/28/2026)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Local and County Government

  2. 2026-02-02 Senate

    First Reading

  3. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Authored by Senator Murdock

Official Summary Text

Counties; authorizing online publication of questions submitted to voters. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 2142 (Senate): Introduced (1/28/2026)

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

SENATE BILL 2142 By: Murdock

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to counties; amending 19 O.S. 2021,
Section 383, which relates to the mode of submitting
questions to voters; authorizing online publication
of questions submitted to voters; updating statutory
reference; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 383, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 383. The mode of submitting questions to the people
contemplated by the last two sections Sections 381 and 382 of this
title shall be the following: The whole question, including the sum
desired to be raised, the amount of tax desired to be authorized,
the rate per annum, and the whole regulation, including the time of
its taking effect or having operation, if it be of a nature which
can be set forth, and the penalty of its violation if there be one,
is to be published at least four (4) weeks in some newspaper
published in the county or by online publication on the county’s
website or social media pages. If there be no such newspaper, the

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publication is to be made by posting up in at least one of the most
public places in each election precinct in the county and by online
publication on the county’s website or social media pages; and in
all cases the notices shall name the time when such question will be
voted upon, and the form in which the question shall be taken, and a
copy of the question submitted shall be posted up at each place of
voting during the day of election.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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