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SB402 • 2026

Commercial driver training; directing Service Oklahoma to promulgate certain rules. Emergency.

Commercial driver training; directing Service Oklahoma to promulgate certain rules. Emergency.

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Sponsor
Stewart
Last action
2025-03-17
Official status
Coauthored by Representative Kelley (principal House author)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Commercial driver training; directing Service Oklahoma to promulgate certain rules. Emergency.

Commercial driver training; directing Service Oklahoma to promulgate certain rules.

What This Bill Does

  • Commercial driver training; directing Service Oklahoma to promulgate certain rules.
  • Emergency.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 402 (Senate): Introduced (1/7/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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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.
  • 402 as follows: 1.
  • On Page 2, Line 3, by deleting after the “C.” and before the word “Service”, all language; and 2.
Filed

Plain English: Filed

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-17 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Kelley (principal House author)

  2. 2025-02-20 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  3. 2025-02-17 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Aeronautics and Transportation committee; CR filed

  4. 2025-02-17 Senate

    Title stricken

  5. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Aeronautics and Transportation

  6. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  7. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Stewart

Official Summary Text

Commercial driver training; directing Service Oklahoma to promulgate certain rules. Emergency.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 402 (Senate): Introduced (1/7/2025)

Current Bill Text

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SENATE FLOOR VERSION - SB402 SFLR Page 1
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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
February 17, 2025
AS AMENDED

SENATE BILL NO. 402 By: Stewart

[ commercial driver training - instructor’s licenses
- rules -
emergency ]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 804, as
amended by Section 28, Chapter 310, O.S.L. 2023 (47 O.S. Supp. 2024,
Section 804), is amended to read as follows:
Section 804. A. No person shall act as an instructor unless
such person applies for and obtains from Service Oklahoma a license
in the manner and form prescribed by Service Oklahoma.
B. Rules promulgated by Service Oklahoma, in conjunction with
the Department of Public Safety, shall state the requirements for an
instructor’s license, including requirements concerning moral
character, physical condition, knowledge of the courses of
instruction, motor vehicle laws and safety principles and practices,
previous personnel and employment records, and such other matters as
Service Oklahoma, in conjunction with the Department of Public
Safety, may prescribe for the protection of the public.

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C. Rules promulgated by Service Oklahoma under the provisions
of subsection B of this section shall require an applicant for the
license to have three (3) years of verifiable commercial driving
experience within ten (10) years of the application date or three
(3) years of verifiable experience as an instructor at a commercial
driver training school within ten (10) years of the application
date.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS AND TRANSPORTATION
February 17, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED