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SB523 • 2026

County officers; assigned duties; authorizing certain duties outside county of employment; modifying scope of employer liability. Effective date.

County officers; assigned duties; authorizing certain duties outside county of employment; modifying scope of employer liability. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Weaver
Last action
2025-05-12
Official status
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025
Effective date
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County officers; assigned duties; authorizing certain duties outside county of employment; modifying scope of employer liability. Effective date.

County officers; assigned duties; authorizing certain duties outside county of employment; modifying scope of employer liability.

What This Bill Does

  • County officers; assigned duties; authorizing certain duties outside county of employment; modifying scope of employer liability.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 523 (House): Engrossed (4/23/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 523 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 523 (Senate): Floor Amendment 1 (2/27/2025)

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Req.

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  • No.
  • 1744 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) FLOOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO.
  • 523 By: Weaver of the Senate and Manger of the House FLOOR SUBSTITUTE An Act relating to county officers; amending 19 O.S.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-12 Senate

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/12/2025

  2. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Enrolled, to House

  3. 2025-05-05 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  4. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Sent to Governor

  5. 2025-05-01 House

    General Order

  6. 2025-05-01 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 0

  7. 2025-05-01 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  8. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Referred for enrollment

  9. 2025-04-17 House

    CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  10. 2025-04-09 House

    Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Public Safety

  11. 2025-04-01 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  12. 2025-04-01 House

    Referred to Public Safety

  13. 2025-03-11 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  14. 2025-03-11 House

    First Reading

  15. 2025-03-10 Senate

    General Order, Amended by Floor Substitute

  16. 2025-03-10 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 3

  17. 2025-03-10 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  18. 2025-02-17 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Manger (principal House author)

  19. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  20. 2025-02-11 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed

  21. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Public Safety

  22. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  23. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Weaver

Official Summary Text

County officers; assigned duties; authorizing certain duties outside county of employment; modifying scope of employer liability. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 523 (House): Engrossed (4/23/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 523 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 523 (Senate): Floor Amendment 1 (2/27/2025)

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 523 By: Weaver of the Senate

and

Manger of the House

An Act relating to county officers; amending 19 O.S.
2021, Section 547.1, as amended by Section 1, Chapter
14, O.S.L. 2022 (19 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 547.1),
which relates to assigned duties; authorizing certain
duties outside county of employment; modifying scope
of employer liability; removing certain reference to
duty termination; updating statutory language; and
providing an effective date.

SUBJECT: County sheriffs

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 19 O.S. 2021, Section 547.1, as
amended by Section 1, Chapter 14, O.S.L. 2022 (19 O.S. Supp. 2024,
Section 547.1), is amended to read as follows:

Section 547.1. A. Any Oklahoma sheriff, deputy sheriff, or a
reserve deputy sheriff who is assigned to perform duties associated
with the National Sheriffs’ Association annual conference within
Oklahoma County during the month of June 2024, outside of his or her
county of employment shall have the same powers and duties as though
employed by the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office sheriff’s office
for which he or she is performing duties. Liability for the conduct
of any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or reserve deputy sheriff, while
performing duties during the National Sheriffs’ Association annual
conference or any activities in conjunction with that conference for
June 2024 outside of his or her county of employment, shall remain
the responsibility of the counties of county in which they are he or
she is regularly employed. Salaries, insurance, and other benefits
shall be provided in the regular manner by the county in which the

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sheriffs sheriff, deputy sheriffs sheriff, and or reserve deputy
sheriffs are sheriff is regularly employed.

B. Any duties assigned to sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and
reserve deputy sheriffs as a result of this section shall terminate
on July 1, 2024.

SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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Passed the Senate the 10th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 1st day of May, 2025.

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: _________________________________