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SB552 • 2026

Public safety; prohibiting state agencies from certain use of biotechnology. Effective date.

Public safety; prohibiting state agencies from certain use of biotechnology. Effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Hines
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
Approved by Governor 05/03/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Public safety; prohibiting state agencies from certain use of biotechnology. Effective date.

Public safety; prohibiting state agencies from certain use of biotechnology.

What This Bill Does

  • Public safety; prohibiting state agencies from certain use of biotechnology.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 552 (House): Engrossed (4/11/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 552 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 Senate

    Approved by Governor 05/03/2025

  2. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Enrolled, to House

  3. 2025-04-30 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  4. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Sent to Governor

  5. 2025-04-29 House

    General Order

  6. 2025-04-29 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0

  7. 2025-04-29 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  8. 2025-04-29 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. 2025-04-09 House

    Coauthored by Senator(s) Bullard

  12. 2025-04-01 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  13. 2025-04-01 House

    Referred to Public Safety

  14. 2025-03-17 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  15. 2025-03-17 House

    First Reading

  16. 2025-03-13 Senate

    General Order, Considered

  17. 2025-03-13 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0

  18. 2025-03-13 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  19. 2025-02-24 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Duel (principal House author)

  20. 2025-02-19 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  21. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Technology and Telecommunications committee; CR filed

  22. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Technology and Telecommunications

  23. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  24. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Hines

Official Summary Text

Public safety; prohibiting state agencies from certain use of biotechnology. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 552 (House): Engrossed (4/11/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 552 (Senate): Introduced (1/13/2025)

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 552 By: Hines and Bullard of the
Senate

and

Duel of the House

An Act relating to public safety; defining terms;
prohibiting state agencies from certain use of
biotechnology; prohibiting certain contract;
providing for codification; and providing conditional
effective date.

SUBJECT: Biotechnology

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

SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 52 of Title 74, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:

A. For purposes of this section:

1. “Biotechnology company of concern” means an entity
designated by the federal government to be under the control of a
foreign adversary and that poses a risk to national security based
on the company’s research of multiomic data collection; and

2. “Multiomics” means a biological analysis method that
combines data from multiple research areas, including, but not
limited to, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and
metabolomics in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of
complex biological processes.

ENR. S. B. NO. 552 Page 2
B. Any state agency that receives federal or state funds shall
not be authorized to use or procure any biotechnology equipment or
service that originates from a company designated by the federal
government to be a biotechnology company of concern nor shall any
such state agency contract with an entity that uses or procures such
biotechnology.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment of a
federal law that prohibits entities that receive federal funds from
using biotechnology that is from a company associated with a foreign
adversary.

ENR. S. B. NO. 552 Page 3
Passed the Senate the 13th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 29th day of April, 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: _________________________________