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SB603 • 2026

Civil procedure; establishing proper venue for certain actions. Effective date.

Civil procedure; establishing proper venue for certain actions. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Hamilton
Last action
2025-04-17
Official status
CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Civil procedure; establishing proper venue for certain actions. Effective date.

Civil procedure; establishing proper venue for certain actions.

What This Bill Does

  • Civil procedure; establishing proper venue for certain actions.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 603 (House): Engrossed (4/11/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 603 (Senate): Introduced (1/14/2025)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-17 House

    CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee

  2. 2025-04-10 House

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

  3. 2025-04-01 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  4. 2025-04-01 House

    Referred to Civil Judiciary

  5. 2025-03-13 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  6. 2025-03-13 House

    First Reading

  7. 2025-03-12 Senate

    General Order, Considered

  8. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 44 Nays: 0

  9. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  10. 2025-03-12 Senate

    Coauthored by Senator Bullard

  11. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  12. 2025-02-13 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Turner (principal House author)

  13. 2025-02-11 Senate

    Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed

  14. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary

  15. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  16. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Hamilton

Official Summary Text

Civil procedure; establishing proper venue for certain actions. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 603 (House): Engrossed (4/11/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 603 (Senate): Introduced (1/14/2025)

Current Bill Text

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ENGR. S. B. NO. 603 Page 1
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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 603 By: Hamilton and Bullard of the
Senate

and

Turner of the House

An Act relating to civil procedure; amending 12 O.S.
2021, Section 131, which relates to venue;
establishing proper venue for certain actions; and
providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 12 O.S. 2021, Section 131, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 131. Except as provided in Section 132 of this title or
Section 163 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
1. Actions for the following causes shall be brought in the
county in which the subject of the action is situated:
a. for the recovery of real property, or of any estate,
or interest therein, or the determination in any form
of any such right or interest,
b. for the partition of real property,
c. for the sale of real property under a mortgage, lien,
or other encumbrance or charge, and

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d. to quiet title, to establish a trust in, remove a
cloud on, set aside a conveyance of, or to enforce or
set aside an agreement to convey real property; and
2. For all damages to land, crops, or improvements thereon,
actions shall be brought in the county where the damage occurs; and
3. For disputes related to repairs or improvements made on real
property or fixtures attached to real property, actions shall be
brought in the county where the real property is located.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
Passed the Senate the 12th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2025.

Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives