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SB831 • 2026

Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings. Effective date.

Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings. Effective date.

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Sponsor
Rader
Last action
2025-05-12
Official status
Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings. Effective date.

Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings.

What This Bill Does

  • Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings.
  • Effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 831 (House): Engrossed (4/7/2025) Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 831 (Senate): Introduced (1/29/2025) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 831 (Senate): SB831 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate)) Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 831 (Senate): SB831 CA1 FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

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.
  • 831, on Page 1, Line 18, by deleting all new language and inserting the amount “Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00)”.
  • Submitted by: _______________________ Senator Rader Rader-TEK-CA-SB831 2/19/2025 5:59 PM 1
Filed

Plain English: Filed

  • The official amendment file could not be read automatically during the last sync, so only the official amendment metadata is shown right now.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-12 Senate

    Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/08/2025

  2. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Enrolled, to House

  3. 2025-05-01 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  4. 2025-05-01 Senate

    Sent to Governor

  5. 2025-04-30 House

    General Order

  6. 2025-04-30 House

    Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 0

  7. 2025-04-30 House

    Signed, returned to Senate

  8. 2025-04-30 Senate

    Referred for enrollment

  9. 2025-04-17 House

    CR; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget Committee

  10. 2025-04-08 House

    Recommendation to the full committee; Do Pass Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee

  11. 2025-04-02 House

    Referred to Appropriations and Budget General Government Subcommittee

  12. 2025-04-01 House

    Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget

  13. 2025-03-25 Senate

    Engrossed to House

  14. 2025-03-25 House

    First Reading

  15. 2025-03-24 Senate

    General Order, Amended

  16. 2025-03-24 Senate

    Title restored

  17. 2025-03-24 Senate

    Measure passed: Ayes: 46 Nays: 0

  18. 2025-03-24 Senate

    Referred for engrossment

  19. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Placed on General Order

  20. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed

  21. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Title stricken

  22. 2025-02-20 Senate

    Coauthored by Representative Harris (principal House author)

  23. 2025-02-19 Senate

    Reported Do Pass as amended Judiciary committee; CR filed

  24. 2025-02-19 Senate

    Referred to Appropriations

  25. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee

  26. 2025-02-03 Senate

    First Reading

  27. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Authored by Senator Rader

Official Summary Text

Election boards; increasing amount of per diem for members for certain meetings. Effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 831 (House): Engrossed (4/7/2025)
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for SB 831 (Senate): Introduced (1/29/2025)
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 831 (Senate): SB831 INT FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))
Fiscal Impact Statements For SB 831 (Senate): SB831 CA1 FI.PDF (Fiscal (Senate))

Current Bill Text

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An Act
ENROLLED SENATE
BILL NO. 831 By: Rader of the Senate

and

Harris of the House

An Act relating to election boards; amending 26 O.S.
2021, Sections 2-101.9 and 2-115, which relate to
compensation; increasing amount of per diem for
members for certain meetings; and providing an
effective date.

SUBJECT: Election Board member per diem

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

SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 2-101.9, is
amended to read as follows:

Section 2-101.9. Members of the State Election Board shall be
paid Fifty Dollars ($50.00) Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) per diem
for each meeting for the purpose of conducting hearings required by
law, and Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00)
per diem for other meetings, and shall be allowed mileage
reimbursement at the rate provided by the State Travel Reimbursement
Act, Section 500.1 et seq. of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 26 O.S. 2021, Section 2-115, is
amended to read as follows:

Section 2-115. The chair and vice-chair of each county election
board shall be paid Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) Seventy-five
Dollars ($75.00) per diem in lieu of subsistence for each meeting of
the county election board and shall be allowed mileage reimbursement
at the rate prescribed for travel by state employees. The per diem

ENR. S. B. NO. 831 Page 2
and mileage reimbursement shall be paid by the State Election Board,
except for meetings chargeable to other governmental units as
provided by law; provided, the State Election Board shall not pay
such reimbursement for more than forty meetings per fiscal year.

SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

ENR. S. B. NO. 831 Page 3
Passed the Senate the 24th day of March, 2025.

Presiding Officer of the Senate

Passed the House of Representatives the 30th 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: _________________________________