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2026 Regular Session

HB1578

Notaries public; penalty; effective date.

Current disposition
Pending: Senate Judiciary
Last status date
April 1, 2025
Last status update
Second Reading referred to Judiciary
Pending committee
Judiciary
Author
Mark Lawson
Co-sponsors
Kelly HinesEric RobertsMax Wolfley

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 3, 2025 House committee passed February 5, 2025 House committee passed February 27, 2025 House passed March 12, 2025 Sent to Senate March 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate March 13, 2025
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Ladies for Liberty Oklahoma

Modifies the punishment for notary publics who fail to make in good faith determinations of identification by raising the classification from a misdemeanor to a felony, the maximum fine from $1,000 to $5,000, and maximum imprisonment from 10 to 30 days. The bill passed the House 54 - 33 and is now stalled in the Senate Judiciary committee.

Recorded floor votes

3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

February 4, 2025 · House

House: General Government Committee: DO PASS

Passed

5 yea–2 nay

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February 27, 2025 · House

House: Government Oversight Committee: DO PASS

Passed

12 yea–2 nay

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March 12, 2025 · House

House: THIRD READING

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

54 yea–33 nay · 12 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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  1. Senate Second Reading referred to Judiciary
  2. Senate First Reading
  3. House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  4. House Referred for engrossment
  5. House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 54 Nays: 33 View roll call
  6. House General Order
  7. House CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee View roll call
  8. House Authored by Senator Hines (principal Senate author)
  9. House Coauthored by Representative(s) Roberts, Wolfley
  10. House Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass General Government
  11. House Referred to General Government
  12. House Second Reading referred to Government Oversight
  13. House Authored by Representative Lawson
  14. House First Reading
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2050102
LegiScan session ID
2219
Source file
var/states/oklahoma/source/legiscan/2219-befa0395515d/bill/HB1578.json
Package observed
2026-07-18T22:26:27+00:00