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2026 Regular Session

HB4153

Driver licenses; eighth grade reading level for minors to obtain a driver license; reading proficiency tests; documentation requirements; requirement for school enrollment, completion, or lawful excuse for minors to obtain a driver license; violations; alternate route to obtain driver license for certain employed persons under eighteen; employer fines for falsification; attendance officers; Service Oklahoma; license cancellation; definitions; exceptions; forms; effective date; emergency.

Current disposition
Pending: Senate Education
Last status date
April 1, 2026
Last status update
Second Reading referred to Education
Pending committee
Education
Author
Toni Hasenbeck
Co-sponsors
Adam PughMax Wolfley

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 2, 2026 House committee reassignment February 12, 2026 House committee substitute February 18, 2026 House committee substitute March 5, 2026 House passed March 24, 2026 Sent to Senate March 25, 2026 Introduced in Senate March 25, 2026
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Partner positions

Dislikes

Ladies for Liberty Oklahoma

Persons under 18 must demonstrate reading ability at an eighth-grade level by passing the statewide reading assessment or an approved alternative test to qualify for a driver license or permit.Authorizes Service Oklahoma to cancel the driving privileges of persons age 14 through 17 who withdraw from school. Service Oklahoma estimates a one-time absorbable cost associated with these system changes to be approximately $75,000.

Oklahoma Grassroots Awaiting review of version 4

This legislation is more nanny-state interference on our liberties. It establishes new requirements, penalties and OSDE involvement in regulating the DMV driver licenses.

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 18, 2026 · House

House: Public Safety Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS

Passed

5 yea–0 nay

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March 5, 2026 · House

House: Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS

Passed

11 yea–1 nay

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March 24, 2026 · House

House: THIRD READING

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

68 yea–25 nay · 6 absent

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Committee referrals

February 3, 2026 · House

Rules

Instrument history

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  1. Senate Second Reading referred to Education
  2. Senate First Reading
  3. House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  4. House Referred for engrossment
  5. House Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 68 Nays: 25 View roll call
  6. House Coauthored by Representative(s) Wolfley
  7. House General Order
  8. House Authored by Senator Pugh (principal Senate author)
  9. House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee View roll call
  10. House Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Public Safety View roll call
  11. House Referred to Public Safety
  12. House Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
  13. House Withdrawn from Rules Committee
  14. House Second Reading referred to Rules
  15. House Authored by Representative Hasenbeck
  16. House First Reading
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2082815
LegiScan session ID
2219
Source file
var/states/oklahoma/source/legiscan/2219-befa0395515d/bill/HB4153.json
Package observed
2026-07-18T22:26:27+00:00