HB 15622026
bill
2026 Regular Session · House bill
HB 1562
Business courts; creating of business courts; jurisdiction; emergency.
Courts & civil lawBusiness, jobs & the economyBudget & taxesCriminal justice & public safety how tagged
Official title shown; Open States carries no separate summary for Oklahoma bills. See the AI analysis below.
Passed both chambers Last action May 29, 2025: Emergency added
The 2026 regular session's scheduled last day was May 29, 2026. Measures not passed by then did not become law this session.
Same number in other sessions: 2025 · 2024 (bills from 2025 carry over into 2026 within the 60th Legislature).
AI analysis AI-generated
AI-generated · may be inaccurate or incomplete. Written by a language model (Workers AI, llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) from the bill's official title, actions, votes, sponsors, committee referrals and hearings in our database — not from the bill text. Check the official text on oklegislature.gov before relying on it. Not legal advice.
Authors & coauthors 2
- Principal House author
- Collin Duel R
- Principal Senate author
- Brent Howard R
Principal authors from Open States; coauthors read from “Coauthored by …” actions (removals applied).
Status
- Introduced
- In committee (origin chamber)
- Passed committee (origin chamber)
- Passed origin chamber
- In committee (second chamber)
- Passed committee (second chamber)
- Passed both chambers
- Sent to Governor
- Enacted / adopted
Committee referrals 5
| Referred | Chamber | Committee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 4, 2025 | House | Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight | Passed (committee substitute) March 4, 2025 |
| Feb. 4, 2025 | House | Civil Judiciary | Passed Feb. 13, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Judiciary | Passed April 15, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Appropriations | Passed April 23, 2025 |
| April 15, 2025 | Senate | Appropriations | — |
Roll-call votes 6
Feb. 13, 2025HouseCivil Judiciary Committee: Do PassPassed7–1
yes (7) Culver, Duel, Kannady, Osburn, Schreiber, Stinson, West
no (1) Deck
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 4, 2025HouseJudiciary And Public Safety Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By CsPassed14–0
yes (14) Culver, Duel, Ford, Hardin, Harris, Humphrey, Kane, Kannady, Lowe, Manger, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Sterling, Worthen
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 24, 2025HouseThird ReadingPassed73–16 10 excused
yes (73) Adams, Banning, Bashore, Blair, Blancett, Boles, Burns, Caldwell, Caldwell, Cantrell, Chapman, Cornwell, Crosswhite Hader, Culver, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Duel, Eaves, George, Gise, Grego, Hader, Hall, Harris, Hasenbeck, Hays, Hefner, Hildebrant, Hill, Johns, Kane, Kelley, Kendrix, Kerbs, Lay, Lowe, Luttrell, Manger, Marti, May, Maynard, Menz, Miller, Mr. Speaker, Newton, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pogemiller, Provenzano, Roberts, Roe, Rosecrants, Schreiber, Sneed, Staires, Stark, Steagall, Sterling, Stewart, Stinson, Strom, Tedford, Townley, Turner, Waldron, West, West, Wilk, Williams, Wolfley, Worthen
excused (10) Alonso Sandoval, Dollens, Ford, Kannady, Lawson, Lepak, Lowe, McCane, Ranson, West
no (16) Archer, Bennett, Deck, Fugate, Gann, Hardin, Humphrey, Jenkins, Moore, Munson, Olsen, Pittman, Shaw, Smith, West, Woolley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 15, 2025SenateJudiciaryPassed6–2
yes (6) Gollihare, Howard, Jech, Jett, Rosino, Standridge
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 23, 2025SenateAppropriationsPassed17–4
no (4) Brooks, Goodwin, Hicks, Kirt
yes (17) Dossett, Hall, Haste, Howard, Jech, Murdock, Prieto, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Sacchieri, Seifried, Stanley, Stewart, Thompson, Weaver, Woods
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
May 5, 2025SenateThird ReadingPassed35–12
yes (35) Alvord, Bergstrom, Coleman, Daniels, Dossett, Frix, Gillespie, Gollihare, Green, Grellner, Guthrie, Hall, Haste, Hines, Howard, Jech, Kern, McIntosh, Murdock, Paxton, Pederson, Prieto, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Rosino, Sacchieri, Seifried, Standridge, Stanley, Stewart, Thompson, Weaver, Wingard, Woods
no (12) Boren, Brooks, Bullard, Burns, Deevers, Goodwin, Hamilton, Hicks, Jett, Kirt, Mann, Nice
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- 1 Floor Amendment by CALDWELL · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Amended And Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (Senate) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- House Committee Substitute · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- House Conference Committee Substitute · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · PDF on oklegislature.gov
6 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1562&session=2600
Timeline 32 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Duel
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- Feb. 4, 2025HouseReferred to Civil Judiciary
- Feb. 13, 2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
- March 4, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
- March 24, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- March 24, 2025HouseAuthored by Senator Howard (principal Senate author)
- March 24, 2025HouseAmended
- March 24, 2025HouseTitle stricken
- March 24, 2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 73 Nays: 16
- March 24, 2025HouseReferred for engrossment
- March 25, 2025HouseEngrossed, signed, to Senate
- March 25, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary Committee then to Appropriations Committee
- April 15, 2025SenateReported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
- April 15, 2025SenateReferred to Appropriations
- April 23, 2025SenateReported Do Pass as amended Appropriations committee; CR filed
- April 23, 2025SenateEnacting clause stricken
- April 28, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- May 5, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Considered
- May 5, 2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 35 Nays: 12
- May 5, 2025SenateReferred for engrossment
- May 6, 2025SenateEngrossed to House
- May 6, 2025HouseSA's received
- May 14, 2025HouseSA's rejected, conference requested, conferees to be named later
- May 15, 2025HouseHC's named: Conference Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- May 15, 2025SenateConference granted, SCs named Howard, Gollihare, Jech, Rosino, Paxton, Daniels, Boren
- May 29, 2025HouseCCR submitted
- May 29, 2025HouseTitle restored
- May 29, 2025HouseEnacting clause restored
- May 29, 2025HouseEmergency added
Momentum: 51 of 100
| Stage (Passed both chambers) | 38 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (365 days before May 29, 2026) | 0 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 3 / 10 |
| Bipartisan sponsorship | 0 / 10 |
How this is calculated
- Stage reached — up to 50. 50 × (stage − 1) ÷ 8, where the stages are 1 Introduced · 2 In committee · 3 Passed committee · 4 Passed its first chamber · 5 In committee in the second chamber · 6 Passed that committee · 7 Passed both chambers · 8 Sent to the Governor · 9 Enacted / adopted.
- Recency — up to 20. 20 if the last recorded action was within 14 days of the reference date, falling in a straight line to 0 at 90 days. The reference date is the earlier of the data date (Oct. 1, 2026) and the session's last scheduled day, so a finished session is scored as it stood when it ended.
- Committee progress — up to 10. 5 for each chamber in which a committee reported the bill favourably.
- Coauthors — up to 10. 1 per coauthor (max 7), plus 3 if its authors and coauthors include members of both chambers.
- Bipartisan sponsorship — 10. 10 if the authors and coauthors include at least one Republican and one Democrat.
Rules on top: an enacted bill (signed, law without signature, or veto overridden) or an adopted resolution scores 100. A vetoed bill without an override, or one whose last committee vote failed, has its score halved.
Disclaimer. The momentum score is an automated, rough indicator built only from the public record (stage, dates, authors and committee reports). It is not a prediction, does not measure merit or support, and can be wrong when an action is mis-recorded or an author is mis-matched. Coauthors are read from the action text (“Coauthored by …”). Always check the official record on oklegislature.gov.