SB 2492026
bill
2026 Regular Session · Senate bill
SB 249
Oklahoma Tourism Development Act; increasing cumulative inducement per year. Effective date.
Business, jobs & the economyBudget & taxesHigher education & workforceRetail, hospitality & tourism industry how tagged
Official title shown; Open States carries no separate summary for Oklahoma bills. See the AI analysis below.
Enacted Last action May 7, 2025: Becomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2025
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
- Tammy Townley R
- Principal Senate author
- Kristen Thompson 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 | Senate | Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism | Passed Feb. 11, 2025 |
| Feb. 4, 2025 | Senate | Revenue and Taxation | Passed March 3, 2025 |
| Feb. 11, 2025 | Senate | Revenue and Taxation | — |
| April 1, 2025 | House | Commerce and Economic Development Oversight | Passed April 16, 2025 |
| April 1, 2025 | House | Tourism | Passed April 7, 2025 |
Roll-call votes 6
Feb. 11, 2025SenateDo PassPassed9–0
yes (9) Coleman, Frix, Gillespie, Goodwin, Green, Guthrie, Kirt, Thompson, Woods
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 3, 2025SenateDo PassPassed6–4
no (4) Deevers, Hamilton, Jett, Sacchieri
yes (6) Gillespie, Gollihare, Howard, Kirt, Mann, Rader
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 26, 2025SenateThird ReadingPassed43–3 1 excused
yes (43) Alvord, Bergstrom, Boren, Brooks, Bullard, Burns, Coleman, Dossett, Frix, Gillespie, Gollihare, Goodwin, Green, Grellner, Guthrie, Hall, Haste, Hicks, Hines, Howard, Jech, Kern, Kirt, Mann, McIntosh, Murdock, Nice, Paxton, Pederson, Prieto, Pugh, Rader, Reinhardt, Rosino, Sacchieri, Seifried, Standridge, Stanley, Stewart, Thompson, Weaver, Wingard, Woods
excused (1) Daniels
no (3) Deevers, Hamilton, Jett
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 7, 2025HouseTourism Committee: Do PassPassed5–0
yes (5) Caldwell, Cantrell, Humphrey, Kerbs, Townley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 15, 2025HouseCommerce And Economic Development Oversight Committee: Do PassPassed14–3
yes (14) Adams, Alonso Sandoval, Banning, Blancett, Burns, Hill, Johns, Lay, Menz, Miller, Sneed, Tedford, Townley, Wilk
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
April 29, 2025HouseThird ReadingPassed59–26 13 excused
yes (59) Adams, Archer, Banning, Bashore, Bennett, Blancett, Boles, Burns, Cantrell, Cornwell, Culver, Deck, Dempsey, Dobrinski, Eaves, Fetgatter, Fugate, George, Gise, Grego, Harris, Hasenbeck, Hefner, Hill, Johns, Kelley, Kerbs, Lay, Lepak, Lowe, Luttrell, Manger, Marti, May, McCane, Miller, Moore, Mr. Speaker, Munson, Osburn, Pae, Patzkowsky, Pfeiffer, Pittman, Pogemiller, Provenzano, Ranson, Roe, Rosecrants, Sneed, Stark, Sterling, Stewart, Strom, Townley, West, West, Wilk, Worthen
excused (13) Alonso Sandoval, Chapman, Dollens, Kannady, Kendrix, Lawson, Menz, Newton, Schreiber, Steagall, Stinson, Tedford, Waldron
no (26) Blair, Caldwell, Caldwell, Crosswhite Hader, Duel, Ford, Gann, Hader, Hall, Hardin, Hays, Hildebrant, Humphrey, Jenkins, Maynard, Olsen, Roberts, Shaw, Smith, Staires, Turner, West, West, Williams, Wolfley, Woolley
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Enrolled (final version) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (House) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (Senate) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB249 (3-10-25) (THOMPSON) FA1.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB249 (3-10-25) (THOMPSON) WDFA1.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB249 (3-17-25) (THOMPSON) FA2.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
4 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB249&session=2600
Timeline 25 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateAuthored by Senator Thompson
- Feb. 4, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee then to Revenue and Taxation Committee
- Feb. 11, 2025SenateReported Do Pass Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed
- Feb. 11, 2025SenateReferred to Revenue and Taxation
- Feb. 11, 2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Townley (principal House author)
- March 3, 2025SenateReported Do Pass Revenue and Taxation committee; CR filed
- March 5, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- March 26, 2025SenateGeneral Order, Amended
- March 26, 2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 3
- March 26, 2025SenateReferred for engrossment
- March 27, 2025SenateEngrossed to House
- March 27, 2025HouseFirst Reading
- April 1, 2025HouseSecond Reading referred to Commerce and Economic Development Oversight
- April 1, 2025HouseReferred to Tourism
- April 7, 2025HousePolicy recommendation to the Commerce and Economic Development Oversight committee; Do Pass Tourism
- April 16, 2025HouseCR; Do Pass Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Committee
- April 29, 2025HouseGeneral Order
- April 29, 2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 59 Nays: 26
- April 29, 2025HouseSigned, returned to Senate
- April 29, 2025SenateReferred for enrollment
- April 30, 2025SenateEnrolled, to House
- April 30, 2025HouseSigned, returned to Senate
- April 30, 2025SenateSent to Governor
- May 7, 2025SenateBecomes law without Governor's signature 05/07/2025
Momentum: 100 of 100
| Stage (Enacted / adopted) | 50 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (387 days before May 29, 2026) | 0 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 10 / 10 |
| Coauthors | 3 / 10 |
| Bipartisan sponsorship | 0 / 10 |
| Rule applied | enacted/adopted = 100 |
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.