SB 8442026
bill
2026 Regular Session · Senate bill
SB 844
Charitable organizations; creating the Safeguarding Endowment Gifts Act; prohibiting certain use of funds by charitable organizations under certain circumstances. Effective date.
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Official title shown; Open States carries no separate summary for Oklahoma bills. See the AI analysis below.
In House committee Last action March 31, 2026: Referred to Civil Judiciary
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
- Toni Hasenbeck R
- Principal Senate author
- Christi Gillespie 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 4
| Referred | Chamber | Committee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 4, 2025 | Senate | Judiciary | — |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | Senate | Retirement and Government Resources | Passed March 4, 2025 |
| March 31, 2026 | House | Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight | — |
| March 31, 2026 | House | Civil Judiciary | — |
Roll-call votes 3
March 4, 2025SenateDo Pass AmendedPassed5–2
yes (5) Bergstrom, Bullard, Grellner, McIntosh, Stewart
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 26, 2026SenateAdvancePassed27–12 9 excused
yes (27) Alvord, Boren, Bullard, Coleman, Daniels, Frix, Gillespie, Gollihare, Green, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hines, Howard, Jech, Logan, McIntosh, Paxton, Pederson, Prieto, Rader, Reinhardt, Rosino, Standridge, Stanley, Thompson, Weaver, Wingard
excused (9) Bergstrom, Hall, Haste, Jett, Kern, Murdock, Pugh, Seifried, Woods
no (12) Brooks, Burns, Deevers, Dossett, Goodwin, Grellner, Hicks, Kirt, Mann, Nice, Sacchieri, Stewart
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
March 26, 2026SenateThird ReadingPassed32–12 4 excused
yes (32) Alvord, Bergstrom, Bullard, Burns, Coleman, Daniels, Deevers, Frix, Gillespie, Gollihare, Green, Grellner, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hines, Jett, Kern, Logan, McIntosh, Paxton, Pederson, Prieto, Reinhardt, Sacchieri, Seifried, Standridge, Stanley, Stewart, Thompson, Weaver, Wingard, Woods
no (12) Boren, Brooks, Dossett, Goodwin, Hicks, Howard, Jech, Kirt, Mann, Nice, Rader, Rosino
excused (4) Hall, Haste, Murdock, Pugh
Official vote record: oklegislature.gov
Official text & documents
- Engrossed · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Floor (Senate) · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- Introduced · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB844 (3-18-25) (GILLESPIE) FS FA1.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB844 (3-18-25) (GILLESPIE) FS WDFA1.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB844 (3-24-26) (GILLESPIE) FS FA3.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
- SB844 (3-25-25) (GILLESPIE) RT FA2.PDF · PDF on oklegislature.gov
1 committee reports and other documents
Official bill page: https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB844&session=2600
Timeline 20 actions
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateFirst Reading
- Feb. 3, 2025SenateAuthored by Senator Daniels
- Feb. 4, 2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
- Feb. 19, 2025SenateRemove as author Senator Daniels; authored by Senator Gillespie
- Feb. 26, 2025SenateWithdrawn from Judiciary committee
- Feb. 26, 2025SenateReferred to Retirement and Government Resources
- March 4, 2025SenateReported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Government Resources committee; CR filed
- March 4, 2025SenateTitle stricken
- March 6, 2025SenatePlaced on General Order
- March 10, 2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Hasenbeck (principal House author)
- March 26, 2026SenateGeneral Order, Amended by Floor Substitute
- March 26, 2026SenateTitle restored
- March 26, 2026SenateAdvanced to Third Reading
- March 26, 2026SenateAyes: 27 Nays: 13
- March 26, 2026SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 32 Nays: 12
- March 26, 2026SenateReferred for engrossment
- March 30, 2026SenateEngrossed to House
- March 30, 2026HouseFirst Reading
- March 31, 2026HouseSecond Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
- March 31, 2026HouseReferred to Civil Judiciary
On committee agendas 1
- Thursday, April 2, 2026, 10:30 a.m. — House Civil Judiciary · Room 450
Momentum: 41 of 100
| Stage (In committee (second chamber)) | 25 / 50 |
|---|---|
| Recency (59 days before May 29, 2026) | 8 / 20 |
| Committee progress | 5 / 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.