Oklahoma Senate passes package of bills, including tax-credit change and hospice marketing limits

The Oklahoma State Senate cleared a slate of bills on third reading during its floor session, voting unanimously on a series of measures that lawmaker presenters said address tax incentives, administrative sunsets, hospice marketing and child welfare data.

Senator Rader, explaining Senate Bill 1395, said the measure ‘‘comes as a recommendation from the Incentive Evaluation Commission’’ and ‘‘is calling for the elimination of the tax credit part and then limiting the carry forward of the investment part to 7 years.’’ With no questions or debate, the clerk recorded 48 ayes and 0 nays and declared SB 1395 passed.

Senator Bergstrom brought Senate Bill 1456 to the floor with an amendment at the desk. The clerk read Amendment No. 1, described by Bergstrom as a change ‘‘to the sunset date to 2031’’ by replacing ‘‘2,036’’ with ‘‘2,031.’’ The Senate adopted the amendment by voice vote and, after no further debate, advanced the bill; the clerk again reported 48 ayes and 0 nays and the bill was declared passed and ordered to be treated as an emergency measure.

Senator Coleman presented Senate Bill 1562, a request bill from the Oklahoma Hospice and Palliative Care Association, saying SB 1562 ‘‘protects terminally ill patients and their families from overaggressive marketing techniques.’’ The Senate voted 48–0 to pass the measure on third reading.

Senator Green explained Senate Bill 1613 as a request bill from Oklahoma liquefied-gas stakeholders that retained the prior floor language minus items the governor had vetoed the prior year; the Senate advanced and passed SB 1613 by a 48–0 roll call.

Senator Hall outlined Senate Bill 1983, which directs the Department of Human Services to provide foster-care data to resource-family partners. When Senator Devers asked what items would be shared, Hall pointed to the bill text, saying the listed information is deidentified and includes ‘‘the number of children without placement each day,’’ demographic and geographic data on foster parents and children, areas with high need and low availability, placement disruptions and sibling separations, and placements that occur at long distance from a child’s original home. The Senate passed SB 1983 by a recorded vote of 48–0.

Committee chairs and members used the final minutes to announce schedule changes: the Public Safety committee was moved to 8:30 a.m.; Revenue and Taxation planned an earlier start to accommodate a presenter; Health and Human Services scheduled a meeting shortly after; and Retirement and Government Affairs announced it would not meet at 10:30 a.m. The Senate adjourned and set the next floor session for Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.

Votes at a glance: SB 1395 — passed (48–0); SB 1456 — amendment adopted, passed as an emergency measure (48–0); SB 1562 — passed (48–0); SB 1613 — passed (48–0); SB 1983 — passed (48–0).