Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma House Bill HB2302 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 03/10/2025

                     
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR 
HOUSE BILL NO. 2302 	By: Hilbert 
 
 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
 
An Act relating to the State Capitol; amending 73 
O.S. 2021, Section 15.3, which relates to assignme nt 
of parking for certain officials; modifying 
assignments of parking spaces; designating parking 
spaces for large vehicle inspection station; and 
providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     AMENDATORY     73 O.S. 2021, Section 15.3, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 15.3.  Except as provided in subsection subsections C 
and D of this section, the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma 
State Senate and the Speaker of the O klahoma House of 
Representatives are empowered to designate the parking assignments 
and issue window stickers or other means of identification of 
elected and appointed officers and employees whose offices are in 
the State Capitol Building in the parking ar eas described in this 
act.   
 
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A.  Except as provided in subsection subsections C and D of this 
section, officers and employees shall not park in any space in the 
following described areas except as specified by the President Pro 
Tempore: 
1.  The parking area traversed by the semicircular drive to the 
west entrance of the State Capitol Building.  This area shall have 
specifically assigned parking places for state officers, including 
the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the 
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Attorney 
General, the State Treasurer, the State Auditor and Inspector, the 
Justices of the Supreme Court, the Judges of the Court of Criminal 
Appeals, the Judges of the Court of Appeals and any other elected o r 
appointed state officer or employee so designated by the President 
Pro Tempore; 
2.  The area beginning at the intersection of Northeast Twenty -
third Street and the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln 
Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevar d), thence east 
along Northeast Twenty -third Street to a point in line with the 
easternmost curb of that parking area lying west of the State 
Capitol Building, thence south to the northernmost curb of the 
parking area traversed by the semicircular drive on the west side of 
the State Capitol Building, thence traverse that parking area lying 
in the semicircular drive west of the State Capitol Building to a 
point on the easternmost curb of the parking area lying west of the   
 
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State Capitol Building, thence south along said east curb to a point 
on the north curb of Northeast Twenty -first Street, thence east 
along said north curb to the crosswalk traversing Northeast Twenty -
first Street on the south side of the Capitol Plaza, thence south to 
the centerline of North east Twenty-first Street, thence west along 
said centerline to the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln 
Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), thence 
northerly along said east curb to point of beginning The parking 
area west of the State Capitol Building and north of the West 
Gatehouse; and 
3.  The parking area located on the north side of Northeast 
Twenty-first Street between the east curb of the west drive of 
Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and 
the halfway point between the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln 
Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and the west 
curb of the east drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the northbound lanes of 
Lincoln Boulevard) All parking spaces west of the halfway point 
along the north curb of NE 21st Street to the southernmost parking 
spaces in the South Parking Area, except those designated in 
subsections C and D of this section; and 
4.  In the parking area located east of Lincoln Boulevard, 
thirty-seven parking spaces in the southwest portion of the parking 
area, south and southwest of the tunnel entrance, and north of NE 
21st Street.  Seventy-eight parking spaces in the northeast portion   
 
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of the parking area identified as the first three rows of parking 
spaces west of N. Phillips Avenue. 
B.  Except as provided in subsection subsections C and D of this 
section, officers and employees shall not park in any space in the 
following described areas except as specified by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives: 
1.  The area beginning at the intersection of Northeast Twenty -
third Street and the west curb of the east drive of Lincoln 
Boulevard (the northbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), thence 
southerly along said west curb to the intersection of the centerline 
of Northeast Twenty-first Street extended, thence west along the 
centerline of Northeast Twenty -first Street extended and the 
centerline of Northeast Twenty -first Street to the crosswalk 
traversing Northeast Twenty -first Street on the south side of the 
Capitol Plaza, thence north to the north curb of Northeast Twenty -
first Street, thence east along said north curb to the westernmost 
curb of the parking area lying east of the State Capitol Building, 
thence north along said west curb to the southernmost curb of the 
parking area traversed by the semicircular drive on the east side of 
the State Capitol Building, thence traverse that parking area lying 
in the semicircular drive east of the State Capitol Building to a 
point on the westernmost curb of the parking area lying eas t of the 
State Capitol Building, thence north along said west curb to 
Northeast Twenty-third Street, thence east along Northeast Twenty -  
 
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third Street to point of beginning The parking area east of the 
State Capitol Building and north of the East Gatehouse; 
2.  The parking area located on the south side of Northeast 
Twenty-first Street between the east curb of the west drive of 
Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and 
the west curb of the east drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the northboun d 
lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) All parking spaces east of the halfway 
point along the north curb of NE 21st Street to the southernmost 
parking spaces in the south parking area, except those designated in 
subsections C and D of this section; and 
3.  The twenty parking spaces located adjacent to the entrance 
of the east pedestrian tunnel that connects the State Capitol 
Building with the parking area that lies to the east of the State 
Capitol Building on the east side of Lincoln Boulevard. 
In the parking area l ocated east of Lincoln Boulevard, the one 
hundred fifty-four parking spaces east of the east entrance of NE 
21st Street and south of the north curbline of the entrance from N. 
Phillips Ave.  The sixty parking spaces located in the fourth, 
fifth, and sixth rows of the northeast portion of the parking area 
located west of N. Phillips Ave. and north of the north curbline of 
the N. Phillips Ave. entrance into the parking area. The five 
parking spaces west of the sixth row of parking spaces in the 
northeast portion of the parking lot and north of the north curbline 
of the N. Phillips Ave. entrance into the parking area.   
 
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C.  Except as provided in subsections D and E of this section, 
the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives shall b e empowered to designate the parking 
assignments of elected and appointed officers and employees in the 
parking area located between the east curb of the west drive of 
Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and 
the west curb of the e ast drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the northbound 
lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and between Northeast Twenty -first 
Street and the northernmost curb of the parking area located 
immediately north of Northeast Nineteenth Street. 
1.  The President Pro Tempore shall designate the parking 
assignments of elected and appointed officers and employees in the 
twenty-four parking spaces located immediately south of the 
northernmost curb, the six northernmost spaces located immediately 
east of the westernmost curb of the par king area, and the eleven 
westernmost parking spaces on the north side of the second 
northernmost parking island; and 
2.  The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate 
the parking assignments of elected and appointed officers and 
employees in the parking spaces located on the east and west sides 
of the east entrance to the parking area; the four westernmost 
parking spaces on the north side of the northernmost parking island; 
the twenty-four parking spaces located on the south side of the 
northernmost parking island; and the eleven southernmost parking   
 
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spaces located immediately east of the westernmost curb of the 
parking area The Governor shall designate the parking assignments 
for the parking spaces immediately on the north and south sides of 
the first parking island south of the oil well . 
D.  1.  The Governor shall designate the parking assignments for 
the following areas in the parking area located between the east 
curb of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound lanes of 
Lincoln Boulevard) and the west curb of the east drive of Lincoln 
Boulevard (the northbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) and between 
Northeast Twenty-first Street and the northernmost curb of the 
parking area located immediately north of Northeast Nineteenth 
Street: 
a. the twenty easternmost parking spaces on the north 
side of the northernmost parking island, and 
b. the thirteen easternmost parking spaces on the north 
side of the second northernmost parking island. 
2.  Upon completion and acceptance of the completed project by 
the President Pro Tempore of renovation and repair of the parking 
area described as beginning at the intersection of Northeast Twenty -
third Street and the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln 
Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevar d), thence east 
along Northeast Twenty -third Street to a point in line with the 
easternmost curb of that parking area lying west of the State 
Capitol Building, thence south to the northernmost curb of the   
 
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parking area traversed by the semicircular drive on the west side of 
the State Capitol Building, thence traverse that parking area lying 
in the semicircular drive west of the State Capitol Building to a 
point on the easternmost curb of the parking area lying west of the 
State Capitol Building, thence south along said east curb to a point 
on the north curb of Northeast Twenty -first Street, thence east 
along said north curb to the crosswalk traversing Northeast Twenty -
first Street on the south side of the Capitol Plaza, thence south to 
the centerline of North east Twenty-first Street, thence west along 
said centerline to the east curb of the west drive of Lincoln 
Boulevard (the southbound lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), thence 
northerly along said east curb to point of beginning, the Governor 
shall designate the p arking assignments for the following spaces in 
the above described parking area: 
a. the ten parking spaces beginning with the eighth space 
and ending with the seventeenth space located south of 
the oil well (count beginning with the parking space 
immediately adjacent to the oil well) on the east curb 
of the west drive of Lincoln Boulevard (the southbound 
lanes of Lincoln Boulevard), and 
b. the ten southernmost parking spaces on the east side 
of the southernmost parking island 
The southernmost row of parking spaces in the south parking lot 
shall be reserved for the Department of Public Safety for the   
 
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purpose of creating a large vehicle inspection station. The 
Department of Public Safety shall be permitted to post appropriate 
signage related to the inspection station of large vehicles along 
Lincoln Boulevard (northbound and southbound lanes) and at the 
Gatehouses for both the Senate and the House . 
E.  All unassigned parking spaces in the south parking area 
described in subsections C and D of this section that are unassigned 
and the parking area that lies east of the State Capitol Building on 
the east side of Lincoln Boulevard shall be reserved for visitors. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 
 
60-1-13295 MJ 03/06/25