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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 15, 2025
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL NO. 2302 By: Hilbert of the House
and
Paxton of the Senate
An Act relating to the State Capitol; amending 73
O.S. 2021, Section 15.3, which relates to assignmen t
of parking for certain officials; modifying
assignments of parking spaces; designating parking
spaces for large vehicle inspection station;
clarifying duties of lot maintenance; updating
statutory language; updating statutory reference; 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 Oklahoma 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 areas described in this
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act this section and Sections 11 -1009 and 11-1010 of Title 47 of the
Oklahoma Statutes.
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 Buildi ng. 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 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Judges of the Court
of Criminal Appeals, the Judges of the Court of Appeals the
Secretary of the State Election Board, and any other elected or
appointed state officer o r 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 Boulevard), 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
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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 Northeast 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 N ortheast 21st Street to the southernmost
parking spaces in the south parking area, except those designated in
subsections C and D of this section;
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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
Northeast 21st Street; and
5. Seventy-eight parking spaces in the northeast portion of the
parking area identified as the first three rows of parking spaces
west of North 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 n orth 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
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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 east of th e
State Capitol Building, thence north along said west curb to
Northeast Twenty-third Street, thence east along Northeast Twenty -
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 northbound
lanes of Lincoln Boulevard) All parking spaces east of the halfway
point along the north curb of Northeast 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 located east of Lincoln Boulevard, the one hundred
fifty-four parking spaces east of the east entrance of Northeast
21st Street and south of the north curbline of the entrance from
North Phillips Avenue ;
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4. The sixty parking spaces located in the fourth, f ifth, and
sixth rows of the northeast portion of the parking area located west
of North Phillips Avenue and north of the north curbline of the
North Phillips Avenue entrance into the parking area ; and
5. The five parking spaces west of the sixth row of pa rking
spaces in the northeast portion of the parking lot and north of the
north curbline of the North Phillips Avenue entrance into the
parking area.
C. Except as provided in subsections D and E of this section,
the President Pro Tempore and the Speaker o f the House of
Representatives shall be 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 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 Stree t.
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 parking area, and the eleven
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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 a nd 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
spaces located immediately east of the westernmost curb of the
parking area The Governor shall designate the parking assignments
for the parking spaces immedi ately 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 Boulev ard (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
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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 Boulevard), 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 th e
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, t hence south to
the centerline of Northeast 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 beginni ng, the Governor
shall designate the parking assignments for the following spaces in
the above described parking area:
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a. the ten parking spaces beginning with the eighth space
and ending with the seventeenth space located south of
the oil well (count begi nning 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
purpose of creating a large vehicle inspection station. The
Department of Public Safety shall be permitted to post appropr iate
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 of Representatives.
E. All parking spaces not otherwise assigned by the Pres ident
Pro Tempore pursuant to subsection A of this section, assigned by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to subsection B
of this section, or designated by the Governor pursuant to
subsection C of this section in the parking area described in
subsections C and D of this section that are unassigned south of the
Capitol Plaza and the parking area that lies east of the State
Capitol Building on the east side of Lincoln Boulevard shall be
reserved for visitors.
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F. It shall be the duty of the Office of Management and
Enterprise Services to maintain all streets, roads, and state -owned
parking lots within the boundaries of the State Capitol Park,
including striping and painting of parking spots, or otherwise
providing signage as assigned or desi gnated by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, or
Governor pursuant to this section. The Office of Management and
Enterprise Services is authorized to expend any money appropriated
for the construction and main tenance of such streets, roads, and
parking lots.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT AND GOVERNMENT
RESOURCES
April 15, 2025 - DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS