SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2674 SFLR Page 1 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SENATE FLOOR VERSION April 15, 2025 ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 2674 By: Hilbert of the House and Paxton of the Senate An Act relating to state government; creating the Statewide Official Compensation Commission; providing for membership of commi ssion; authorizing meetings based on meetings of the Board on Legislative Compensation; requiring Statewide Official Compensation Commission to set salaries for certain public officials; prohibiting modification of salary amounts in contravention of Sectio n 10 of Article XXIII of the Oklahoma Constitution; amending 74 O.S. 2021, Section 250.4, which relates to state officer salaries; providing for operative effect of salary provisions; providing for effect of action taken by Statewide Official Compensation Commission; repealing 74 O.S. 2021, Section 250.4, which relates to public official compensation; providing for codification; and providing effective dates. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 291.4 of Title 74, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: A. There is hereby created the Statewide Official Compensation Commission. SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2674 SFLR Page 2 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 B. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall consist of the same persons who constitute the Board on Legislative Compensation as provided by Section 21 of Articl e V of the Oklahoma Constitution. C. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall be authorized to meet only on the same date as the Board on Legislative Compensation. D. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall set the salary for each of the following elected officials: 1. The Governor; 2. The Lieutenant Governor; 3. The Attorney General; 4. The State Treasurer; 5. The State Auditor and Inspector; 6. The Superintendent of Public Instruction; 7. The State Insurance Commissioner; 8. The Commissioner of Labor; and 9. The members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. E. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall not set the salary for any of the officials identified in subsection D of this section at an amount less than the salary in effect for such officials as of January 1, 2025. F. At its authorized meeting, the Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall set the salary for each of the SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2674 SFLR Page 3 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 officials identified in subsection D of this section for any term of office for such officials beginning on or after the date as of which the Commission sets the salary amount . G. The Statewide Official Compensation Commission shall not modify a salary amount in violation of the requirements of Section 10 of Article XXIII of the Oklahoma Constitution. SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 250.4, is amended to read as follows: Section 250.4. A. Pursuant to provisions of the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma from and after the beginning date of a term of office which commences in, or after, January 2016, and except as otherwise provided by th is section, the following officers of the State of Oklahoma shall be annually compensated for their services, payable monthly, as follows: 1. The Governor shall receive a salary of One Hundred Forty - seven Thousand Dollars ($147,000.00); 2. The Lieutenant Governor shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00); 3. The Attorney General shall receive a sal ary of One Hundred Thirty-two Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty -five Dollars ($132,825.00); 4. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall receive a salary of One Hundred Twenty -four Thousand Three Hundred Seventy - three Dollars ($124,373.00); SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2674 SFLR Page 4 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 5. Each member of the Corporation Commission shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00); 6. The State Treasurer shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($11 4,713.00); 7. The State Auditor and Inspector shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousa nd Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00); 8. The State Insurance Commissioner shall receive a salary of One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Seven Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($114,713.00); and 9. The Commissioner of Labor shall receive a salary of One Hundred Five Thousand Fifty -three Dollars ($105,053.00). B. With respect to any public official whose salary is provided for by this section, the provisions of this section shall be operative until the Statewide Official Compensation Commission modifies the salary amount for such official. If the Statewide Official Compensation Commission modifies the salary amount as otherwise prescribed by this section, the order of the Commission shall supersede the provisions of this section with respect to the appliable statewide elected official. SECTION 3. REPEALER 74 O.S. 2021, Section 250.4, as amended by Section 2 of this act, is hereby repealed . SENATE FLOOR VERSION - HB2674 SFLR Page 5 (Bold face denotes Committee Amendments) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 SECTION 4. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall become effective November 1, 2025. SECTION 5. Section 3 of this act shall become effective January 31, 2030. COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON RETIREMENT AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES April 15, 2025 - DO PASS