Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB37 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/17/2024

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
SENATE BILL 37 	By: Weaver 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to the Oklahoma State Bureau of 
Investigation; defining term; authorizing the 
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to resp ond to 
certain events; creating the Mass Casualty Revolving 
Fund; authorizing certain expenditures by the 
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation; providing for 
codification; and providing an effective date . 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STA TE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of l aw to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 151.4 of Title 74, unless there 
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: 
A.  As used in this act, “mass casualty event” means an incident 
that: 
1.  Results in no less than three (3) injured individuals; 
2.  Requires more emergency response resources than are 
typically available in the jurisdiction in which the incident 
occurs; and 
3.  Results in a sudden and time ly surge of injured individuals 
in need of emergency services . 
B.  After the occurrence of a mass casualty event caused by a 
violent crime, as defined in Section 571 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma   
 
 
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Statutes, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation may respo nd to 
the incident without a request from a law enforcement agency and 
coordinate with local law enforcement agencies that are responding 
to the event. 
SECTION 2.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified 
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 151.5 of Title 74, unless there 
is created a duplication in number ing, reads as follows: 
There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving fund 
for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to be designated the 
“Mass Casualty Revolving Fund”.  The fund shall be a continuing 
fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of 
all monies received by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation 
from legislative appropriations, federal grants, or funds from any 
other source provided for the purpose of investigating mass casualty 
events.  All monies accru ing to the credit of the fund are hereby 
appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Oklahoma State 
Bureau of Investigation for the purpose provided for in this act.  
Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the 
State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for 
approval and payment. 
SECTION 3.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2025. 
 
60-1-524 CN 12/17/2024 5:00:22 PM