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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 615 By: Prieto
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to state employee compensation;
creating salary limit for state employees; defining
term; providing exemptions for certai n employees;
providing for submission of certain compensation for
legislative approval; providing for codification;
providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
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 250.8 of Title 74, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and on and after
the effective date of this act, n o state employee shall be annually
compensated more than the Governor of this state pursuant to the
salary established in Section 250.4 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
B. Except as provided in subsection C of this secti on and for
the purposes of this section, “state employee” means and includes
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each officer or employee elected or employed in the service of this
state.
C. The following state employees shall be exempt from the
requirements in subsection A of this section:
1. Officers and members of the Oklahoma State Regents for
Higher Education and state employees of institutions under the
administrative authority of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education; and
2. Physicians and other licensed health care profes sionals
under the administrative authority of any state department or
agency.
D. State employee compensation greater than the Governor ’s may
be submitted to the Legislature by the director of the respective
state department, agency, or political subdivisi on. The Legislature
may approve such compensation by the proper passage of a joint or
concurrent resolution.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the prese rvation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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