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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 874 By: Hall
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to professions and occupations;
transferring certain administration to Service
Oklahoma by certain date; providing for the
promulgation of rules; directing the Executive
Director of Service Oklahoma and Secretary of
Licensing and Regulation to make certain
determination; requiring certain annual performance
report; allowing for adoption, amendment, or
rejection of certain reco mmendations; requiring
certain quarterly report; providing for codification;
and providing an effective date .
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 6021 of Title 59, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. No later than December 31, 2030, the administration of
professional and occupational licensing in this state including, but
not limited to, the licensing of health care providers, behavioral
health providers, and professional occupations, shall be transferred
to Service Oklahoma.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
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1. Remove, abrogate, reduce, or otherwise affect an y power or
duty of a licensing board to establish or enforce licensure
qualifications, examination requirements, or disciplinary standards
or procedures, or to exercise any other power or duty of the
licensing board as provided by law; or
2. Confer to Service Oklahoma any power or duty of a licensing
board provided by law including , but not limited to, those described
in paragraph 1 of this section. The sole function of Service
Oklahoma under the provisions of this section shall be to administer
the issuance of professional and occupational licenses in this
state.
C. Service Oklahoma and all licensing boards covered under this
section may promulgate rules as necessary to implement the
provisions of this section.
D. 1. The Executive Director of Service O klahoma and the
Secretary of Licensing and Regulation shall determine the orde r in
which professional and occupational licensing services are onboarded
to Service Oklahoma.
2. Beginning no later than July 1, 2026, and to be completed no
later than December 31, 2030, the boards identified by the Executive
Director of Service Oklahoma and the Secretary of Licensing and
Regulation shall transition to Service Oklahoma for the application
and renewal of professional and occupational licenses.
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3. Before the third Tuesday of November of each year, Service
Oklahoma shall prepare and submit a detailed annual performance
report and recommendation to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The
first report shall be due by November 18, 2025. The report shall
include the following:
a. information related to the metrics used for assessing
customer satisfaction, transaction efficiency, and
service reliability,
b. analysis of cost-effectiveness and adherence to the
approved budget,
c. information on identified areas for improvement an d a
corrective action plan, if necessary, and
d. recommendations for expanding or discontinuing
professional and occupational licensing services
established by this section.
4. Any change in professional and occupational licensing
services established by this section, unless rejected or amended as
provided by this subsection, shall become effective on July 1 of the
following calendar year.
5. If the annual performance report demonstrates that the
established performance metrics have been met or exceeded,
additional boards, commissions, or agencies identified within the
annual report shall transition their professional and occupational
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licensing services as recommended by Service Oklahoma, effective on
July 1 of the following calendar year.
6. If the annual performance report demonstrates that the
established performance metrics have not been met, the Legislature
or the Governor may amend or reject the recommendations contained
therein. Any amendment passed by a majority vote of each house of
the Legislature shall become effective as provided by the amendment
unless vetoed by the Governor.
E. Beginning January 1, 2027, Service Oklahoma shall publish
and make available publicly a quarterly report summarizing the
applicable performance metrics, customer feedback, and progress
toward achieving benchmarks established by the Executive Director of
Service Oklahoma and the Secretary of Licensing and Regulation.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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