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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tourism; allowing the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to enter into certain contracts and agreements; establishing certain conditions for contracts and agreements. Emergency."
+description: "Tourism; allowing the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to enter into certain contracts and agreements; establishing certain conditions for contracts and agreements. Emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
+legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 1525"
+citation: "Oklahoma SB 1525 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frix", "Newton"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56ad130f-3dc5-42fe-a95a-bcadb4e2573e"
+source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1525&session=2600"
+source_hash: "58a99407631c239aa51e668e1b78821a94854b45d1cbe7b959df3d82e4b6ea46"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
+---
+
+# Oklahoma SB 1525 (2026) — Tourism; allowing the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department to enter into certain contracts and agreements; establishing certain conditions for contracts and agreements. Emergency.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 INT/SB/SB1525 INT.PDF)
+2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 AMENDMENTS/Amendment and Engr/SB1525 HASB AND ENGR.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1525 ENGR.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1525 ENR.PDF)
+5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1525 HFLR.PDF)
+6. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/SB1525 SFLR.PDF)
+7. **House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1525 HCS.PDF)
+8. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCSS/SB1525 POLREC.PDF)
+9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/SB1525 POLPCS1 CARL NEWTON-JL.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **36–11** (pass) · upper
+- Fourth Reading — **38–9** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Emergency — **68–20** (pass) · lower
+- Third Reading — **58–28** (pass) · lower
+- General Government Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **9–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frix — primary (person)
+- Newton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** Authored by Senator Frix
+- **2026-02-03** Second Reading referred to Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Coauthored by Representative Newton (principal House author)
+- **2026-02-10** Reported Do Pass as amended Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-10** Title stricken
+- **2026-02-10** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
+- **2026-02-12** Placed on General Order
+- **2026-02-24** General Order, Considered
+- **2026-02-24** Measure passed: Ayes: 36 Nays: 11 `passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-02-25** Engrossed to House `passage`
+- **2026-02-25** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2026-03-30** Second Reading referred to Government Oversight `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-30** Referred to General Government `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-09** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Emergency added
+- **2026-04-15** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
+- **2026-04-15** Title restored
+- **2026-04-28** General Order
+- **2026-04-28** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 58 Nays: 28; Ayes: 68 Nays: 20 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-04-28** Referred for engrossment
+- **2026-04-29** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
+- **2026-04-29** HAs read
+- **2026-05-04** HAs adopted
+- **2026-05-04** Measure passed: Ayes: 38 Nays: 9 `passage`
+- **2026-05-04** Emergency passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 4
+- **2026-05-04** Referred for enrollment
+- **2026-05-04** Enrolled, to House
+- **2026-05-04** Signed, returned to Senate
+- **2026-05-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-05** Approved by Governor 05/05/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56ad130f-3dc5-42fe-a95a-bcadb4e2573e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).
+