---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; contribution; top base salary; benefit computation; effective dates; contingent effective dates; emergency."
description: "Retirement; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; contribution; top base salary; benefit computation; effective dates; contingent effective dates; emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1739"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1739 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chapman", "Paxton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35b38b3f-23b2-4a28-87c3-57b953a0ba97"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1739&session=2600"
source_hash: "c5565e9c8c6e1fc74bee7ba2e695344e7387ba9901bf27c624c5c50c2952a972"
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 HB 1739 (2026) — Retirement; Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System; contribution; top base salary; benefit computation; effective dates; contingent effective dates; 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/hB/HB1739 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/hB/HB1739 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/hB/HB1739 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/HB1739 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/SFLR/HB1739 SFLR.PDF)
6. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1739 CS.PDF)
7. **Policy Committee Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB1739 POLREC.PDF)
8. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1739 POLPCS1 MARK CHAPMAN-CMA.PDF)
9. **Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 - Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB1739 POLPCS1-AMD1 MARK CHAPMAN-CMA.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **41–4** (pass) · upper
- Rules — **16–1** (pass) · upper
- Banking, Financial Services And Pensions Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Government Oversight Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **14–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chapman — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-03** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Authored by Representative Moore
- **2025-02-04** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Remove Representative Moore as principal House author and substitute with Representative Chapman
- **2025-02-17** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2025-02-17** Referred to Government Oversight `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Actuary pursuant to the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Banking, Financial Services and Pensions `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Coauthored by Representative(s) Moore, Ford, Caldwell (Trey)
- **2026-02-19** Authored by Senator Paxton (principal Senate author)
- **2026-03-09** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** General Order
- **2026-03-11** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 90 Nays: 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Referred for engrossment
- **2026-03-12** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-12** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-04-01** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-20** Reported Do Pass Rules committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-22** Placed on General Order
- **2026-04-28** General Order, Considered
- **2026-04-28** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Referred for enrollment
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2026-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-04** Approved by Governor 04/30/2026 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35b38b3f-23b2-4a28-87c3-57b953a0ba97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).