---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Governmental Tort Claims Act; definitions and extent of liability; increasing limits on liability for certain claims. Effective date."
description: "The Governmental Tort Claims Act; definitions and extent of liability; increasing limits on liability for certain claims. Effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 1168"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 1168 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell (Trey)", "Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-31"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/516e4f66-ae6d-4e2c-b0ca-9a37138163f8"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1168&session=2600"
source_hash: "c66ae8f528070865c2423425c9da2423428385e307b9fbad9b85d02a1cf1347d"
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 1168 (2026) — The Governmental Tort Claims Act; definitions and extent of liability; increasing limits on liability for certain claims. Effective date.

## 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/SB1168 INT.PDF)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB1168 PCS.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENGR/SB/SB1168 ENGR.PDF)
4. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 ENR/SB/SB1168 ENR.PDF)
5. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26 FLR/HFLR/SB1168 HFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **85–1** (pass) · lower
- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget Committee: Do Pass As Amended By Cs — **23–6** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **42–0** (pass) · upper
- Joint Committee On Appropriations And Budget — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell (Trey) — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Authored by Senator Hall
- **2025-03-31** Coauthored by Senator Haste
- **2025-03-31** Coauthored by Representative Caldwell (Trey) (principal House author)
- **2025-03-31** Coauthored by Representative Kane
- **2025-04-02** Second Reading referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget committee; JCR filed `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-19** Emergency removed
- **2025-05-20** JCR adopted
- **2025-05-20** Measure passed: Ayes: 42 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2025-05-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2025-05-20** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2025-05-20** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Second Reading, direct to Joint Calendar
- **2025-05-22** General Order
- **2025-05-22** JCR adopted
- **2025-05-22** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Referred for enrollment
- **2025-05-22** Enrolled, to House
- **2025-05-22** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2025-05-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Approved by Governor 05/27/2025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/516e4f66-ae6d-4e2c-b0ca-9a37138163f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).