---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; definition; eligibility; death benefits; employee contribution; reference; effective date."
description: "Retirement; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; definition; eligibility; death benefits; employee contribution; reference; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 1068 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weaver", "West (Josh)"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00d08c90-3bbc-4fee-81f8-990edacd0f8d"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1068&session=2400"
source_hash: "66b92cc7a50dd974637316d099e58719d22c62d995fc87996d2274689947ec9e"
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 1068 (2024) — Retirement; Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System; definition; eligibility; death benefits; employee contribution; reference; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 INT/hB/HB1068 INT.PDF)
2. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/HB1068 SAHB & ENGR.PDF)
3. **Committee Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/HB1068 CA1.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENGR/hB/HB1068 ENGR.PDF)
5. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 ENR/hB/HB1068 ENR.PDF)
6. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/HFLR/HB1068 HFLR.PDF)
7. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24 FLR/SFLR/HB1068 SFLR.PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Retirement & Insurance — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Fourth Reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Banking, Financial Services And Pensions Committee: Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weaver — primary (person)
- West (Josh) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Authored by Representative West (Josh)
- **2023-02-07** Second Reading referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Referred to Actuary pursuant to the Oklahoma Pension Legislation Actuarial Analysis Act `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** CR; Do Pass Banking, Financial Services and Pensions Committee `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Coauthored by Representative(s) Hardin, Hays
- **2024-02-27** Authored by Senator Weaver (principal Senate author)
- **2024-03-13** General Order
- **2024-03-13** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-03-18** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-18** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-18** Coauthored by Representative Burns
- **2024-03-27** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Reported Do Pass as amended Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-09** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
- **2024-04-23** Placed on General Order
- **2024-04-25** General Order, Considered
- **2024-04-25** Measure passed: Ayes: 43 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Referred for engrossment
- **2024-04-29** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2024-04-29** SA's received
- **2024-05-02** SA's read, adopted
- **2024-05-02** Fourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 67 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2024-05-02** Referred for enrollment
- **2024-05-06** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2024-05-06** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2024-05-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-08** Approved by Governor 05/08/2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00d08c90-3bbc-4fee-81f8-990edacd0f8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).